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You see this hierarchy whenever you schedule a conference, as shown in Figure 4-1.
Figure 4-1. Network Topology As it Appears in Polycom ReadiManager LX100 Screen
You define your network by entering information about all the neighborhoods, areas,
zones, pipes, resources, and equipment.
Areas tend to be geographical. You can think of them like a campus—typically a
group of buildings. Areas provide a way to organize zones. (See
on page 45.)
Zones roughly correspond to a building or a floor in a building. A Zone in Polycom
ReadiManager LX100 may correspond to an H.323 Zone, however it does not have
to. Zones are used to organize resources. (See
Pipes indicate a limited bandwidth transport between zones, usually associated
with WAN links. (See
Resources are rooms, and hubs. Resources can contain equipment. (See
5, Setting Up and Working with Resources
Equipment is associated with (or placed in) a particular resource. For example, a
room may contain codecs, projectors, screens, VCRs, and so forth. A hub can
contain an MCU, Gateway or other networking equipment such as a router.
Figure 4-2 shows an area with four zones, each comprised of a series of endpoints in
room resources. Pipes show network connections between zones. Zone D also has a
Hub resource containing an MCU.
Defining a Pipe on page 47.)
on page 51.)
Defining an Area
Defining a Zone on page 46.)
The Network Topology Structure
Chapter