Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Installation Guide

The following worksheet describes the LAN requirements for the United 
States, Canada, and Japan.

Cable/connector 
requirements

Connections from MeetingPlace server to your network: For 
twisted-pair Ethernet, 100Base-TX. Provide an RJ-45 connector. 
10Base-T works, but is not recommended. This cable is 
customer supplied.

• For twisted-pair Ethernet, 100Base-TX. Provide an RJ-45 

connector. This cable is supplied by Cisco.

• Cisco provides a 7.5-meter CAT-5e cable with Ferrite snap-on 

bead (#3300-0029-02) on one end. If the cable is changed, the 
snap-on bead must be moved.

Set your switch to auto-negotiate. If your switch does not 

support auto-negotiation, the recommended setting is 100BaseT 
Full Duplex.

Desktop requirements

Provide a desktop system connected to your LAN with the 
following minimum configuration:

• 133 MHz or higher Pentium (for Windows 2000)

• Windows 98, NT 4.0 or later, or 2000

• 15MB available disk space

• 16MB RAM (24MB RAM for Windows NT or 256MB RAM 

for Windows 2000)

• Network Interface Card

Host name

Name for MeetingPlace on your network.

MeetingPlace IP address

Address of the MeetingPlace host on the network.

When you request your IP address and hostname, ensure 

that your LAN Manager adds this to the name server(s).

Subnet mask

Mask that completes the address for the MeetingPlace host.

Broadcast address

Address used to broadcast packets on the local LAN segment.

Default gateway

Address of the gateway that will accept and route information to 
the other networks.

SNMP IP address

IP address for which traps will be sent for trap communities.

Name server

Ensure all workstations running MeetingTime use a name server 
(DNS/WINS or local “hosts” table).