RMX 2000 Administrator's Guide Version 7.6.1 - Polycom

Chapter 4-Cascading Conferences
• When creating a cascading link between two RMXs:
— The RMXs operate in CP (Continuous Presence) mode.
• When creating a cascading link between MGCs and RMXs:
— The MGCs can only operate in VSW mode.
The following table summarizes Video Session Modes line rate options that need to be
selected for each conference in the cascading hierarchy according to the cascading topology:
Table 5 MIH Cascading – Video Session Mode and Line Rate
Topology MCU Type
Level 1 RMX
Level 2 RMX
Level 1 RMX
Level 2 RMX
Video Session
Mode
CP - HD
Level 1 MGC CP - CIF 263
Level 2 RMX CP - CIF 264
Level 1 MGC VSW - HD
Level 2 RMX VSW HD
Line Rate Endpoint
1.5Mb/s, 1Mb/s,
2Mb/s
To establish the links between two RMXs requires the following procedures be performed:
• Establish the Master-Slave relationships between the cascaded conferences by defining
the dialing direction.
• Create the Master and Slave conferences, defining the appropriate line rate.
• Create a cascade-enabled Dial-out Participant link in the Master conference
• Create a cascade-enabled Dial-in Participant link in the Slave conference.
Creating a Cascade Enabled Dial-out/Dial-in Participant Link
The connection between two cascaded conferences is established by a cascade enabled dialout
and dial-in participants, acting as a cascades link.
The dialing direction determines whether the dial-out participant is defined in the
conference running on the Master MCU or the Slave MCU. For example, if the dialing
direction is from the Master conference on level 1 to the Slave conference on level 2, the dialout
participant is defined in the Master conference on level 1 and a dial-in participant is
defined in the Slave conference running on the MCU on level 2.
If the cascade-enabled dial-out participant always connects to the same destination
conference on the other (second) MCU, the participant properties can be saved in the
Address Book of the MCU for future repeated use of the cascaded link.
To define the dial-out cascade participant link:
1 In the Conferences pane, select the conference.
2 In the Participants pane, click New Participant ( ).
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HDX
CP - CIF 768Kb/s, 2Mb/s VSX
768Kb/s, 2Mb/s
HDX,
VSX
1.5Mb/s HDX