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conferencing resources more effectively and extend desktop video access to new classes of users.
The Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager allows you to easily schedule video conferences
from a web browser or a Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes calendar, where you can view, check
availability, and reserve video resources, such as Cisco Unified Videoconferencing MCU devices
and gateways. Additional features such as custom meeting templates that identify bandwidth,
layout, and terminal setting preferences; Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) integration;
email notifications; and automatic dial-out to video terminals help make the scheduling and
attending experience flexible and efficient, thereby reducing the need for support and the TCO.
You can also record and play back video conferences.
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager reduces the hurdles to deploying video conferencing to
large or geographically dispersed environments. Video conferencing devices are registered with
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager, which then combines the device information, network
topology, and bandwidth information to help simplify user and administrator interactions and make
intelligent resource-allocation decisions. Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager also helps
improve meeting effectiveness by providing powerful in-meeting controls, such as the ability to
invite new users, mute participants, and change the meeting video layout for any conference from
a single, centralized web user interface.
The Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager also includes desktop video capabilities, including
fully interactive video, one-way video streaming, and interoperability with Microsoft Office
Communicator and Lotus Sametime. Anyone with a PC, web browser, and webcam can join a
video conference as a fully interactive video participant, whether the person is inside or outside the
corporate firewall. The streaming video features allow anyone with a web browser to passively
view a live video stream of a conference, which is perfectly suited for meetings such as panel
discussions where there is a large audience but only a subset of the attendees actively
participates. Eliminating the need to be connected to the enterprise network or have access to
traditional video endpoints makes it easier for traveling or remote employees, partners, and
customers to participate and realize the benefits of visual communications. Microsoft Office
Communicator and Lotus Sametime interoperability provides interoperability with standards-based
video solutions and lets you initiate multiparticipant video directly from a buddy list or an instant
message.
Product Information
Table 1 describes the features of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU, and Table 2
lists the product specifications.
Table 1. Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU Features and Benefits
Feature Description
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing
3515 MCU 12
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing
3515 MCU 24
Part number IPVC-3515-MCU12 IPVC-3515-MCU24
High-capacity SD
connections
(384 kbps or lower)
72 audio
24 video
72 audio
48 video
High-quality SD
connections
(up to 2 Mbps)
24 audio
12 video
48 audio
24 video
Video and audio
capacities
Switched HD
(up to 2 Mbps)
24 audio
12 video
48 audio
24 video