Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Maintenance Manual

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4-2  Managing 
Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server System Manager’s Guide
February 27, 2004
This illustration shows the following:
All access ports are not necessarily pre-configured as conference ports. 
The number of conference port licenses you acquire (as listed on your 
sales order) is the total number of conference ports in your system.
Distribution of port types illustrates the distribution of ports in a 
MeetingPlace system.
You can reserve some conference ports to handle call transfers. These are 
contingency ports. Contingency ports are ports that the system keeps in 
reserve, making it possible for meeting participants to reach a contact or 
attendant for assistance during a meeting and for the system manager to 
dial in to meetings. The values entered in the Number of Contingency 
Ports field (Configure tab, Server Configuration topic) determine the 
number of contingency ports in your system.
The remaining conference ports, called floating ports, are available for 
unexpected port needs. Floating ports can float between meetings, taking 
up the slack when an extra person attends a meeting that is already full. 
The values entered in the Number of Floating Ports field (in the Configure 
tab, Server Configuration topic) determine how many ports are floating 
ports.
Distribution of port types
Con
ferenc
e por
ts
Access ports reserved for 
scheduling and listening to 
recorded meetings
Contingency ports reserved 
to handle call transfers to 
contacts or attendant
Floating ports to handle 
unexpected meeting 
attendance
Ports in use or reserved 
for meetings
Ac
cess
 port
s