Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager System Operations Guide Endpoint Directory and Directory Settings
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Typically, endpoints that do not use the RealPresence Resource Manager as
register for the Polycom GDS and are listed in the RealPresence Resource
Manager system Global Address Book. The Global Address Book allows
standard endpoint users to call other standard endpoint users by selecting
them by name. In this case, the Global Address Book is limited to 2000 entries,
which is the limit that standard endpoint systems can manage.
The Include dynamically-managed devices in the Global Address Book
option changes the Global Address Book so that it also includes all
dynamically-managed endpoints such as CMA Desktop and Polycom VVX
1500 endpoints in the Global Address Book. In this case, the Global Address
Book limit is increased to 5000 entries. (Dynamically-managed endpoints are
always included in the enterprise LDAP directory.)
By default the Include dynamically-managed devices in the Global Address
Book option is selected. This brings all of your devices and users together into
one endpoint directory. However, you may not want to take advantage of this
feature if you have legacy endpoint systems such as VSX and FX endpoints.
These endpoint systems cannot handle the increased size of the Global
Address Book. For information on clearing this option, see “Remove or
Include Dynamically-Managed Endpoints in the Global Address Book” on
page 473.
The second Directory Setup option affects both the Global Address Book and
the enterprise LDAP directory. The RealPresence Resource Manager system
Guest Book includes static user entries. By selecting the Show Guest Book
entries in the Directory, these static entries are included in the endpoint
directory, regardless of whether the endpoint directory is the Global Address
Book or the enterprise LDAP directory. The Show Guest Book entries in the
Directory option is also selected by default.
• The RealPresence Resource Manager system Global Address Book lists
endpoints. Endpoints may or may not have users or rooms associated with
them. On an endpoint, the Global Address Book does not list users unless
they have endpoints associated with them.
• If your company has more than 100 endpoints, don’t limit the Global Address
Book on the endpoint side or the endpoint user won’t have access to all
Global Address Book entries.
• The RealPresence Resource Manager system Global Address Book does not
support unicode data.
