Overview - Polycom SoundPoint IP 600 SIP Administrator's Manual

Administrator Guide - SoundPoint

1 Overview

SoundPoint
Ethernet TCPIP networks. It is designed to facilitate high-quality audio and text mes-
sage communications. This telephone is an endpoint in the overall network topology
designed to interoperate with other compatible equipment including application serv-
ers, media servers, internetworking gateways, voice bridges, and other endpoints.
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Switch
PC
PC
SoundPoint
100 megabytes per second Ethernet LAN and sends and receives all data using the
same packet-based technology. Since SoundPoint
audio being just another type of data from the telephone's perspective, SoundPoint
is capable of vastly more than traditional business telephones. As SoundPoint
runs the same protocols as your office personal computer, many innovative applica-
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IP
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IP is a feature-rich, enterprise-class voice communications terminal for
Remote
Boot Server
Internet
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Application
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Router /
Firewall
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SoundPoint IP
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IP connects physically to a standard office twisted-pair (IEEE 802.3) 10/
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® IP is a data terminal, digitized
Overview
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Voice Bridge
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