Polycom 7000 User Manual

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MCU Management
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MCU Pool Order Procedures
To view the MCU Pool Orders list 
» Go to Network > MCU > MCU Pool Orders
The MCU Pool Orders list appears. 
To add an MCU Pool Order 
Go to Network > MCU > MCU Pool Orders
In the Actions list, click Add
In the Add MCU Pool dialog, complete editable fields. All are mandatory. See 
Click OK
The new MCU pool order appears in the MCU Pool Orders list. The MCU pools included in the pool 
order are displayed. 
To edit an MCU Pool Order 
Go to Network > MCU > MCU Pool Orders
In the MCU Pool Orders list, select the pool order, and in the Actions list, click Edit
In the Edit MCU Pool Order dialog, edit the fields as required. See 
Note: Calculating MCU reliability
After each call, the RealPresence DMA system recalculates the reliability of an MCU as the weighted 
average of the result for the current call (1 for success, 0 for failure) and the reliability of all previous 
calls, using this formula: 
reliability = (current_call + (weight * previous_reliability)) / (1 + 
weight) 
For example, if weight is 5, previous reliability is 1 (no previous failed calls), and the call is successful, 
the reliability remains 1: 
(1 + (5 *1)) / (1 + 5) = 1 
If weight is 5, previous reliability is 1, and the call fails, the reliability becomes 5/6: 
(0 + (5 *1)) / (1 + 5) = 5/6 
If weight is 5, previous reliability is 5/6, and the call is successful, the reliability becomes 31/36:
(1 + (5 *5/6)) / (1 + 5) = 31/36 
If the reliability is ever less than 1, it exponentially approaches 1 as more calls succeed, but it never 
quite gets there. It very quickly reaches the point where the weight of the past failed call counts less 
than a single call in progress. But it remains as the tie breaker between completely unused MCUs 
forever.