Hardware Requirements

Review the hardware requirements for servers on which you plan to install Conference Management Service, Data Conferencing Provider, and Video Conferencing Provider. Also, review the hardware requirements for clients that will participate in data or video conferences.

Servers

The minimum requirements for servers on which you install Conference Management Service, Data Conferencing Provider, Video Conferencing Provider, or multipoint control units (MCUs) are:

• 133-MHz Intel Pentium processor (or equivalent)
  
  
• 128 MB of RAM

The recommended minimum requirements for servers on which you install Conference Management Service, Data Conferencing Provider, Video Conferencing Provider, or MCUs are:

• 400-MHz Intel Pentium processor (or equivalent)
  
  
• 256 MB of RAM

An MCU installed on this hardware configuration with no other applications active can process approximately 500 simultaneous user connections.

Client Computers

There are minimum and recommended minimum hardware requirements for clients that are participating in data and video conferences. The following sections outline these requirements.

Data Conferencing Client

The following are minimum hardware requirements for clients participating in a data conference:

• For Windows 95, an Intel Pentium 90 processor (or equivalent) with 16 MB of RAM
  
  
• For Microsoft Windows NT^®, an Intel Pentium 90 processor (or equivalent) with 24 MB of RAM

The following are the recommended minimum hardware requirements for clients participating in a data conference:

• For Windows 95, an Intel Pentium 133 processor or better (or equivalent) with at least 16 MB of RAM
  
  
• For Windows NT, an Intel Pentium 133 processor or better (or equivalent) with at least 32 MB of RAM

Video Conferencing Client

For clients to participate in multicast video conferences, they must have the same hardware as computers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional. Also, the following peripheral equipment is required for video conferences:

• Sound card with microphone and speakers
  
  
• Video capture card and camera

The following are the minimum hardware requirements for clients that are participating in multicast video conferences:

• 56 Kbps or faster modem
  
  
• 133-MHz Intel Pentium processor (or equivalent)
  
  
• 64 MB of RAM

The following are the recommended minimum hardware requirements for multicast clients that are participating in multicast video conferences:

• LAN connection
  
  
• 266-MHz Intel Pentium processor (or equivalent)
  
  
• 128 MB of RAM

Video conference clients without Windows 2000 must use NetMeeting to participate in video conferences. Net Meeting uses H.323 to communicate with the MCU and to bridge participants into the conference. The following are the minimum hardware requirements for H.323 clients:

• For Windows 95, an Intel Pentium 90 processor (or equivalent) with 16 MB of RAM
  
  
• For Windows NT, an Intel Pentium 90 processor (or equivalent) with 24 MB of RAM

The following are the recommended minimum hardware requirements for clients using NetMeeting to participate in a video conference:

• For Windows 95, an Intel Pentium 133 processor or better (or equivalent) with at least 16 MB of RAM
  
  
• For Windows NT, an Intel Pentium 133 processor or better (or equivalent) with at least 32 MB of RAM