What type of device is Cisco TCS primarily considered to be?

A.
a call control device

B.
a conferencing device

C.
a video gateway device

D.
a streaming and recording device

E.
a provisioning, scheduling, and monitoring device

Explanation:
Cisco TelePresence Content Server (TCS) is primarily considered to be a streaming and recording device.
Cisco TCS is an appliance or blade that provides live recording, streaming, and playback of video content for
any TelePresence or Unified Communications Manager (CM) endpoint. Cisco TelePresence Recording Server
(CTRS) is a server that provides recording and playback of video content for certain endpoints.
Cisco TCS is not a call control device. Call control devices perform endpoint registration, call routing, call
maintenance, and call monitoring. Cisco Unified CM and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server
(VCS) are used for call control. Cisco Unified CM supports Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), whereas Cisco
VCS supports H.323 and SIP.
Cisco TCS is not a conferencing device. Cisco conferencing devices support either switching or transcoding.
Switching simply forwards the audio and video to endpoints, whereas transcoding encodes and decodes the
media streams. Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch supports switching; Cisco TelePresence Server, Cisco
TelePresence multipoint control unit (MCU) 4000, Cisco TelePresence MSE 8000, and Cisco ISR G2 support
transcoding.
Cisco TCS is not a video gateway device. Video gateway devices provide access between networks. Cisco
VCS Expressway, Cisco Unified Border Element, and Cisco Intercompany Media Engine (IME) are considered
to be video gateway devices.
Cisco TCS is not a provisioning, scheduling, and monitoring device. Management devices such as Cisco
TelePresence Manager and Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) are typically responsible for
scheduling, monitoring, and provisioning. Cisco TelePresence Manager is a server-based platform, whereas
TMS can be delivered as a server-based software application or as an appliance. Both Cisco TMS and Cisco
TelePresence Manager can interface with Microsoft Exchange. However, Cisco TMS also has a built-in webscheduling interface; Cisco TelePresence Manager does not.Reference:
Cisco: Video Infrastructure Components