User Manual V2IU 4350 Converged Network Appliance

Configuration Guide For Enterprise Video Applications

A typical 4350 installation for enterprise video applications is depicted in the diagram below. In this scenario, the 4350s are used to connect all of the video endpoints to the Gatekeeper. The video endpoints should be configured to point to the LAN address of the 4350 as the Gatekeeper and the 4350 will proxy RAS and call setup messages to the Gatekeeper.

Headquarters

 

 

 

 

PC

H.323

Application

Softswitch

PC

PC

Gatekeeper

Server

NMS

 

 

IP Phone

PSTN

5300-S

Gateway

5300-E

IP Phone

IP Phone

Aggregation Router

PSTN

 

IP

PSTN

 

Network

 

 

 

 

T-1/E-1

NxT-1/E-1

Branch Office

 

Aggregation

Company B

 

 

Router

 

 

4350

 

5300-E

 

H.323

 

Gateway

H.323

Endpoint

 

 

 

Gateway

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC

IP Phone

Laptop

 

IP Phone

 

 

 

EM009A

The 4350 is installed at the private/public IP address boundary and provides the following functions:

WAN/LAN IP routing.

Traffic shaping and priority queuing to guarantee high quality video traffic. These mechanisms protect video and data traffic from contending for the same network resources to guarantee low latency and the highest

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Polycom V2IU 4350 user manual Configuration Guide For Enterprise Video Applications