Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Guide De Montage
3-44 Telephony and LAN planning
Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server Installation Planning Guide
February 27, 2004
Worksheet 3-3a MeetingPlace LAN requirements (U.S.,
Canada, Japan)
Canada, Japan)
The following worksheet describes the LAN requirements for the United
States, Canada, and Japan.
States, Canada, and Japan.
Action
Description
Cable/connector
requirements
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.
twisted-pair Ethernet, 100Base-TX. Provide an RJ-45 connector.
10Base-T works, but is not recommended. This cable is
customer supplied.
Connection from MeetingPlace Multi Access Blade to your
network:
network:
• 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.
snap-on bead must be moved.
N
OTE
Set your switch to auto-negotiate. If your switch does not
support auto-negotiation, the recommended setting is 100BaseT
Full Duplex.
Full Duplex.
Desktop requirements
Provide a desktop system connected to your LAN with the
following minimum configuration:
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.
N
OTE
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.
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).
(DNS/WINS or local “hosts” table).