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Cisco IP/VC 3540 Series Features and Benefits
The Cisco IP/VC 3540 Series Videoconferencing System offers an exceptional set of features and benefits for
videoconferencing users—and the businesses that host them (Table 1).
Table 1
Cisco IP/VC 3540 Series Features and Benefits
Features Benefits
Cisco IP/VC 3540 Series MCU
Three MCU modules are available, to handle 30, 60, or 100
simultaneous participants in a videoconference at 128 kbps.
See Tables 4 and 5 for number of users supported at other
bandwidths, or when continuous presence is enabled.
• Offers exceptional flexibility in building a system
to meet your videoconferencing needs
Each MCU module can support multiple conferences
simultaneously (such as one conference of 100 participants,
four conferences of 25 participants, or ten conferences of 10
participants), up to the maximum number supported.
You can run multiple conferences at different rates at the same
time.
You can increase the number of concurrent conferences
transparently by adding more MCU modules.
• Helps you gain the most value for your
videoconferencing system investment
You can combine multiple MCU modules into an MCU cluster,
increasing the total number of concurrent videoconference
calls per MCU to 200 (or 300 for audio-only conferences)
• Distributed architecture enhances configuration
flexibility and allows the system to meet a broad
range of customer requirements
• Cascading multiple Cisco IP/VC 3540 Series MCU modules
can create larger conferences.
• Cascaded modules can be centralized in the data center or
geographically distributed.
• Provides scalability
• Enables more efficient use of bandwidth
• Conference control—Easy-to-use Web interface allows a
conference moderator to perform a variety of functions:
– Monitor all conferences and participants in real time
– View participant information including name, number, IP
address, video and audio codecs in use, and time joined
the conference
– Create a conference and assign a conference password
– Select the source to be viewed by all participants
– Lock a selected participant into a quadrant during a
continuous-presence conference
– Add or drop participants in a conference
– Mute a participant
– Initiate data collaboration
– Manage a multi-MCU cascaded conference from an
integrated list showing participants on all MCUs
• Conference chair can easily monitor and
manage the conference
• Users can initiate impromptu conferences or schedule
through compatible third-party scheduling applications.
• Offers easy, spontaneous conference initiation
or prescheduled events to match customer’s
style and collaboration needs
• Conference entry may be password-protected.
• Administrative functions are password-protected.
• Chair control is password-protected.
• Ensures participants’ privacy and administrative
security
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