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Lab 1 VCS Expressway Lab
Gabe Moulton Collaboration CSE
Contents
1 Background
2 Section 1 - Basic Endpoint configuration
3 Section 2 - VCS-E DNS configuration
4 Section 3 - Traversal zone configuration
Background
The Video Communications Server Expressway (VCS-E) solution enables firewall traversal for Telepresence networks with minimal impact on the firewalls. VCSE-E
leverages either the standard H.460 for firewall traversal. This allows it to be maximally efficient when talking to the VCS-C or Cisco endpoints but also support the
industries broader portfolio of endpoints. W Control on the inside of the network calls across the firewall are initiated from the trusted side of the network.
The VCS-E acts as a traversal server for any compatible device. Meaning the VCS-Es at the edge of a corporate network can support traversal across the corporate border
firewall but also those firewall at remote sites.
VCS-E's core technology is the same as the VCS-C, meaning it has all of the same capabilities. SIP to H.323 interworking, IPV6 to IPV4, NAT support, and with the
addition of support for firewall traversal it allows businesses to easily scale their B2B calling by leveraging the existing highly resilient DNS infrastructure.
Section 1 - Basic Endpoint configuration
Step 1 - Prior to setting up the traversal zone you will need to get all of your endpoints registered to your video network. There are several ways to do this for simplicity we
will walk you through just one option.
[Link] your lab laptop open a web browser and navigate to your Telepresence Management Suite (TMS) instance at: [Link]
[Link] as
USER
PASSWORD
Administrator
Cisco12345
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Figure 1 TMS Login
Step 2 -Navigate to Systems Navigator (Figure 1)
Step 3 - Click the "Endpoints" folder on the left side of the window and click "add systems" as depicted below in Figure 2
Figure 2 Adding Endpoints
Step 4 - Enter the IP address of your C60, and the EX60 that is not registered to CUCM into the Specify Systems text field, separating each with a comma as depicted in
Figure 3 below.
Make sure that you: Leave the ISDN and IP zones "Collab Demo"
Ensure that the time zone is set to "Eastern"
You can find the IP address of your EX60s via the system information screen on the touch panel.
For the C60 press the home key then the far right smart button to bring up your System information screen.
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Figure 3 Adding Endpoints to TMS
Step 5 - Click next, a progress window will appear as TMS reaches out to each endpoint. Once completed you see the "Add Result" screen showing that the endpoints were
successfully discovered.
Step 6 - Finally click "Finish Adding Systems" as depicted in Figure 4.
NOTE: If your endpoints throw warnings click the check box next to them to view and correct the warnings or click "Add system despite
Warnings" if available
Figure 4 Add Despite Warnings
Step 7 - Now that all systems are added into TMS go through each endpoint and configure it for [Link] video network.
Step 7a - We can do some of this with a configuration template.
Step 7b - Navigate to Systems Configuration Templates
Configuration Templates
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Figure 5 Configuration Templates
Step 7c - Click "Discovered Systems Template"
Figure 6 - Discovered Systems Template
Step 7d - Click Edit
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Figure 7 Edit Discovered Systems Template
Step 7e - Click the Select Advanced Settings Tab
Step 7f - Enter "DefaultCall" in the Filter textbox and click search
Step 7g - Select Conference DefaultCall Protocol Tandberg C Series Endpoint
Step 7h - Select Conference DefaultCall Rate Tandberg C Series Endpoint
Step 7j - Click the right arrow and then click Save
Step 7k - Enter "NetworkPort" in the Filter textbox and click search
Step 7l - Select NetworkPort Mode TANDBERG C-series Endpoint
Step 7j - Click the right arrow and then click Save
Figure 8a - Configuration Template Advanced Settings
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Figure 8 Advanced Template Parameters
Step 7k - Click Edit
Step 7l - Click Template Settings tab
Step 7m - Configure the parameters as depicted below
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Figure 9 Advanced Configuration Settings
Step 7n - Click Set on Systems
Step 7o - Select the endpoints in your folder per Figure 12 below, click "Set on systems" to schedule a job to apply this template.
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Figure 12 Set on System
'Step 8 - Navigate to Systems --> Navigator --> Endpoints and select each one of your endpoints one by one. Click "Settings" and then "Edit Settings" to review the
warnings. 'Note: Each warning has guidance on how to address the issue, warnings related to H.323 can be ignored.
Step 9 - Enter the settings appropriate for each device per the table below, Natashas EX60 settings are depicted in Figures 14 and 15. Be sure to click save after editing all
settings and then "Boot" to reset the endpoints. We are registering SIP only as that is the focus of this lab but you could do H.323 in your deployments.
Endpoint Name
SIP URI
SIP Server
SIP Username
SIP
Password
C60
Clint
Barton
C60
2001@[Link]
[Link] clintbarton
([Link]
EX60
Natasha
2000@[Link]
[Link] natasharomanoff Cisco12345
Romanoff ([Link]
EX60
NTP
Server
Figure 13 Endpoint Specific Settings
Cisco12345 [Link]
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Figure 14 Natasha's Settings Part 1
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Figure 15 Natasha's Settings Part 2
Step 10 - At this point, all endpoints should be registered to your video network and ready for calls. Feel free to place test calls between each system.
