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This chapter provides an overview of the Polycom® Converged Management
Application™ (CMA™) system and includes these topics:
•Scheduling Overview
•Log Into the Polycom CMA System
•General Scheduling Information
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— Scheduling Participants and Endpoints
— Bridge Selection and Cascading
— Bridge Scheduling and Reassignment
•Field Input Requirements
— Field Input Requirements
— Filter and Search a List
•Change Password
•Log Out of the Polycom CMA System
Scheduling Overview
The Polycom CMA system allows users with basic of advanced Scheduler
Permissions to schedule conferences from their desktops.
Using the simple Polycom CMA system Web Scheduler interface, schedulers
can create one-time or recurring conferences in a manner similar to their
favorite calendar application. Or schedulers with the Microsoft Outlook® or
IBM® Lotus Notes® can use the Polycom Scheduling Plugins to schedule
conferences.
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Log Into the Polycom CMA System
To log into the Polycom CMA system web interface, you need:
•Microsoft Internet Explorer® 6.0, 7.0 or 8.0, Mozilla FireFox® 3.5 or 3.6, or
Apple Safari 3.2 or 4.0
•Adobe
•The IP address or host name of the Polycom CMA system server and your
You get three opportunities to enter the correct password. After three failed
attempts, the system returns an error message.
To log into a Polycom CMA system
1Open a browser window and in the Address field enter the Polycom
®
Flash® Player 9.x or 10.0.x
username, password, and domain.
CMA system server IP address or host name.
— If prompted to install the Adobe Flash Player, click OK.
— If you receive an HTTPS Security Alert, click Yes.
To eliminate these HTTPS certificate security alerts in the future,
contact your system administrator.
2When the Polycom CMA system Log In screen appears, enter your
Username and Password.
3If necessary, select a different Language or Domain.
4Click Login.
Because the Polycom CMA system is a role-based system, you see only the
pages and functions available to your roles.
General Scheduling Information
You may find the following general topics useful when you are scheduling
conferences.
•Scheduling Participants and Endpoints
•Bridge Selection and Cascading
•Bridge Scheduling and Reassignment
•Field Input Requirements
•Filter and Search a List
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Scheduling Participants and Endpoints
When you schedule conferences, you select the participants you wish to join
the conference from your endpoint directory. Depending on your system
configuration, your endpoint directory may be the enterprise LDAP directory
or the Global Address Book. It may also include Guest Book entries.
For participants that have multiple endpoints registered with the Polycom
CMA system, the system selects the participant’s default endpoint. You can
change to another endpoint by selecting it from the Call Info list or by editing
the participant.
You can schedule participants without endpoints into conferences. You cannot
schedule endpoints without owners into conferences. The Polycom CMA
system can be configured to allow you to overbook dial-in participants. In this
case, dial-in participants can be scheduled to dial into multiple conferences
during the same time period, but the system reserves resources for the
participant for only the first scheduled conference. Dial-out participants
cannot be scheduled into multiple conferences.
For the same reason, if you schedule participants with endpoints such as
Polycom CMA Desktop, HDX, VVX, or VSX systems into conference as Dial In endpoints, the conference will require external MCU resources.
Bridge Selection and Cascading
When a conference is scheduled with one of the Polycom CMA system
scheduling applications (Web Scheduler or Scheduling Plug-in for Microsoft
Outlook or IBM Lotus Notes) and the conference requires external MCU
resources (such as a Polycom RMX or MGC system), then by default the
Polycom CMA system automatically assigns the conference to a bridge.
However, the system allows users with advanced scheduler permissions to
select a bridge for their conferences. It also allows them to create multibridge,
cascaded conferences.
Bridge Selection
When scheduling a conference, users with advanced scheduler permissions
can select a bridge to host their conference by selecting the Single Bridge
option. When they select this option, the system presents a list of bridges that
have the capabilities and resources required to host their conference.
Because this bridge list depends on the template selection and conference
settings, users should make their template selection and conference settings
before selecting a bridge. Otherwise, they may select a bridge that cannot meet
their conferencing requirements. In this case, the conference will fail to
schedule.
Bridge Selection and Cascading Conferences
When scheduling a conference, users with advanced scheduler permissions
can select the Multi Bridge option to create cascading conferences.
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In some respects, a cascaded conference looks like a single conference, but it is
actually two or more conferences on different bridges that are linked together.
The link is created by a dial-out from one conference to a second conference
via a special cascaded entry queue.
Some reasons you may wish to create cascading conferences include:
•To invite more conference participants than any single bridge can host
•To connect different bridges at different sites into a single conference
•To use the different capabilities of different bridges (for example, different
communication protocols, such as, serial connections, ISDN, etc.)
