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Polycom
®
CMA
®
System Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the Polycom
®
Converged Management
Application™ (CMA
®
) system and includes these topics:
• Polycom CMA System Features and Capabilities
• Polycom CMA System Models
• Minimum System Requirements
• Working in the Polycom CMA System
Polycom CMA System Features and Capabilities
The CMA system is an integrated scheduling and device management
platform for video conferencing that can include these features:
• The Polycom
CMA Desktop client for Windows and MAC operating
systems—an easy-to-use video and audio conferencing application that
lets your users see and hear the people they call on their desktop system.
• Automatic provisioning for dynamically-managed endpoint systems and
scheduled provisioning for standardly-managed and legacy endpoints.
• Automatic softupdates for dynamically-managed endpoint systems and
scheduled softupdates for standardly-managed and legacy endpoints.
• On-demand conferencing using embedded MCUs or external MCUs.
• Conference scheduling via the CMA system Web Scheduler or the
optional Polycom Scheduling Plugins for Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
or IBM
®
Lotus
®
Notes.
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• Advanced routing to distribute audio and video calls across multiple
conferencing platforms (MCUs), creating a single seamless resource pool.
• Firewall management capabilities which enable videoconferencing across
firewalls.
• Gatekeeper as well as alternate and neighboring gatekeeper functionality.