Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Appendix 1 – Basic VCS configuration
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Appendix 1 – Basic VCS configuration
Follow the process specified in Cisco VCS Getting Started Guide to connect, power up, configure the
IP address, change passwords and gain access to the VCS via the web browser.
IP address, change passwords and gain access to the VCS via the web browser.
System name
1. Go to
System > System
and set System name to a name that represents this VCS, for example
“VCS Movi server”.
2. Enable or disable Telnet, SSH, HTTP and HTTPS as required.
Note that HTTP is just a redirect to HTTPS; turning off HTTPS will prevent web access to the VCS.
DNS
1. Go to
System > DNS
and configure a default DNS server address in the Default DNS server
Address 1 field. If other DNS servers are available, they can be added for DNS server resilience.
2. Set Local host name to be the DNS hostname for this VCS; this name must not have any spaces
in it.
3. Set Domain name to be the suffix which when added to an unqualified DNS name makes it into
an FQDN.
Note that <Local host name>.<DNS domain name> = FQDN of this VCS.
NTP
1. Go to
System > Time
and configure the NTP server 1 address and Time zone in which the VCS
is located.
2. Check that after clicking Save and returning to this page the State shows
Synchronized
.
Further information
For further details on the configuration and operation of VCS, see Cisco VCS Administrator Guide.