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Contents
Conventions Used in Polycom Guides ........................................................................ 5
Information Elements ............................................................................................................................... 5
Typographic Conventions ........................................................................................................................ 6
Get Started ..................................................................................................................... 1
Before You Begin ..................................................................................................................................... 1
What’s New? ............................................................................................................................................ 1
Required Solution Hardware .................................................................................................................... 2
Hardware and Software Dependencies ................................................................................................... 2
Get Help and Support Resources ............................................................................................................ 3
Understand the UNIFY
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OpenScape
®
Video Solution ................................................ 5
To Understand the OpenScape Unified Communications ....................................................................... 5
OpenScape Unified Communication Services .............................................................. 5
OpenScape UC Devices ................................................................................................. 5
OpenScape UC Features ................................................................................................ 5
Integrate OpenScape Video and OpenScape Voice ............................................................................... 6
Understand Mixed-Media Collaboration Sessions ................................................................................... 7
Use Interdomain Video ............................................................................................................................ 7
To Understand the OpenScape Video Architecture ................................................................................ 8
Physical Layer................................................................................................................. 9
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Layer ........................................................................10
H.323 DMA System as Gatekeeper ...............................................................................11
Overview of the OpenScape Video Solution ................................................................12
To Use Non-SIP Components .......................................................................................12
Connect H.323 Video Endpoints OpenScape Video ....................................................12
Connect non-IP Video Endpoints to OpenScape Video ..............................................13
Understand the OpenScape
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Video Use Cases ........................................................ 15
Understand the Interdomain Video Solutions ........................................................................................ 15
Session Border Controller (SBC)-Based Interdomain Video ......................................15
VPN-Based Interdomain Video .....................................................................................15
Gateway-Based Interdomain Video ..............................................................................16
Connect Multiple On-Site Video Endpoints..................................................................18
Connect Multiple Off-Site Video Endpoints .................................................................18
Understand OpenScape Location and Identity Assurance (LIA) Network Automation Support for
Polycom Video Endpoints ...................................................................................................................... 19
Understand the Quality of Service ................................................................................20