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RADVISION | Installation Guide for SCOPIA Elite 5100 Series MCU Version 7.7
Figure 2-2 Distributed MCU deployment enabling reduced WAN bandwidth
SCOPIA iVIEW Management Suite’s sophisticated cascading algorithms enable administrators to
customize the priority given to cascading in a distributed topology.
There are a number of factors that might influence when the system chooses to cascade to a
different MCU. For example, if the maximum bandwidth threshold is breached, the system would
attempt cascading with a different MCU.
The priorities of cascading can be customized in a number of ways:
• Default to using a local MCU first, and only cascade conferences if required.
• Prioritize cascading wherever possible, to keep bandwidth costs to an absolute minimum.
• Avoid cascading as often as possible.
For details on configuring cascading conferences, see the Administrator Guide for SCOPIA iVIEW
Management Suite.