Polycom 7000 manual Introduction to the Polycom RealPresence DMA System, Conference Manager

Polycom® RealPresence DMA® 7000 System Overview

This section provides an overview of the Polycom® Distributed Media Application™ (RealPresence DMA®)

7000 system. It includes these topics:

●Introduction to the Polycom RealPresence DMA System

●Polycom Solution Support

●Working in the Polycom RealPresence DMA System

●Open Source Software

Introduction to the Polycom RealPresence DMA System

The Polycom RealPresence DMA system is a highly reliable and scalable video collaboration infrastructure solution based on the Polycom® Proxias™ application server. The following topics introduce you to the system:

●The Polycom RealPresence DMA System’s Primary Functions

●The Polycom RealPresence DMA System’s Three Configurations

●System Capabilities and Constraints

●System Port Usage

The Polycom RealPresence DMA System’s Primary Functions

The primary functions of the Polycom RealPresence DMA system are described briefly below.

Conference Manager

The Polycom RealPresence DMA system’s Conference Manager facilitates multipoint video conferencing. A multipoint video conference is one in which multiple endpoints are connected, with all participants able to see and hear each other. The endpoints connect to a media server (Multipoint Control Unit, or MCU), which processes the audio and video from each and sends the conference audio and video streams back to them.

Traditionally, such multipoint conferences had to be scheduled in advance, reserving ports on a specific MCU, in order to ensure the availability of resources. Conference Manager makes this unnecessary.

Conference Manager uses advanced routing policies to distribute voice and video calls among multiple MCUs, creating a single virtual resource pool. This greatly simplifies multipoint video conferencing resource management and uses MCU resources more efficiently.

The Polycom RealPresence DMA system integrates with your Microsoft® Active Directory®, automating the task of provisioning users with virtual meeting rooms (VMRs), which are available for use at any time for

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