Polycom VMC 1000 User Manual

Video Media Center -

VMC 1000

Getting Started Guide

Video Media Center - VMC 1000 Getting Started Guide

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Contents

Installing the VMC 1000 Appliance on Your Network

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

VMC 1000 Appliance Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

General Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Setting Up the VMC 1000 Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Unpacking the VMC 1000 Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Connecting a PC to the VMC 1000 Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Configuring the VMC 1000 Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Getting the Product Activation Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Getting the VMC 1000 License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Setting up the Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Logging into the VMC 1000 Initialization & Licensing UI . . . . . . . 6

Editing the Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Activating the VMC 1000 Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Uploading the VMC 1000 License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setting Alerts for CPU, Disk, and Memory Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Rebooting the VMC 1000 Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Monitoring the Status of the VMC 1000 Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Logging into the Administrator UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Setting the Site URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Setting Network Configuration Parameters using a Serial Port Connection

(Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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