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Installation

Power On and Initial Setup, page 1

Customize Hypervisor for Remote Access, page 3

Access and Configure Hypervisor, page 7

Using Predeployed Virtual Machines, page 12

Deploy New Virtual Machines , page 12

Install Applications on Virtual Machines, page 13

Power On and Initial Setup

Procedure

Step 1

Verify that the monitor and keyboard are connected as described in the

Quick Start Guide

.

Step 2

Power on the monitor.

Step 3

Verify that power is connected and the Power LED status, as shown in

Figure 1: Power and LED Status -

BE7000M Server, on page 1

and

Figure 2: Power and LED Status - BE7000H Server, on page 2

.

Figure 1: Power and LED Status - BE7000M Server

If the status of the Power LED is orange, that indicates server is off. If it is not, check the electrical and network
connections. If the status of the Power LED is green, skip forward to step 5.

Cisco Business Edition 7000 Installation Guide, Release 11.6    

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Summary of Contents for Nexus 7000 Series

Page 1: ...d as described in the Quick Start Guide Step 2 Power on the monitor Step 3 Verify that power is connected and the Power LED status as shown in Figure 1 Power and LED Status BE7000M Server on page 1 and Figure 2 Power and LED Status BE7000H Server on page 2 Figure 1 Power and LED Status BE7000M Server If the status of the Power LED is orange that indicates server is off If it is not check the elect...

Page 2: ...lowing remote administration configuration and monitoring of the server via web or SSH command line access Note Step 7 Optional If you are using CIMC for remote console access browse to the IP address that you configured and do one of the following If you have changed the CIMC password in step 6 provide the new password If you have not changed the CIMC password in step 6 use the default username a...

Page 3: ...M and as UCS C240 M4SX for BE7000H Note Figure 3 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Web Interface Customize Hypervisor for Remote Access Follow this procedure to customize the Hypervisor VMware vSphere Hypervisor to enable remote access from your PC using the vSphere client Cisco Business Edition 7000 Installation Guide Release 11 6 3 Installation Customize Hypervisor for Remote Access ...

Page 4: ...elease 10 5 1 and later you are notified about preinstalled applications Note Figure 4 Direct Console Screen After Hypervisor Loads Step 2 Press F2 to enter the System Customization menu as shown in the following figure Cisco Business Edition 7000 Installation Guide Release 11 6 4 Installation Customize Hypervisor for Remote Access ...

Page 5: ...fault username is root and password is password Figure 5 Hypervisor System Customization Menu Cisco Business Edition 7000 Installation Guide Release 11 6 5 Installation Customize Hypervisor for Remote Access ...

Page 6: ...address enter the Configure Management Network menu and follow the instructions on screen to change IP Configuration as shown in Figure 6 Figure 6 Assign Static IP Address to ESXi Host Cisco Business Edition 7000 Installation Guide Release 11 6 6 Installation Customize Hypervisor for Remote Access ...

Page 7: ...ent installation file from datastore1 OVA ISO vmware A link to browse the datastore is provided on the right of the screen shown in figure 7 Access and Configure Hypervisor Some Business Edition applications require the host to have a valid time reference Follow these steps to access the ESXi host configure NTP configure fault tolerance for network interface cards NICs using the NIC teaming featur...

Page 8: ...server The Master Serial Number is the license activation key The Master Serial Number is pre activated You do not need to register it at http www VMware com Note This serial number is hardcoded for a two CPU system You cannot combine it or register it with other licenses at http www VMware com You cannot change the serial number to single CPU or greater than two CPU Note b Navigate to Configurati...

Page 9: ... configuration screens Step 5 Configure network fault tolerance by using the NIC teaming feature in VMware a Navigate to Configuration Hardware Networking b Click Properties for Standard Switch vSwitch0 as shown in the figure below c In the configuration screen vSwitch0 Properties select the tab Network Adapters d Click Add to add the NIC that is connected to data network e Follow the interactive ...

Page 10: ...e Figure 10 Fault Tolerance for Business Edition Network Connectivity The Hypervisor is now ready to host virtualized collaboration applications Virtual machines for seven of the most commonly used collaboration applications are predeployed on the hypervisor for you Software for these collaboration applications and additional applications are also preloaded in the datastore for your convenience St...

Page 11: ...oftware preloaded on the datastore Consider the following points for a basic understanding of the preloaded file types ISO An ISO file is a DVD image containing application install files OVA Open Virtualization Archive OVA is used to package and distribute the virtual machine Some OVA files may include a prepared disk that includes preinstalled software for example cpc provisioning 11 2 0 523 medi...

Page 12: ...Connection UCM Instant Messaging and Presence Service and Unified Contact Center Express also accept a configuration file to automate this process To use this feature follow these steps Procedure Step 1 Create an answer file for your application using the online tool at www cisco com web cuc_afg Step 2 Add this file to a virtual floppy vFloppy image Name the file as UCM flp CUC flp IMP flp or CCX ...

Page 13: ...all the required virtual machines complete installation where required and set up applications that are ready for use Install Applications on Virtual Machines To install Unified Communications applications including Cisco Unified Communications Manager Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service Cisco Unity Connection Cisco Emergency responder and Cisco Unified Contact Center Expr...

Page 14: ...gency Responder 60 Cisco Unified Contact Center Express and Cisco Unified IP Interactive Voice Response 30 Cisco Expressway 30 Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Control 30 Cisco TelePresence Conductor 15 Cisco TelePresence Server Virtual Machine 60 Cisco TelePresence Management Suite 15 Cisco Paging Server 60 Cisco TelePresence Content Server You can install multiple applications concu...

Page 15: ...eployed applications Cisco Unified Communications Manager UCM flp Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service IMP flp Cisco Unity Connection CUC flp Cisco Unified Contact Center Express CCX flp Step 4 Using vSphere client select an application s virtual machine The client changes the panel name to application name and adds one more tab named Getting Started Right click to open the...

Page 16: ...ure to check the Connect at Power On checkbox d If you have created answer files in Step 3 on page 15 then configure the virtual machine Floppy drive settings to connect to the appropriate flp file on power on If you want to enter the configuration settings manually or if you are using a predeployed virtual machine go to Step 6 on page 17 For predeployed VM you do not need to configure the virtual...

Page 17: ...en you are able to successfully log in from the console For Prime Collaboration type setup at the localhost login prompt to configure the application and complete installation After that the installation script asks for network information and various credentials passwords for admin root globaladmin information For a VCS or Expressway server set up the application by logging in using the default u...

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