Release Notes

New features introduced in 4.0(1.57)
Cisco TelePresence Server Software Release Notes (4.0(2.8)) Page 15 of 36
1. Go to Conference configuration > Conference templates and select the appropriate template
2. In the template's Advanced parameters, click Edit
3. Add the custom parameter and value pair {"optimizationProfile":"capabilitySetOnly"}
Figure 10: Advanced parameters section of template configuration, showing the custom
optimizationProfile parameter
OVA and specification changes for Cisco TelePresence Server on Virtual Machine
The Cisco TelePresence Server on Virtual Machine deployment configurations have changed in this release,
allowing the application to run on a variety of different hardware platforms. There are now two OVA
configurations supporting deployment to virtual machines using 8 or 16 CPUs. The number of vCPUs must
be mapped 1:1 with the number of physical CPUs.
These changes improve co-residency with other UC applications. For example, the TelePresence Server can
now be deployed on a virtual machine with 8 CPUs so that it can be bundled with Cisco Business Edition
6000.
Note: We no longer support the 20 vCPU (10 physical CPUs) configuration from previous releases. This
configuration is now replaced by the 16 Cores configuration (16 physical CPUs).
The upgrade to version 4.0(2.8) will work on a 20 vCPU VM running version 3.1, but the new configuration
requires 16 dedicated physical CPUs. The new 16 Cores configuration can also support more screen
licenses than the previous 20 vCPU configuration, so you may wish to acquire more screen licenses. See
Upgrading the Cisco TelePresence Server on Virtual Machine [p.31].
Recommended platforms
The following physical hosts are tested and officially supported in this release, although the TelePresence
Server should run on VMware machines on any physical hosts that meet the minimum specifications:
n C220 M3S (SFF) TRC#3 (supported for Business Edition 6000 bundle - BE6000 HD Server)
n C240 M3S (SFF) TRC#1 (previously introduced)
n C220 M3S (SFF) TRC#2 (supported for Business Edition 6000 bundle - BE6000 MD Server)
See http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/UC_Virtualization_Supported_Hardware for details of these
configurations.
Specifications-based platform
The specifications for a host that is not one of the tested reference configurations have improved in this
release; the new specifications are: