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Chapter 1 Overview
Planning for Your Installation
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Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Getting Started Guide, Release 4.2/6.2
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Planning for Your Installation
The following sections describe items and information that may be required
during an installation. You may find it convenient to collect these items and as
much of the information as you can before you begin the installation.
• Items Required for Installation, page 1-3
Ta b l e 1-1 How to Use this Manual
Activity Reference
Learn about the system
Step 1
Review the introduction to the Cisco
video surveillance system components,
including VSM software, Multi
Services Platform devices, and other
devices
See the “Introducing the Cisco Video
Surveillance System” section on
page 1-7
Step 2
Review options for deploying a VSM
system
See the “Deployment Scenarios”
section on page 1-11
Prepare for deployment
Step 3
Plan for your installation and collect
the information that you will require
See the “Planning for Your
Installation” section on page 1-2
Install, set up, and configure the system
Step 4
Install, set up, and perform the initial
configuration of your Cisco Multi
Services Platform device or devices
See Chapter 2, “Setting Up and
Configuring the Multi Services
Platform”
Step 5
Set the VSOM Log In page to be the
default page that appears when you
access the MSP on which VSOM runs.
See the “Setting the VSOM Log In
Page as the Default Web Page” section
on page 3-1
Step 6
Perform the basic configuration of
VSOM, which includes providing
information about the VSM software,
video encoders, and cameras that will
operate in your VSM deployment, and
scheduling video recording
See the “Configuring VSM” section on
page 3-4