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Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU12 and MCU24 Release 5.1
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Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU
Functionality
This section describes the following topics:
• Introducing the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU, page 1-1
• About Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU Users, page 1-2
• Main Features of the 3515 MCU, page 1-2
• Port Capacities of the 3515 MCU12 and MCU24, page 1-5
• About Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU Architecture, page 1-6
• About Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU Topologies, page 1-7
Introducing the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU
The Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU enables multimedia, multiparty collaboration in
applications such as group conferencing, distance learning, training and video telephony. The
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU supports multimedia, multiparty communications in the
board room, at the desktop, in the home, or on the road over wireless.
The Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU provides core IP-centric functionality, a wide range
of layouts, powerful audio and video transcoding, an open API for customer application development,
support of web-initiated data collaboration, and software upgradeable technology. Services are
pre-configured so that they suit most conferencing requirements. However, when necessary,
administrators can create customized services to suit their networks and user needs.