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Beginning in Cisco StadiumVision Director Release 3.1, a centralized server site can be deployed with multiple remote sites in a multi-venue architecture. This document is intended for Cisco StadiumVision Director administrators and describes how to configure the initial setup of Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server network connectivity and communication with the Cisco StadiumVision Director server.
•Prerequisites for Configuring Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Servers
•Information About Configuring Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Servers
•How to Configure Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Servers
Before you configure Cisco StadiumVision Director remote servers, be sure that the following requirements are met:
•The Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server hardware and software is installed. For more information, see the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Installation and Upgrade Guide.
•The Cisco StadiumVision Director Server is installed and you know the IP address.
•You have the network information required to configure the Ethernet connection on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server, such as:
–IP address (IPv4 only) and network mask
Note The Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server should be configured with a static IP address or a non-expiring DHCP lease.
–Default gateway address
–DNS server address
–Hostname
•You understand the use of the global credential for Management Dashboard monitoring, and you have determined a common password for use by all remote servers, or unique passwords for each venue. The JMX password must be a minimum length of 6 characters.
•You know the time zones where the remote servers are installed and the NTP source address (if used).
•You have either physical console access or an SSH client such as PuTTY to log into both the Cisco StadiumVision Director and Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote servers.
•You know the installer account credentials on the Cisco StadiumVision Director and Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote servers.
•You understand how to use the Text Utility Interface (TUI). For more information, see the "Cisco StadiumVision Director Server Text Utility Interface" module. For simplicity in these tasks, the instruction to "select" a particular menu item implies that you type the character that corresponds to the menu option and press Enter.
This section includes the following topics:
•Management Dashboard Monitoring and the Global Credential
The centralized Cisco StadiumVision Director server is configured by default to use a global account for communication with all Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote servers to support monitoring of venues from the Management Dashboard. Using the default configuration, you can specify a common password to be used by all Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote servers.
You can change the default configuration and specify a unique password for each remote server. To do this, you must modify the global credential on the Cisco StadiumVision Director server, and then configure a password in the Venues interface from the Control Panel on the Cisco StadiumVision Director server.
Whether you are using a common or unique password, the remote server must be configured to use the same password that is configured on the Cisco StadiumVision Director server for that venue.
This section includes the following tasks:
•Configuring the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Server Network Interface (required)
•Editing the Hosts File (required)
•Restarting the Network Service on the Remote Server (required)
•Generating the SSL Certificate (required)
•Configuring Connectivity to the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server (required)
•Configuring the Date and Time Options on the Remote Server (required)
This task describes how to access the Linux menus from the TUI to configure the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server network interface.
To configure the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server network interface, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Log into the TUI as installer on the remote server using a directly-connected console or SSH client.
The TUI Main Menu is displayed.
Step 2 From the Main Menu, go to System Settings > Network Settings > Setup Network Information.
Tip To navigate through the TUI menus you must type the character that corresponds to the menu area where you want to go (a, b, c, and so on) and press Enter.
To return to other menus, you must back out of the hierarchy of menus using one of the indicated keys to return you to prior menus.
Step 3 At the Configure Network confirmation screen, press any key to continue to enter the Linux network configuration interface.
The Select Action Linux screen is displayed with the Edit Devices option selected.
Tip If you notice what appears to be stray characters in the Linux interface, verify that your SSH client is using the UTF-8 character set translation.
Step 4 In the Select Action screen, select Edit Devices and press Enter.
Figure 1 Select Action Screen
Step 5 In the Select a Device screen, select eth0 and press Enter.
Figure 2 Select a Device Screen
The Ethernet Configuration screen is displayed.
Note The Linux screen is mislabeled "Devernet Configuration."
Step 6 In the Ethernet Configuration screen (Figure 3), do the following:
Figure 3 Devernet Configuration Screen
a. Press the Tab key until the cursor is positioned on the Static IP address line.
b. Press the backspace key to go to the beginning of the line and type in the IPv4 address of the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server.
c. Press the tab key to go to the Netmask line. Type the network mask for the IPv4 address.
d. (Optional) In the Default gateway IP line, type the address of the default gateway of your network.
Step 7 When configuration of all options is complete, press the Tab key until the Ok button is selected and press Enter.
You return to the Select a Device screen.
Step 8 Press the Tab key until the Save button is highlighted and press Enter.
You return to the Select Action screen.
Step 9 Press the down arrow key to select the Edit DNS configuration option and press Enter.
The DNS configuration screen is displayed.
Step 10 In the DNS configuration screen (Figure 4), select and configure the Hostname and one or more DNS Server IP addresses.
Note Do not use hostnames that contain periods "." within the name.
Figure 4 DNS Configuration Screen
Step 11 Press the Tab key until the Ok button is selected and press Enter.
You return to the Select Action screen.
Step 12 In the Select Action screen, press the Tab key until the Save&Quit button is selected and press Enter.
You return to the TUI Configure Network menu.
Before you begin, be sure that you know how to use the vi editor. For more information, see the "Cisco StadiumVision Director Server Text Utility Interface".
To edit the hosts file, complete the following steps:
Step 1 From the TUI Network Settings menu, select the Edit hosts file option.
Step 2 At the confirmation prompt, press any key to open the /etc/hosts file for editing.
Step 3 Change the line with IP address "10.10.10.10" to a comment (insert a # character at the beginning of the line) as shown in the following example:
#10.10.10.10
Step 4 Change the line for the IPv6 localhost entry "::1" to a comment as shown in the following example:
#::1
Step 5 Add a line for the server IP address and hostname as shown in the following example, where x.x.x.x is the IPv4 address of the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server, and hostname is the name to identify the server:
x.x.x.x hostname
Note Do not use hostnames that contain periods "." within the name.
