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Site Requirements
Instructions for Quick Installation

Getting Started

This chapter provides the basic information you need to quickly install and configure the Cisco IP/VC 3530 VTA.

Site Requirements

The site requirements needed to connect and configure the VTA are as follows:

• A PC with a serial port and terminal emulation software to assign the VTA an IP address

• A dedicated IP address for the VTA

• IP address of the router the VTA will use to communicate across the network

• IP address of the H.323 gatekeeper you want the VTA to register with

• A 10BASE-T Ethernet cable

• A room system that uses the V.35 interface with EIA/TIA-366 signalling (a proprietary cable providing separate connectors for V.35 signalling is shipped with the VTA)

• A grounded AC power outlet nearby

• Ambient room temperature range of 32 to 104^oF (0 to 40^oC) with a noncondensing relative humidity range of 15% to 85%

• Unblocked side air vents for the VTA

• A Windows 95/98 or NT computer connected to the network and running TCP/IP to install the Cisco configuration software and utilities on.

Instructions for Quick Installation

This section provides basic instructions to let you quickly connect and configure the VTA. To quickly set up the VTA, perform the following steps:

See the "Setting the IP Address" section in the "Installing the Hardware" chapter.

Step 2 Connect the VTA to the network.

See the "Installing the Mounting Brackets," "Connecting the VTA to the LAN," "Connecting the VTA to a Room System," and "Connecting the VTA to a Power Source" sections in the "Installing the Hardware" chapter.

Step 3 Install the Cisco IP/VC Configuration Utility on the network computer that you will use to configure the VTA.

See the "Cisco IP/VC Tools" section in the "Installing the Cisco IP/VC Tools Software" chapter.

Step 4 Set the VTA operating parameters:

a. Start the Cisco IP/VC Configuration Utility.

See the "Accessing a Utility" section in the "Installing the Cisco IP/VC Tools Software" chapter.

b. Select or enter the IP address of the VTA you want to configure.

See the "Starting the Cisco IP/VC Configuration Utility and Selecting a VTA to Configure" section in the "Configuring the VTA" chapter.

c. Specify the configuration source you want to use.

See the "Selecting the Configuration Source"section in the "Configuring the VTA" chapter.

d. Specify the IP address and port number of the gatekeeper you want the VTA to use.

See the "Setting Network Parameters" section in the "Configuring the VTA" chapter.

e. Specify the IP address of the router you want the VTA to use.

See the "Setting Network Parameters" section in the "Configuring the VTA" chapter.

f. Specify the alias you want the VTA to have.

See the "Setting Network Parameters" section in the "Configuring the VTA" chapter.

g. Specify the E.164 address or phone number you want the VTA to have.

See the "Setting Network Parameters" section in the "Configuring the VTA" chapter.

h. Set a delimiter the VTA will recognize to delineate the second phone number in 2B calls.

See the "Setting Dialing Parameters" section in the "Configuring the VTA" chapter.

i. Set default bandwidth values for incoming and outgoing calls. The VTA will only allow calls that reserve the specified bandwidth unless the caller uses a predefined prefix or suffix in the dial string to specify another bandwidth.

See the "Setting Dialing Parameters" section in the "Configuring the VTA" chapter.

j. Upload the configuration file to the VTA Flash memory.

See the "Saving the File and Uploading to Memory" section in the "Configuring the VTA" chapter.

Posted: Mon Jun 5 13:33:13 PDT 2000
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