Introduction

In this chapter, we discuss the configuration of the Ad Hoc and Meet Me Conferencing Servers. To understand the difference, the installer needs to remember that these are located on separate IBM servers. Based on your system, you may have more than one server for each service. This will depend on the number of users you have on the system. It could also depend on the number of users you have given the service to within the service package.

In the MCS 5100, the Ad Hoc Conferencing Server is a required server for the system. The reason for this is to allow the user to place a caller on hold, call another person, and then conference in all three. The Meet Me Conferencing Server is an option server that is used to support conference call numbers. This is used when you are going to have a regular conference call that many users will dial into. Both of these servers support audioconference and videoconference calls.

Ad Hoc Conferencing

The Ad Hoc Conferencing Server is used for both audio and video calls. The service runs on the Nortel MAS (Media Applications Server). The server will provide audio mixing and transcoding for G711 and G729 audio codecs. Also, it will provide RTCP and QOS support for the service. The service will support multipoint videoconferencing using the DivX. The service should run on its own server with no other services added to the server (per Nortel documentation), but we have added other services...