Polycom VIEWSTATION EX, User Manual

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Chapter 4 - Advanced Configuration for your Network Environment
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Manage and update a network of Polycom endpoints from your
local desktop and minimize time spent maintaining video
conferencing infrastructure.
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Obtain a global view of ViewStation systems connected to your
network.
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Proactively and remotely identify when network errors and
problems with ISDN lines or IP connections occur.
The GMS main features are:
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Centralized Video Network Management with Web-based
Architecture
—This tool allows you to maintain and manage the
entire video communications network from any where in the
world with your Web browser.
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Zero-Administration Directory Services —The enterprise-wide
Global Directory enables users to dial any video system by
name.
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Multiple Remote Alert Notification —The GMS’ proactive and
reactive monitoring system automatically sends e-mail to
multiple network administrators’ pagers with critical
information enabling remote troubleshooting.
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Call Detail Record —Details of every video endpoint call is
recorded into a database to be used later for customer bill-back
or system expansion evaluation.
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Provisioning —GMS lets you create profiles of systems’ settings
that can be sent to new installed systems.
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Multiple Security Permissions —You can create individual and
group permission levels and access.
Note
For more information about GMS, refer to the Integrators’ Reference
Manual for ViewStation EX, ViewStation FX, and VS4000. You can also
find information on GMS on the Polycom Web site at
www.polycom.com
.