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Installing Cisco MeetingPlace for
Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5
This chapter includes the following sections:
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Information About Installing Cisco MeetingPlace for
Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5
For information about incorporating Release 4.2.5 into your Cisco MeetingPlace system or for system
requirements, see the Release Notes for Cisco MeetingPlace for IP Phone at the following URL:
Prerequisites for Installing Cisco MeetingPlace for
Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5
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One primary IP address for communication with the Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server and
Cisco CallManager server.
Note
If Cisco MeetingPlace IP Gateway and Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing are installed on
the same server, you must assign an additional IP address to Cisco MeetingPlace
Web Conferencing, resulting in two IP addresses.
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Before you install Release 4.2.5, you must install Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing and
configure Cisco CallManager for your network.
If you are using Cisco MeetingPlace IP Gateway, see the Cisco MeetingPlace IP Gateway System
Manager’s Guide for additional configuration instructions.
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Configuring the Cisco MeetingPlace Service in Cisco CallManager
After you have installed Release 4.2.5, you must add the Cisco MeetingPlace service through the
Cisco CallManager Administration (ccmadmin) web pages. Complete the following procedures in the
order shown:
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Adding Cisco MeetingPlace to the List of IP Phone Services
The Cisco MeetingPlace service enables users to access Cisco MeetingPlace by using Cisco IP phones.
To add the MeetingPlace service in Cisco CallManager Administration, perform the following steps:
Step 1
Step 2
Go to http://servername/ccmadmin/main.asp, where servername is the fully qualified domain name or
IP address of the Cisco CallManager server.
To access the server, enter your username and Cisco CallManager administration password and click
OK.
The Cisco CallManager Administration page appears.
From the Feature menu, choose Cisco IP Phone Services.
The Cisco IP Phone Services Configuration window appears.
Step 3
Step 4
Table 2-1 Fields in the Service Information Area
Field and Description
Task
Service Name—The name of the service
that appears on the menu of available
services on user service subscription pages
and on the Cisco IP Phone.
Enter MeetingPlace.
Note
If you have more than one Cisco MeetingPlace
Web Conferencing server, name the
Cisco MeetingPlace services appropriately so
users can distinguish among them.
Service Description—A description of the Enter a brief description.
Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing
server.
Service URL—The URL to the
MeetingPlace Web Conferencing server
where the Release 4.2.5 XML pages are
located—for example, http://MeetingPlace
Web server hostname/mpweb/scripts/
7960mp.asp.
Enter the URL.
Note For the services to be available, the phones in the
Cisco CallManager cluster must have network
connectivity to this server. Make sure this server
is independent of the servers in your
Cisco CallManager cluster. Do not specify a
Cisco CallManager server or any server that is
associated with Cisco CallManager, such as a
TFTP server or directory database publisher
server.
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Note
If you change the MeetingPlace service URL, remove a phone service parameter, or change the name of
a phone service parameter for a phone service to which users are subscribed, you must click Update
Subscriptions to update all subscribed users with the changes. If you do not, users will have to subscribe
again to the MeetingPlace service to rebuild the URL correctly.
Step 5
To add the MeetingPlace service, click Insert.
Defining Cisco MeetingPlace Service Parameters
To enable users to be authenticated when they subscribe to the MeetingPlace service on the
Cisco IP Phone User Options (ccmuser) website and to access the MeetingPlace service from their Cisco
IP phones, you must define the following service parameters:
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IP Phone Number
MeetingPlace User ID
MeetingPlace User Password
To define the Cisco MeetingPlace service parameter, perform the following steps:
Step 1
From the Cisco CallManager Administration page, choose Feature > Cisco IP Phone Services.
The Cisco IP Phone Services Configuration window appears.
Step 2
Step 3
From the Cisco IP Phone Services list, choose the MeetingPlace service that you configured in “Adding
On the right side of the Parameters list, click New.
The Cisco IP Phone Service Parameter Configuration window appears.
Step 4
Table 2-2 IP Phone Number Parameters
Field and Description
Task
Parameter Name—The exact query string
parameter that is used when building the
subscription URL.
Enter ipphone.
Parameter Display Name—A descriptive
Enter IP phone number.
parameter name that is displayed to the user on the
Cisco IP Phone User Options (ccmuser) website.
Parameter Description—A description of the
Enter Your Cisco IP Phone number for
parameter to help users enter the correct value for MeetingPlace to call you.
this parameter.
Parameter is Required
Check Parameter is Required.
Step 5
To add the new IP Phone Number parameter, click Insert.
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Table 2-3 MeetingPlace User ID Parameters
Field
Task
Parameter Name
Parameter Display Name
Parameter Description
Parameter is Required
Enter username.
Enter MeetingPlace User ID.
Enter MeetingPlace User ID.
Check Parameter is Required.
Step 7
Step 8
To add the new MeetingPlace User ID parameter, click Insert.
Table 2-4 MeetingPlace Password Parameters
Field
Task
Parameter Name
Enter userpwd.
Parameter Display Name
Parameter Description
Parameter is Required
Parameter is a Password (mask contents)
Enter MeetingPlace Password.
Enter MeetingPlace Password.
Check Parameter is Required.
Check Parameter is a Password (mask
contents).
Step 9
To add the new MeetingPlace Password parameter, click Insert and Close.
Step 10 To update the Cisco IP Phone Services Configuration window, complete one of the following tasks:
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If the service is new and you do not need to rebuild user subscriptions, click Update.
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If the service was modified after subscriptions existed, click Update Subscriptions to rebuild all
user subscriptions.
Note
You must update subscriptions if you changed the Cisco MeetingPlace service URL, removed a phone
service parameter, or changed the name for a phone service parameter.
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