Summary of Contents for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000/E Series
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® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000/E Series Version 8.3 For Solution 8.3 March 2014...
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Table of Contents ® Chapter 1: About the Avaya Scopia Elite MCU ® About Avaya Scopia Elite MCU ........................4 ® Avaya Scopia Elite 6000/E Series available configurations ................7 ® Chapter 2: Making Calls on a Scopia Elite MCU Tips for Participating in a Videoconference ......................8 Starting or Joining an Instant Meeting ......................8...
® Chapter 1 | About the Avaya Scopia Elite ® ® The Scopia Elite MCU is Scopia Solution’s flagship platform for high definition multi-party videoconferencing. The MCU supports communications in the board room, at the desktop, in the home, or on the road over wireless.
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Bitrate is the speed of data flow. Higher video resolutions require higher bitrates to ensure the video is constantly updated, thereby maintaining smooth motion. • Audio quality ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 About the Avaya Scopia Elite MCU | 5...
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The MCU supports an additional set of layouts to optimize screen space during content sharing on single-screen endpoints. With this feature, endpoints with proprietary content sharing protocols such as Avaya Flare Experience or Microsoft Lync can simultaneously display content and participants.
Elite 6000/E Series is available in 3 different commercial configurations, named: Scopia Elite 6000/E Series (6105 option), able to manage multiconferences with up to 5 participants Scopia Elite 6000/E Series (6110 option), able to manage multiconferences with up to 10 participants Scopia Elite 6000/E Series (6120 option), able to manage multiconferences with up to 20 participants ®...
• Always mute the microphone before moving it. • Avoid using your cellular phones during your meeting to avoid electromagnetic interference. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Making Calls on a Scopia Elite MCU | 8...
2. From the endpoint, dial the auto-attendant number, then perform one of these actions: • Dial 0 on your keypad to create a new meeting. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Making Calls on a Scopia Elite MCU | 9...
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Elite MCU on page 13), which is only available during an ongoing meeting. Figure 2: MCU Auto-Attendant menu ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Making Calls on a Scopia Elite MCU | 10...
Viewing shared content during a meeting activates an additional set of video layouts (Figure 4: Gallery layouts with content sharing on page 11). ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Personalizing your MCU Video Layout During a Meeting | 11...
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You can always rotate back to the traditional layout shown in Figure 3: Video layout options on page 10. Endpoints such as Avaya Flare Experience or Microsoft Lync automatically display the default vertical strip when content sharing starts. Procedure 1. Press 0 on your endpoint's remote control to activate the personal video layout mechanism.
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(Figure 5: Gallery layout example with text overlay page 11). Press 2 to remove them, and press 2 to return them to the video layout. ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Personalizing your MCU Video Layout During a Meeting | 13...
To access the moderator in-call menu, press the star key (*) during the call. ® The DTMF moderator menu is for endpoints with DTMF keypads, like the Avaya Scopia XT Series or third party endpoints. The visual menu is also read aloud, enabling both audio and video endpoints to access these functions.
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14), showing the number of audio-only participants and the name of the audio-only active speaker. Figure 8: Visual representation of audio-only participants ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Moderating a Meeting on the Scopia Elite MCU | 15...
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An alias in H.323 represents the unique name of an endpoint. Instead of dialing an IP address to reach an endpoint, you can dial an alias, and the gatekeeper resolves it to an IP address. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 16...
MCUs. This can be especially useful for distributed deployments across several locations, reducing bandwidth usage. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 17...
For example, dial 8 before a number for a lower bandwidth call, or 6 for an audio-only call, or 5 to route the call to a different branch. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 18...
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® heard by others. Endpoints include dedicated endpoints, like Scopia XT Executive, software endpoints ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 19...
Full HD, or Full High Definition, also known as 1080p, describes a video resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 20...
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H.323 calls depending on their dial prefixes. Scopia Management ® includes a built-in Avaya Scopia Gatekeeper, while ECS is a standalone gatekeeper. Gateway A gateway is a component in a video solution which routes information between two subnets or acts as a translator between different protocols.
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SVC which is an adaptive technology working to improve quality even when only one side supports the standard. H.320 H.320 is a protocol for defining videoconferencing over ISDN networks. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 22...
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High Definition on page 22. High Profile H.264 High Profile on page 21. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 23...
A load balancer groups together a set (or cluster) of servers to give them a single IP address, known as a virtual IP address. It distributes client service requests amongst a group of servers. It distributes loads ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 24...
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RTP and RTCP protocols in both SIP and H.323 calls. The parallel data stream of both live video and presentation, is known as dual video. Media Control Control on page 17. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 25...
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This enables a collection of devices like endpoints in a private network, each with their own internal IP address, can be represented publicly by a single, unique IP address. The ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 26...
Point-to-Point Point-to-point is a feature where only two endpoints communicate with each other without using MCU resources. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 27...
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Desktop recordings from the Scopia Desktop web portal or using a web link to the recording on the portal. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 28...
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RTSP. The secured version of RTP is SRTP. RTCP Real-time Control Transport Protocol, used alongside RTP for sending statistical information about the media sent over RTP. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 29...
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SIF defines a video resolution of 352 x 240 pixels (NTSC) or 352 x 288 (PAL). This is often used in security cameras. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 30...
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TCP, TLS or UDP. Videoconferencing endpoints typically are compatible with SIP or ® H.323, and in some cases (like Avaya Scopia XT Series), an endpoint can be compatible with both protocols. As a protocol, it uses fewer resources than H.323.
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TLS enables network devices to communicate securely using certificates, to provide authentication of the devices and encryption of the communication between them. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 33...
For example, <endpoint name>@<server_domain_name>. When dialing URI between ® organizations, the server might often be the Avaya Scopia PathFinder server of the organization. URI Dialing Accessing a device via its on page 33.
PIN numbers, custom welcome slides and so on. External participants can download Scopia ® Desktop or Scopia Mobile free to access a registered user's virtual room and participate in a videoconference. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 35...
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Often a zone is assigned a dial prefix, and usually corresponds to a physical location like an organization's department or branch. ® ® User Guide for Avaya Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU Version 8.3 Glossary of Terms for Scopia Solution | 36...
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