Quality Management Suite
Call Recording Frequently Asked Questions
Server Specification and Windows Prerequistes
The following specifications are recommendations and apply to QMS Version 5.2 and up
The QMS Server "must be a dedicated server" for QMS software only. It must not be a domain controller, file server, database server or used for other types of communications or demanding applications.
Supported Windows OS Windows Server 2012 & R2 Windows Server 2008 x86 & x64 & x64 R2* Windows 7 & Windows 8** Under 50 Simultaneous Recordings Processor: Dual Core (minimum) 2 Gb RAM (minimum) Hard Drive 100+ GB, 7200 RPM (minimum) 50 to 100 Simultaneous Recordings Processor: MultiCore 4 Core (minimum) 4 Gb RAM (minimum) Hard Drive 100+ GB, 10,000 RPM (minimum) C Drive is NOT recommend for Wav file Storage 100 to 300 Simultaneous Recordings Multi Processors / Multi Core 8 Core (minimum) 4 Gb RAM (minimum) Hard Drive 100+ GB, 10,000 RPM (minimum) C Drive is NOT recommend for Wav file Storage 300 Plus Simultaneous Recordings Contact Enghouse Interactive to discuss specs Bandwith & Latency We do not have documented bandwith or latency requirements. However in regard to 'Live Monitoring' it takes the same bandwith of a G711 call x 2 for both streams on the call. Monitoring may suffer in high latency networks. |
Storage Requirements 97.5 KB per minute of recording 170 hours / gbyte (Ex: 100 users - 8 hours continuous = 5GB) Network Interface Cards 2 100/1000 MB NIC's One or two NIC's required depending on type of deployment. QMS Server on VM QMS can run on VMWare QMS can utilize Hyper V Virtual machines must be configured to server specs See tech notes on QMS with VM QMS Client The QMS client can be run using any Microsoft Silverlight compatible browser running on a supported operating system. The Silverlight plug-in must be installed to run the QMS Client Microsoft IE version 7.8.9 Firefox 3.6+ Apple Safari 4+ Google Chrome *64 bit versions of Windows may not support older installations of Avaya IP Office. Cisco Forked Audio requires ver 8.6+. Shoretel version 11 or greater. ** Not support for Shoretel deployments |
1. It is important that your server should have all Windows .Net add-ons installed on the Server 'before' adding features and roles.
1.1 Install .Net 3.5, if it is not already installed. New 2008 and 2012 Servers may not have this installed automatically. Please do this first. From the Server Manager, go to Features, select .Net Framework 3.5.1 and its sub-features and click next. Allow .Net 3.5.1 to be installed. If a reboot is required, please reboot before proceeding.
1.2 Next, download from the Microsoft Web Site, the .Net 4.5 full version. Install the .Net4.5 full version. If a reboot is required, please reboot.
1.3 Install IIS from Server Manager. Select Roles and then select Add Roles. Check Web Server (IIS)
1.4 Click "Next" and select
Common HTTP Features and all sub components
Application Development and all sub components
Health and Diagnostics and all sub components
Continue selecting roles:
Security - Select "Basic Authentication", "Windows Authentication", "Request Filtering", and "IP and Domain Restrictions
Performance and all sub components
Management Tools and all sub components - Especially the IIS 6 Management Compatibility and sub components.
1.5 While in Server Manager, go to "Features" and select "Add Features"
Select the features
Desktop Experience
Ink and Handwriting
Message Queuing
Under Message Queuing, select Message Queuing Server and HTTP Support
Also select Remote Server Administration tools
Follow the prompts to a successful conclusion. Reboot if neccessary.
The following add-ons are also neccessary.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86)
Microsoft Silverlight
Windows Media Player (For Lync Integrations)