Administrator Guide - SoundPoint® IP / SoundStation® IP Overview
Copyright © 2004 Polycom, Inc. 1
1 Overview

This Administrator Guide is for the SIP 1.4.0 software release, and the bootROM 2.6.0

release.

SoundPoint® IP and SoundStation® IP are feature-rich, enterprise-class voice commu-

nications terminals for Ethernet TCP/IP networks. They are designed to facilitate

high-quality audio and text message communications. These phones are endpoints in

the overall network topology designed to interoperate with other compatible equip-

ment including application servers, media servers, internetworking gateways, voice

bridges, and other endpoints.

The phones connect physically to a standard office twisted-pair (IEEE 802.3) 10/100

megabytes per second Ethernet LAN and send and receive all data using the same

packet-based technology. Since the phone is a data terminal, digitized audio being just

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Voice Bridge

Internet
Router /
Firewall
Remote
Boot Server
IDC Remote
Application
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Polycom

SoundPoint IP

500/600s PC
Local
Boot Server
IDC
Local
Application
Server
Modem Bank
PSTN
Gateway
PC PC