What is new in 3.8 for administrators

This is an overview of new features and changes that are relevant for administrators.

Enhancements in license reservation

From version 3.8, while reserving a license in the Licensing section, if Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM) takes more time than the expected 30 seconds to respond, two more retries will be attempted with varying timeout values. Meeting Management waits for 60 seconds and 90 seconds for second and third retry respectively. If license reservation is unsuccessful after three retries, Overview page of Meeting Management displays Unable to reach Cisco Smart Software Server. Users can then reinitiate the license reservation procedure and the message will be cleared after the licenses are successfully reserved.

From this release, the Licensing reports downloaded using Download log bundle button in CMM logs tab in Logs page will include the number of attempts or retries made for license reservation.

Assigning spaces to video operators using Meeting Management

From version 3.8,Meeting Management administrators can tag video operators to specific spaces, giving them access to the meetings associated with those spaces only. Previously, Meeting Management video operators had access to all spaces and meetings. Administrators can now limit this by adding tag(s) while creating or modifying video operators allowing them to manage and monitor the meetings more effectively.

See Assigning spaces to video operators.

Accessibility improvements

In version 3.8, Meeting Management introduces the following accessibility improvements:

  • All the radio buttons in Meeting Management can be navigated using Arrow keys.

  • The tool tip/help tip buttons in the Licenses page opens text only when clicked.

  • Keyboard users can navigate between the options in Local/Admin menu on the top right using the Arrow keys.

  • When the user tab to Overview option in the left side, they are now able to use Arrow keys to navigate through all the tabs.

  • All the headings are now in logical hierarchy in Overview page.

  • In Smart licensing option in Overview page, focus now moves inside the date picker only when user presses Tab key, after pressing Enter key used for opening the date picker.

  • While using screen reader, when the user presses Enter key to navigate to various options in the Licenses page, all the options can be activated.

  • In Overview page, when the user presses Done button in the Notifications dialog or Esc button, the focus is back to See notifications button.