Provision The Cx5100 Unified Conference Station; Provisioning Points To Consider - Polycom CX5100 Administrator's Manual

Provision the CX5100 Unified
Conference Station
This section explains methods you can use to provision and configure features on the CX5100 unified
conference station. You can use one or multiple methods at the same time but note that features and
settings vary by configuration method and by device.
It is important to be aware that there is a configuration priority among the methods when you use multiple
methods at the same time—settings you make using a higher priority configuration method override settings
made using a lower priority configuration method. When using multiple configuration methods, a setting you
make using a lower-priority method does not apply to or override a duplicate setting made using a
higher-priority method.
● Web Configuration Utility This method provisions and configures features for one system at a
time and is recommended for device deployments of fewer than 20 devices. This method enables
you to provision and configure systems using a web browser and enables you to manage systems
remotely. However, note that the Web Configuration Utility contains a limited number of settings.
Settings you make using the Web Configuration Utility override settings you make on the central
provisioning server.
● Centralized provisioning Use this method for large-scale device deployments. This method
requires you to set up your own provisioning server if your SIP call server does not provide one.
Settings you make from a central provisioning server override default device and software settings.
● RealPresence Resource Manager This method allows you to provision the CX5100 unified
conference station and perform the following operations:
 Software Upgrade
 Monitoring the online/offline device
 Provisioning

Provisioning Points to Consider

● If you are provisioning multiple systems, Polycom recommends that you set up a provisioning server
to install and maintain your Polycom systems, as shown in the section
Provisioning.
● A provisioning server maximizes the flexibility you have when installing, configuring, upgrading, and
maintaining the systems, and enables you to store configuration, log, directory, and override files on
the server. If you allow the system write access to your provisioning server, the system can use the
server to upload all of the file types and store administrator and user settings.
● Polycom systems boot up without the use of configuration files. You can specify a SIP server address
and a registration address (the equivalent of a system number) in a configuration file before or after
the system boots up, or from the Web Configuration Utility.
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