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Polycom RealPresence DMA System
Initial Configuration Summary
This section describes the configuration tasks required to complete your implementation of a new Polycom
®
RealPresence
®
Distributed Media Application™ (DMA
®
) 7000 system once installation and initial network
configuration are complete.
This section assumes you’ve completed the server configuration procedure in the Getting Started Guide
(available at support.polycom.com), logged in to the Polycom RealPresence DMA system’s management
interface, and verified that the Supercluster Status pane of the Dashboard shows (for a two-server
configuration) two servers in the cluster, with healthy enterprise and private network status for both.
Initial configuration includes the following topics:
System configuration
● Add Required DNS Records for the Polycom RealPresence DMA System
● License the Polycom RealPresence DMA System
● Set Up Signaling
● Configure the Call Server and Optionally Create a Supercluster
● Set Up Security
● Set Up MCUs
● Connect to Microsoft Active Directory
®
● Set Up Conference Templates
Confirming configuration
● Test the System
Each topic describes the task, provides background and overview information for it, and where appropriate,
links to specific step-by-step procedures to follow in order to complete the task.
Note: Optional configuration tasks
These topics outline the configuration tasks that are generally required. You may wish to complete
other optional configuration tasks, including:
• Enable cascading of conferences (see About Cascading).
• Configure calendaring service (see Microsoft Exchange Server Integration).
Integrate with a Juniper Networks SRC Series Session and Resource Control module to provide
bandwidth assurance services (see Juniper Networks SRC Integration).