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Cisco Virtualization Experience Media Engine

Cisco Virtualization Experience Media Engine 9.0 Data Sheet

Product Overview

Cisco® Virtualization Experience Media Engine (VXME) extends the rich collaboration experience of Cisco Jabber for Windows to virtualized environments by enabling the intelligent processing of real-time voice and video on the local device.
Cisco Jabber streamlines communications and enhances productivity by unifying presence, instant messaging, video, voice, voice messaging, and conferencing capabilities securely into one client on your desktop.
With Cisco VXME, organizations implementing virtualization strategies can deliver the same rich, uncompromised user experience of Cisco Jabber to virtualized desktops in addition to PCs, Macs, tablets, and smartphones.
In virtualized environments, Cisco Jabber is deployed in the datacenter while Cisco VXME runs on the local client. With Cisco Jabber running on your hosted virtual desktop, you can see presence status, send an instant message (IM), check voice messages, or collaborate over a video call. Voice and video traffic is processed locally by Cisco VXME and routed point-to-point between clients, bypassing the datacenter and eliminating the "hairpin" effect of media. With this optimized architecture delivered by Cisco VXME, when in virtualized settings you benefit from the same uncompromised user experience that you enjoy with Cisco Jabber.
Innovative unified communications accessories designed for Cisco by Jabra and Logitech are tightly integrated with Jabber and VXME call control to further enhance your collaborative experience (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Cisco Jabber with VXME

For example, if you log in on a virtual desktop from your home office, you may find the keyboard with a unique caller-ID display and call-control buttons compelling. Or, if you make frequent conference calls on your virtual desktop, you may prefer a standalone speakerphone optimized for Cisco Jabber. In both examples, these specially created peripherals enhance your experience, enabling you to customize your virtual desktop for your individual needs.
A key component of the Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) Smart Solution, Cisco VXME reinvents the desktop by combining the benefits of virtualization with time-proven unified communications and integrated accessories to deliver a superior Cisco Unified Workspace experience.

Features and Benefits

Table 1 lists the feature and benefits of Cisco VXME.

Table 1. Features and Benefits

Feature

Benefit

Cisco Jabber on the virtual desktop

Rich collaboration that supports the uncompromised user experience of Cisco Jabber

Local voice and video processing

Efficient use of local thin client resources to reduce network bandwidth and datacenter resources, eliminating the hairpin effect for the ultimate user experience

Cisco Precision Video Engine

• High-fidelity wideband audio and business-quality video communications up to high-definition (720p at 30 frames per second [fps]) with the combination of Cisco Precision Video Engine and Logitech Webcam C920-C
• Standards-based (H.264) video for interoperability with telepresence endpoints and videoconferencing systems

Quality of service (QoS)

Improved quality of service with QoS marking for voice, video, and data traffic through:

• Dual VLAN (Layer 2)
• Medianet services

Secure remote access

Secure remote access through native Cisco AnyConnect® Secure Mobility Client

Unified communications accessories

Tight integration of handset, speakerphone, keyboard, and camera - designed for Cisco by Jabra and Logitech - into Cisco VXME call control to deliver a unified workspace for voice, video, and desktop virtualization

Citrix XenDesktop, Citrix XenApp, and VMware View

Citrix XenDesktop, Citrix XenApp published desktop, and VMware View support for superior Cisco VXI experience

System Requirements

Table 2 outlines system requirements for Cisco VXME.

Table 2. System Requirements for Cisco Jabber with VXME

Virtual desktop client

Cisco VXC 6215 with Firmware Version 9.0

Unified communications client on virtual environment

Cisco Jabber for Windows 9.1.41 running on:

• Citrix XenDesktop 5.0, 5.5, or 5.6
• Citrix Xenapp 6.0, and 6.5 published desktops
• VMware View (PCoIP) 5.0 or 5.1

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.1.5, 8.0, 8.5, 8.6, or 9.0

Accessories

High-definition video (720p at 30 fps) requires Logitech Webcam C920-C designed for Cisco2.

For a complete list of supported accessories, please refer to: VXME for Linux: Cisco Approved Audio and Video Accessories data sheet.

1 Cisco Jabber desktop share, Cisco Jabber desk phone video (display of video on desktop when the thin client is tethered to the user's desk phone), recording and silent monitoring (contact center), and Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) are not supported with Cisco VXME.
2 High-definition video (720p at 30 fps) requires Logitech Webcam C920-C designed for Cisco, which have built-in video processing capabilities within the camera. When using a different camera, video output is limited to 360p. Please refer to Cisco Approved Audio and Video Accessories Data Sheet for a list of supported cameras.

Warranty Information

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For More Information

For more information about the Cisco Virtualization Experience Media Engine (VXME), visit:

http://www.cisco.com/go/vxc

http://www.cisco.com/go/vxi

http://www.cisco.com/go/jabber