Step 6 Press Esc to enter vi command mode.
Step 7 Save the changes to the file by typing the following command:
:wq
Step 8 Press any key to return to the Network Settings menu.
After you complete the network configuration on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server, restart the network service to apply the network configuration.
Step 1 Log into the TUI as installer on the remote server using a directly-connected console or SSH client.
The TUI Main Menu is displayed.
Step 2 From the Main Menu, go to Services Control > Networking > Restart networking.
The network interface eth0 is restarted.
Step 3 Confirm that the command completed successfully as shown in Figure 5:
Figure 5 Restart Network Service Success
Step 4 Press any key to return to the Networking menu.
Step 5 Return to the Main Menu.
To generate the SSL certificate, complete the following steps:
Step 1 From the Main Menu, go to System Settings > Network Settings.
Step 2 Select the Generate certificate file option.
Step 3 When the confirmation warning prompt appears, type Y to continue and generate a new SSL certificate.
To cancel without generating a new certificate, type N.
Step 4 Press any key to return to the Network Settings menu.
This section includes the following tasks:
•Configuring the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server IP Address on the Remote Server (required)
•Configuring the Global Credential on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server (required)
•Setting the JMX Account Password on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Server (required)
To configure the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server IP address on the remote server, complete the following steps:
Step 1 From the TUI Network Settings menu, select the Setup StadiumVision Director Address option.
Step 2 At the prompt, type the IP address (or host name) of the Cisco StadiumVision Director server and press Enter.
Tip To exit without configuring the IP address, do not type anything and simply press Enter to cancel.
Step 3 Press any key to return to the Network Settings menu.
Step 4 Return to the Main Menu.
Step 5 Restart the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote services by going to StadiumVision Remote Server Administration > Restart StadiumVision Remote Software.
The global credential configuration on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server determines how JMX account passwords are configured to support Management Dashboard monitoring of remote venues.
You can configure a common or unique password:
•Configuring a Common Password on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server for all Remote Servers
•Configuring a Unique Password on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server for Each Remote Server
Note Be sure to note the password that you configure on the Cisco StadiumVision Director server to be sure that you configure the same one on the applicable remote servers.
To configure a common password on the Cisco StadiumVision Director server for all remote servers, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Log into the Cisco StadiumVision Director server as an administrator.
Step 2 Go to the Management Dashboard.
Step 3 Click SV Director Configuration > System Configuration > StadiumVision Remote.
Step 4 Confirm that the Use Global JMX credentials? property is set to Yes. This is the default.
Step 5 In the JMX Password property value box, type the password (minimum of 6 characters) that you want to use for all remote servers (Figure 6).
Note This password will be auto-populated when you add new venues in the Control Panel.
Figure 6 Global JMX Account Password on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server
Step 6 Click the disk icon to save the configuration (Figure 7).
Figure 7 Save Changes Icon
To configure a unique password on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server for each remote server, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Log into the Cisco StadiumVision Director server as an administrator.
Step 2 Go to the Management Dashboard.
Step 3 Click SV Director Configuration > System Configuration > StadiumVision Remote.
Step 4 In the Use Global JMX credentials? property, click the arrow and select No in the drop-down box (Figure 8).
Figure 8 Disable the Global Credential on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server
Step 5 Click the Refresh Property Values icon.
Step 6 Exit the Management Dashboard.
Step 7 Go to Control Panel > Setup > Venues.
Note To complete this configuration on the Cisco StadiumVision Director server, you must enable the system to support multiple venues and configure them in the Control Panel. For more information on venue configuration, see the "Configuring Cisco StadiumVision Director for Multiple Venue Support".
Step 8 Add a new venue (or select an existing name from the Venue list) and specify the required Name, Time zone, and remote server IP address.
Step 9 In the remote server Password box, type the unique password (minimum of 6 characters) for this venue (Figure 9).
Tip Although you can always configure this option, it is only used when the "Use JMX Global credentials property?" is set to No in the Management Dashboard.
Figure 9 Remote Server Password Configuration
Step 10 Click Save.
To set up the capability for monitoring of the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server by the central Cisco StadiumVision Director server, the JMX account password on the remote server must be configured to match the configuration on the Cisco StadiumVision Director server.
To change the JMX account password on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Log into the TUI as installer on the remote server using a directly-connected console or SSH client.
The TUI Main Menu is displayed.
Step 2 From the Main Menu, go to System Accounts > Change JMX password.
Tip To navigate through the TUI menus you must type the character that corresponds to the menu area where you want to go (a, b, c, and so on) and press Enter.
To return to other menus, you must back out of the hierarchy of menus using one of the indicated keys to return you to prior menus.
Step 3 At the new password prompt, type the password that you configured on the Cisco StadiumVision Director server for this venue and press Enter.
Note To cancel the password configuration, do not enter any characters when prompted and simply press Enter.
Step 4 At the confirm new password prompt, re-type the same password and press Enter.
Tip If the passwords do not match, you will be prompted to retry by typing Y, or N to cancel.
Step 5 Press any key to return to the System Accounts menu.
Step 6 Return to the Main Menu.
Step 7 Restart the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote services by going to StadiumVision Remote Server Administration > Restart StadiumVision Remote Software.
When you install or upgrade the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote servers, you need to configure the system date and time. This can be done in the TUI to either reference an NTP server (recommended), or manually set the date and time. You also need to configure the time zone.
For detailed information about how to configure the date and time options, see the "Cisco StadiumVision Director Server Text Utility Interface".
After you have configured your Cisco StadiumVision Director remote servers, see the "Configuring Cisco StadiumVision Director for Multiple Venue Support" for information about how to set up Cisco StadiumVision Director for operation in multiple venues.