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Chapter 3-SVC Conferencing System Architecture
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Management and Provisioning Plane
This level contains the Polycom® RealPresence® Resource Manager component. The
RealPresence Resource Manager controls and manages all enterprise management
applications and servers such as Authentication, DNS, Email, in addition to client
provisioning through the enterprise Management User Interface (UI).
Additionally, this level contains the enterprise Active Directory (AD), which communicates
with the RealPresence Resource Manager as well as the RealPresence Virtualization
Manager (DMA).
Polycom System Environment Components
This section describes the Polycom RealPresence components that are used in the SVC
conferencing solution. Additionally, it describes the component and endpoint
interoperability.
RealPresence Access Director
The RealPresence Access Director (RPAD) is an expanded firewall traversal solution that
makes it easier for conference participants, inside or outside the firewall, to video
conference safely with anyone in the organization, whether they are in a secure environment
at the office or an unsecure environment at home or away.
For more information on using the RealPresence Access Director, see the Polycom®
RealPresence® Access Director™ System Administrator’s Guide.
RealPresence Virtualization Manager (DMA)
The RealPresence Virtualization Manager (DMA), is the primary server communicating
between the endpoints and the RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX). The RealPresence
Virtualization Manager (DMA) is responsible for managing conferences, call control, and
signaling and acting as the conference focus. It communicates with the RealPresence
Collaboration Server using the SIP protocol. Additionally, the RealPresence Virtualization
Manager (DMA) provides a Northbound REST API for creating virtual meeting rooms
(VMR). Enabling SVC-based conferences on VMRs can be done by configuring the