Appendix H - Integration Into Microsoft Environments
Polycom®, Inc. 790
Cisco TIP Support
Polycom’s solution that allows the Collaboration Server to natively inter-operate with Cisco TelePresence
Systems using Cisco TIP protocol is supported.
MLA (Multipoint Layout Application) is required for managing Cisco TelePresence layouts (whether Polycom
ITP Systems are deployed or not. MLA is a Windows® application that allows conference administrators to
configure and control video layouts for multipoint calls involving Polycom Immersive Telepresence (ITP)
systems. For more information see the Polycom® Multipoint Layout Application (MLA) User’s Guide for Use
with Polycom Telepresence Solutions.
System behavior can be controlled by adding the MS_AV_MCU_ MONITORING System Flag and setting
its value accordingly as summarized in the following table.
For more information seeCollaboration With Cisco’s Telepresence Interoperability Protocol (TIP)and
Collaboration with Microsoft and Ciscoin the Collaboration Server (RMX) Administrator's Guide.
Lync 2013 Participant monitoring
Lync Clients connected to a conference using the Collaboration Server Hosted architecture will experience
normal monitoring, with the addition of the MS SVC codec.
Lync Clients connected to a conference using a MS AV MCU Cascade link will be monitored as a single
participant. In the Conference list the MS AV MCU is listed as Lync AV MCU_x, where x is an incrementing
number, should multiple be multiple conferences connected using MS AV MCU Cascade links.
For more information see Microsoft RTV Video Protocol Support in CP Conferencesin the Collaboration
Server (RMX) Administrator's Guide.
System Behavior by MS_AV_MCU_MONITORING System Flag Value and MLA Mode
MS_AV_MCU_MONITORING= MLA Mode Collaboration Server Side MS AV MCU Side
MAIN_AND_IN_SLAVE
(Default)
Room Switch Sees the AV MCU current speaker.
Sees the Collaboration
Server hosted current
speaker in a 1x1
layout.
CP Layout Sees all connected Lync Clients in
the layout.
NO
(Not recommended)
Room Switch Sees a Lync Client which may or
may not be the current speaker.
CP Layout
YES
Room Switch Sees the MS AV MCU current
speaker.
CP Layout
(Not
recommended)
Sees cascaded slave MS AV
MCUs as empty cells in the layout.