
Avaya Video Conferencing Manager Deployment Guide 57
Using Templates to Configure Devices
Templates in Avaya Video Conferencing Manager are stored configurations for video systems that you can
apply to a single device or multiple devices simultaneously. Use templates to achieve any of the following
goals:
• Configure new video communications systems.
• Improve troubleshooting and support capabilities. Compare a device’s configuration with a template to
determine discrepancies; apply a template to resolve a problem associated with a changed
configuration; or ensure that systems are set to the company defaults.
• Back up and restore the configuration of a device.
• Adhere to security policies by periodically applying templates. For example, you can create a template
that prevents unauthorized video access to conference rooms by disabling automatic call answering;
applying encryption in calls; disabling control of cameras by far end users; and disabling automatically
starting a presentation when a presentation device is connected to a system.
Create a new template and specify the settings manually, or create a template based on an existing
device. For a new template, you can specify template parameters based on the device’s make, software
version, and model, or specify a template that contains only common parameters for all models or all
models of a selected make.
The following restrictions apply to templates:
• Templates are supported for the following makes:
- Avaya
- LG
- LifeSize
• Create templates for managed LifeSize Desktop installations on the LifeSize Desktop page or the
Templates page.
• Refer to the release notes for Avaya Video Conferencing Manager for a list of device software versions
for which template support is available.
• Not all configuration preferences that are available in the device user interface are available in
templates.
• You can enter only the following characters in text boxes when creating or editing templates:
A-Z a-z 0-9 ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { } | \ < , > . ? / ; : \
• Applying a template reboots the device to which it is applied after the application process is complete.
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