Administration Guide for Cisco Digital Media System 5.0 Appliances

1. After you can see and read the "Start of First Boot" message, press Enter.

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Caution Do not enter an IP address when you are prompted to enter the fully qualified hostname.

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2. Specify the fully qualified hostname for the Video Portal appliance; then, select OK. You must enter the DNS-routable hostname, for example: server.example.com

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Caution We recommend that you do not use DHCP to obtain an IP address for your appliance due to the sometimes unpredictable expiration of IP addresses in DHCP systems and administrative overhead of reconfiguring other devices to reestablish disrupted connections for deployments. We further recommend that you do not change the static IP address that you assign to the appliance.

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3. Enter IP address and routing information.

•If your appliance will obtain its IP address from a DHCP server, select Yes.

•If your appliance will use a static IP address, select No, and enter the following static network settings:

–Enter the IP address that your appliance should use.

–Enter the subnet mask.

–Enter the default gateway IP address or DNS-routable hostname.

–Enter the primary DNS server IP address or DNS-routable hostname.

–Enter the secondary DNS server IP address or DNS-routable hostname.

–Select OK.

4. Confirm if you entered the correct network settings. If the settings are correct, select Yes. Alternatively, if they are wrong, select No to go back and correct them.

5. Configure settings for the appliance network interface card (NIC) by completing one of the following steps:

•If the NIC for your appliance should auto-negotiate the fastest possible transmission mode when it is  connected to another device, select Yes.

•If the NIC should not auto-negotiate, select No, select the NIC speed, select OK, select the duplex method, select OK, and then select Yes.

6. Select the time zone settings, as follows:

a. Use the Up/Down arrow keys to navigate through the Time Zone list.

b. Stop when the correct time zone is displayed, and then select OK.

c. If the settings are correct, select Yes. Alternatively, if they are wrong, select No to go back and correct them.

7. Select the current month, year, and day, as follows:

a. Use the Tab key and the Up/Down arrow keys to navigate and change the selected values.

b. When you are done, select OK.

c. If the settings are correct, select Yes. Alternatively, if they are wrong, select No to go back and correct them.

8. Select the current hour, minute, and second. Use the format for military time (24 hours that increment from 0100 to 2400).

a. Use the Tab key and the Up/Down arrow keys to navigate and change the selected values.

b. When you are done, select OK.

c. If the settings are correct, select Yes. Alternatively, if they are wrong, select No to go back and correct them.

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Caution You must enter the instance name. If you do not, setup fails.

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9. Enter the Video Portal instance name, and select OK twice.

10. Enter a password for the admin account, and select OK. This is the default account to use when you administer the appliance. The password that you enter must contain at least six characters.

Tip We recommend that you use a strong password. A strong password has at least eight characters and contains numbers, uppercase and lowercase letters, and symbols.

11. Enter a password for the pwadmin account, and select OK twice. This is the account to use if you forget your password for the admin account.

After a moment, the appliance reboots, and a login prompt displays.