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Table of Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
About the Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions
Deployment Guide .................................................................................................................1-1
Scope of This Document ................................................................................................1-1
Intended Audience .........................................................................................................1-2
Acronym Definitions ......................................................................................................1-2
SVC Conferencing Solution Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
SVC Conferencing Overview ................................................................................................2-1
Overview of SVC ............................................................................................................2-1
Using the SVC-Based Conferencing Solution ....................................................................2-2
Using SVC-Enabled Endpoints in a Mixed AVC and SVC Conference .........................2-4
Video Layouts in the Mixed Conference Mode .........................................................2-5
SVC Conferencing System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
System Architecture for Enterprise Deployment ..............................................................3-1
User Plane ........................................................................................................................3-2
Access Plane ....................................................................................................................3-2
Media Plane .....................................................................................................................3-3
Call Control Plane ..........................................................................................................3-3
Management and Provisioning Plane .........................................................................3-4
Polycom System Environment Components ......................................................................3-4
RealPresence Access Director .......................................................................................3-4
RealPresence Virtualization Manager (DMA) ............................................................3-4
RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) .................................................................3-5
RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s, Virtual Edition .........................................3-5
RealPresence Resource Manager ..................................................................................3-5
Interoperability .......................................................................................................................3-6
A Typical SVC-Based Conference Deployment Scenario .................................................3-7
SVC Support for Endpoints ..........................................................................................3-8
Deploying the RealPresence Virtualization Manager (DMA) in the Enterprise
Environment ....................................................................................................................3-9
Deploying the RealPresence Resource Manager in the Enterprise
Environment ....................................................................................................................3-9
Supported Features in the RealPresence Collaboration Server .....................................3-10
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Configuring the RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) for SVC Only
Conferences .............................................................................................................................4-1
Configuring the RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s for SVC Only Conferences 4-8
Configuring a Mixed CP (AVC) and SVC Conference on the RealPresence
Collaboration Server 800s ....................................................................................................4-16
Using Video Resources for a Mixed AVC and SVC Conference ...........................4-16
Resource Report ............................................................................................................4-17
Configuring the RealPresence Virtualization Manager (DMA) ....................................4-18