Downloading the ISO Files from Cisco.com

You are eligible to obtain information about how to access the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director full ISO file after you have purchased the proper licensing. Contact Cisco Technical Support for information about how to download the ISO file (Table 1).

Note: Be sure that you choose the ISO for SV-DIRECTOR and not for SVD-REMOTE.

Table 1 shows the filename conventions used for full ISO images for the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director server.

Be sure to download the ISO files to a location where you can access them once logged into the CIMC interface.

To verify the integrity of your upgrade file from the download, you can use a command-line or GUI utility on your laptop to calculate the checksum on the.iso file. Open the.md5sum file to compare the value that you calculated with the expected value provided in the.md5sum file. The values should match. If they do not, retry the download.

Logging Into the CIMC Interface

To log into the CIMC interface, complete the following steps:

1. From a laptop connection with access to the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director server network, open a browser window and type the IP address of the CIMC interface as shown in the following example:

2. If prompted, click OK to open the Java viewer.jnlp as shown in Figure 1:

Figure 1 Opening viewer.jnlp File

3. If a security dialog box displays, do the following:

a. (Optional) Select the checkbox to accept all content from Cisco.

b. Click Yes to accept the certificate and continue.

c. Confirm any additional security certificate exceptions.

4. At the CIMC login screen, note the firmware version displayed (Figure 2).

Note: The firmware version is also displayed in the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) Information box on the CIMC console after you log in.

5. From the CIMC login screen, type the username and password for the CIMC interface.

Note: The default credential is admin and password. If changed during server setup, use the password that you configured.

Figure 2 CIMC Login Screen

6. Click Log In.

Verifying the Minimum CIMC Firmware Version for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director

Before you begin, see the “Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Server Support” section of the Release Notes for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 to find the CIMC/BIOS versions tested for the Platform 3 server.

To verify the minimum CIMC firmware version for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director, complete the following steps:

1. Be sure that the CIMC firmware version found on the CIMC login screen or in the CIMC console is at the minimum tested version (or later) for the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director release.

Figure 3 shows where the firmware version is displayed on the CIMC console for both the BIOS and CIMC firmware.

Figure 3 Firmware Version Verification From the CIMC Console

2. If necessary to upgrade the CIMC/BIOS firmware on the Platform 3 server, refer to Appendix C: CIMC Configuration and Firmware Upgrade Guidelines on the Cisco UCS C220 Server.

Launching the KVM Console

To launch the KVM console, complete the following steps:

1. From the CIMC console Actions box, click Launch KVM Console.

Figure 4 Launch KVM Console

Note: You can also click the keyboard in the icon bar at the top of the console to launch the KVM console.

2. If a security dialog box displays, do the following:

a. (Optional) Select the checkbox to accept all content from Cisco.

b. Click Yes to accept the certificate and continue.

3. At the Cisco KVM Virtual Console confirmation box (Figure 5), do the following:

a. (Optional) Select the checkbox to accept all content from Cisco.

b. Click Run.

Figure 5 Cisco Virtual KVM Console Confirmation

c. Confirm any additional security certificate exceptions.

4. The KVM Console window is displayed with a login prompt. Do not log in (Figure 6).

Figure 6 Cisco KVM Virtual Console Login Screen

Mapping the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director ISO Image

Note: This step requires that you have downloaded the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director full ISO image file for the Platform 3 server from Cisco.com and it is accessible from the computer that you are using to log into the CIMC interface.

To map the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director ISO image, complete the following steps:

1. From the KVM console window, click the Virtual Media tab.

2. From the Virtual Media screen, click Add Image (Figure 7).

Figure 7 Virtual Media Screen

3. Navigate to the location of the ISO file that you downloaded and click Open.

Note: CIMC can experience slow performance. If slow performance occurs, clear the browser cache.

4. In the Client View box, mark the checkbox under the Mapped column to select the ISO source.

5. Confirm that the Virtual CD/DVD has been added under the Virtual Media tab, Virtual CD/DVD.

6. In the Details box, double-click on Virtual CD/DVD, and observe the read bytes counter increasing (refreshes read bytes).

7. Click the KVM tab and minimize the window but do not exit.

Installing the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director ISO Image

To install the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director ISO image, complete the following steps:

1. In the Actions box on the CIMC console, click Power Cycle Server (Figure 8).

Figure 8 Power Cycle Server From the CIMC Console

2. At the confirmation prompt, click OK.

3. From the KVM console, observe the start of the installation process.

Configuring the Network Setup

To configure the network setup, complete the following steps:

1. When the Linux Setup Agent window appears in the KVM console, select Network Configuration and press Enter.

Note: The Linux Setup Agent window will be available for 60 minutes before closing. If you miss responding to the network setup as part of the ISO installation, you can go to the TUI Main Menu > System Settings > Network Settings to complete the same network configuration. However, you will also need to manually edit the hosts file, selected from the Network Settings submenu.

2. In the Select Action screen (Figure 9), select Edit Devices and press Enter.

Figure 9 Select Action Screen

Note: 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.

3. In the Select a Device screen (Figure 10), select eth0 and press Enter.

Figure 10 Select a Device Screen

The Ethernet Configuration screen is displayed.

Note: The Linux screen is mislabeled “Devernet Configuration.”

4. In the Ethernet Configuration screen (Figure 11), do the following:

Figure 11 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 Vision Dynamic Signage Director Server.

c. This should be a different IP address than what you configured for the CIMC interface.

d. Press the tab key to go to the Netmask line. Type the network mask for the IPv4 address.

e. (Optional) In the Default gateway IP line, type the address of the default gateway of your network.

5. 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.

6. Press the Tab key until the Save button is highlighted and press Enter.

You return to the Select Action screen.

7. Press the down arrow key to select the Edit DNS configuration option and press Enter.

The DNS configuration screen is displayed.

8. In the DNS configuration screen (Figure 12), 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 12 DNS Configuration Screen

9. Press the Tab key until the Ok button is selected and press Enter.

You return to the Select Action screen.

10. In the Select Action screen, press the Tab key until the Save&Quit button is selected and press Enter.