Platform Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 System Chassis Release 5.x
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 System Device Overview

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Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 System Device Overview

About Chassis-based Devices


Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 System Device Overview


This section introduces the products that the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 System offers.

About Chassis-based Devices

Table 2-1 briefly describes chassis-based devices.

Table 2-1 Chassis-based Devices

Device
Description

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 MCU

A Multipoint Conferencing Unit that provides advanced functionality for multipoint voice and videoconferencing over IP. Responsible for signaling and audio. When working alone, supports audio conferencing of 96 audio ports. Can be mixed and matched with up to four EMP cards to create a 96 flat port video bridge. The Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 MCU card has no video capabilities.

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 EMP

A video processing card dedicated to the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 MCU that can support 24 flat capacity video ports.

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 PRI Gateway

Holds two PRI interfaces per blade for translation between H.320 and H.323 allowing PSTN endpoints to communicate with H.323 LAN endpoints.

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 Serial Gateway

Holds four serial interfaces per blade for translation between H.323 and serial protocols.