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Administrator’s Guide for Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration Release 5.3
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Chapter4 Configuring and Managing Cisco MeetingPlaceVideo Integration
About Managing Video-Conferencing Resources
Configuring the Required Minimum Number of Video Floater Ports
Each video conference requires one dedicated video port to link the audio stream of the video conference
to the Cisco MeetingPlace audio conference, and this port may be taken from the pool of video floater
ports. Therefore, the number of floater ports you allocate cann ot be zero. The minimum number of
floater ports you allocate depends on the numbe r of video conferences and ports available on your
system.
If your system has fewer video conferences than ports, the required mini mum number of floater ports is
the lesser of the following values:
•The total number of video ports on your system, divided by 3, round ed up to the next whole number,
or
•The maximum number of video conferences available on the Cisco IPVC MCU.
For example, if your CiscoIPVC MCU provides 24 ports and 10 simultaneous conferences, then the
required minimum number of floater ports is 24/ 3, which totals 8, which is smaller than the maximum
number of video conferences, which is 10. T herefore, the required minimum number of ports is 8.
This calculation maximizes system flexibility while minimizing the chance that video conferencing will
be unavailable in a particular meeting.
The floater ports resulting from this calculation are not available to video-co nference participants; for
standard floater-port functionality, add additional floater ports.
Step 1 Use the information in this section to calculate the required minimum number of video floater ports.
Step 2 Continue with the steps in the following section, Adding Optional Video Floater Ports.
Adding Optional Video Floater Ports
In addition to the required minimum number of video floater ports, you can include floa ter ports that are
available on a first-come, first-served basis to participants in conferences that are in session. These video
floater ports are analogous to floater ports in audio conferencing.
Add the number of floater ports you need to the minimum required numb er of floater ports. The total
number of video floater ports cannot be more than the total number of video ports available.
Step 1 Use the information in this section to calculate the total number of video floater ports.
Step 2 Enter the number of video floater ports in the Video floater ports field in MeetingTime: Click the
Configure tab, then click Server Configuration, then scroll down in the panel on the right to Video
floater ports.
Step 3 Continue with the steps in the following section, (Optional) Configuring the Number of Overbook Ports.
(Optional) Configuring the Number of Overbook Ports Overbook ports allow users to schedule more participants for a meeting than the number of ports that are
actually available. Overbook ports are useful because typically not all invitees attend meetings, and
reserved ports would otherwise go to waste. Video overbook ports are analogous to but se parate from
audio overbook ports. Determining the optimal numb er of video overbook ports requires a different
calculation than determining the optimal number of audio ports.