User's Manual

Endpoint Management Overview
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Some notes about the TANDBERG connection to the Global Address Book:
• TANDBERG endpoints do not need to register with the CMA system
gatekeeper to access the Global Address Book.
• Even if the Global Address Book is password protected, TANDBERG
endpoints are not required to provide a password. They have unrestricted
access to the Global Address Book.
• Any third-party endpoint, including TANDBERG endpoints, that are
registered to the CMA system gatekeeper are displayed in the Global
Address Book. In this case, endpoints are not filtered out based on
capability.
A CMA system may also list an endpoint type of Other. The CMA system
cannot manage endpoints with a type of Other and cannot direct these
endpoints to initiate point-to-point calls. A scheduled point-to-point call
between two endpoint systems with an endpoint type of Other requires the
use of an MCU.
Endpoint Configuration/Provisioning
Polycom endpoint systems can be configured in three ways:
• In the room by using the system’s remote control to navigate the screens
and enter information.
• From a remote location by using the system’s web interface to navigate the
screens and enter information.
• From a remote location by using a management system’s web interface to
provision configuration settings to the endpoint system. The CMA system
is a management system that provisions configuration settings.
The CMA system can provision several types of endpoints. Endpoint
provisioning, which requires provisioning profiles, allows an administrator to
remotely configure multiple endpoints of the same type with a standard set of
settings. This eliminates the need to configure each endpoint individually
either through the hand-held remote or the endpoint’s web interface.
The CMA system supports three types of endpoint provisioning: bundled,
automatic, and scheduled. Enable endpoints for only one type of provisioning.
Note
The Polycom RealPresence Mobility and Telepresence M100 systems register as
endpoint type of Other. As such, the CMA can schedule and perform limited
monitoring of these systems.
Note
Polycom recommends that all endpoints in a region (that is, a gatekeeper zone) be
managed by a single management system.