RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/1800/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide
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Resource Management
This section describes how the MCU resources are managed by the MCU and how they are used by the
MCU to connect participant to conferences.
This section describes:
Resource Capacity
AVC Conferencing - Voice
Video/Voice Port Configuration - MPMx
Displaying the Resource Report
MCU Resource Management by RealPresence Resource Manager (XMA), Polycom CMA and Polycom
RealPresence DMA System

Resource Capacity

The MCU resources are determined by the MCU type, Card Configuration Mode and the system license you
have purchased. The total number of licensed resources is shown in the System Information .
The Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500 supports one Card Configuration Mode: MPMx. The Collaboration
Server (RMX) 1500 contains only one card and can have to 4 ISDN/PSTN E1/T1 connections.
The Collaboration Server (RMX)2000 / 4000 can support two Card Configuration Modes: MPMx or MPMRx.
The Collaboration Server (RMX)2000 can include up to two media cards and one RTM-ISDN card with up
to 7 E1 or 9 T1 connections.
The Collaboration Server (RMX) 4000 can include up to four media cards and one RTM-ISDN card with up
to 7 E1 or 9 T1 connections.
The Collaboration Server (RMX) 1800 supports one media card type which is similar to the MPMRx card
and therefore it is considered to support one Card Configuration Mode: MPMRx. It does not have
ISDN/PSTN Connections.

MCU Capacities in CP Only Conferencing and SVC Only Conferencing

The following table summarizes the resource capacities of fully configured (with all media cards at their full
capacity) and fully licenced Collaboration Servers with the various card types per resolution in AVC CP only
Conferencing mode or in SVC only conferences (and not in mixed CP and SVC conferences).
Three assembly variations, MPMx-S, MPMx-D and MPMx-Q, differing in resource capacity, are
available for the RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500. For capacity details, see