MCU Pools MCU Management
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You can use various criteria for organizing MCUs into pools, depending on
how you want the MCU resources allocated for conferencing. For instance:
•You could put all MCUs in a specific site or domain into a pool. Then,
assign a pool order to all users in that site or domain (via group
membership) ensuring that their conferences are preferentially routed to
MCUs in that pool.
•You could put one or more MCUs into a pool to be used only by
executives, and put that pool into a pool order associated only with those
executives’ conference rooms.
•You could put MCUs with special capabilities into a pool, and put that
pool into a pool order associated only with custom conference rooms
requiring those capabilities.
The following table describes the fields in the list.
The Actions list associated with the MCU Pools list contains the items in the
following table.
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.
Table 6-7 Information in the MCU Pools list
Column Description
Name Name of the MCU pool.
Description Description of the pool, such as the geographic location
of the MCUs it contains.
MCUs The MCUs that are in the pool.
Table 6-8 MCU Pools commands
Command Description
Add Opens the Add MCU Pool dialog box, where you can
define a new pool.
Edit Opens the Edit MCU Pool dialog box for the selected
pool, where you can change its name, description, and
the MCUs it includes.
Delete Removes the selected MCU pool from the list of pools
that are available. A dialog box informs you of the effect
on pool orders and asks you to confirm.