Prerequisites:

To fully benefit from this course, students should have the following prerequisite skills and knowledge:

• Attendance of Cisco Meeting Server Intermediate, or Cisco Acano Certified Expert 1 or equivalent knowledge

Target Audience:

This course is designed for technical professionals who need to know how to deploy and maintain Cisco Meeting Server for scalable and resilient deployments.

Targeted roles include:

• Channel partners and reseller engineers installing, configuring, and maintaining scalable and resilient deployments of Cisco Meeting Server
• Channel partners and reseller engineers providing presales support for scalable and resilient Cisco Meeting Server deployments
• Customer engineers supporting scalable and resilient Cisco Meeting Server deployments

Course Objectives:

After completion of this course, students will understand…Cisco Meeting Server API commands

• Scalable and resilient deployments
• Customization
• Recording

Course Outline:

Module 1: API Configuration

Lesson 1: Reviewing Cisco Meeting Server Intermediate

• Review the component parts of a Cisco Meeting Solution
• Review the configuration steps for a Cisco Meeting Solution

• Describe the purpose of APIs
• Describe the benefits of APIs
• Describe the types of APIs
• Describe the function of the GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE commands

Lesson 3: Configuring Software with an API

• Describe how a user can interact with software using an API
• Download and install Chrome Postman
• Discuss other API software
• Download the Cisco Meeting Server API guide

Lesson 4: Configuring Spaces with the Cisco Meeting Server API

• Describe the Cisco Meeting Server API structure
• Use Chrome Postman for information on calls and spaces with the GET command
• Use Chrome Postman to post a new call space with the POST command
• Use Chrome Postman to place changes in a space, including adding a member, with the PUT command
• Use Chrome Postman to delete a space with the DELETE command

Lesson 5: Customization Configuration

• Create and modify a user profile and assign users
• Create and modify a dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) profile and apply to a user profile
• Modify the interactive voice response (IVR), color scheme, and background

Module 2: Resilient and Scalable Deployments

Lesson 1: Planning a Resilient and Scalable Cisco Meeting Server Deployment

• Describe resilient server solutions
• Describe scalable server solutions
• Describe geographically dispersed configurations and GeoDNS
• Describe the Domain Name System (DNS) records required for a resilient and scalable solution
• Describe the certificate requirements for a resilient and scalable solution

• Describe the relationship between cluster master and cluster slaves in a database cluster
• Describe the certificate requirements for a secure database cluster
• Configure the certificates for a database cluster
• Configure a database cluster

Lesson 3: Configuring a Call Bridge cluster

• Describe the relationship between the Call Bridge and the Database
• Describe how cross-cluster spaces behave
• Configure certificates for Call Bridge clustering
• Describe the storage of configuration when entering with the API and the individual web interfaces for
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Call Bridge clustering
• Configure a Call Bridge Cluster
• Connect XMPP server to multiple Call Bridges

Lesson 4: Configuring Load Balancers and Trunks

• Describe the relationship between the XMPP server, Trunk and Load Balancer
• Configure certificates for multiple trunks and load balancers
• Configure multiple Trunks to multiple Load Balancers

Lesson 5: Configuring Multiple Web Bridges

• Describe the relationship between multiple Web Bridges and Call Bridges
• Describe internal and external DNS records support for both internal and external Web Bridges
• Configure certificates for multiple Web Bridges
• Configure multiple Web bridges
• Connect multiple Call Bridges to multiple Web Bridges

Lesson 6: Configuring Multiple TURN Servers

• Describe the relationship between multiple TURN servers and multiple Call Bridges
• Configure certificates for multiple TURN servers
• Configure multiple TURN servers
• Connect multiple Call Bridges to multiple TURN servers

Lesson 7: Configuring Multiple Recorders

• Describe the features of the recording capability
• Describe the software, hardware, and licensing requirements for recording
• Describe the DNS records
• Configure the Recorder
• Describe the relationship between multiple Recorders and multiple Call Bridges
• Configure a Call Bridge to use a Recorder
• Configure certificates for multiple Recorders servers
• Configure multiple Recorder servers
• Connect multiple Call Bridges to multiple Recorder servers

Lesson 8: Integrating with a Resilient and Scalable Cisco Meeting Server deployment

• Describe integration with Cisco TelePresence©_
• Video Communication Server (VCS) or Cisco Unified
• Communications Manager and multiple Call Bridges
• Describe integration with Cisco Expressway
• technology and multiple Call Bridges
• Describe integration with Microsoft Skype for Business and multiple Call Bridges
• Describe integration with Cisco TelePresence Management Suite and multiple Call Bridges

Module 3: Additional Features

Lesson 1: Deploying an H.323 Gateway

• Describe the Cisco preferred architecture for H.323 and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) interoperability
• Describe the functionality of the Cisco Meeting Server H.323 gateway
• Describe the configuration the Cisco Meeting Server H.323 gateway

Lesson 2: Describing Multitenancy Options

• Describe the purpose of the multitenancy capabilities
• Describe the options for multitenancy capabilities on the Cisco Meeting Server

Lesson 3: Describing Customization Options

• Describe the options available to customize Cisco Meeting Apps
• Describe the license keys required for customization
• Describe the Web Server requirements for customization
• Describe the options available to customize recorded messaging
• Describe the customization options available for invitation text

Lab Outline

• Lab 1: Single-Server Deployment
• Lab 2: API Introduction
• Lab 3: Customization
• Lab 4: Database Cluster Configuration
• Lab 5: Call Bridge Cluster Configuration
• Lab 6: Multiple-Trunk and Load-Balancer Configuration
• Lab 7: Multiple Web Bridge Configuration
• Lab 8: Multiple TURN Server Configuration
• Lab 9: Multiple Recorder Configuration
• Lab10: Integrating with VCS and Microsoft Skype for Business in a Multiple Call Bridge Installation