Poly Clariti Manager Appliance and Virtual Edition - License - 1500 Video Device

Poly Clariti Manager Appliance and Virtual Edition delivers centralized, scalable management for Poly video devices across organizations of all sizes. This license covers up to 1500 video devices and is available as both a physical appliance and a flexible virtual edition, enabling IT teams to control room systems, endpoints, and collaboration workflows from a single pane of glass. With a unified dashboard, provisioning becomes faster, policy administration becomes consistent, and monitoring becomes proactive. Whether you’re deploying a campus-wide video network or expanding across multiple locations, Clariti Manager provides the visibility, security, and control needed to optimize meeting quality, streamline operations, and reduce the burden on IT staff. The solution is designed to integrate with existing networks and management tools, supporting IT governance and compliance while delivering a reliable, scalable path to modern video collaboration.

• Centralized management for Poly video endpoints: Manage all Poly devices—from room systems to personal endpoints—from one intuitive console. Streamline provisioning, firmware updates, device health checks, and policy enforcement to minimize outages and misconfigurations across sites.
• Flexible deployment options: appliance or virtual edition: Choose a hardware appliance for on-site control or deploy a robust virtual edition in your data center or private cloud. Both modes deliver a consistent feature set, ensuring you can align with your existing IT strategy and disaster-recovery plans.
• License for up to 1500 video devices: Scale your video ecosystem without re-licensing complexity. The 1500-device license supports large campuses, multi-building campuses, and enterprise-scale deployments, enabling centralized control without licensing fragmentation.
• Policy-driven administration and analytics: Create and enforce policies for QoS, device health, firmware rollout, and user access. Real-time dashboards and historical analytics provide insights to optimize meeting reliability, resource usage, and capacity planning.
• Seamless integration within the Poly ecosystem: Works with Poly endpoints, room systems, and deployment tools to simplify management workflows, improve interoperability, and reduce operational overhead across your collaboration landscape.

Technical Details of Poly Clariti Manager Appliance and Virtual Edition

• Licensing: 1500 video devices
• Deployment options: Appliance and Virtual Edition
• Primary purpose: Centralized management platform for Poly video endpoints
• Platform scope: On-premises hardware appliance or supported virtual environments
• Management capabilities: Device discovery, inventory, policy enforcement, firmware management, health monitoring, and analytics

How to install Poly Clariti Manager Appliance and Virtual Edition

• Plan and prepare your environment: Assess your network layout, determine data center or cloud placement, confirm virtualization compatibility (for the Virtual Edition), and ensure your security policies align with centralized management practices.
• Deploy the chosen edition: Install the Poly Clariti Manager Appliance on supported hardware or deploy the Virtual Edition in your validated virtualization platform with appropriate resources for 1500 devices.
• Access the management portal and activate licensing: Connect to the web-based interface, follow the licensing steps, and apply the 1500-device license to unlock full management capabilities for all eligible video devices.
• Discover and onboard Poly devices: Use the discovery and onboarding workflows to add room systems, endpoints, and other Poly video devices. Organize devices into locations, rooms, or sites to mirror your physical environment.
• Configure policies, monitoring, and updates: Establish QoS policies, health alerts, firmware update schedules, user roles, and access controls. Validate monitoring dashboards and verify that alerts and reports reflect your expected performance benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: What is Poly Clariti Manager Appliance and Virtual Edition used for?

  A centralized management platform designed to simplify the administration, monitoring, and maintenance of Poly video devices across an organization.

• Q: How many devices does the license cover?

  A: The license supports up to 1500 video devices.

• Q: Can I run Clariti Manager as both an appliance and a virtual edition?

  A: Yes, it is available in both deployment models to fit different IT strategies and data-center architectures.

• Q: What core capabilities does Clariti Manager provide?

  A: Centralized device management, policy enforcement, firmware administration, health monitoring, inventory, and analytics across Poly video endpoints.

• Q: Is integration with other systems required for use?

  A: Clariti Manager is designed to integrate within the Poly ecosystem, enabling streamlined management of Poly video devices and room systems while aligning with existing IT policies.