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RADVISION Solution Guide for Scopia Solution Version 8.2 Notices | 2 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Overview of the Scopia Solution The Value of Scopia Solution Videoconferencing ............................................................................................ 6 Components of the Scopia Solution ............................................................................................................... 12 Scopia Infrastructure Components .....................................................................................................13 About Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU .......................................................................................14 About Scopia Elite 5000 Series MCU .......................................................................................17 About Scopia MCU ................................................................................................................... 17 About Scopia Desktop Server ...................................................................................................17 About Scopia Video Gateway ................................................................................................... 18 About Radvision SIP Gateway ..................................................................................................19 About Scopia TIP Gateway .......................................................................................................20 About Scopia PathFinder ..........................................................................................................21 Scopia Client Components ................................................................................................................. 21 About the Scopia XT Series ......................................................................................................22 About Scopia Desktop Client .................................................................................................... 23 About Scopia Mobile .................................................................................................................24 Scopia Management Components ..................................................................................................... 25 About Scopia Management ...................................................................................................... 25 About Scopia ECS Gatekeeper ................................................................................................ 28 About Scopia Control ................................................................................................................28 What’s New in 8.2 of the Scopia Solution ...................................................................................................... 29 Integrating with Third Party Products ............................................................................................................. 30 Integrating with Third Party Endpoints ............................................................................................... 31 Integrating with Third Party Unified Communications Solutions ........................................................ 31 Integrating with Microsoft’s Unified Communications Solutions ...............................................31 Integrating with IBM’s Unified Communications Solution .........................................................33 Integrating with ALU’s Unified Communications Solution ........................................................ 34 Integrating with Third Party SIP Servers ............................................................................................ 34 Integrating with Third Party Telepresence Systems ...........................................................................35 Chapter 2: Selecting Features of your Scopia Solution Securing Your Deployment .............................................................................................................................37 Solution Guide for Scopia Solution Version 8.2 Table of Contents | 3 Authentication and Encryption ............................................................................................................38 About Media Security ................................................................................................................38 About Signaling Security ...........................................................................................................40 About Management Security .................................................................................................... 40 Securing Access to Functionality with User Profiles .......................................................................... 40 Planning Scalability and High Availability in the Scopia Solution .................................................................. 41 High Availability with Multiple Scopia Management Servers ..............................................................41 Scalability and High Availability of Scopia Desktop Servers and Scopia PathFinder Servers .......... 42 Scalability and High Availability with Multiple MCUs ..........................................................................42 High Availability with Alternate ECSs ................................................................................................. 42 Scalability and High Availability with Scopia Video Gateway, Radvision SIP Gateway and Scopia TIP Gateway ..............................................................................................................................................43 Streaming and Recording Videoconferences .................................................................................................43 Superior Video Quality ....................................................................................................................................44 Scalable Video Coding Algorithm .......................................................................................................44 Forward Error Correction Algorithm ....................................................................................................45 NetSense Algorithm ............................................................................................................................46 H.246 High Profile ...............................................................................................................................46 Point-to-Point Functionality .............................................................................................................................47 Auto-Attendant Functionality .......................................................................................................................... 48 URI Dialing Functionality ................................................................................................................................ 48 Remote Access to Videoconferencing ........................................................................................................... 49 Virtual Room Functionality ..............................................................................................................................50 User Profiles for Video Across an Enterprise .................................................................................................51 Defining Video Users Across an Enterprise ....................................................................................... 52 Assigning Privileges for Video Users Across an Enterprise ...............................................................52 Scheduling and Resource Reservation .......................................................................................................... 53 Transmitting Data Presentations ...................................................................................................................