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Preface Revised: November 27, 2006, OL-12051-01 Purpose This guide provides the information you need to troubleshoot problems in the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU. Audience This guide is intended for network administrators and end users who need help addressing operational problems in the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU.
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Preface • World-class networking training is available from Cisco. You can view current offerings at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/index.html Troubleshooting Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU Release 5.1 OL-12051-01...
Videoconferencing 3500 MCU This section covers problems you might encounter when configuring, operating and managing the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU. This chapter provides suggested actions you can use to solve the problems, and includes the following topics. This section describes the following topics: Resolving MCU Failure to Register with the Gatekeeper, page 1-2 •...
Troubleshooting the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU Resolving MCU Failure to Register with the Gatekeeper Resolving MCU Failure to Register with the Gatekeeper This section describes what to do if the MCU fails to register with the Cisco IOS H.323 Gatekeeper. Possible Causes Verification Steps The gatekeeper address is set incorrectly.
MCU. You can perform this operation using the serial connection via the countdown menu visible after rebooting the EMP. • Reboot the EMP after modifying the controlling MCU. Troubleshooting Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU Release 5.1 OL-12051-01...
Note Cascading requires one port from each conference. Services are not synchronized. Verify that service definitions do not include differences such as H.235 being enabled on one conference only. Troubleshooting Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU Release 5.1 OL-12051-01...
Unreliable network link between the MCU and the Check network link quality (round trip time gatekeeper. should be less than 300 msec). Troubleshooting Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU Release 5.1 OL-12051-01...
The MCU does not publish all its capabilities Check the Use Empty Invite when sending invite when inviting other participants. messages to endpoints option in MCU > Protocols > SIP > Advanced. Troubleshooting Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU Release 5.1 OL-12051-01...