beautypg.com

About segmented meeting access, C h a p t e r, Chapter 3, “installing cisco – Cisco Conference Phone User Manual

Page 33

background image

C H A P T E R

3-1

Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing Release 5.3

OL-10029-01

3

Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web
Conferencing for a Segmented Meeting Access
Configuration

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing supports two segmented meeting access configurations
that allow you to provide external access to your users while maintaining network security. Though you
can provide external access to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace web conferences by simply opening ports in
your firewall, we do not recommend this option because it lacks security.

This chapter contains the following sections:

About Segmented Meeting Access, page 3-1

How to Install Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing Release 5.3 in an SMA-1S
Configuration, page 3-5

How to Install Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing Release 5.3 in an SMA-1S
Configuration, page 3-5

Related Topics

For information about providing external access to your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system by
opening ports in your firewall, see the

Configuration Guide

for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web

Conferencing Release 5.3.

For information about how to configure segmented meeting access deployments after installing
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing, see the

Configuration Guide

for Cisco

Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing Release 5.3.

About Segmented Meeting Access

While external participation is possible by controlling port access through a firewall, we highly
recommend that you consider a segmented meeting access (SMA) configuration instead. SMA
configurations isolate some meetings on the private corporate network while exposing others, designated
as external, to the Internet. Users designate their meetings as internal or external during the scheduling
process by setting the Allow Internet Access parameter on the New Meeting scheduling page.

Typically, a Cisco MCS is placed in the demilitarized zone, or DMZ, a network segment created between
the private corporate network and the Internet to host meetings for external access.