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Polycom CMA System Operations Guide
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• Access to user and room directories for on-demand and scheduled calls.
Directory services include:
— Presence and contact list functionality for dynamically-managed
endpoints.
— Global Address Book for a single directory structure or Multiple
Address Books for multiple managed directories.
— H.350 and LDAP directory functionality. H.350 defines a directory
services architecture for multimedia conferencing for H.323, H.320,
SIP and generic protocols.
• Device monitoring and management.
• Conference monitoring and management.
• An optional high-availability, redundant management server
configuration.
Polycom CMA System Models
Polycom offers two CMA system models.
• The single microprocessor CMA 4000 system supports up to 400
concurrently registered endpoints and 240 concurrent calls. Integration
with a corporate directory and an external database is optional. The CMA
4000 system is not available in redundant configurations or maximum
security configurations.
• The dual microprocessor CMA 5000 system can support up to 5000
concurrently registered endpoints and 3000 concurrent calls in direct
mode and 1500 concurrent calls in routed mode. The CMA 5000 system is
also available in an optional redundant configuration.
Integration with a corporate directory is optional for CMA 5000 systems.
Integration with an external database (Microsoft SQL Server) is required
for redundant CMA 5000 systems or for CMA 5000 systems supporting
more than 400 concurrently registered endpoints and 240 concurrent calls.
Minimum System Requirements
The Polycom CMA System Release Notes describe the minimum system
requirements for your CMA system. To find the most current Release Notes, go
to support.polycom.com and navigate to UC Infrastructure > Polycom
Converged Management Application CMA 4000 & 5000.
Any scheduled call that requires an external MCU requires a Polycom RMX
™
or Polycom MGC
™
conferencing platform. For example, any conference with
a dial-in participant requires an external MCU. And some features and