Set Up MCUs Polycom® DMA™ System Initial Configuration Summary
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1As the default local administrative user (admin), create a local user
account for yourself with the Administrator role, log in using that
account, and delete the admin user account. See “Adding Users
Overview” on page 313 and “Users Procedures” on page 333.
2Create the Active Directory service account (read-only user account) that
the Polycom DMA system will use to read and integrate with Active
Directory. See “Active Directory Integration Procedure” on page169.
3Assign the Administrator role to your named enterprise account, and
remove the Polycom DMA system’s user roles (see “User Roles
Overview” on page 312) from the service account used to integrate with
Active Directory. See “Connect to Microsoft Active Directory” on page32
and “Microsoft Active Directory Integration” on page163.
4Log out and log back in using your enterprise user ID and password.
5Verify that the expected enterprise users are available in the Polycom
DMA system and that conference room IDs were successfully created for
them. If necessary, adjust integration settings and correct errors. See
“Microsoft Active Directory Integration” on page163, “Users
Procedures” on page333, and “Conference Room Errors Report” on
page4 22.
6Obtain and install a security certificate from a trusted certificate
authority. See “Security Certificates Overview” on page 35 and
“Certificate Procedures” on page42.
7Document your current configuration for comparison in the future. We
recommend saving screen captures of all the configuration pages.
8Manually create a backup, download it, and store it in a safe place. See
“Backing Up and Restoring” on page 381.
Set Up MCUs Make sure your RMX MCUs are configured to accept encrypted (HTTPS)
management connections (required for maximum security mode).
Note
The Polycom DMA system can interact with MCUs, or media servers, in either or
both of the following two ways:
•MCUs may be made available to system’s Conference Manager to manage for
multi-point conferencing (hosting virtual meeting rooms, or VMRs).
•MCUs may be registered with the system’s Call Server as standalone MCUs
and/or gateways.
This configuration summary assumes you want to do both.