DMPS - Designing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Solutions v1.0

3 Days

Course Description

In this instructor-led training course, you will prepare for designing a customer on-premise Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 7.0 solution. You will explore various design options, including evaluating an existing IP Telephony infrastructure, examine MeetingPlace integration with existing customer applications, and discover the requirements of voice/video and web conferencing. Given these requirements, you will be prepared to design a highly available, comprehensive Cisco Unified MeetingPlace solution, using typical customer scenarios and case studies to provide practical experience.

Course Objectives

• Hardware and software components available in the MeetingPlace 7.0 solution and the interaction between all of the components
• MeetingPlace features, capacities, and requirements to consider when planning an on-premise integrated conferencing solution
• Customer conferencing and user implementation requirements to consider when planning a MeetingPlace deployment
• Evaluate essential customer network and application functionality prior to developing an implementation strategy
• Develop a highly available, comprehensive MeetingPlace deployment plan, given specific customer environments and requirements

Intended Audience

Pre-sales engineers and customer IT staff responsible for designing and providing post installation support for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 7.0 in enterprise networks

Prerequisites

• Hands-on experience with MeetingPlace from having attended:
• CMBU - Cisco MeetingPlace Basic User
• CMAD - Cisco MeetingPlace Administrator
• Working knowledge of converged voice and data networks
• Working knowledge of SIP, MGCP, and H.323 protocols and their implementation on Cisco IOS gateways
• Working knowledge of video and the basics of Cisco Unified Video Conferencing
• Ability to configure and operate Cisco Unified Communications Manager
• Suggested training: ICRMC, CIPT1

Course Outline

1. MeetingPlace Architecture and Design

• MeetingPlace Product Features
• Planning MeetingPlace Media Server Deployment
• Planning Media Convergence Server Deployment
• Planning MeetingPlace Application Server Deployment
• Planning MeetingPlace Web Conferencing Integration
• Planning MeetingPlace Optional Integrations

2. Evaluating Customer Environment and Conferencing Requirements

• Evaluating the Customer Network Environment
• Evaluating End-User Requirements
• Evaluating Customer Infrastructure and Telephony Environment
• Evaluating Customer Database Requirements

3. Designing a Customer MeetingPlace Solution

• Determining Customer MeetingPlace System Requirements
• Evaluating the Customer Impact of MeetingPlace Deployment
• Selecting MeetingPlace Product Bundles for Customer Requirements
• Designing a MeetingPlace Conferencing Solution
• Designing a Highly Available Conferencing Solution
• Documenting the MeetingPlace Design

Course Labs

• Lab 1-1: Identifying Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Architectural Components
• Lab 2-1: Gathering Customer Information
• Lab 3-1: Sizing MeetingPlace Solutions
• Lab 3-2: Designing Comprehensive Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Solutions
• Lab 3-3: Identify and Plan to Turn over Your Design to the Implementation Team
• Lab 3-4: Identify Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Design Documentation Components