Data Sheet

Cisco Webex Meetings Server

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Contents
Product Overview 3
Features and Benefits 3
Supported Operating Systems 5
Licensing 6
System Requirements 6
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Now you can bring Cisco Webex® conferencing into your company’s private cloud, for a cost-
effective, secure, and flexible collaboration solution. Meet your organization’s requirements for
highly secure on-premises conferencing, and deliver the same user experience that has made Cisco
Webex the market-leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) conferencing solution.

Product Overview
Cisco Webex Meetings Server is a virtualized, software-based solution that runs on Cisco Unified Computing System™
(Cisco UCS®) servers and VMware. It uses virtual appliance technology for rapid turn-up of services to end users. With
Cisco Webex Meetings Server, there are two options for enabling mobile users to more securely access Cisco Webex
conferences without going through a VPN. The first option is to deploy reverse proxy (or edge servers) in the enterprise
perimeter (or DMZ). The second option, shown in Figure 1, is to deploy the reverse proxy servers behind your internal
firewall, thus eliminating all DMZ components and related information security concerns.

In addition, Cisco Webex Meetings Server uses simple port forwarding on ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (SSL) to minimize the
number of ports that need to be opened in your external and internal firewalls. Back-end servers integrate with Cisco
Unified Communications Manager for high-quality teleconferencing.

In large enterprise deployments, critical manageability requirements include user provisioning as well as the ability for
users to sign in using their corporate credentials. Cisco Webex Meetings Server supports these requirements by enabling
you to use either Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory services for user management and
authentication or the industry-standard Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 single sign-on.

Figure 1.
Full Deployment of Cisco Webex Meetings Server Behind a Firewall

Features and Benefits

Feature Benefit

Meets stringent ● Installed behind corporate firewall

● End-user sessions encrypted with industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0, Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0, and

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 Feature Benefit
security requirements TLS 1.2
● Communications between Cisco Webex Meetings Server virtual servers are encrypted
● FIPS-140-2 certified encryption can be turned on with a single policy setting, providing U.S. Department of Defense-level
security
● Meets U.S. Department of Defense Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certification requirements

Scalability and high ● Offered in 4 deployment sizes for scalability: 50, 250, 800, and 2000 concurrent users or “ports”
availability ● For highest availability, the 250-, 800-, and 2000-port models are available in “active-active,” multi-data center topologies.
This also creates geographical separation for reliability while efficiently serving a widely distributed user base
● The 2000 port system is expandable to a 4000-port model for single and multi-data center topologies

Protects existing Cisco ● Deploy with Cisco Unified Communications Manager and extend your investment in IP telephony to online meetings
collaboration
investments

Aligns to business- ● Document, application, and desktop sharing

focused conferencing ● Annotation and collaboration tools
capabilities
● Personal Room with an easy-to-remember link that never changes

● Modern video-centric experience with centralized controls plus integrated scheduling and calendar management
● Personal Conferencing Number capabilities, providing persistent host and attendee access codes for planned and ad hoc
audio-centric conferencing
● Blast Dial Out, to rapidly dial tens to hundreds of participants automatically at a meeting’s start. It is ideal for emergency
response and similar situations that require a way to rapidly form meetings. Blast Dial Out meetings include customizable
greetings and administrator-defined access codes and security parameters
● High-quality video with 720p screen resolution, full-screen video, up to 25 simultaneous webcam video feeds, and voice-
activated switching
● User profile functionality, providing groups of users with access to specific features
● Recording capabilities, including downloadable recordings and playback

● Consistent cross-platform experience on Windows, Mac, smartphones, and tablets

● Hosts can schedule meetings directly from their Microsoft Outlook for Windows calendars
● Hosts can set up internal meetings that require authentication

Comprehensive mobile ● Mobile devices, including iPhones, iPads, and Android devices, can join as meeting clients
collaboration support ● Start, join, schedule, and attend online meetings from mobile devices
● Mobile functions also include chat, audio, call me, calendar, and ability to pass presenter privileges to others on call
● Two-way video available on Android and iPad (2.0+) devices
● Connect to meeting with audio in two ways: via telephony or Internet (integrated VoIP)
®
● Support for Cisco Jabber for Windows and Mac (requires Cisco Unified Presence), enabling users to easily move from a
chat session to an online meeting

Simple, web-based ● Administration dashboard (see Figure 2) includes a real-time view of system processes and management reports on usage,
management licenses, and more
● Latest reports available on a monthly basis in the Administration dashboard
● Update user email addresses individually or in bulk without losing any meeting data
● Recording management allows administrator read-only access to all recordings on the system, for file storage management
purposes
● Back Up Now button to start backup of the system immediately

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Figure 2.
Web-Based Administration Dashboard

Supported Operating Systems

Windows Mac

Windows Vista (32-bit/64-bit) Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit) Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

Windows 8 (32-bit/64-bit) Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Windows 8.1 (32-bit/64-bit) OS X 10.11 El Capitan (CWMS 2.6MR1)

Windows 10 (32-bit/64-bit) (CWMS 2.6MR1 and OS X 10.12 Sierra (CWMS 2.7MR2)

higher)

Edge (Windows 10 only) 20.10240.16384.0 to

38.14393.00

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Licensing
Cisco Webex Meetings Server features user-based licensing, which requires a license for each user that intends to host
meetings. For Multi-Data Center (MDC) systems, each data center requires an MDC license; an MDC system requires a
minimum of two licenses, one for each data center. For extra large capacity, an XL Capacity license is required. Starting
with CWMS 4.0, Smart Licensing via the Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM) which is an intuitive portal where
administrators can activate and manage all licenses.

System Requirements
Cisco Webex Meetings Server is compatible with Cisco UCS servers that meet or exceed the specifications presented in
this section.

Module Requirements

Host server Cisco UCS C-Series rack server or equivalent B-Series blade server

Network interfaces ● Minimum 1 physical Network Interface Card (NIC) for a nonredundant configuration
● Redundant configurations must have all NIC interfaces duplicated and connected to an independent
switching fabric

Internal storage (direct attached Minimum of 4 drives in a RAID-10 or RAID-5 configuration

storage [DAS]) for ESXi hosts where
internal machines are deployed

Internal storage (DAS)for ESXi hosts Minimum of 2 drives in a RAID-1 configuration

where Internet Reverse Proxy (IRP)
virtual machines are deployed

SAN storage Can be used as a substitute for DAS

Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Can be used as a substitute for DAS or SAN

Hypervisor ● ESXi versions and vSphere licenses

● 1 VMware license per processor socket

Email server ● Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the mail server that the system uses to send emails
● Port number: Default value of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) port number is 25 or 465 (secure
SMTP port number)

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Cisco Services
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Together we create innovative, network-centric architecture solutions resulting in a scalable and responsive foundation
that can help you realize the full value of your IT and communications investment.

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