Easy Installation - Polycom V500 System Administrator's Manual

Administrator's Guide for the V500 System

Easy Installation

Security and Network Management
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• Firewall (UPnP™) support — The V500 system offers support for routers
that support UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) NAT traversal, making
video conferencing setup easier for users in homes and small offices.
• IP or ISDN calling — The V500 system has a built-in 10/100 Mb Ethernet
port for IP calls. Add the optional single BRI network interface to make
calls over your ISDN telephone lines.
• Easy configuration wizard — The system setup wizard detects your
network connections and guides you through configuring the system to
work on an IP network or ISDN.
Fully broadband capable — The standards-compliant V500 system works
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with any other H.323 system.
• Auto-sensing power supply — The system automatically adjusts for line
voltages from 90 to 260 V and line frequencies from 47 to 63 Hz.
AES encryption — Enable the integrated AES encryption to automatically
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encrypt calls to other AES-capable systems, without external encryption
equipment.
• Remote access — Configure, manage, and monitor the system from a
remote computer using the V500 web interface (the system's web
interface), the Polycom Global Management System
Alternatively, you can choose not to allow remote management.
• Secure system management — Use the local administrator's password on
the system to prevent others from changing system configuration while
allowing yourself to manage the system.
• Room monitoring — Monitor rooms in or out of a call using the Web
Director feature, accessible through the V500 web interface.
• Call Detail Reports — Access the system's call history from the V500 web
interface. You can download the data to a spreadsheet application for
sorting and formatting.
• Remote diagnostics — Identify and correct issues that affect the video
conferencing experience using tools in the V500 web interface.
• SNMP reporting — Receive SNMP traps that can indicate conditions.
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, or SNMP.