When you create a multibridge, cascaded conference, you must manually
select bridges and create the cascaded links between bridges by identifying the
originating bridge, the terminating bridge, and the network type (IP or ISDN).
The system displays an interconnection diagram that illustrates the cascaded
links. Once scheduled, each cascaded link appears as a participant in the
conference.
By default, the system automatically assign participants to the “best bridge”
for them based on available capacity, location, and least cost routing rules.
However, you may also choose to manually assign participants to bridges.
Bridge Scheduling and Reassignment
When a conference is scheduled with one of the Polycom CMA system
scheduling applications (Web Scheduler or Scheduling Plug-in for Microsoft
Outlook or IBM Lotus Notes), by default the system automatically assigns the
conference to a bridge unless a user with advanced scheduler permissions
intercedes. If that bridge is down at the time the system starts the conference,
the Polycom CMA system attempts to dynamically reassign the conference to
another bridge with sufficient capabilities and resources.
•If the system can successfully reassign the conference to another bridge,
the conference starts on the newly selected bridge, and the system sends
an updated conference email to all scheduled participants. This updated
email includes a new dial-in number that dial-in participants must use to
join the conference.
•If the system cannot successfully reassign the conference to another
bridge, the conference fails to start. The system sends an email to notify the
conference organizer of the failure.
Some notes about bridge reassignment:
•The bridge reassignment process only occurs when the system detects that
a bridge is down. It does not occur if the system determines that a bridge
does not have sufficient resources required to host the conference.
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•If the Polycom CMA system cannot find another bridge with the features
and capacity needed to support a conference, the conference fails to start.
The system does not attempt to modify the conference settings in any way.
Instead, the system sends an email to notify the conference organizer of
the failure.
•The system will chain bridge reassignments. This means that if the next
bridge to which the system assigns a conference is down at the time the
system tries to start the conference, the system will try to reassign the
conference again.
•If the bridge to which the system reassigns a conference has ad hoc
conferences on it, the Polycom CMA system is unaware of those
conferences. The reassigned conference may fail to start if ad hoc
conferences are consuming resources the Polycom CMA system expected
to schedule. This is known behavior and is avoided by applying the best
practice of not using bridges for both scheduled and ad hoc conferences.
Field Input Requirements
While every effort was made to internationalize the Polycom CMA system, not
all system fields accept Unicode entries. If you work in a language other than
English, be aware that the Polycom CMA system fields that accept only ASCII
characters are shaded a light yellow.
For information about specific field requirements, see “System Field Input
Requirements” on page 549.
Filter and Search a List
In the Polycom CMA system interface, information is often summarized in
lists or grids.
Lists that include many items may have filters or searchable fields, which
allow you to view a subset of items or search for a specific entry. The available
filtering options depend on the type of information in the list. For example in
the conference list:
•If you select Custom Date as the filter, a calendar filter field appears
•If you select Ongoing Plus as the filter, an attribute option appears. You
In general, most text filter fields are ASCII only and the Polycom CMA system
search function is a case-insensitive, substring search. That means when you
enter a search string, the Polycom CMA system looks for that string whereever
it occurs (beginning, middle, or end) in the word or number.
can select the attribute Conference Name and enter all or part of the
conference name into the associated text field.
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However, if the Polycom CMA system is integrated with an Active Directory,
the Polycom CMA system uses the LDAP search function for searches of the
directory. LDAP searches are prefix-searches that include an appended
wildcard. In this case, when you enter a search string, the system looks for that
search string only at the beginning of the indexed fields.
For example, all of the following searches for a participant will find Barbara
Smithe:
Barbara
Smithe
Bar
Smi
To optimize LDAP searches, the Polycom CMA system (and its
dynamically-managed endpoints) searches only indexed LDAP fields and a
limited set of attributes. The attributes include:
ObjectCategory
memberOf
DisplayName
GivenName
Sn
Cn
Samaccountname
groupType
distinguishedName
objectGuid
These are the requested attributes to be returned by the search:
Sn
Givenname
Mail
Ou
Objectguid
Telephonenumber
Cn
Samaccountname
Memberof
Displayname
Objectclass
Title
localityName
department
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Change Password
Local users of the Polycom CMA system must change their passwords every
90 days. Access rules for enterprise users is managed by Microsoft Active
Directory.
To change your system password
1Click Settings in the top-right corner of the page.
2Click Change Password.
3Enter your Old Password.
4Enter a New Password. This password must be at least 8 characters long.
5Confirm the new password and click OK.
Log Out of the Polycom CMA System
To log out of the Polycom CMA system
Click Log Out in the top-right corner of the page.
