Visually inspect your new Cisco MeetingPlace 8112 CD-ROM drive for damage. Contact Cisco TAC if
the Cisco MeetingPlace 8112 CD-ROM drive that you received was damaged during shipping or if parts
are missing.

Ensuring That You Have the Required Tools

Ensure that you have the following tools to replace the CD-ROM drive in your Cisco MeetingPlace 8112:

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Computer with terminal emulation software installed

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Null modem cable that came with your Cisco MeetingPlace 8112

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Phillips #2 screwdriver

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ESD protection

Verifying No User Activity

Before you power down your Cisco MeetingPlace 8112, verify that no user ports are active. You should
have already scheduled downtime for your Cisco MeetingPlace 8112 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.

Step 1

Access the command line interface (CLI) of the Cisco MeetingPlace 8112 as follows:

Connect one end of the null modem cable to the COM1 port on the front of the
Cisco MeetingPlace 8112.

Connect the other end of the null modem cable to a COM port on your computer.

Start the terminal emulator program.

Set the port parameters in the terminal emulator program as shown in

Table 1

. The CLI appears.