CMS (Cisco Meeting Server) is our leading Video Conferencing (MCU) solution offering:
- secure video meetings (PIN protection, encryption).
- integration with Cisco Communications Manager for adhoc video meetings.
- scheduled meetings (via TMS) and personal always-on meetings for easy of use and save time from admins.
- unique video interop with S4B/Lync deployments.
- recording as an addon option.
- browser-based participants via WebRTC technology to meet in a secure and easy way with customers/partners
- small HW footprint to start(just 4vCPUs)
- rich options for meeting controls and layouts
For customers - Best way to experience Cisco CMS
Ask your preferred partner or cisco account team for a CMS demo
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Licensing requirements - How licensing works with CMS :
CMS licensing counts concurrent meetings - does not count participants (participants capacity depends solely on CMS HW)
Each meeting has a host. Depending on who is the host, there are two types of licenses:
Personal Multiparty Plus (PMP+) licenses
PMP+ licenses are assigned to specific users (frequent video users) and is low cost for this reason.
These users have ability to make adhoc/scheduled video calls and also have personal video rooms with Host PIN and Guest PIN
(Host/Guest PIN are optional if desired and if they are created, they can be changed easily from user portal).
Shared Multiparty Plus (SMP+) licenses
SMP+ licenses are consumed when we have a video meeting that the meeting host is not one of our PMP+ users.
As named implies, this license is to be shared between various hosts/users.
This for this reason is more expensive than PMP+ lic.
Best practice:
There are ordering bundles (CUWL Meetings) that will provide 35 PMP+ users in a very cost effective price
among with other good stuff (TMS solution for scheduling, RMS licenses for B2B calls).
So, the best way to start experiencing CMS and offering video meetings to your users is PMP+ licensing via these CUWL Meetings bundles. This approach would cover most of your use cases.
If for any reason, 35 PMP+ hosts is not sufficient for your use cases, you could combine with some SMP+ licenses.
More details on Cisco CMS ordering --> Cisco Meeting Server(CMS) - How to order
Hardware requirements - Where does CMS run?
CMS can run on Cisco or 3rd-party servers that satisfy server and VMWARE requirements.
Cisco servers can be BE6K or BE7K or Cisco UCS servers or CMS dedicated appliances (CMS1000 or CMS2000).
CMS1000 supports 96 HD calls or 192 SD calls.
Minimum CMS deployment requires 4vCPUs and offers 5 HD ports or 10 SD ports.
Rule is : 1 vCPU supports 1,25 HD port.
For example : 8vCPUs would support 8x1,25=10 HD ports or 20 SD ports.
Summary: it is very easy and cost effective to start with a small CMS deployment and add capacity later (no need to buy licenses for this).
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Useful Resources
Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) main page on cisco.com
Cisco Meeting Server(CMS) page on Salesconnect
datasheet: Cisco Meeting Server and Cisco Meeting App Data Sheet
Presentations:
Cisco Meeting Server Business Decision Maker Presentation
Cisco Meeting Server TDM Presentation
Migration to CiscoMeeting Server BDM Presentation
Partner resources:
Cisco Meeting Server Video Conferencing Ordering Guide
Check my community post related to CMS odering : Cisco Meeting Server(CMS) - How to order
Cisco Meeting Server Partner Information (Acano) - cisco communities
Partner Training Requirements - Presentation- note that CMS requires Partner CMS certification
Demo CMS via dcloud.cisco.com
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hope this helps
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Alkiviadis
DISCLAIMER: this post was created in order to provide useful info to Cisco partners and customers in my area (Greece/Cyprus and Malta). For official and updated information, please consult cisco documentation, datasheets and ordering guides.
