Pre-installation of Cisco Business Edition 6000H/M

Plan your UC Applications

Before You Begin :

Your Cisco Business Edition 6000 server should already be rack-mounted and connected to power and data networks. For instructions, refer to the Quick Start Guide for Cisco Business Edition that was packaged with your server. You can also download a copy at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​c/​en/​us/​support/​unified-communications/​business-edition-6000/​products-installation-guides-list.html

Before you begin any installation, plan which UC applications you are going to install.


Note


If you are using the Config to Order Portal(CTOP) or Business Edition Management(BEM) to order your server, you must plan and specify the UC applications before submitting the CTOP configuration.


For information on the UC applications that are available for installation, and on how to design your Business Edition collaboration deployment refer to the following sites:

Pre-deployed Applications

If you did not configure your server using the Business Edition Management service, you will find the following applications partially or fully preinstalled on the server, ready for you to complete installation as required. For more details, see the Release Notes, Software Load Summary, Installed Applications chapter.

  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager

  • IM and Presence Service

  • Cisco Unity Connection

  • Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning

  • Cisco Paging Server

  • Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment

  • Cisco Unified Contact Center Express

You can follow the procedures in this guide to install additional applications.

Collect Required Network Information

Before you begin the installation, collect the following network information for your solution.

Collect the following network settings for your installation:

  • Subnet mask

  • Gateway IP Address

  • VMware Hypervisor ESXi IP address

  • Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) IP address

  • UC application IP addresses

  • DNS server IP address

  • UC application hostnames

  • (Optional) Domain name

  • NTP server IP address

  • Time zone

  • (Optional) SMTP server