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Conference Scheduling Overview
This chapter describes the scheduling and conference views, navigation, and
commands of the Polycom CMA system. It includes these topics:
•Conference Menu and Views
— Conference Views—Future and Ongoing
— Conference States
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— Context-Sensitive Conference Commands
•User Menu and Guest Book
— Context-Sensitive Guest Book Commands
— Add a Guest to the System Guest Book
— Edit a Guest in the System Guest Book
— Delete a Guest from the System Guest Book
Conference Menu and Views
The Polycom CMA system Conference menu provides these views of the
Conference list:
•Future—Displays the list of future conferences in the main window.
Use this view to view and edit future conferences.
•Ongoing—Displays the list of active conferences in the main window.
Use this view to manage ongoing conferences.
Note that with Scheduler Permissions, you only see and manage the
conferences you created.
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The Conference views have these sections.
SectionDescription
ViewsThe views you can access from the page.
Conference ActionsThe set of available commands. The constant commands in
Conference ListThe context-sensitive Conference list for the selected view.
Conference DetailsDisplays information about the selected conference. For
the Conference views are:
•Refresh —Use this command to update the display
with current information.
•Add —Use this command to create a new video
and/or audio conference.
more information, see “Conference Details” on page 47.
Conference
Features
Bridge (MCU)
Features
ParticipantsDisplays the list of participants for the selected conference.
Participant DetailsDisplays information about the participant selected in the
Displays the status of system features for the selected
conference. For more information, see “Conference
Features” on page 49.
Displays the status of MCU features for the selected
conference. For more information, see “Bridge (MCU)
Features” on page 50.
For more information, see “Participants List” on page 51.
Participants list. For more information, see “Participant
Details” on page 52.
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Conference Views—Future and Ongoing
When you log into the Polycom CMA system with Scheduler Permissions,
you see the Conference and User menus and the Future view is displayed.
You can also select the Ongoing view.
The Conference list in both the Future and Ongoing view has these fields.
FieldDescription
FilterUse the filter to display other views of the conference list,
which include:
•Future Only - Displays scheduled conferences that
have not yet started
•Today Only - Displays scheduled conferences
(completed, active, or future) for the current day and
active ad hoc conferences
•Custom Date - Displays scheduled conferences
(completed, active, or future) for a selected day. Select
the day from the calendar.
•Ongoing Plus - Displays active and future scheduled
conferences for the day. You can further filter this
request by Owner, Conference Name, Endpoint
Name, and Bridge.
•Today Plus - Displays scheduled conferences
(completed, active, or future) for the current day , current
ad hoc conferences, and all future conferences. You can
further filter this request by Owner, Conference Name,
Endpoint Name, and Bridge.
•Yesterday Plus - Displays completed scheduled
conferences for yesterday and earlier. You can further
filter this request by Owner and Conference Name.
For information on filters, see “Filter and Search a List”.
Export as Excel fileUse this button to download the Conference list as currently
displayed to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
StatusThe state of the conference. For more information, see
“Conference States” on page 12.
TypeThe type of scheduled conference. Possible values include:
•Video Conference —All conference participants
have video endpoints.
•Audio Only Conference —All conference
participants have audio endpoints. Audio only
conferences require an MCU.
•Recurring Conference —The conference is one in
a recurring series.
•Multi-Bridge Conference —The scheduler assigned
the conference to multiple bridges and created bridge
links.
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FieldDescription
Conference NameThe system- or scheduler-assigned name of the
Start TimeThe user-assigned start time for the conference. The
BridgeIf applicable, the user-assigned bridge for the conference.
OwnerThe conference creator.
conference. By default, the system assigns a conference
name and appends the day and date to that name. The
scheduler can change the system-assigned name.
system appends the time difference between the local time
and the standard time.
Possible values are:
•N/A—A bridge is not required for the conference.
•<Bridge Name>—The user assigned the conference to
a single bridge. In this case, the bridge name is
displayed.
•Multi bridge —The user assigned the conference
to multiple bridges and created bridge links.
Conference States
Conferences may be in the following states.
StateDescription
Future
Conference
Completed
Conference
Active
Conference
Active Alerts
Conference
Scheduled conference that has not yet started. This
conference state is possible in all views except the
Yesterday Plus view.
A scheduled conference that occurred in the past. This
conference state is possible in all views except the Future
and Ongoing Plus view.
A conference that is still active/ongoing. This conference
state is possible in all views except the Future and
Yesterday Plus view.
The bridge on which the active/ongoing conference is being
hosted has sent an alert. Examples of events that will
trigger a bridge alert are:
•A participant is connected in secondary mode (audio
only).
•A conference is not yet full (i.e., not all scheduled
participants have joined the conference).
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StateDescription
Declined
Conference
Conference End
Warning
Applies only to conferences scheduled through the Polycom
Scheduling Plugin for Microsoft Outlook. This state
indicates that most participants did not accept the
conference invitation.
