Setting Up and Configuring a Video Portal Appliance
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Setting Up a Video Portal Appliance
•Configuring a Video Portal Appliance
Setting Up a Video Portal Appliance
Before You Begin
•Verify that at least one computer on your network is configured for access to other networked devices through TCP ports 80 and 8080.
•Ensure that a DNS entry has been created and published for the Video Portal appliance.
•Enable popup windows in your browser.
•Determine if your network uses dynamic (DHCP) or static IP addresses. If your network uses static IP addresses, obtain the following information:
–Learn what IP address to assign to the Video Portal appliance.
–Learn what subnet mask (netmask) to use.
–Learn what IP addresses are assigned to the default network gateway, the primary DNS server, and the secondary DNS server.
Procedure
Step 1 Unpack the equipment from its container and verify that all components are present.
Step 2 Plug in the redundant power cables on the back of the appliance.
Step 3 Connect a live Ethernet cable to Port 1 on the back of the appliance.
Step 4 Connect a monitor to the VGA output on the back of the appliance.
Step 5 Connect a standard PS2 keyboard to the purple PS2 port in the back of the appliance.
Step 6 Power on the appliance.
The "Start of First Boot" message displays.
Configuring a Video Portal Appliance
Use the following checklist to set up a Video Portal appliance and configure its software:
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1. After you can see and read the "Start of First Boot" message, press Enter. |
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Caution
Do not enter an IP address when you are prompted to enter the fully qualified hostname.
2. Specify the fully qualified hostname for the Video Portal appliance; then, select OK. You must enter the DNS-routable hostname, for example: server.example.com |
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Caution
We recommend that you do not use DHCP to obtain an IP address for your appliance due to the sometimes unpredictable expiration of IP addresses in DHCP systems and administrative overhead of reconfiguring other devices to reestablish disrupted connections for deployments. We further recommend that you do not change the static IP address that you assign to the appliance.
3. Enter IP address and routing information. •If your appliance will obtain its IP address from a DHCP server, select Yes. •If your appliance will use a static IP address, select No, and enter the following static network settings: –Enter the IP address that your appliance should use. –Enter the subnet mask. –Enter the default gateway IP address or DNS-routable hostname. –Enter the primary DNS server IP address or DNS-routable hostname. –Enter the secondary DNS server IP address or DNS-routable hostname. –Select OK. |
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4. Confirm if you entered the correct network settings. If the settings are correct, select Yes. Alternatively, if they are wrong, select No to go back and correct them. |
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5. Configure settings for the appliance network interface card (NIC) by completing one of the following steps: •If the NIC for your appliance should auto-negotiate the fastest possible transmission mode when it is connected to another device, select Yes. •If the NIC should not auto-negotiate, select No, select the NIC speed, select OK, select the duplex method, select OK, and then select Yes. |
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6. Select the time zone settings, as follows: a. Use the Up/Down arrow keys to navigate through the Time Zone list. b. Stop when the correct time zone is displayed, and then select OK. c. If the settings are correct, select Yes. Alternatively, if they are wrong, select No to go back and correct them. |
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7. Select the current month, year, and day, as follows: a. Use the Tab key and the Up/Down arrow keys to navigate and change the selected values. b. When you are done, select OK. c. If the settings are correct, select Yes. Alternatively, if they are wrong, select No to go back and correct them. |
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8. Select the current hour, minute, and second. Use the format for military time (24 hours that increment from 0100 to 2400). a. Use the Tab key and the Up/Down arrow keys to navigate and change the selected values. b. When you are done, select OK. c. If the settings are correct, select Yes. Alternatively, if they are wrong, select No to go back and correct them. |
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Caution
You must enter the instance name. If you do not, setup fails.
9. Enter the Video Portal instance name, and select OK twice. |
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10. Enter a password for the admin account, and select OK. This is the default account to use when you administer the appliance. The password that you enter must contain at least six characters.
Tip
We recommend that you use a strong password. A strong password has at least eight characters and contains numbers, uppercase and lowercase letters, and symbols.
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11. Enter a password for the pwadmin account, and select OK twice. This is the account to use if you forget your password for the admin account. After a moment, the appliance reboots, and a login prompt displays. |
Your Video Portal installation will be complete after you complete the required steps to obtain a license and activate the Video Portal features. For more information, see Chapter 3, "Setting Up and Configuring a DMM Appliance."