Polycom 3725-77601-001H manual How Multiple Address Books Work

Polycom CMA System Operations Guide

Notes

•Multiple Address Book functionality works in Maximum Security Mode based upon LDAP only.

•An endpoint must be associated with a User and the User must be in a Group in order to specify an address book.

How Multiple Address Books Work

Use address books to limit access to people and endpoints. For example, you can set up separate address books for each department in your organization. Each address book would include only CMA users in that department and only rooms in that department’s location.

If the CMA system has the Areas feature enabled, you can only associate users and endpoints in the same Areas as you are in to address books.

Users not assigned the Administrator role will not be aware of address books. They will see only those users (local and enterprise directory), endpoints, rooms, groups, and guests in the same address book that the user is assigned to.

To implement multiple address books, complete the following tasks

1Add an Address Book

CMA system users assigned the Administrator role can create address books and associate users (local and enterprise directory), endpoints, rooms, groups, and guests with one or more address books. This process controls where each entity appears as an address book entry.

2Assign Address Books to Groups

CMA system users assigned the Administrator role can assign an address book to a group. A group can be assigned to only one address book. This process controls the address book that users and endpoints have access to.

3Change Address Book Priority

CMA system users assigned the Administrator role can set the priority of address books. The priority affects which address book a user has access to. For example, if a user is a member of two different groups and each group is assigned a different address book, the user can access the address book that is higher in priority.

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