Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 5.3 Maintenance Manual

For complete information about all of the Cisco conferencing documentation, including Regulatory 
Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco MeetingPlace Series 8100, see the Guide to Cisco 
Conferencing Documentation and Support at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/conf/mtgplace/roadmap.htm

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This section contains the following topics:

Visually inspect your new Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series blade for damage. Contact Cisco TAC if the 
Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series blade that you received was damaged during shipping or if parts are 
missing. The Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series blade package contains the following:

Blade card

Blade transition module

Ensure that you have the following tools to replace a blade in your Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series:

Computer with terminal emulation software installed

Null modem cable that came with your Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series

Phillips #2 screwdriver

ESD protection

Before you power down your Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series, verify that no user ports are active. You 
should have already scheduled downtime for your Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series by using the Reserve 
All Ports (RAP) meeting feature in Cisco MeetingTime. See the Administrator’s Guide for 
Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server Release 5.3 for more information about RAP meetings.

Access the command line interface (CLI) of the Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series as follows:

Connect one end of the null modem cable to the COM1 port on the front of the 
Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series.