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Release Notes
Polycom RealPresence Group Series, Version 4.1.5
For information on enabling these features, refer to the Administrator’s Guide for the Polycom
RealPresence Group Series. For more information about Microsoft/Polycom interoperability considerations,
refer to the Polycom Unified Communications Deployment Guide for Microsoft Environments.
BFCP TCP/UDP Transport Preference
Version 4.1.3 introduces a configurable feature that controls the negotiation behavior for content sharing
using the Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP). This protocol establishes the relationship between the floor
control server and its clients, while the available settings determine how network traffic flows between the
server and clients. Some environments typically use the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), while others
use the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). TCP is typically known as the older but slightly slower and more
reliable method, but is not supported under some circumstances, such as with session border controllers
(SBCs). You configure this feature by using the RealPresence Group system web interface
BroadSoft BroadWorks DMS Provisioning
Provisioning is a way to automatically or manually apply software updates to your RealPresence Group
systems. With version 4.1.3, Polycom adds support for provisioning by a BroadSoft BroadWorks® Device
Management System (DMS) server. You can set up provisioning during system setup or anytime after you
set up your system.
When you enable provisioning, the RealPresence Group system uses the Link Layer Discovery Protocol
(LLDP) to discover the voice Virtual LAN (VLAN) that is configured on the network and places the system
in the VLAN. In the VLAN, you can use domain name server (DNS) service (SRV) record lookup to discover
the provisioning server.
Polycom VisualBoard Application
This release includes the Polycom
®
VisualBoard
™
application that allows you to show and annotate content
in real time from RealPresence Group systems. The application supports the following input devices:
● Touch screen monitor
● Mouse
● Polycom RealPresence UC Board
™
You must have two monitors to use the VisualBoard application, and you can use one of the supported touch
screen monitors as the second monitor. If the second monitor is not touch capable, you can use a UC Board
or a mouse as input devices. You can annotate content using your finger, a stylus, or a mouse.
For information on how to install a touch monitor and how to annotate and work with slides using
VisualBoard, refer to the Polycom VisualBoard Technology Application with Polycom RealPresence Group
Series Systems User's Guide. For information on using
the RealPresence UC Board, see the Quick Start
Guide for the Polycom
®
UC Board
™
.
Points to note about BroadSoft DMS provisioning:
• Bundled provisioning is not supported.
• Provisioning uses the same XML-based profile used for dynamic provisioning.
• Provisioned fields are read only.