Polycom 3725-77601-001H manual Configure the Connection to the External Database

Polycom CMA System Operations Guide

The DNS should also have entries for your Active Directory server (if different from the DNS) and for the external database server being used by the CMA system.

Note

If you configure the DNS server to use two or more Active Directory servers, make sure that the servers have the same services available.

To dynamically manage endpoints (which includes automatic provisioning, automatic softupdate, and presence) right out-of-the-box, they must be able to automatically discover the CMA system. This means you must add the DNS service record (SRV record) for the CMA system. The lookup key for this service record is _cmaconfig._tcp. So the record will resemble this:

__cmaconfig._tcp.customerdomain.com 86400 IN SRV 0 0 443 cma5000.customerdomain.com

For more information about DNS, DNS records, and how DNS works, see Microsoft Technet (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772774(WS.10).aspx).

Configure the Connection to the External Database

If during First Time Setup you did not configure the CMA system to use an external Microsoft SQL Server database, but need to do so now, see “Database Operations” on page 427.

Note

It is not recommended, but you can create the CMA system databases manually using Microsoft SQL scripts. Contact Polycom Global Services to request the creation scripts.

Integration with an external Microsoft SQL Server database is required for redundant CMA 5000 systems or for CMA 5000 systems supporting more than 400 concurrently registered endpoints and 240 concurrent calls.

Configure the Connection to an External Enterprise Directory

If during First Time Setup you did not configure your CMA system to use an enterprise directory, but need to do so now, see “Directory Operations” on page 355.

Connecting to an enterprise directory allows users to enter their network usernames and password to log into CMA system. It also allows users to access the enterprise directory when selecting conference participants.

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