Unity Connection 2 0 Architecture TOI Part II

Unity Connection 2. 0 Architecture TOI Part II – Technical Area Overview June 2007 Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 1

Architecture Changes by Area § Administration § Media § Clients § Messaging § Conversations § Reports § Core Services § Security § Database § Setup § Hardware § Voice User Interface Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 2

Administration § Co-residency Administration with Cu. CM Single-sign-on via common realm/valve and IMS Cu. CM is authoritative source of common co-res user info (Cu. CM end user CRUD dictates CUC user admin tasks) via NCS. CUC switch info shared from Cu. CM (mwi settings, server ip, default integration, etc. ) via NCS BLAF for all web applications § Move administrative standalone tools into web admin (bulk import, bulk edit) § Move serviceability tools into serviceability web app (trace settings, service stop/start, reports) Into RTMT (trace file retrieval, perf counters, port status monitoring) Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 3

Clients § Replace COM between Tomcat and Cu. Cs. Mgr for Tra. P with message queue § Add External Service interface for user specific credentials (required by E 2 K 7). § Integration with IMS to support single credentials § Performance tuning for move to Informix (more to come) Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 4

Core Services § Port to Linux § Connection CLI support § IPC redesign/COM removal § Licensing simplification (java+flexlm) § Serv. M support instead of SRM § Serviceability (Alarm. Interface, PIWriter, SDITrace) plumbed seamlessly through existing components § Port Status Monitoring Redesign Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 5

Conversations (Telephone User Interface) § Port to Linux/Remove COM § Port Kubrick CDE Scripts § Support for addressing to VPIM contacts via CDL § Support for MPE integration (review/join meetings) via CCL. § Major performance tuning for CDE § HTTP support for Visual Message Locator § Complete diagnostic trace overhaul Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 6

Database § Major redesign to port to Informix DBMS Stored Procedure conversion (~500) Data type support (GUIDs, utf-8 strings, etc. ) § Major performance tuning effort § Separate Informix instance from Cu. CM in coresidency and standalone § Port of database components (Db. Events, Config. Data, etc. ) to Linux and Informix § Setup changes from sql to Informix. Db python scripts. Partition switch/upgrade support § Support for IMS Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 7

Hardware/Platform § Supports majority of MCS hardware platforms supported by Cu. CM (including co-residency platform) § Same disk/partition allocation as provided by UCOS (active/inactive/common) § IPTables Co residency: Integration with IPTables management (Cluster. Manager) Standalone: disable Cluster. Manager and directly configure IPTables for minimal access. Will utilize Cluster. Manager in Dublin (when Cu. CM moves to a minimal access model). Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 8

Media § Port to Linux § Replace Windows Audio Driver with Cu. Mixer (provides transcoding, TTS interface to Real. Speak) § Replace TAPI for SCCP with direct protocol support in MIU § Baseline support (Qo. S phase 1) § Provide offline Wave library (for VPIM transcoding) § Thread reduction § TTS Resources Managed by MIU Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 9

Messaging § Port to Linux/Informix § Replace IIS SMTP Server with Cu. SMTPSvr service § MTA updated to support outbound VPIM messages § MTA supports contact creation on inbound VPIM messages. Also supports contact “push” § Remove stream server § Secure Messaging approach § CCL calendaring layer to MPE for meeting access § Upgrade/Rollback framework support (Messages preserved) Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 10

Reports § Administration Moved to serviceability web application § Collection Harvestor (Cu. Scavenger) re-implemented in Java for simplicity Removes RDL component in favor of direct database access Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 11

Security § CSA: Single version supports Cu. CM, CUC, and Cu. CMBE § IPTables/Net. Filter: Minimal ingress for UC Standalone. Specific blocks in co residency to minimize access to additional UC sockets § IMS: Authentication plus credential policies for all three products Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 12

Setup § Cu. CM/UCOS updated to support VTG application install on “sleeping seadragon” platform § CUC Setup completely redesigned to leverage Cu. CM/UCOS framework § Single Distribution Media/Build for Cu. CM standalone, CUC standalone, and CUCMBE § No additional questions added to Cu. CM installation. CUC configuration not required by setup moved to web administration § Supports L 2 partition-switch upgrade/rollback in co residency and standalone. Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 13

Conversations (Voice User Interface) § Ported components to Linux § Voice recognition services provided by Nuance Open. Speech Recognizer (v 3. 0) through a media (MIU) connection to the Nuance (MRCP) server. § VPIM contact addressing (name, name@location for disambiguation) § Meeting Place Express Integration (list and join meetings) § Offbox ASR service not supported in this release Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 14

Summary § Connection 2. 0 represents a significant effort which involved changes to all technical areas in providing an appliance based, non-windows solution § Connection 2. 0 supports co residency and standalone versions with same codebase/build/distribution media § Connection 2. 0 provides a key step in the roadmap for the future of the Unity Connection Product Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 15

References § EDCS 510894 – Lucas PRD § EDCS 529129 – Lucas SFS § EDCS 589819 – Lucas SAP Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 16

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