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Polycom RMX™ 2000 System
Administrator’s Guide
Versi on
4.1.1
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October 2009
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DOC2511D
Contents
Main
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Regulatory Notices
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Table of Contents
Conference Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Additional Conferencing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
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Meeting Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Entry Queues, Ad Hoc Conferences and SIP Factories . 4-1
Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Reservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Operator Assistance & Participant Move . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Conference Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Conference and Participant Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Recording Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Users, Connections and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Network Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
IVR Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
The Call Detail Record (CDR) Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Gateway Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
RMX Administration and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
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Hardware Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1
Appendix A - Disconnection Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Appendix B - Alarms and Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Appendix C - CDR Fields - Unformatted File . . . . . . . . . C-1
Appendix G - Configuring Direct Connections to RMX . G-1
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Conference Profiles
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Conferencing Modes
Standard Conferencing
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Supplemental Conferencing Features
Viewing Profiles
1-7
Profile Toolbar
The Profile toolbar provides quick access to the Profile functions:
Defining Profiles
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1-10
4Click the Advanced tab.
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1-12
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1-14
7Define the following parameters:
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1-17
1-18
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Modifying an Existing Profile
Deleting a Conference Profile
Additional Conferencing Information
Video Session Modes
Dynamic Continuous Presence (CP) Mode
High Definition Video Switching Mode
Continuous Presence (CP) Conferencing
Video Resolutions in CP
Additional Video Resolutions in MPM+ Mode
Additional Intermediate Video Resolutions
Setting the Maximum CP Resolution for Conferencing
CP Conferencing with H.263 4CIF
H.263 4CIF Guidelines
High Definition Video Switching
HD VSW Guidelines
Enabling HD Video Switching
Modifying the HD Video Switching Threshold Bit Rate
Creating a High Definition Video Switching Profile
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H.239
Content Transmission Modes
Content Protocol
Defining Content Sharing Parameters for a Conference
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Sending Content to Legacy Endpoints
Guidelines for Sending Content to Legacy Endpoints
Interoperability with Polycom CMA and DMA
Content Display on Legacy Endpoints
Enabling the Send Content to Legacy Endpoints Option
Changing the Default Layout for Displaying Content on Legacy Endpoints
2-21
Stopping a Content Session
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Lecture Mode
Enabling Lecture Mode
Enabling the Automatic Switching
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Lecture Mode Monitoring
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Closed Captions
Enabling Closed Captions
Media Encryption
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Encryption Flag Settings
Enabling Encryption in the Profile
Enabling Encryption at the Participant Level (IP Only)
Monitoring the Encryption Status
LPR Lost Packet Recovery
Packet Loss
Causes of Packet Loss
Effects of Packet Loss on Conferences
Lost Packet Recovery
Lost Packet Recovery Guidelines
Enabling Lost Packet Recovery
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Telepresence Mode
RMX 2000 Telepresence Mode Guidelines
System Level
Conference Level
Room (Participant/Endpoint) Level
RPX and TPX Video Layouts
2-44
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Enabling Telepresence
Conference Level
Room (Participant/Endpoint) Level
Saving an Ongoing Conference as a Template
Starting an Ongoing Conference From a Template
Cascading Conferences - Star Topology
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Enabling Cascading
Creating the Cascade-enabled Entry Queue
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Creating the Dial-out Cascaded Link
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Enabling Cascaded Conferences without Password
Monitoring Cascaded Conferences
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Cascading Conferences - H.239-enabled MIH Topology
MIH Cascading Levels
MIH Cascading Guidelines
Master and Slave Conferences
Video Session Mode, Line Rate and Video Settings
H.239 Content Sharing
Setting up MIH Cascading Conferences
RMX to RMX Cascading
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2-70
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MGC to RMX 2000 Cascading
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Starting and Monitoring MIH Cascading Conferences
Monitoring Participants in an MIH Cascaded Conference
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Viewing Participant Properties
Meeting Rooms
Meeting Rooms List
3-3
The Meeting Room List columns include:
3-4
Meeting Room Toolbar & Right-click Menu
The Meeting Room toolbar and right-click menus provide the following functionality:
Creating a New Meeting Room
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Entry Queues, Ad Hoc Conferences and SIP Factories
Entry Queues
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Defining a New Entry Queue
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4-5
4-6
Listing Entry Queues
Modifying the EQ Properties
Transit Entry Queue
Setting a Transit Entry Queue
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Ad Hoc Conferencing
Gateway to Polycom Distributed Media Application (DMA) 7000
SIP Factories
Creating SIP Factories
4-13
3Define the following parameters:
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Address Book
Viewing the Address Book
Displaying and Hiding the Address Book
