Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway

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. 

1. Go 

to 

System configuration > 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: HTTP is just a redirect to HTTPS – turning off HTTPS will prevent web access to the Cisco 
VCS. 

1. Go 

to 

System configuration > 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 – note 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: <Local host name>.<DNS domain name> = FQDN of this Cisco VCS. 

1. Go 

to 

System configuration > 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 NTP State shows 

Active

. 

For further details on the configuration and operation of Cisco VCS, please see the Cisco VCS 
Administrator Guide. 

Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cisco VCS Expressway Starter Pack (X5.1) 

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