Configure Ad-hoc Video Conferencing for a Polycom MGC Video Conferencing Bridge Platform

Configure Ad-hoc Video Conferencing for a Polycom MGC Video Conferencing Bridge Platform

This section describes how to configure Ad-hoc video conferencing for a Polycom MGC video conferencing bridge platform.

Checklist

When setting up Ad-hoc video conferencing for a Polycom MGC, you will need to know the following information:

the IP codec sets you want to use

the IP network regions you want use

the IP address of the IP board for the MGC system

the IP address of the CLAN

Configuration Procedures

To configure Ad-hoc conferencing, you must perform the following steps:

1.Configure the IP network regions for the MGC.

2.Configure the MGC for use with an Avaya server.

3.Determine the maximum number of Ad-hoc video conferencing ports your voice system supports.

4.Configure the Class of Service for Ad-hoc video conferencing.

5.Configure a video bridge.

6.Configure the MGC system.

Note:

Keep in mind the following information when configuring the Polycom MGC:

-Place the Polycom MGC in a dedicated network region with a dedicated codec set to infer the conference bit rates.

-Ensure that you specify the correct network region (Far-end Network Region field) when you add the signaling groups for the MGC (Signaling Group form).

-Ensure that all other network regions have direct connectivity to the MGC’s network region (change ip-network-regioncommand).

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