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Adding a Participant to the Address Book
Adding a new participant to the Address Book Directly
5-5
2Define the following fields:
5-6
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5-8
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5-10
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Adding a Participant from an Ongoing Conference to the Address Book
Modifying Participants in the Address Book
Deleting Participants from the Address Book
Searching the Address Book
Filtering the Address Book
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Participant Groups
Adding a New Group to the Address Book
Deleting a Group from the Address Book
Modifying a Group in the Address Book
Importing and Exporting Address Books
Exporting an Address Book
Importing an Address Book
Integrating the Polycom CMA Address Book with the RMX
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Reservations
Guidelines
System
Resources
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Reservation s
Using the Reservation Calendar
Toolbar Buttons
Reservation s Views
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List View
Changing the Calendar View
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Scheduling Conferences Using the Reservation Calendar
Creating a New Reservation
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6-13
4 Click the Schedule tab.
6-14
5Adjust the new reservations schedule by modifying the fields as described in Table6-3.
6-15
6-16
6Click the Participants tab.
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Managing Reservations
Guidelines
Viewing and Modifying Reservations
Using the Week and Day views of the Reservations Calendar
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Deleting Reservations
Searching for Reservations using Quick Search
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Operator Assistance & Participant Move
Operator Conferences
Page
Defining the Components Enabling Operator Assistance
Defining a Conference IVR Service with Operator Assistance Options
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Defining an Entry Queue IVR Service with Operator Assistance Options
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Defining a Conference Profile for an Operator Conference
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7-11
4Click the Advanced tab.
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7-13
6Click the Video Quality tab.
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Defining an Ongoing Operator Conference
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7-18
7-19
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Saving an Operator Conference to a Template
Starting an Operator Conference from a Template
Monitoring Operator Conferences and Participants Requiring Assistance
Requesting H elp
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Participant Alerts List
Moving Participants Between Conferences
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Moving Participants
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Conference Templates
Guidelines
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Using Conference Templates
8-4
Toolbar Buttons
The Conferences List toolbar includes the following button:
The Conference Template toolbar includes the following buttons:
Creating a New Conference Template
Creating a new Conference Template from Scratch
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Saving an Ongoing Conference as a Template
Saving an Operator Conference to a Template
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Starting an Ongoing Conference From a Tem pl at e
Starting an Operator Conference from a Template
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Deleting a Conference Template
Conference and Participant Monitoring
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Conference Level Monitoring
9-4
The following information appears in the General tab:
9-5
9-6
2Click the Advanced tab. The Conference Properties - Advanced dialog box opens.
9-7
3The following information appears in the Advanced tab:
4Click the Video Quality tab. The Conference Properties - Video Quality dialog box opens.
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9-9
5Click the Video Settings tab to list the video parameters.
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Monitoring Operator Conferences and Participants Requiring Assistance
Requesting H elp
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Participant Alerts List
Participant Level Monitoring
IP Participant Properties
9-16
9-17
9-18
9-19
4Click on the Channel Status tab to view the status of the various channels.
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9-21
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9-23
6Click the Gatekeeper Status tab to view its parameters.
9-24
Monitoring ISDN/PSTN Participants
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9-30
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9-32
The Connected Media and Channels Used fields of an Audio Only participant are displayed as follows:
Recording Conferences
Configuring the RMX to enable Recording
Defining the Recording Link
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Enabling the Recording Features in a Conference IVR Service
Enabling the Recording in the Conference Profile
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Managing the Recording Process
Using the RMX Web Client to Manage the Recording Process
10-7
Using DTMF Codes to Manage the Recording Process
Conference Recording with Codian IP VCR
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Users, Connections and Notes
Listing Users
Adding a New User
To add a new user to the system:
Deleting a User
Changing a Users Password
To change a users password:
Connections
Viewing the Connections List
Notes
Using Notes
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Network Services
IP Network Services
Management Network (Primary)
Default IP Service (Conferencing Service)
Modifying the Management Network
12-4
3 View or modify the following fields:
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12-6
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Modifying the Default IP Network Service
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12-11
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12-14
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12-17
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12-19
11 View or modify the following fields:
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12-21
13 View or modify the following fields:
12-22
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IP Network Monitoring
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12-26
3Click the SIP Servers tab.
