Polycom 3725-76302-001LI manual Edit MCU Dialog Box, Field Description External MCU

DMA Operations Guide MCUs

Edit MCU Dialog Box

Lets you edit an MCU. If you intend to edit the login information for the MCU (Management IP, Admin ID, or Password), you must first stop using the MCU (terminating existing calls and conferences) or busy it out and wait for existing calls and conferences to end.

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.

Note

MCU pools and pool orders are not used to select an ISDN gateway for simplified gateway dialing. See “ISDN Gateway Selection Process” on page 147.

When a Polycom RMX MCU is functioning as an ISDN gateway, each call through the gateway consumes two ports, one for the ISDN side and one for the H.323 side. The ports used for gateway calls aren’t available for conferences, so gateway operations may significantly reduce the available conferencing resources.

The following table describes the fields in the dialog box.

Table 6-4Edit MCU dialog box

	Field	Description
	External MCU
	Name	Name for the MCU (up to 32 characters).
	Type	Lists the types of MCUs the system supports. Must be
		set to the correct MCU type in order for the DMA system
		to be able to connect to it.
	Management IP	IP address for logging into the MCU (to use it as a
		conferencing resource).
	Admin ID	Administrative user ID with which the Polycom DMA
		system can log into the MCU.
		For a maximum security environment, this must be a
		machine account created on the RMX MCU. Note that
		the RMX MCU uses case-sensitive machine names
		(and thus FQDNs) when creating machine accounts.
	Password	Password for the administrative user ID.
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