The conference is ending, i.e., it is in its last five minutes
unless someone extends it.
Context-Sensitive Conference Commands
Besides the constant Refresh and Add commands, the Actions section
may include these context-sensitive commands depending on the type of
conference selected.
CommandDescription
Available for future conferences only
Edit Use this command to edit the selected conference. For
more information, see “Edit a Conference” on page 23.
Available for future and past conferences
Delete Use this command to delete the selected conference.
Available for future, past, and active conferences
Copy Use this command to copy the selected conference.
Available for active conferences only
Manage Use this command to display the Manage Conference
TerminateEnds the selected conference.
User Menu and Guest Book
The Polycom CMA system User menu provides access to the system Guest
Book. The Guest Book is a system-wide directory that includes guest
participants who were added explicitly or saved during scheduling to the
Guest Book. They are referred to as static entries because they are not
imported through the dynamically updated enterprise directory or included
in the system Global Address Book. The Guest Book is limited to 500 entries.
page for the conference selected in the Conference List.
Use this command to manage participants and endpoints in
the selected active conference. For more information, see
“Manage an Active Conference” on page 29.
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The Guest Book has these fields.
FieldDescription
NameThe guest’s first and last name.
EmailThe guest’s email address. The system validates the email
LocationThe location of the guest’s endpoint system. This is a
Number(Optional) The ISDN phone number for the user. This
Join ModeIndicates whether the guest will use an audio endpoint or
Dial OptionsIndicates whether the guest will dial into conferences, or
structure only.
free-form entry field that the system does not validate.
number is constructed from the Country code + Area/City
code + phone number or entered as the modified dial
number.
video endpoint to join conferences.
that the system should dial out to the guest.
Dial TypeIndicates whether the guest has an IP (H.323) or ISDN
(H.320) endpoint.
Context-Sensitive Guest Book Commands
The Actions section of the Guest Book page may include these
context-sensitive commands depending on the type of conference selected.
CommandDescription
Add GuestUse this command to add a new guest user.
Edit GuestUse this command to change information for a guest user.
Delete GuestUse this command to delete a guest from the Guest Book.
Deleting a guest is a permanent operation.
Add a Guest to the System Guest Book
To add a guest to the system Guest Book
1Go to User > Guest Book and click Add Guest.
2Configure the Guest Information section of the Add New Guest dialog
box.
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FieldDescription
First NameThe guest’s first name
Last NameThe guest’s last name
EmailThe guest’s email address. The system validates the
email structure only.
LocationThe guest’s location of the guest’s endpoint system.
This is a free-form entry field that the system does
not validate.
Dial TypeSpecify the protocol that the guest’s endpoint
supports; either IP (H.323) or ISDN (H.320).
Join ModeSpecify whether the guest will use an audio endpoint
or video endpoint to join conferences.
Note
A guest may have multiple endpoints. To create ,
create a separate guestbook entry for each endpoint.
Dial OptionsSpecify whether the guest will dial into conferences,
or that the system should dial out to the guest.
Note
To support both options, create a separate
guestbook entry for each.
3If the guest has an IP (H.32.3) endpoint, configure:
FieldDescription
IP AddressThe IP address of the guest’s video or audio
endpoint.
ExtensionThe specific dial string for the guest. For Annex-O
dialing, enter the H.323.alias@IP here, for example:
•1001@11.12.13.14
•1001@
•
•
domain
.com
username@domain
username
@1 1.12.13.14
.com
Note
Polycom endpoints must register with a gatekeeper
before they'll attempt an Annex-O call.
MCU ServiceChoose from the list of MCU services defined on the
MCUs that the Polycom CMA system has registered.
Leave this at Any Available Service unless you
have specific knowledge of MCU services.
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Note
The Extension field in this dialog box cannot be configured.
4If the guest has an ISDN (H.320) endpoint and a modified dialing number
(with a prefix or postfix):
aClick Use Modified Dial Number.
bConfigure these settings:
FieldDescription
NumberThe participant’s phone number.
MCU ServiceChoose from the list of MCU services defined on the
MCUs that the Polycom CMA system has registered.
Leave this at Any Available Service unless you
have specific knowledge of MCU services.
Note
The Extension field in this dialog box cannot be configured.
5If the guest has an ISDN (H.320) endpoint but no modified dialing
number, configure these settings:
FieldDescription
CountryThe country to which the system will dial out to the
guest.
Area/City CodeThe area code to which the system will dial out to the
guest.
NumberThe participant’s phone number.
MCU ServiceChoose from the list of MCU services defined on the
MCUs that the Polycom CMA system has registered.
Leave this at Any Available Service unless you
have specific knowledge of MCU services.
Note
The Extension field in this dialog box cannot be configured.
6Click OK.
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