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ISDN/PSTN Network Services
Adding/Modifying ISDN/PSTN Network Services
Obtaining ISDN/PSTN required information
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12-31
3Define the following parameters:
4Click Next.
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12-33
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Modifying an ISDN/PSTN Network Service
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IVR Services
IVR Services List
13-3
IVR Services Toolbar
The IVR Services toolbar provides quick access to the IVR Service definitions as follows:
Adding Languages
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Defining a New Conference IVR Service
Defining a New Conference IVR Service
13-10
2Define the following parameters:
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13-17
13-18
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13-21
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Entry Queues IVR Service
Defining a New Entry Queue IVR Service
13-28
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Setting a Conference IVR Service or Entry Queue IVR Service as the Default Service
Modifying the Conference or Entry Queue IVR Service Properties
Replacing the Music File
Adding a Music File
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Creating Audio Prompts and Video Slides
Recording an Audio Message
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Creating a Welcome Video Slide
13-41
Default IVR Prompts and Messages
The system is shipped with the following audio prompts and messages:
13-42
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13-44
Volume Control of IVR Messages, Music and Roll Call
13-46
The Call Detail Record (CDR) Utility
The CDR File
CDR File Formats
CDR File Contents
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Viewing, Retrieving and Archiving Conference Information
Viewing the Conference Records
Refreshing the CDR List
Retrieving and Archiving Conference CDR Records
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Gateway Calls
Call Flows
Direct Dialing
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Gateway IVR
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Interoperability with CMA
Connection Indications
Gateway Functionality
Configuring the Gateway Components on the RMX
Defining the IVR Service for Gateway Calls
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Defining the Conference Profile for Gateway Calls
Defining the Gateway Profile
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15-19
15-20
Displaying the Connection Information - System Configuration
Monitoring Ongoing Gateway Sessions
Gateway Session Parameters
Connected Participant Parameters
Dialing to Polycom DMA 7000
Direct Dialing from ISDN/PSTN Endpoint to IP Endpoint via a Meeting Room
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RMX Administration and Utilities
RMX Manager
Installing RMX Manager
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Page
Running RMX Manager
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System and Participant Alerts
System Alerts
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Participant Alerts
System Configuration
Modifying System Flags
16-11
2In the MCMS_PARAMETERS tab, the following flags can be modified:
16-12
16-13
16-14
16-15
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LEGACY_EP_CONTENT_DEFAULT_LAYOUT Flag Values
16-18
Manually Adding and Deleting System Flags
16-20
16-21
16-22
16-23
16-24
16-25
16-26
16-27
16-28
4Click OK to close the New Flag dialog box. The new flag is added to the flags list.
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Auto Layout Configuration
Customizing the Default Auto Layout
16-31
16-32
RMX Time
Altering the clock
16-34
Resource Management
Resource Capacity
Resource Capacity Modes
Resource Usage
16-38
Video/Voice Port Configuration
Flexible Resource Capacity Mode
Fixed Resource Capacity
Configuring the Video/Voice Resources in MPM Mode
Configuring the Video/Voice Resources in MPM+ Mode
Flexible Resource Capacity
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Forcing Video Resource Allocation to CIF Resolution
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Resource Repo rt
Displaying the Resource Report
Resource Report Display in Flexible Resource Capacity Mode
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Resource Report in Fixed Resource Capacity Mode
ISDN/PSTN
Port Usage
Setting the Port Usage Threshold
Port Usage Gauges
Port Gauges in Flexible/Fixed Capacity Modes
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16-57
The System Information properties box displays the following information:
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SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
Detailed Description
MIB (Management Information Base) Files
Private MIBS
Support for MIB-II Sections
The Alarm-MIB
H.341-MIB (H.341 H.323)
Standard MIBs
16-61
16-62
Traps
Figure 2 An Example of an Authentication Failure Trap
Figure 1 An Example of a ColdStart Trap
Status Trap Content
Defining the SNMP Parameters in the RMX
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Multilingual Setting
Customizing the Multilingual Setting
Software Management
Using Software Management
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Notification Settings
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Logger Diagnostic Files
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Auditor
Auditor Files
Auditor Event History File Storage
Retrieving Auditor Files
Page
Auditor File Viewer
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Audit Events
Alerts and Faults
16-85
Transa ction s
Table 2 lists Transactions that are recorded by the Auditor.
