Cisco Systems 3515 MCU12 Network Card User Manual


 
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Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU12 and MCU24 Release 5.1
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Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU Unit Initial Configuration
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU Unit Initial
Configuration
Initial monitoring and administration of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU unit are
performed from a remote PC via a serial connection. This allows you to access the boot configuration
menu of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU
unit. At power-up, the Cisco Unified
Videoconferencing 3515 MCU
unit goes through the following boot phases:
Auto-boot—The embedded operating system initializes and displays basic information.
Configuration menu—A six-second countdown allows you to enter the configuration menu.
Initialization—The Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU unit completes its boot sequence
and is ready for operation.
Note You can perform serial port configuration of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU unit only
at startup, during a short period indicated by a six-second countdown. Once the initialization phase is
complete, the only way you can access the configuration menu is by restarting the Cisco Unified
Videoconferencing 3515 MCU unit.
Connecting to a PC
This section describes how to use the serial port connection to configure the Cisco Unified
Videoconferencing 3515 MCU
unit with an IP address.
Procedure
Step 1 Locate the terminal cable shipped with the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU unit.
Step 2
Connect the end labeled PC to the serial port on the computer.
Step 3 Connect the end labeled Unit to the upper serial port connector on the Cisco Unified
Videoconferencing 3515 MCU
unit front panel.
Note The PC terminal should have an installed terminal emulation application, such as HyperTerminal.