Polycom 3725-77601-001H manual Endpoint Configuration/Provisioning

Endpoint Management Overview

Some notes about the TANDBERG connection to the Global Address Book:

•TANDBERG endpoints do not need to register with the CMA system gatekeeper to access the Global Address Book.

•Even if the Global Address Book is password protected, TANDBERG endpoints are not required to provide a password. They have unrestricted access to the Global Address Book.

•Any third-party endpoint, including TANDBERG endpoints, that are registered to the CMA system gatekeeper are displayed in the Global Address Book. In this case, endpoints are not filtered out based on capability.

A CMA system may also list an endpoint type of Other. The CMA system cannot manage endpoints with a type of Other and cannot direct these endpoints to initiate point-to-point calls. A scheduled point-to-point call between two endpoint systems with an endpoint type of Other requires the use of an MCU.

Note

The Polycom RealPresence Mobility and Telepresence M100 systems register as endpoint type of Other. As such, the CMA can schedule and perform limited monitoring of these systems.

Endpoint Configuration/Provisioning

Polycom endpoint systems can be configured in three ways:

•In the room by using the system’s remote control to navigate the screens and enter information.

•From a remote location by using the system’s web interface to navigate the screens and enter information.

•From a remote location by using a management system’s web interface to provision configuration settings to the endpoint system. The CMA system is a management system that provisions configuration settings.

The CMA system can provision several types of endpoints. Endpoint provisioning, which requires provisioning profiles, allows an administrator to remotely configure multiple endpoints of the same type with a standard set of settings. This eliminates the need to configure each endpoint individually either through the hand-held remote or the endpoint’s web interface.

The CMA system supports three types of endpoint provisioning: bundled, automatic, and scheduled. Enable endpoints for only one type of provisioning.

Note

Polycom recommends that all endpoints in a region (that is, a gatekeeper zone) be managed by a single management system.

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