Other Settings; Configuring The Login Page; Configuring External Manager Settings - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

Other settings

Configuring the Login page

The Login page configuration
appear on the login page for both users and administrators.
The Welcome message title and text will appear to administrators when attempting to log in using the CLI,
and to FindMe users and administrators when attempting to log in using the web interface.
You can upload an image that will appear on the login page, above the welcome message, to FindMe users
and administrators when attempting to log in using the web interface.
supported image file formats are JPG, GIF and PNG
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images larger than 200x200 pixels will be scaled down
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If the VCS is using the TMS Provisioning Extension services
into their FindMe accounts through TMS, not through VCS.
Note that this feature is not configurable using the CLI.

Configuring external manager settings

The External manager page
an external management system.
An external manager is a remote system, such as the Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS), used
to monitor events occurring on the VCS, for example call attempts, connections and disconnections, and as
a place for where the VCS can send alarm information. The use of an external manager is optional.
Field Description
Address To use an external manager,
and path you must configure the VCS
with the IP address or host
name and path of the external
manager to be used.
Protocol Determines whether
communications with the
external manager are over
HTTP or HTTPS.
Certificate Controls whether the certificate
verification presented by the external
mode manager is verified.
Note that the VCS will continue to operate without loss of service if its connection to TMS fails. This applies
even if the VCSs are clustered. No specific actions are required as the VCS and TMS will automatically start
communicating with each other again after the connection is re-established.
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X7.2)
page (System > Login
(System > External manager) is used to configure the VCS's connection to
Usage tips
If you are using TMS as your external manager, use the default
path of tms/public/external/management/
SystemManagementService.asmx.
If you enable verification, you must also add the certificate of the
issuer of the external manager's certificate to the file containing
the VCS's trusted CA certificates. This is done from the
certificate
Trusted CA
page) is used to specify a message and image to
to provide user account data, then users log
page (Maintenance > Certificate management >
certificate).
Network and system settings
Trusted CA
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