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    Americas Headquarters: © 20 06 – 20 07 Cisco Systems, Inc. A ll rights reserved. Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Media System 4.0 Revised: A pril 3, 2008 OL-12463-01 Contents Information in this guide is or ganized into these top-le v el sections: • Introduction, page [...]

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    2 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Dig ital Media System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Setting Up and Configuring Cisc o Video Portal 4. 0 Setting Up and Configuring Cisco Video Portal 4.0 If you purchased a Cisco V ideo Portal 4.0 app liance, use the checklist in this section to track your progress while you co mplete the required tasks to set up and conf igure the [...]

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    3 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Medi a System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Setting Up and Co nfiguring Cisco Video Portal 4. 0 Caution W e recommend that you do n ot use DHCP to obtain an IP address for your V ideo Portal appliance, due to the sometimes unpredictable expiratio n of IP addre sses in DHCP systems and th e administrati ve o verhead of reconf[...]

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    4 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Dig ital Media System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Setting Up and Configuring Cisc o Digital Media Ma nager 4.0 Y our V ideo Portal installatio n will be com plete after you complete the required steps to obtain a license and activ ate the V ideo Po rtal features. See T ask 12 in Setting Up and Conf iguring Ci sco Digital Media Man[...]

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    5 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Medi a System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Setting Up and Co nfiguring Cisco Digital Media Mana ger 4.0 • Learn if your net work uses dynamic (DHCP) or sta tic I P addresses, and — if your network uses static IP addresses: – Learn what IP address to as sign to the DMM applia nce. – Learn what subnet mask (netmask) t[...]

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    6 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Dig ital Media System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Setting Up and Configuring Cisc o Digital Media Ma nager 4.0 6. Configur e settings for the DMM applia nce netw ork interface card (NIC). Do one of the follo wing : • If the NIC for your DMM appliance sh ould autone gotiate the f astest possible transmissio n mode when it is conn[...]

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    7 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Medi a System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Setting Up and Co nfiguring Cisco Digital Media Mana ger 4.0 12. Obtain a DMM softwar e license k ey and use it to acti vate the DMM modules that y ou pur chased. a. At the login prom pt, use the admin username and the passw ord that yo u specif ied in Ta s k 1 0 to lo g in to the [...]

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    8 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Dig ital Media System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Setting Up and Configuring Cisc o Digital Media Ma nager 4.0 15. V erify that the V ideo Portal module conf iguration v alues ar e correct. Click Launching the Cisco Vi de o P or t a l . The V ideo Portal plugin detector page appears briefly , then th e V ideo Portal appears. 16. C[...]

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    9 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Medi a System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Setting Up and Co nfiguring Cisco Digital Media Mana ger 4.0 17. Configur e v alues f or y our V ideo Portal. a. Enter all the follo wing v alues: • V ideo P ortal W eb Serv er Base — The top-lev el HTTP URL of the server on which your audience can fi nd your V ideo Portal. •[...]

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    10 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Dig ital Media System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Related Documentation Setup and softwa re conf iguration are no w co mplete. Related Documentation For a comprehe nsi ve list of r elated documentation, see Do cumentation Map fo r Cisco Digita l Media System 4.0 on Cisco.com. 19. Discov er the DMPs in y our network. If you purcha[...]

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    11 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Medi a System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Obtaining Do cumentation, Obtainin g Support, and Security Guideline s Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines For info rmation on obtaining documen tation, obtaining supp ort, pro viding documentation feedback, security g uidelines, and also reco mmend[...]

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    12 Quick Start Guide for Cisco Dig ital Media System 4.0 OL-12463-01 Obtaining Documenta tion, Obtaining Suppor t, and Security Guidelines[...]