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Cisco Digital Media System 3.5 Appliance Administration Guide
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Setting up the Video Portal
This chapter describes the procedure for setting up the Cisco Video Portal for the DMS 3.5 Server
Appliance as well as listing the requirements and prerequisites.
Setting up the Video Portal 3.5 Server Appliance
Before you begin to install and configure the Video Portal 3.5 Server Appliance, gather your network
configuration information: DHCP or Static (IP address, subnet mask, and gateway).
Step 1
Plug in the redundant power cables at the back of the server appliance.
Step 2
Plug in the network cable to Port 1 at the back of the server appliance.
Step 3
Connect the server appliance to a monitor using the VGA output in the back of the server appliance.
Step 4
Connect the server appliance to a standard PS2 keyboard using the purple PS2 port located in the back
of the server appliance.
Step 5
Power On the server appliance.
The First boot config tool screen automatically appears the first time you boot the Video Portal server
appliance and takes you to the DMS appliance administration interface (AAI).