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The Universal Media Services (UMS) is a media services platform for
Cisco IPICS and its endpoints. The UMS can function with, or instead of, an
RMS, and provides a variety of media hosting, streaming, mixing, transcoding,
and processing functions.
The UMS installs and operates on a dedicated Cisco Multiservices Platform
Series server. The appropriate operating system is preinstalled on this server at the
factory. For a list of supported servers, see Cisco IPICS Compatibility Matrix.
The ISSIG installation process consists of two general procedures: First you
configure the Multiservices Platform Series server for your environment, then you
install the ISSIG software.
This chapter includes these topics:
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Configuring the Multiservices Platform Series Server for Your Environment,
page 4-1
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Installing the UMS Software, page 4-4
Configuring the Multiservices Platform Series Server for Your
Environment
Before you install the UMS software on a Cisco Multiservices Platform Series
server, you must configure various network and system settings on the server for
your environment.
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To configure the Cisco Multiservices Platform Series server, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1
Power on the Multiservices Platform server and log in to the server with the user
name root and the password ipics.
Step 2
Execute the reconfigure command:
[root]# reconfigure
Step 3
When you are prompted whether you want to reboot the server, press Y then press
Enter.
The server begins the reboot process. After a few minutes, the Welcome window
appears.
Step 4
At the Welcome window, click Forward to display the Root Password window.
Step 5
In the Root Password window, take these actions:
a.
In the Confirm fields, enter a new password for the root user.
The root user has access to all the files in the Cisco IPICS server. Cisco IPICS
requires that you use strong passwords that meets these guidelines:
– Minimum of 8 characters in length
– At least one upper case letter
– At least one upper case letter
– At least one number
– At least one of the following special characters:
@[]^_`!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;{<|=}>~?
Note
b.
If you need to change the root password later, you can log in to the
Cisco IPICS server as the root user and change it by using the reset_pw
command. For more information, refer to the “Using the Cisco IPICS CLI
Tools and Service Commands” chapter in the Cisco IPICS
Troubleshooting Guide.
Click Forward.
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Step 6
In the GRUB Password window, take these actions:
a.
In the Confirm fields, a password for the GRUB (boot loader) menu.
The boot loader password enables access to the boot loader menu, which
allows a system administrator to boot the server into single-user mode.
Single-user mode is required to recover a lost root password.
This password must contain at least 6 characters.
b.
Step 7
Click Forward.
In the System User window, take these actions to create a system user, which is
the user who performs administrative tasks on the server:
a.
In the User Name field, enter a unique user name for the system user.
b.
(Optional) In the Full Name field, enter the first name and last name of the
system user, or a brief description of this user.
c.
In the Password and Confirm fields, enter a password for the system user.
This password has the same requirements as the root password that you
entered in Step 5.
d.
Step 8
Step 9
Click Forward.
In the Network Setup window, take these actions:
a.
In the Host Name filed, enter the fully-qualified hostname for this server.
b.
In the IP address field, enter the IP address for this server.
c.
In the Subnet Mask, field, enter the subnet mask for this server.
d.
In the Gateway field, enter the IP address of the default gateway that this
server uses.
e.
In the Primary DNS field, enter the IP address of the primary DNS for this
server.
f.
(Optional) In the Secondary DNS field, enter the IP address of the secondary
DNS for this server.
g.
(Optional) In the Tertiary DNS field, enter the IP address of the Tertiary DNS
for this server.
h.
Click Forward.
In the Timezone window, take these actions:
a.
Choose the correct time zone for your area.
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You can choose the time zone from the map or from the list.
Step 10
b.
If your system clock uses Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), make sure that
you check the System Clock uses UTC check box. Cisco recommends that
UTC be used, particularly in Cisco IPICS deployments that include high
availability.
c.
Click Forward.
In the Date and Time window take either of these actions, then click Forward:
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If your network uses the Network Time Protocol (NTP), choose the Network
Time Protocol tab and check the Enable Network Time Protocol check box.
Enter the name or IP address of an NTP server in the Server field, and click
Add. Repeat to add additional servers. To delete a server, choose the server,
and click Delete.
If you configure NTP on the server, your system administrator should provide
instructions to the IDC users to also configure the Windows Time Service on
their IDC client machines to enable synchronization between the IDC and the
server logs. For detailed information about configuring the Windows Time
Service, go the Microsoft support site and search for Article ID 307897.
If you install a time-bound license for your system, use caution when
enabling NTP. Adjustments to the system date can cause Cisco IPICS to
invalidate your license.
Cisco recommends that NTP be used, particularly in Cisco IPICS
deployments that include high availability.
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Step 11
If your network does not use NTP, choose the Date & Time tab and enter the
current date and time in the appropriate fields.
In the Finnish Setup window, click Finish.
The system bootup process continues and the system processes an internal check.
When the bootup process completes, the log in prompt appears.
Installing the UMS Software
After you configure the Cisco Multiservice Platform server for your environment,
you are ready to install the UMS software on the server.
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To install the UMS software, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1
From a client PC, take these actions to obtain the UMS installation file (you must
have a valid Cisco.com user ID and password before you can access this URL.):
a.
Go to this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?mdfid=280723930&flo
wid=7120
b.
Click the Cisco IPICS Release 4.5 link.
c.
Click Download Now next to install-ums-4.5.bin.
Follow the onscreen instructions to download the UMS installation file to
your local drive.
Step 2
Copy the UMS installation file from your local drive to the Multiservice Platform
server.
Step 3
Log in to the Multiservice Platform as the root user.
Step 4
Modify the permissions on the UMS installation file by entering the following
commands:
[root]# cd location
[root]# chmod 755 installerfilename.bin
where:
Step 5
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location is the full path and directory to which you copied the UMS
installation file
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installerfilename is the name of the UMS installation file that you put on the
server
Enter the following command to start the UMS installer:
[root]# ./installerfilename.bin
where installerfilename is the name of the UMS installation file that you put on
the server.
Step 6
When you are prompted to continue, press Y then press Enter.
Step 7
When you are prompted to read the license agreement, press Enter.
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Step 8
Read the license agreement (press the Spacebar to page through the text), and
press Y then press Enter when you are prompted whether you read the agreement.
Step 9
When you are prompted for a Cisco IPICS administrator password, enter a
administrative password to be used for services on this server, then press Enter.
The password must follow these guidelines:
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Must contain at least 8 characters
•
Cannot contain any variation of cisco or ocsic (for example, abCiSCo12 is not
valid)
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Cannot contain three or more same consecutive characters (for example, a
password that contains AAA or 888 is not valid)
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Must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number,
and one special character (special characters include !, @, and #).
Step 10
Reenter the Cisco IPICS administrator password when you are prompted to do so,
then press Enter.
Step 11
When you see the “Password accepted” message, press Enter.
Step 12
When you are prompted to continue, press Y then press Enter.
The UMS software installs on the server.
Step 13
When you are prompted whether you want to reboot the server, press Y then press
Enter.
The server reboots and the installation is complete.
To configure the UMS, see Cisco IPICS Administration Guide.
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