Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Maintenance Manual

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4-22  Managing 
Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server System Manager’s Guide
February 27, 2004
To view the usage thresholds:
1.
Choose 
View
 menu > 
Display Options
.
2.
In the Display Options dialog box, select 
Show usage thresholds
.
You can also use the Display Options dialog box to view monthly 
conferencing minutes on a per-port basis.
Recommendations for managing capacity
To determine how efficiently your MeetingPlace system is being used, run the 
Conferencing Use (minutes per port) capacity management tool at the end of 
each month. The following table shows how to interpret the usage threshold 
levels.
The figures in the table are suggested target points for your organization. Your 
results may vary depending on factors such as your peak conferencing 
business hours, international use, the size of your system, and specific 
conferencing applications. As you continue to track your MeetingPlace use 
and service levels, you will be able to better define appropriate minutes per 
port conferencing levels for your organization.
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These traffic level descriptions are for scheduled meetings and do not 
apply well to reservationless systems. Service quality degrades rapidly on a 
reservationless system when the traffic gets out of the “efficient usage” zone. 
Scheduled meetings can simply be rescheduled for a different time, but if 
Usage threshold