Polycom 5.3 manual Scheduling Participants and Endpoints, Bridge Selection and Cascading

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Polycom® CMA™ System Overview

Scheduling Participants and Endpoints

When you schedule conferences, you select the participants you wish to join the conference from your endpoint directory. Depending on your system configuration, your endpoint directory may be the enterprise LDAP directory or the Global Address Book. It may also include Guest Book entries.

For participants that have multiple endpoints registered with the Polycom CMA system, the system selects the participant’s default endpoint. You can change to another endpoint by selecting it from the Call Info list or by editing the participant.

You can schedule participants without endpoints into conferences. You cannot schedule endpoints without owners into conferences. The Polycom CMA system can be configured to allow you to overbook dial-in participants. In this case, dial-in participants can be scheduled to dial into multiple conferences during the same time period, but the system reserves resources for the participant for only the first scheduled conference. Dial-out participants cannot be scheduled into multiple conferences.

For the same reason, if you schedule participants with endpoints such as Polycom CMA Desktop, HDX, VVX, or VSX systems into conference as Dial In endpoints, the conference will require external MCU resources.

Bridge Selection and Cascading

When a conference is scheduled with one of the Polycom CMA system scheduling applications (Web Scheduler or Scheduling Plug-in for Microsoft Outlook or IBM Lotus Notes) and the conference requires external MCU resources (such as a Polycom RMX or MGC system), then by default the Polycom CMA system automatically assigns the conference to a bridge. However, the system allows users with advanced scheduler permissions to select a bridge for their conferences. It also allows them to create multibridge, cascaded conferences.

Bridge Selection

When scheduling a conference, users with advanced scheduler permissions can select a bridge to host their conference by selecting the Single Bridge option. When they select this option, the system presents a list of bridges that have the capabilities and resources required to host their conference.

Because this bridge list depends on the template selection and conference settings, users should make their template selection and conference settings before selecting a bridge. Otherwise, they may select a bridge that cannot meet their conferencing requirements. In this case, the conference will fail to schedule.

Bridge Selection and Cascading Conferences

When scheduling a conference, users with advanced scheduler permissions can select the Multi Bridge option to create cascading conferences.

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Contents Polycom CMA System Web Scheduling Guide USA Contents Conference and Participant Details Advanced Scheduling Operations Index Scheduling Overview Polycom CMA System OverviewGeneral Scheduling Information Log Into the Polycom CMA SystemBridge Selection and Cascading Scheduling Participants and EndpointsBridge Scheduling and Reassignment Filter and Search a List Field Input RequirementsBarbara Smithe Log Out of the Polycom CMA System Change PasswordClick Settings in the top-right corner Click Change PasswordPolycom CMA System Web Scheduling Guide Polycom CMA system Conference menu provides these views Conference Menu and ViewsConference list Add Conference views have these sectionsSection Description RefreshConference Views-Future and Ongoing Conferences may be in the following states Conference StatesUser Menu and Guest Book Context-Sensitive Conference CommandsGuest Book has these fields Context-Sensitive Guest Book CommandsCommand Description Add a Guest to the System Guest BookUsername @domain .com If the guest has an IP H.32.3 endpoint, configureClick OK Click Delete Guest Edit a Guest in the System Guest BookDelete a Guest from the System Guest Book Click Edit GuestPolycom CMA System Web Scheduling Guide Go to Conference Future and click Add Add/Schedule a ConferenceParticipants and Rooms list To make the conference recurringFor an Audio Only conference Change the Conference Type to Audio OnlyClick Add Guest Setting DescriptionParticipants and Rooms list Go to Conference Future Edit a ConferenceSelect the conference of interest and click Edit Change the Conference Type to Audio Only Copy a Conference Edit a Participant’s SettingsSpecify how the participant will join the conference Edit a Room’s Settings View Scheduling Information for a Conference Edit Conference Settings onGo to Conference Ongoing Manage an Active ConferenceUse these conference actions as needed Command Use this command toUse these participant actions as needed Participants list Add Additional Participants to an Active ConferenceNew Conference Participants list Click Add Participant and then click Add Guest View the Video of a Participant in an Active Conference Add a Room to an Active ConferenceFrom the Conference Actions list, click Add Room Manage a Participant’s Endpoint During a Conference GDS View a Participant’s Details During a ConferenceMGC , RMX , GW/MCU , Other , and Tandberg Delete a Conference Terminate an Active ConferencePolycom CMA System Web Scheduling Guide Advanced Scheduling Operations Edit Conference SettingsConference Requires Chairperson selected but Chairperson featureDial-In+Dial-Out SwitchingSetting Description People and Content VO. This Polycom proprietary Application Sharing. Allows two or more Select a Bridge for a ConferenceClick Manual Cascade Create a Cascaded Conference Across Multiple BridgesAdd Link dialog box, select the Link Type Conference Details Conference ImageConference Details section has these fields VGA Conference Features section has these fields Conference FeaturesMode is None MCU Bridge MCU FeaturesParticipants section has these fields Participants ListParticipant Details section has these fields Participant DetailsSection Description Participant Settings dialog box has these fields Participant SettingsSection Description Polycom CMA System Web Scheduling Guide Index ASCII-only fields Index Polycom, Inc
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