Hi,
We currently manage a VCS/TMS/TANDBERG endpoint/TP Server environment where all endpoints and infrastructure are directly routable and managed via TMS. We also connect to another organisation's network via VCS-E - all their endpoints are CTS-1000/3000 and CUCM based however we add them as external endpoints in TMS and use the "Automatic Connect" option when we have meetings between each others endpoints.
I know that TMS has some capability to manage endpoints behind firewalls. We are interested in having a single TMS to manage all endpoints, including the ability to publish OBTP booking informatiion to CTS endpoints behind the firewall.
Would it be possible for us to manage their CTS endpoints from our TMS if they are behind NAT/Firewall? Including publishing OBTP information?
If so, would we need a NAT entry for every one of their endpoints, or would the CTS units/CUCM initiate the connection behind a common IP?
One issue know we will have is that some of our internal endpoints don't support OBTP, which means we will need to manually choose OBTP or Automatic connect, depending on the endpoints involved. I've seen previous discussions on here regarding participant based connections as a feature request for TMS, but that's a discussion for another day
If anyone else can think of other "gotchas" or design considerations in this scenario I would be very appreciative.
