Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Maintenance Manual

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February 27, 2004
Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server System Manager’s Guide
8
Multiserver meetings
This chapter discusses the following topics:
About multiserver meetings
The multiserver meeting feature provides a virtual link between different 
MeetingPlace systems so that users on each server can communicate with 
each other as if they were in the same meeting. The following illustration 
shows users on different MeetingPlace systems attending a multiserver 
meeting between the United States, United Kingdom, and Asia.
When users schedule multiserver meetings, they designate one MeetingPlace 
server as the primary server responsible for connecting to the other—
secondary—servers. MeetingTime client software and MeetingPlace Web 
each provide an easy-to-use interface for scheduling multiserver meetings.
When a multiserver meeting is set to begin, the primary MeetingPlace server 
places one call to each secondary server over standard phone lines. After the 
secondary servers receive the call, they add the primary server to their 
meeting, allowing all users to speak to each over the server they’re connected 
to.
MeetingPlace multiserver meeting