16-86
16-87
ActiveX Bypass
Installing ActiveX
Page
Resetting the RMX
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Hardware Monitoring
Viewing the Status of the Hardware Components
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17-3
HW Monitor Pane Toolbar
The following buttons appear in the toolbar of the Hardware Monitor:
Viewing Hardware Components Properties
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Diagnostic Mode
Performing Diagnostics
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Diagnostics Monitoring
MCU Monitor
Cards Monitor
Error Buffer
Appendix A
Disconnection Causes
IP Disconnection Causes.
A-2
A-3
A-4
A-5
A-6
A-7
A-8
A-9
A-10
ISDN Disconnection Causes
A-11
A-12
A-13
A-14
A-15
A-16
A-17
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B-1
Appendix B
Alarms and Faults
Alarms
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B-7
B-8
B-9
B-10
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B-12
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Appendix C
CDR Fields - Unformatted File
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C-3
The Conference Summary Record
C-4
Event Records
Standard Event Record Fields
C-6
Event Types
C-7
C-8
C-9
C-10
C-11
C-12
C-13
C-14
C-15
C-16
Event Specific Fields
The following tables describe the fields which are specific to each type of event.
C-17
C-18
C-19
C-20
C-21
C-22
C-23
C-24
C-25
C-26
C-27
C-28
C-29
C-30
C-31
C-32
C-33
C-34
C-35
C-36
C-37
C-38
C-39
C-40
C-41
C-42
C-43
C-44
C-45
C-46
C-47
C-48
C-49
C-50
C-51
C-52
C-53
C-54
C-55
Disconnection Cause Values
C-56
C-57
C-58
MGC Manager Events that are not Supported by the RMX 2000
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Appendix D
Ad Hoc Conferencing and External Database Authentication
Ad Hoc Conferencing without Authentication
Ad Hoc Conferencing with Authentication
Entry Queue Level - Conference Initiation Validation with an External Database Application
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Conference Access with External Database Authentication
Conference Access Validation - All Participants (Always)
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Conference Access Validation - Chairperson Only (Upon Request)
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System Settings for Ad Hoc Conferencing and External Database Authentication
Ad Hoc Settings
Authentication Settings
Page
MCU Configuration to Communicate with an External Database Application
D-14
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E-1
Appendix E
Participant Properties Advanced Channel Information
E-2
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Appendix F
Secure Communication Mode
Switching to Secure Mode
Purchasing a Certificate
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Installing the Certificate
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Creating/Modifying System Flags
Enabling Secure Communication Mode
Alternate Management Network
Securing an External Database
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Appendix G
Configuring Direct Connections to RMX
Management Network (Primary)
Alternate Management Network
Configuring the Workstation
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G-5
7Click the OK button.
Connecting to the Management Network
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Connecting to the Alternate Management Network
Connecting to the RMX via Modem
Procedure 1: Install the RMX Manager
Procedure 2: Configure the Modem
Procedure 3: Create a Dial-up Connection
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Procedure 4: Connect to the RMX
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Appendix H
Setting the RMX for Integration Into Microsoft OCS Environment
Configuring the OCS for RMX 2000
Setting the Trusted Host and Static Route for RMX in the OCS
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Optional. Setting the Static Route & Trusted Host for RMX in the Load Balancer Server
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Configuring the RMX 2000 for Microsoft OCS 2007 Integration
Modify the RMX Management Network Service to Include the DNS Server
H-20
6View or modify the following fields:
7Click OK.
Defining a SIP Network Service in the RMX
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Polycom RMX System Flag Configuration
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H-27
Dialing to an Entry Queue, Meeting Room or Conference
Active Alarms and Troubleshooting
Active Alarms
H-30
Troubleshooting
Known Issues