Note
MUTE AND TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON EVERY SYSTEM TO PREVENT AUDIO FEEDBACK!!
Section 2 - VCS-E DNS configuration
Step 1 - Log into the VCS Expressway for your pod at [Link] where X is your pod number. E.g. Pod 6 is [Link]
Step 2 - Make sure you click Administrator Login and then enter the following credentials:
Username
Password
admin
Cisco12345
Step 3 - Navigate to System DNS on your VCS Expressway
Step 4 - Configure local host name as "expressway"
Step 5 - Configure Domain to pod(#).com where the # is YOUR POD #
Step 6 - Configure Address1 of DNS Servers to [Link]
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Figure 16 VCS-E DNS configuration
Section 3 - Traversal zone configuration
Step 1 If not already logged in, login to Expressway at [Link](#).com where the "#" is the number of the pod you are working in.
Step 2 - Click Administrator login as depicted below in Figure 17
Figure 17 VCS-E Login Screen
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Step 3 - Use the following login information:
Username
Password
admin
Cisco12345
Step 4- Navigate to VCS configuration Protocols Sip Domains.
Step 5 - Click New and add [Link] then you will see what is depicted in Figure 18 below:
Figure 18 Domains Page
Step 10 - Next, navigate to VCS Configuration Zones
Step 11 - Click "New" to create a new zone
Figure 19 Zones page
Step 12 - Create the new zone with the following properties:
Note: that the username Traversaluser is case sensitive.
Set the rest of the parameters per screen shot in Figures 14a and 14b. When you are sure your settings are correct, Click Create Zone.
Zone Name
Type
Hop Count
Username
Traversal
Zone
Traversal Server
15
Traversaluser
Figure 20 Traversal Zone Configuration
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Figure 21 Traversal Zone extended settings
Figure 22 Traversal Zone extended settings
Step 13 - Next, navigate to VCS Configuration Authentication Devices Local Database and then click New as per Figure 23.
Step 14 - Set the parameters to the information in the table below then click save as indicated in Figure 24
Note that the Traversaluser username is case sensitive.
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Figure 23 Local Authentication Database
Name
Password
Traversaluser
Cisco12345
Figure 24 Creating a new local user
Step 15 - Navigate to [Link]
Step 16 - Click Administrator Login
Step 17 - Login as admin with password Cisco12345
Step 18 - Navigate to VCS Configuration Zones
Step 19 - Click New to create a new zone
Step 20 - Create the new zone with the following settings:
Configure the rest of the fields as shown in Figures 25 and 26
Name
Type
Hop Count
Username
Password
Traversal
zone
Traversal
Client
15
Traversaluser
Cisco12345
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Figure 25 Traversal Client Configuration
Figure 26 Traversal Client Configuration
Make sure that you set the pod name in the LOCATION section to correspond to YOUR pod!
Step 21 - Finally, click Create Zone
Step 22 - Double Check that the H323 Status and SIP Status both show Active on the page that returns after you click "create zone".
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Step 23 Now were are going to create a search rule for the "Traversal Client" zone on the VCS Control. First navigate to VCS Configuration Dial Plan Search
Rules, the below.
Figure 21 - Create new search rule
Figure 27 Search Rules
Step 24 - Configure the search parameters per Figure 18 Figure 22 - Search Rule Config Parameters
Figure 28 Create Search Rule
Step 25 - Now we are going to create a search rule for "Traversal Zone" on the VCS Expressway by navigating to [Link]#.com (where # is your pod number)
Step 26 Login if you are not already and navigate to VCS Configuration Dial Plan Search Rules
Step 26 - Click new and configure per the settings in Figure 29 below
Note
Do not confuse this with what you just did for the VCS Control.
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Figure 29 Expressway Search Rules
Step 27 - Next we will create a DNS Zone on the VCS Expressway by navigating to VCS Configuration Zones. After you have done that, click NEW to create the new
zone.
Step 28 - Name the zone "DNS Zone"
Step 29 - Set the type to DNS. All other settings can stay at the default. Refer to Figure 30 for settings reference.
Figure 30 DNS Zone Configuration
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Step 21 - Now we will configure a search rule for the DNS zone on the VCS Expressway. Navigate to VCS Configuration Dial Plan Search Rules and then click
NEW.
Step 22 - Configure the search rule based on the settings in Figure 31
Figure 31 DNS Search Rule
Step 23 - Now we are going to test our config - Have a neighbor pod call into you. Did it work? If it failed why did it fail?
Step 24 - Now navigate to VCS Configuration Dial Plan Transforms on your pods VCS Expressway. Create a new transform per Figure 32
NOTE: Be sure to use the appropriate number for your pod, the figure depicts the setup for Pod4.
Figure 32 Dial Plan Transform
Step 24 - Call John@[Link] ([Link] , be patient here all pods will be calling this one endpoint. If at first you cant get through wait a short while
and try again.
Step 25 - Call another pod's endpoints and then have them call you!
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