Resource Allocation And Capacity - Polycom RMX 1500 Administrator's Manual

First Time Installation and Configuration

Resource Allocation and Capacity

The Video/Voice Port Configuration and the Resolution Configuration settings
are configured per MCU and affect the resource capacity of the MCU.
They are reflected in the port gauges displayed on the RMX management
application's main screen. In Multiple Networks mode, the overall
resources as configured in the Video/Voice Port Configuration are divided
between the Network Services. However, the port gauges do not reflect
the resource availability per Network Service.
Fixed and Flexible Resource Allocation Mode
On RMX 2000/4000 resources are divided between services according to
the number of media cards associated with each service and the card
assembly type (for example, MPM+40 vs. MPM+80). If two identical
media cards are installed in the system and each card is assigned to a
different Network Service, the resources are split between the services.
If two cards are installed but each card is of different assembly type, the
resources are allocated according to the card capacity ratio. For example,
in a system with one MPM+40 and one MPM+80, the capacity ratio is 1 to
2, therefore a third of the resources will be assigned to the network service
associated with MPM+40 and two thirds will be assigned to the Network
Service associated with MPM+80.
On RMX 1500 with two Network Services associated with one media card,
the resources of the two Network Services associated with one media card
are not split between the network services. In such a case, resources are
used per their availability by both Network Services equally.
In Fixed Resource Allocation Mode if the resources cannot be divided into
whole numbers, they will be rounded up to the nearest whole number,
assigning that resource to the Network Service with the higher capacity (i.e.
more media cards or media cards with higher capacity due to a different
card assembly).
First Time Installation and Configuration of the RMX 1500/2000/4000
consists of the following procedures:
1 Preparations:
— Gather Network Equipment and Address Information - get the
information needed for integrating the RMX into the local
network for each of the networks that will be connected to the
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