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    CHAPTER 2-1 Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000 2 Cisco MGM Installation Cisco MGM is based on the Cisco EMF, which operates in a distributed en vironment using a server and clients. This chapter describes the deployment options, software components, hardw a[...]

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    2-2 Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000 Chapter 2 Cisco MGM Installation Deployment Options Server with Local Client Every deplo yment includes Cisco EMF Server and Cisco MGM e xtensions. Processes on the server k eep track of the current state of the networ[...]

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    2-3 Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000 Chapter 2 Cisco MGM Installation System Requirements Server with Remote Clients A Cisco EMF deployment may ha ve additional clients installed on separate w orkstations (see Figure 2-2). A client installation retrie ves[...]

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    2-4 Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000 Chapter 2 Cisco MGM Installation System Requirements Platform Requirements The platform resources you need depend on the number of Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gate ways and their conf igurations. A basic installation requires[...]

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    2-5 Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000 Chapter 2 Cisco MGM Installation Installing the Cisco MGM Server Installing the Cisco MGM Server T o install the serv er , perform these major steps: Step 1 Install the Netscape browser . Step 2 Install Cisco EMF serve[...]

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    2-6 Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000 Chapter 2 Cisco MGM Installation Installing the Cisco MGM Server Step 6 Start a Cisco EMF shell: <CEMF_ROOT>/bin/cemf shell Step 7 Edit the host name server parameters f ile, as follo ws: a. Using a text editor ,[...]

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    2-7 Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000 Chapter 2 Cisco MGM Installation Installing Cisco MGM Clients Step 4 Follo w the onscreen instructions, considering the following guidelines: • When prompted for the type of installation, select a cmgmpkg Server P ac[...]

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    2-8 Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000 Chapter 2 Cisco MGM Installation Changing the Installation Step 2 Change to the cmgm1.0pkg package directory on the CD R OM. cd <CDROM>/cmgm1.0pkg Step 3 Start the installation script. ./cmgminstall T ips T o get[...]

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    2-9 Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000 Chapter 2 Cisco MGM Installation Changing the Installation Step 5 Restart Cisco EMF. cemf stop cemf start The system begins forwarding traps. Viewing Software Version Information T o vie w software version information,[...]

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    2-10 Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000 Chapter 2 Cisco MGM Installation Initializing Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway Nodes Initializing Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway Nodes For the Cisco MGM to communicate with Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateways, initialize the foll[...]