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Chapter 2 Setting Up and Configuring the Multi Services Platform
Unpacking the Multi Services Platform
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Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Getting Started Guide, Release 4.2/6.2
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This chapter contains the following sections, which include detailed instructions
for installing, setting up, and configuring the Multi Services Platform:
• Unpacking the Multi Services Platform, page 2-2
• Mounting the Multi Services Platform in a Rack, page 2-4
• Installing Hard Drives, page 2-10
• Connecting to Power, the Network, and External Devices, page 2-11
• Performing the Initial Configuration of the Multi Services Platform,
page 2-11
• Where to Go from Here, page 2-29
Unpacking the Multi Services Platform
A Multi Services Platform ships in one, two, or three boxes, depending on the
model and number of hard drives that your ordered:
• 1 RU model—Ships in one box that contains the chassis with hard drives
preinstalled.
Step 3
Install hard drives, if needed. If you received the Multi Services
Platform 2 RU or 4 RU model, install
the hard drives that you received with
the server.
Hard drives are preinstalled in the 1 RU
model.
Step 4
Connect the Multi Services Platform to
power, your network, and control
devices.
Connect a monitor, keyboard, and
mouse to the server, and connect the
server to power and to your network.
Step 5
Configure basic settings on the Multi
Services Platform.
Access the YaST Control Center on the
Multi Service Platform and configure
network settings, the system time, and
(optionally) NTP settings.
Table 2-1 Overview of Installation and Set Up Tasks (continued)
Task Description