Specifications

ShoreTel 7.5 Administration Guide 5 – 1
C HAPTER 5
Configuring Conference
Bridges
This chapter explains how to set up ShoreWare conferencing servers to support Make
Me conferencing and document sharing in a ShoreTel system. This section provides
information on:
• How to add a conference bridge, or collaboration server, to the system
• Other parameters impacting the use of conferencing
ShoreTel conferencing handles calls that share both voice and data. Up to 6 participants
may share a conference and up to 20 Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files. Make
Me Conference calls and document sharing are independent of the ShoreTel Converged
Conference Bridge.
NOTE Access to Converged Conferencing eDial version 5.6 through Personal Call
Manager is not currently working. The feature, which can be accessed by
launching PCM and going to Options > Configure ShoreTel System > Login
and Passwords > Converged Conference Login relies on the SSL protocol and
will be fixed in a later release.
Adding a Conference Bridge Server
The Conference Bridges link in the ShoreWare Director navigation frame provides
access to the Conference Bridges list page as shown in Figure 5-1. To add a new
conference bridge server, click New. To edit an existing server, click a server listed in
the Name column. The Conference Bridges edit page appears as shown in Figure 5-1.