TANDBERG Codian MCU MSE 8420 manual

Codian MCU MSE 8420 Getting started[...]

Codian MCU MSE 8420 Getting started[...]

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General information 1 General informa tion About the MSE 8420 Media blade The MSE 8420 Media blad e is a technolog ically ad van ced Multipoint Contr ol Unit that fits into an MSE 8000 chassis. It is designed to pro vide high quality voice and video conferencing . P ort and LED location Figure 1 sho ws the position of por ts and LEDs on the Media b[...]

2 LED beha vior T able 1 descr ibes the behavior of the LEDs . T able 1: Media b lade LED behavior LED Co lor Indicates Compact Flash Activity Flashing gr een One of:  the Media blade is booting  a configuration change has been made  the configuration is being transferred by F T P Console Link Green A PC is connected to the console port St[...]

LED behavior 3 Ethernet P or t Status, for each Ether net por t : FDX Green The link has been negotiated as a full- duplex link Act Green Pa c kets ar e being transmitted on this por t Link Green The speed of the link from this port, which is either 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps P ow er Blue The Media blade is r eceiving po we r from the MSE 8000 chassis T[...]

4 Installing the Media blade F or infor mation about po w ering the MSE 8 000, refer to the Getting Star ted Guide that accompanied the chassis. Step one: Install the Medi a blade into the MSE 8000 chassis 1 Remov e the blade or blanking blade from the slot into which you are going to install the Media blade: i Using a No .1 Phillips scre wdriver ,[...]

Installing the Media blade 5 5 Using a No .1 Phillips screwdriver , tighten the screws in the retaining latches with a clockwise quar ter tur n. Figur e 2: Inser ting a blade into the chassis Figur e 3: Closing the retaining latches on the front of a blade[...]

6 Step two: C onnec t to Ethernet Port A Connect an Ethernet cable from Ethernet P or t A to an Ether net switch (rather than a hub , to minimize interference from othe r devices on the netw ork). The Ether net por t is a 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing connection. Only co nnect to Ether net P or t B if you need to connect the Media b lade to a secon[...]

Initial configuration 7 Initial configur ation Step one: Configur e Ethernet Port A settings The default setting for the Media blade Et her net por ts is auto-sensing mode . If the switch por ts to which you con nect the Medi a blade ar e not also set to auto-sensing mode, then y ou need to configure the Media blade Ether net por ts to use the same[...]

8 Co nfiguring the Media blade Step one: Log in to the Media blade All administration of the Medi a blad e is perfor med via the w eb interface. T o log in to the web interface of the Media blade: 1 Log in to the Super visor’ s web interface . 2G o t o Hardware > Blades and clic k the IP address of the Media blade. 3C l i c k Log in , and then[...]

Configuring the Media blade 9 Step three: A dd endpoints (optional) One wa y to add par t icipants to a confer ence that you cr eate is to hav e the Media blade automa ticall y call them when the conference starts. T o do this, y ou configure their endpoints on the Media blade. When y ou set up a conference , you can choose the endpoints fr om the [...]

10 Using the Media blade Creating conferences T o crea te a conference: 1 In the w eb interface of the Media blade, go to Con fe re n ces and clic k Add ne w confer ence . 2T y p e a Name for the conference, for example SalesMeeting . 3 T ype an optional numeric identifier , for example 123 . This will be the telephone number that participants can [...]

Using the Media blade 11 Calling partic ipants in to a conferenc e T o call par ticipants in to a conference: 1 In the w eb interface of the Media blade, go to Con fe re n ces and click on the name of an activ e conference . 2O n t h e Pa r ti c ip an ts tab , click Add par ticipant to call out to an H.323 or SIP endpoint. 3I n t h e Address field:[...]

12 Streaming conferences Streaming is a wa y of viewing a conference in a standard w eb bro wser . The Media blade allo ws streaming of video and, if enabled for a confer ence , the streaming of data. Y ou can also conduct a text ‘chat’ and add notes and dra wings to the data stream. Y ou can configure tw o streaming options on the Media blade [...]

Instructing conference participants 13 Instruc ting confer ence par ticipants Y ou need to tell conference par ticipants ho w to join conferences . Y ou can also tell them ho w to use the Far-End Camera Contr o ls (FECC) to na vigate menus in the auto attendant and choose conference la youts. Ther e is a document: Getting Started: Accessing Confere[...]

14 T r oubleshooting and technical suppor t information Using the ev ent log to help solve a problem Unless you are ex periencing a prob lem, all e v ent logging sources should be set to the default, which is Errors, warnings and information . F or more infor mation about configur ing the ev ent log, refer to the online help accessible from the w e[...]

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