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Network-Embedded Management Functionality
Chapter 6
Medianet Management and Visibility Design Considerations
• Security management—Maintaining secure authorization and access to network resources and end
devices, as well as maintaining confidentiality of information crossing the network infrastructure.
Note
Note that the security management aspects of the medianet infrastructure are only briefly discussed in
this chapter. A separate chapter of this design guide deals with medianet security design considerations.
Network-Embedded Management Functionality
The following sections highlight functionality embedded within network infrastructure devices that can
be used to provide visibility and management of video flows within an enterprise medianet. Although
specific examples within each section discuss the use of a particular functionality for a specific video
application solution (Cisco TelePresence, Cisco Digital Media Systems, Cisco IP Video Surveillance, or
Cisco Desktop Video Collaboration), the features discussed can generally provide benefit across
multiple video application solutions. A complete list of network-embedded management functionality is
outside the scope of this document. Instead, for brevity, only specific features relevant to medianet
management and visibility are discussed. Table 6-1 provides a high level summarization of the
functionality discussed in following sections.
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