Polycom 3725-76302-001LI manual MCU Pools

DMA Operations Guide MCU Pools

To start using one or more MCUs for conferencing and simplified ISDN dialing again

1Go to Network > MCU > MCUs.

2In the MCUs list, select the out-of-service MCUs of interest.

3 In the Actions list, select Start Using. See also:

“MCUs” on page 131

“Add MCU Dialog Box” on page 137 “Edit MCU Dialog Box” on page 142

MCU Pools

The MCU Pools list shows the MCU pools, or logical groupings of media servers, that are defined in the Polycom DMA system. In a superclustered system, this list is the same on all clusters in the supercluster. A pool may group MCUs based on location, capability, or some other factor.

Note

MCU pools were called MCU zones in earlier versions of the Polycom DMA system.

The name was changed to avoid confusion with the concept of gatekeeper zones.

Every conference room (VMR) is associated with an MCU pool order (either by direct assignment, via the user’s enterprise group membership, or from the system default). The pool(s) to which an MCU belongs, and the pool order(s) to which a pool belongs, are used to determine which MCU is used to host a conference. For details of how an MCU is chosen for a conference, see “MCU Pool Orders” on page 156.

Note

If you have a Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager system that uses the DMA system API to schedule conferences on the DMA system’s conferencing resources (MCU pools), you must create MCU pools and pool orders specifically for the use of the RealPresence Resource Manager system. The pool orders should be named in such a way that:

•They appear at the top of the pool order list presented in the RealPresence Resource Manager system.

•Users of that system will understand that they should choose one of those pool orders.

If the RealPresence Resource Manager system is also going to be used to directly schedule conferences on MCUs, those MCUs should not be part of the conferencing resources (MCU pools) available to the DMA system.

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