Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Installation Guide Release 5.0
Introducing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager

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Introducing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager

Overview


Introducing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager


Overview

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager is a single-installation product that contains the following components

Resource Manager—The Resource Manager component of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager is a simple-to-use, web-based application for managing and monitoring visual communication in multi-site organization deployments. The Resource Manager component provides scheduling, monitoring and management of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager capacity, resources, and network devices for video and audio meetings.

Network Manager—The Network Manager component of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager provides a central management interface, enabling network administrators to easily and intuitively control, configure, and maintain Cisco-based collaborative communications networks. Backed by the Cisco track record for industry-leading innovation, Network Manager is the ideal choice to help you get the most out of your rich media network solutions.

Internal Gatekeeper—The Internal Gatekeeper component of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager is a simple-to-use, ITU-T H.323 version 4-compliant gatekeeper application that is essential for the management of IP telephony and multimedia communication networks. Designed with the network manager in mind, the Internal Gatekeeper provides complete functionality for defining and controlling voice and video traffic management over IP networks. Network managers can configure, monitor and manage the activities of registered network users. Managers can set policies and control network resources such as bandwidth usage to ensure optimal implementation.