Managing Directories With The Polycom Realpresence Group System Web Interface; Directory Group Overview - Polycom RealPresence Group 550 Administrator's Manual

Administrator's Guide for the Polycom RealPresence Group Series
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Number Description
1 Originating RealPresence Group system
2-4 Video conferencing system with multipoint
5-10 Any video conferencing system
To place a cascaded call:
1 Create and call a group in the directory, or place calls one at a time to several other sites.
2 Ask each far site to call additional sites. Along with these additional sites, each far site in the original
multipoint call can add one audio-only connection.
Points to note about cascaded calls:
• H.239 is not supported in cascaded calls.
• Cascaded multipoint is not supported in SIP calls.
• HD and SD multipoint are not supported when the Polycom RealPresence Group system hosts a
cascaded call.
• You cannot change the near end layout.
• The encryption padlock icon might not accurately indicate whether a cascaded call is encrypted.
Managing Directories with the Polycom RealPresence
Group System Web Interface

Directory Group Overview

Having groups in the directory can help users find calling information quickly and easily. Polycom
RealPresence Group systems support global groups and Favorites groups.
Polycom RealPresence Group systems support up to 2,000 Favorites that users create within Favorites.
They can also support one of the following:
● Up to 200 additional contacts with presence, which appear in Favorites, when registered with
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 or 2013.
● Up to 200 additional contacts with presence, which appear in Favorites, when registered with
Polycom CMA.
● Up to 4,000 contacts from a Polycom GDS server.
● An unlimited number of contacts when the RealPresence Group system is registered with Microsoft
Lync Server 2010 or 2013.
Polycom RealPresence Group systems support up to 200 Favorites groups that users create within
Favorites. If the system is connected to a global directory server, it can also support one of the following:
● Up to 64 additional groups from the Microsoft Lync Server, which appear in the Favorites group.
● Up to 200 additional distribution groups from Polycom CMA, which appear in the Global Directory
group.
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