Cisco TMS provisioning
Cisco TMS provisioning is the mechanism through which the VCS and Cisco TMS share FindMe and device
provisioning data. The shared data includes:
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user account, device and phone book data that is used by the VCS to service
provisioning requests
from
endpoint devices
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FindMe account configuration data that is used by the VCS to provide
FindMe services
The
FindMe
and
Device Provisioning
option keys must be installed on the VCS for it to provide FindMe and
provisioning services.
As from version X8.1, the VCS supports only the Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning
Extension (Cisco TMSPE) services to provide the VCS with provisioning and FindMe data. In this mode all
provisioning and FindMe data is managed and maintained exclusively within Cisco TMS.
Size limitations for clusters and provisioning
A VCS cluster of any size supports up to:
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10,000 FindMe accounts
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10,000 users for provisioning
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200,000 phonebook entries
Note that:
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VCS appliances (or equivalent VM hardware) can support up to 2,500 device registrations per peer, subject
to a maximum of 10,000 registrations per cluster. Typically this means one device per FindMe account.
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Large VM server deployments can support up to 5,000 device registrations per peer (with a maximum of
20,000 registrations per cluster). However, you are still limited to 10,000 FindMe accounts/users and
10,000 provisioned devices per cluster.
If you need to provision more than 10,000 devices, your network will require additional VCS clusters with an
appropriately designed and configured dial plan.
See
Cisco TMS Provisioning Extension Deployment Guide
for full information about how to configure
provisioning in Cisco TMS and VCS.
Cisco TMSPE services
When TMS provisioning is enabled, the VCS uses the following Cisco TMSPE services (which are hosted on
Cisco TMS) to provide the VCS (or VCS cluster) with provisioning and FindMe data:
Service
Description
User
Preference
The data provided by the User Preference service enables the VCS to configure a device with
settings that pertain to a specific user (a user is essentially a SIP URI). Devices such as Jabber
Video are configured entirely using this service. This service also provides connection details to a
TURN server (typically the VCS Expressway).
FindMe
The FindMe service provides the details of users' FindMe accounts, in particular the locations and
devices associated with each FindMe ID. This allows the VCS to apply its User Policy, and to be
able to change a caller's source alias to its corresponding FindMe ID.
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