Polycom 3725-76302-001LI manual Add MCU Dialog Box

MCUs MCU Management

Note

In the recommended high security mode, the Polycom DMA system uses only HTTPS for the conference control connection to MCUs, and you must configure your MCUs to accept encrypted connections. We recommend doing so. When unencrypted connections are used, the MCU login name and password are sent unencrypted over the network.

The Polycom DMA system knows only what resources an MCU has currently available. It can’t know what’s been scheduled for future use.

If you have a Polycom CMA system and want to use the same RMX MCU (v6.0 and above) for both reservationless and scheduled conferences, determine how many ports you want to set aside for scheduled conferences and designate those as ports reserved for the CMA system. This feature is not available for Cisco Codian MCUs or for use with a Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager system. The RealPresence Resource Manager system must have exclusive use of any MCUs on which it directly schedules conferences. Those MCUs should not be added to the DMA system’s conferencing resources.

The Automatic Password Generation feature, introduced in RMX version 7.0.2, is not compatible with the Polycom DMA system. On Polycom RMX MCUs to be used with the Polycom DMA system, disable this feature by setting the system flags NUMERIC_CONF_PASS_DEFAULT_LEN and NUMERIC_CHAIR_PASS_DEFAULT_LEN both to 0 (zero).

See also:

“Add MCU Dialog Box” on page 137 “Edit MCU Dialog Box” on page 142 “MCU Procedures” on page 149 “MCU Pools” on page 152

“MCU Pool Orders” on page 156

Add MCU Dialog Box

Lets you add an MCU, gateway, or combination of the two to the pool of devices available to the Polycom DMA system.

Note

The Polycom DMA system supports the use of Cisco Codian 4200, 4500, and MSE 8000 series MCUs as part of the Conference Manager’s conferencing resource pool, but their Media Port Reservation feature is not supported. This feature must be set to Disabled on Cisco Codian MCUs in order to use them as part of the Conference Manager’s conferencing resource pool.

The Polycom DMA system supports the use of Polycom MGC MCUs, but not as part of the Conference Manager’s conferencing resource pool. They can register with the Call Server as standalone MCUs and/or gateways.

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