Polycom DOC2702A User Manual

Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide 

Polycom, Inc.

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Participants are associated with a Network Service and use it resources as follows:
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Dial-in participants - according to the network used to place the call and connect to 

the RMX.

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Dial-out participant - according to the Network Service selected during the 

participant properties definition or during conference definition, according to the 

Network Service selected as default. 

The Video/Voice Port Configuration and the Resolution Configuration settings are configured 

per MCU and affect the resource capacity of the MCU. They are reflected in the port gauges 

displayed on the RMX management application’s main screen. In Multiple Networks mode, 

the overall resources as configured in the Video/Voice Port Configuration are divided between 

the Network Services. However, the port gauges do not reflect the resource availability per 

Network Service.
Fixed and Flexible Resource Allocation Mode
On the RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 2000/RealPresence Collaboration Server 

(RMX) 4000 resources are divided between services according to the number of media cards 

associated with each service and the card assembly type (for example, MPMx-s vs. MPMx-

D). If two identical media cards are installed in the system and each card is assigned to a 

different Network Service, the resources are split between the services.
If two cards are installed but each card is of different assembly type, the resources are 

allocated according to the card capacity ratio. For example, in a system with one MPMx-S 

and one MPMx-D, the capacity ratio is 1 to 2, therefore a third of the resources will be 

assigned to the network service associated with MPMx-S and two thirds will be assigned to 

the Network Service associated with MPMx-D.
On the RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500 and the RealPresence Collaboration 

Server (RMX) 2000/RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 4000 with two Network 

Services associated with one media card, the resources of the two Network Services 

associated with one media card are not split between the network services. In such a case, 

resources are used per their availability by both Network Services equally.
On the RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 2000, if RTM ISDN is installed and used 

for Multiple Services configuration, only one Network Service can be defined per media 

card.
In Fixed Resource Allocation Mode if the resources cannot be divided into whole numbers, 

they will be rounded up to the nearest whole number, assigning that resource to the Network 

Service with the higher capacity (i.e. more media cards or media cards with higher capacity 

due to a different card assembly).

First Time Installation and Configuration of the Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server 
(RMX) 1500/2000/4000 consists of the following procedures:
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Preparations
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Gather Network Equipment and Address Information - get the information needed 

for integrating the RMX into the local network for each of the networks that will be 

connected to the RMX unit. For a list of required address, see the RealPresence