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Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 PRI Gateway and 3545 Serial Gateway Releases 5.6 and 5.7
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C O N T E N T S
C H A P T E R
1
Functionality
1-1
About Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 Gateway Products
1-1
About Gateway Features
1-2
About Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 Gateway Applications and Topologies
1-6
About Multimedia Conferencing
1-7
About Point-to-Point Conferencing
1-8
About Multipoint Conferencing
1-8
About Gateway IP Network Connections
1-9
About Gateway ISDN Network Connections
1-9
About Gateway Encryption
1-11
About Conferencing via Leased Lines
1-12
About IP-to-Legacy MCU Conferencing
1-12
About Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 Gateway Functionality
1-13
About PRI Gateway Call Handling Capacity
1-13
About Gateway Call Bandwidth Overhead
1-13
Resource Allocation across E1/T1 Lines
1-14
About Peer-to-Peer Connectivity
1-14
C H A P T E R
2
Installing the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 Gateway
2-1
Physical Description
2-1
Gateway Module
2-1
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 PRI Gateway RTM
2-2
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 Serial Gateway RTM
2-3
Requirements for Installation
2-3
Verifying the Package Contents
2-4
Mounting the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 Chassis in a 19-inch Rack
2-5
How to Install the Gateway
2-6
Installation Preparations
2-6
Installing the RTM Module
2-7
Installing the Gateway Module
2-8
Removing a Module
2-9
How to Perform the Initial Gateway Configuration
2-10
About the Initial Configuration and Boot Phases
2-11
Connecting to a PC
2-11