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2006

 Polycom, Inc. All rights reserved. 

Polycom Inc.
4750 Willow Road
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USA

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VSX

 software are copyright © 2001 by Dr. Brian Gladman. The following terms and 

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Summary of Contents for 3725-18101-001B

Page 1: ...Polycom RAS200A Administrator s Guide Version 1 0 0 August 2006 P N 3725 18101 001B...

Page 2: ...other language or format As between the parties Polycom Inc retains title to and ownership of all proprietary rights with respect to the software contained within its products The software is protecte...

Page 3: ...2 3 Viewing or Changing Profiles 2 4 Changing System Settings 2 5 Setting up MGC Devices 2 6 Editing MGC Devices 2 8 Deleting MGC Devices 2 9 3 Maintaining the Polycom RAS200A 3 1 Shutting Down the S...

Page 4: ...Administrator s Guide iv Index 1 1...

Page 5: ...guide the available documentation that describes the Polycom RAS200A server includes Polycom RAS200A Getting Started Guide Deployment Guide Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise User s Guide Conventions This gu...

Page 6: ...ministrator s Guide vi Contacting Polycom Technical Support For additional help contact your Polycom Administrator or Polycom Technical Support at one of the following 1 800 POLYCOM 408 474 2050 techs...

Page 7: ...ntenance and management of VSX and PVX video endpoints Registration maintenance and management of MGC devices to enable multipoint video conferences Video conference creation modification and deletion...

Page 8: ...Administrator s Guide 1 2...

Page 9: ...et Explorer 2 Type the IP address of the system in the Address line and press Enter For example http YOUR_SERVER S_IP_ADDRESS To log in to the Polycom RAS200A Enter the Administrator s password and cl...

Page 10: ...according to your order You must activate each license to receive a license number Note Licenses are available in 50 100 and 200 seats The Polycom RAS200A supports a maximum of 500 seats To obtain a s...

Page 11: ...n enter the new license number and serial number and click Update The license number appears in the list Figure 2 2 Licensing Screen Changing the Password Make sure you change the administrative syste...

Page 12: ...can create a profile automatically when you add an MGC to the Polycom RAS200A Note You can only view or change the profile name To view or change the current profile name 1 Go to System Settings Profi...

Page 13: ...Polycom RAS200A system settings To change Polycom RAS200A settings 1 Go to System Setup System Settings 2 On the System Settings screen enter required changes and click Update Figure 2 5 System Setti...

Page 14: ...6 and 16 characters long dashes and underscores are valid characters IP Address Defines the static IP address of the server Subnet Mask Defines the network s subnet mask for the server s IP address De...

Page 15: ...7 Figure 2 6 List of MGC Devices Screen 2 Click Add The Add Device screen appears Figure 2 7 Add Device Screen 3 In the Device Name field enter the name of the MGC 4 In the IP Address field enter the...

Page 16: ...est priority 8 Click Update 9 Repeat steps 7 through 13 to add multiple MGCs Editing MGC Devices You can change device settings for MGCs To edit MGC device settings 1 Go to Directory Setup Devices 2 I...

Page 17: ...Go to Directory Setup Devices 2 In the List of Devices screen select the device you want to remove and click Delete A confirmation message asks whether you want to delete the selected item 3 Click Ye...

Page 18: ...Administrator s Guide 2 10...

Page 19: ...m RAS200A system turn off the power with the button on the front panel or use remote access to shut down the server gracefully Rebooting the Server You can reboot the server Note You should only resta...

Page 20: ...en appears 2 Click Download Logs 3 When the File Download dialog box appears click Save to save the LogFiles zip file to your local drive Upgrading the Server You can update the system software by doi...

Page 21: ...ther To perform a factory reset 1 Insert the System Rescue CD into the CD drive and restart the system The system automatically restores the factory default settings A success message appears when the...

Page 22: ...and a pre defined name of DirServicesYYYYMMDD For example a file created on March 1 2006 is automatically named DirService20060301 bak Note You can only back up the database to a local drive It is rec...

Page 23: ...e 1 In the Server Restore section in the Folder for backup files field type the full path and name of the input file to use for restoring the database Alternatively click Browse to locate this file No...

Page 24: ...Administrator s Guide 3 6...

Page 25: ...Not Available click Refresh The device s status should change to Available in about five minutes Using the Failure Viewer Utility The failure viewer utility can provide additional technical informati...

Page 26: ...log file appears in the Input Log File field To select a different input log file click Browse 3 Enter the requested information in the Filtering Options section 4 Click Show Log to display the list...

Page 27: ...ailure Viewer utility 4 1 features and capabilities 1 1 L licensing information 2 2 log files downloading 3 2 troubleshooting 3 2 logging in 2 1 M MGC devices adding 2 6 changing settings 2 6 2 8 chec...

Page 28: ...Index Index 2...

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