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This chapter provides system requirements and installation instructions for the IP/TV Server. Topics include:
The following list contains the recommended minimum configuration for a computer running IP/TV Server:
We recommend that you install any capture card and related software on the IP/TV Server machine before installing IP/TV Server.
 | Caution For the Optibase card, install the Optibase encoder board in your computer and connect the audio and video signals to it according to the installation instructions that came with the Optibase card. You can install the card before or after installing IP/TV Server on your computer. Do not install any other separate software or drivers that came with the Optibase card. Refer to the "MPEG2 Capture Devices" section in the "Administering IP/TV Server" chapter for more information about installing and configuring the Optibase capture card. |
The Cisco Systems Web site at http://www.cisco.com/iptv/ includes configuration information for both IP/TV Viewer and IP/TV Server.
IP/TV only supports a single disk drive letter on the server for on-demand content. If multiple physical disk drives are needed, we recommend using redundant array of disks (RAID) to virtualize the multiple disk drives into a single drive letter.
System performance can also be improved by using a hardware RAID system with high-speed SCSI disk drives. If that is not an option, we recommend using a SCSI controller and the NT operating system ability of software RAID.
If only IDE drives are available, you can use Software RAID, but note that IDE disk drives do not have the performance of SCSI.
IP/TV Server product files are provided on a CD-ROM. You use your computer's CD-ROM or a network drive to install IP/TV Server. If you want to install IP/TV on a computer that does not have a CD-ROM drive, obtain the path to the network installation software.
We discourage the installation of both IP/TV Server and IP/TV Content Manager on the same machine, because some functions will not operate and performance of the server will be severely impacted. If you choose to install both on the same machine, we recommend installing IP/TV Server first, so that you can begin setting up programs after installing IP/TV Content Manager.
Before you install IP/TV Server, do the following:
The IP/TV product CD-ROM contains the installation programs for IP/TV Server as well as IP/TV Viewer, IP/TV Content Manager, and Network Install. To install any of the IP/TV products, you must have purchased a license for that product from Cisco Systems.
Follow these steps to install IP/TV Server:
Step 1 Boot the computer that will run IP/TV Server and start Windows NT 4.0.
Step 2 If an earlier version of IP/TV Server and FTP Server is running, you must close it. The Setup program uninstalls the previous version before continuing the installation.
Step 3 Insert the IP/TV CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
If your CD-ROM drive is configured with Auto Insert Notification enabled, the IP/TV Master Setup window appears automatically.
If Auto Insert Notification is not enabled, click Start>Run and enter drive letter:\setup in the Run dialog box. After a moment, Setup displays the Master Setup window.
Step 4 Click Install IP/TV>Install Server on the Master Setup window.
Step 5 The Welcome to IP/TV Server setup window appears. Click Next.
Step 6 The Software License Agreement window appears. To accept the license agreement, click Yes.
Step 7 On the User Information window, enter your name, your company's name, and the serial number from the IP/TV Server registration card. Click Next.
Step 8 The Destination Directory Selection window indicates the destination path where IP/TV Server files are to be installed. You can change the destination path, however we recommend that you use the default path. Click Next.
Step 9 On the Select Components window, select the components you want to install. By default, all the components are selected except for Sample Media files. You can unselect any component you do not want to install. Components include: Cisco IP/TV Server, Windows Media Tools, Internet Explorer 5.0, and Sample Media Files.
Step 10 Optionally, click Change on the Select Components window to unselect the Cisco FTP Server or the VXtreme Codec. Click Next.
Step 11 If you do not have Windows Media Services (WMS) installed on your machine, the Specify Media Root Directory window appears. It displays the default media directory where all media files will be stored. The default media root is C:\IPTVmedia. If desired, you can change this directory. Click Next.
Or, if you have the WMS installed on your machine, the WMS Detection window appears. It states that WMS was detected. In order to provide interoperability with WMS, the default IP/TV media root is automatically set to the same media root as WMS. Click Next.
Step 12 On the Specify Content Manager Information window, specify the host name or IP address of the Content Manager and its HTTP port. (The defaults are IPTVHost and 80.) Click Next.
Step 13 On the Select Program Folder window, select the Program Folder. Click Next.
Step 14 Use the Back button to review or change any settings. Click Next.
The Installation program begins copying files from the CD-ROM to your hard drive. On the Setup Complete window, you may choose to view the IP/TV Server Readme file.
The Readme file contains some basic information about IP/TV Server, as well as updated information that could not be included in this guide. We recommend that you print the Readme file and read it while you reboot your computer.
Step 15 Click Finish.
Step 16 Reboot the computer and start Windows.
Both the IP/TV Viewer and IP/TV Server setup.ini files provide parameters that you can manually set to control basic IP/TV administrative functions. Refer to the "Completing an Administrative Installation" section in the "Administering IP/TV Viewer" chapter for detailed information on how to set up an administrative installation for the IP/TV Server.
The IP/TV product CD-ROM contains the installation for IP/TV Server and IP/TV Viewer. Because the IP/TV Server demo can serve prerecorded files as well as live capture, no Content Manager is needed.
Follow these steps to install IP/TV Server Demo:
Step 1 Boot the computer that will run IP/TV Server and start Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT.
Step 2 Insert the IP/TV CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on the computer (usually drive D:). If your CD-ROM drive is configured with Auto Insert Notification enabled, the IP/TV Master Setup window appears automatically.
If you do not have Auto Insert Notification enabled, click Start >Run and enter D:\setup in the Run dialog box. After a few moments the Master Setup window appears.
Step 3 Click Install IP/TV>Install Server. The Demo install program begins.
Step 4 The Software License Agreement window appears. If you agree to the license terms, click Yes.
Step 5 On the User Information window, enter your name, your company's name, and the word demo in the Serial Number field. Click Next.
Step 6 Follow the Steps 8 through 16 in the "Performing a CD-ROM Installation" section earlier in this chapter.
The IP/TV CD-ROM provides a network installation option so that you can install IP/TV Server at a network location for others to subsequently install locally.
Follow these steps to run a network install for IP/TV Server:
Step 1 Insert the IP/TV CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on any Windows-based computer with network support (usually drive D:). If your CD-ROM drive is configured with Auto Insert Notification enabled, the IP/TV Master Setup window appears automatically.
If you do not have Auto Insert Notification enabled, select Start>Run and enter D:\setup in the Run dialog box. After a few moments the Master Setup window appears.
Step 2 Click Set up Network Install on the Master Setup window. An instant query message asks would you like to create a Network Install of IP/TV Viewer.
Step 3 Click No. An instant query message asks whether you want to install the Server.
Step 4 Click Yes. The Destination Directory Selection window appears.
Step 5 Click Browse if you want to change the destination directory. Click Next.
The network install program copies the installation folders and files into the directory you specified. When the network install is complete, a message appears informing you that the Server files have been successfully copied.
Step 6 Click OK.
Step 7 Click No to refuse installation of IP/TV Content Manager. The desktop is displayed.
You can run remote installs from \\destdir\setup.exe.
We recommend that you close IP/TV Server before uninstalling it, and make sure the Cisco IP/TV FTP Service is stopped on NT. To uninstall IP/TV Server, use the Windows NT Add/Remove Programs utility.
Posted: Thu Oct 28 16:06:06 PDT 1999
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