Polycom 3725-76302-001O manual Connect to Microsoft Active Directory

Polycom® RealPresence DMA® System Initial Configuration Summary

You must organize MCUs configured as conferencing resources into one or more MCU pools (logical groupings of media servers). Then, you can define one or more MCU pool orders that specify the order of preference in which MCU pools are used.

Note: Resource Management and MCU Pools

If you have a Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager system that’s going to use the RealPresence DMA system API to schedule conferences on the RealPresence 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 RealPresence DMA system.

Every conference room (VMR) is associated with an MCU pool order. 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. See MCU Pools on page 142 and MCU Pool Orders on page 145 for information about how to use pools and pool orders, as well as the rules that the system uses to choose an MCU for a user.

The Polycom RealPresence DMA system uses conference templates to define the conferencing experience associated with a conference room or enterprise group. You can create standalone templates (recommended), setting the conferencing parameters directly in the Polycom RealPresence DMA system, or link templates to RealPresence® Collaboration Server or RMX conference profiles (see Conference Templates on page 190).

Both methods allow you to specify most conference parameters:

●General information such as line rate, encryption, auto termination, and H.239 settings

●Video settings such as mode (presentation or lecture) and layout

●IVR settings

●Conference recording settings

If you want to create RealPresence DMA system templates linked to conference profiles on the RealPresence Collaboration Server or RMX MCUs, make sure the profiles used by the Polycom RealPresence DMA system exist on all the MCUs and are defined the same on all of them.

Connect to Microsoft Active Directory®

Connecting to Microsoft® Active Directory® simplifies the task of deploying conferencing to a large organization. All Polycom RealPresence DMA system access to the Active Directory server is read-only and minimally impacts the directory performance. See Microsoft Active Directory® Integration on page 152.

Note: Consult an Expert

If you’re not knowledgeable about enterprise directories in general and your specific implementation in particular, please consult with someone who is. Active Directory integration is a non-trivial matter.

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