Configuring Cisco VT Advantage

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Describing the features and functions of Cisco VT Advantage
• Explaining how placing and receiving calls works with Cisco VT Advantage
• Configuring Cisco CallManager for video
• Configuring feature settings in Cisco CallManager to support video on Cisco IP Phones
• Installing the Cisco VT Advantage application and identifying the hardware and software required to run it

Cisco Video Telephony (VT) Advantage is a video telephony solution comprising the Cisco VT Advantage software application and Cisco VT Camera, a video telephony Universal Serial Bus (USB) camera. With the Cisco VT Camera attached to a PC wired through a Cisco IP Phone, users can place and receive video calls on the enterprise IP telephony network. By using the VT Advantage solution, you can take full advantage of your existing IP network to deliver communications that extend voice and video to every user in the organization. This chapter discusses the concepts and configuration behind Cisco VT Advantage.

Note

As with most products in the Cisco IP telephony line, the Cisco VT Advantage has recently been renamed to Cisco Unified Video Advantage. For brevity, we have decided to use the shorter VT Advantage name throughout this chapter.

Cisco VT Advantage Overview