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Appendix 1 – Basic Cisco VCS configuration
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Appendix 1 – Basic Cisco VCS configuration
Follow the process specified in the “Cisco VCS Getting Started Guide” to connect, power up, configure
the IP address, change passwords and gain access to the Cisco VCS via the web browser.
the IP address, change passwords and gain access to the Cisco VCS via the web browser.
System name
1. Go to
System > System
and set System name to a name that represents this Cisco 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 Cisco
VCS.
VCS.
DNS
1. Go to
System > DNS
and configure a DNS server address in the DNS server Address 1 field. If
other DNS servers are available, others can be added for DNS server resilience.
2. Set Local host name to be the DNS hostname for this Cisco 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 Cisco VCS.
NTP
1. Go to
System > Time
and configure the NTP server address and Time zone in which the Cisco
VCS is located.
2. Check that after clicking Save and returning to this page the State shows
Active
.
Further information
For further details on the configuration and operation of Cisco VCS, see the Cisco VCS Administrator
Guide.
Guide.