Cisco Systems VSVM User Manual

Contents

Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video
Surveillance Virtual Matrix (VSVM)

This document provides the following information and instructions:

Installation and Initial Configuration:

1. Verify minimum system requirements—System Requirements, page 2

2. Understand general installation information—Installing VSVM, page 4

3. Obtain the VSVM software—Obtaining VSVM Software, page 3

4. Install the VSVM software—Installing VSVM, page 4

5. Configure video repositories for archives and clips—Configuring VSVM,

page 5

After installation:

6. (As needed) Upgrade VSVM to a new software release—Upgrading VSVM,

page 5

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System Requirements

System Requirements

This section describes the requirements of the server and client systems on which
you install VSVM.

The server must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Hardware

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Intel Celeron or Pentium, 1.7 GHz

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1 GB DRAM

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10 GB hard disk

• Operating System (one of the following):

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Red Hat Enterprise 4 Update 2 (RHEL4)

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SuSE Enterprise 9 Service Pack 3 (SLES9-SP3)

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SuSE Enterprise 10 Service Pack 1 (SLES10-SP1)

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SuSE Enterprise 10 Service Pack 1 64-bit (SLES10-SP1-64)

• Software License Key

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Obtain a VSVM license key by contacting [e-mail]

A client PC must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Hardware

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1.7 GHz Pentium III if running 1 video window

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1.7 GHz Pentium 4 if running 2 video windows

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3.2 GHz Pentium 4 with hyperthreading enabled if running 4 video
windows

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1 GB DRAM

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ATI or Nvidia DirectX 9 compatible graphics interface. The graphics
interface and Drivers must support DirectX Acceleration, Direct3D
Acceleration, and AGP texture acceleration and have at least 128 MB of
video memory.

• Operating system:

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Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (32-bit)

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