CMIM - Cisco MeetingPlace Installation and Maintenance

Summary

This 5-day technical course provides in-depth understanding of the functional components of Cisco MeetingPlace products. The course examines basic and optional deployments, including integration into a customer's Enterprise network. CMIM details the inter-communication of key system components.  We focus on terminology, concepts, protocol functionality, hardware, software, and component functionality. Hands-on lab exercises practice system installation and configuration, troubleshooting, monitoring and debugging on Cisco's MeetingPlace conferencing server platforms. 
 

Prerequisites

The student's sponsor organization must hold a Cisco Internet Protocol (IP) Communications Specialized Certification. Attendees should have completed the self-paced Cisco MeetingPlace Product Overview course and have hands-on experience with Cisco MeetingPlace from having attended the following self-paced courses:

• MeetingPlace Basic User
• MeetingPlace Administrator
• MeetingPlace Analyst  

 
Audience

This intermediate course is intended for installation engineers, troubleshooting personnel, and first-level technicians for Cisco MeetingPlace in enterprise networks. 
 
 
Skills taught

• Describe the Cisco MeetingPlace system architecture and the interaction between the voice/web/video system components
• Identify the supported Cisco MeetingPlace design topologies and describe the characteristics of each design
• Use command line interface commands to determine a MeetingPlace system's operational state
• Identify Cisco MeetingPlace processes and explain the functionality of each
• List the characteristics of the different MeetingPlace audio/web/video conferencing servers and gateways
• Identify the capabilities of the communication interfaces available for MeetingPlace servers
• Analyze reports and system output displays to identify key fields available to assist in problem resolution
• Explain the message exchange between system components during an attendee Join Request
• Demonstrate success in troubleshooting level-one MeetingPlace system problems 
   

Course outline

• Cisco MeetingPlace system architecture and interaction between the voice/web/video system components
• Cisco MeetingPlace design topologies
• Cisco MeetingPlace processes and functionality
• Audio/web/video conferencing servers and gateways
• Communication interfaces for MeetingPlace servers
• Reports and system output displays
• The message exchange between system components during an Attendee Join Request
• Troubleshooting level-one problems