Adding Sametime Video Manager Server sites

A site contains one or more network subnet, so a device's IP address identifies the site to which it belongs. A site's topology information logically describes the network and its interfaces to other networks. Site topology is used for selecting the nearest Sametime Video MCU for the moderator starting the conference. For example, assume there are two locations for an organization, Location A and Location B.

For Location A, the subnet ID is 9.1.1.0 and the mask length is 24. Create a new site A and add one subnet with these details. The subnet configuration allows a host address range of 9.1.1.1 - 9.1.1.254 and the Video MCU has an IP from this range. When a user from site A starts a conference, and has a device IP in the range of host address 9.1.1.1 - 9.1.1.254, a Video MCU configured for site A is selected for hosting the conference.

For Location B, there are 2 subnets, 9.2.1.0 and 9.2.2.0, and the mask length is 24. Create a new site B and add 2 subnets with these details. The subnet configuration allows host addresses in the range of 9.2.1.1 - 9.2.1.254 for subnet 1, and 9.2.2.1 - 9.2.2.254 for subnet 2. All clients can be part of subnet 1 and a Video MCU is part of subnet 2 (should have a IP address in range 9.2.2.1 - 9.2.2.254). When a site B user starts a conference, and has a device IP address in the range of subnet 1, a Video MCU configured for site B is selected to host the conference.

If a user who is not from site A or site B starts a conference, the Video MCU with the highest available capacity is selected.