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Cisco Expressway CE1200 Appliance Installation Guide First Published: September 2018 Last Updated: October 2018 X8.11.1 Cisco Systems, Inc. www.cisco.com...
Cisco Expressway CE1200 Appliance Installation Guide Preface Preface Change History Table 1 Installation Guide Change History Date Change Reason October 2018 Fix incorrect link in the preparation section. Documentation error September 2018 First release. Published with X8.11.x...
Cisco Expressway CE1200 Appliance Installation Guide Contents Preface Change History Introduction Required Software Version System Sizes Supported What's Different? More Information and Training Hardware Components Field-Replaceable Components Returns or Replacements Front Panel Layout Rear Panel Layout Preparing to Install For Your Safety!
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Cisco Expressway CE1200 Appliance Installation Guide Appendix 1: Troubleshooting Locating LEDs and Components Definitions of LED States Reset from the Internal Recovery Partition (IRP) Task 1: Reset the SD Card and Enable the Virtual Drive Task 2: IRP Reinstall Using the KVM Console...
The CE1200 ships with pre-installed Expressway software. If you need to in future, you can upgrade the pre-installed software to a later supported version. (If you want to check whether the Cisco Expressway has the latest software installed, go to http://software.cisco.com/download/navigator.html...
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Cisco Expressway CE1200 Appliance Installation Guide Introduction Creating and maintaining a cluster of Cisco Expressways is described in the Cisco Expressway Cluster ■ Creation and Maintenance Deployment Guide on the Expressway Configuration Guides page...
Cisco Expressway CE1200 Appliance Installation Guide Hardware Components Hardware Components The CE1200 is based on a UCS C220 M5L server, with the following components: Table 2 Components and part numbers for the CE1200 Appliance Item Part Quantity Chassis UCS-C220-M5L Processor UCS-CPU-6134 (3.2 GHz 6134/130W 8C/24.75MB Cache/DDR4...
Front Panel Layout Front Panel Layout This section details the front panel layout, LEDs and ports. Figure 1 Front view of the Cisco Expressway Table 3 Front panel LEDs and components HD drives (use Slot 1 and Slot 2 only)
Rear Panel Layout Rear Panel Layout This section details the rear panel layout, LEDs and ports. Figure 2 Rear view of the Cisco Expressway Modular LAN on Motherboard (mLOM) card slot (not populated) USB 3.0 ports (two slots) LAN3 and LAN4 (do not use)
To view environmental and power specifications for the appliance server, see - https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c-series-rack- servers/c220m5-lff-specsheet.pdf. Unpacking and Preparation For detailed information about how to install the appliance, see - Cisco UCS C220 M5 Server Installation and Service Guide at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/hw/C220M5/install/C220M5.html Information in that guide includes: Installation guidelines ■...
However, if you upgrade a Medium system with a 1 Gbps NIC to X8.10 or later, Cisco VCS automatically converts the system to a Large system. As a result, Cisco VCS Expressway listens for multiplexed RTP/RTCP traffic on the default demultiplexing ports for Large systems (36000 to 36011);...
Cisco Expressway CE1200 Appliance Installation Guide Install the Appliance The first boot takes approximately 5 minutes due to the initial power characterization test. Any subsequent boot of the system takes approximately 2 minutes. The power characterization test displays the message Performing Platform Characterization …...
IPv4 and/or IPv6 address, subnet mask and default gateway address for the Expressway. Consult your — network administrator about which addresses to use. The Cisco Expressway must use a static IP address. Suitable passwords for the predefined root and admin user accounts - use strong passwords for both —...
CIMC is the management interface for C-Series servers. It runs within the server to support remote administration, configuration, and monitoring using web or SSH command line access. For detailed information, see the Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Configuration Guides on the CIMC Configuration Guides page.
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Cisco Expressway CE1200 Appliance Installation Guide Connect to the Expressway Console During the initial Power On Self Test phase, you should see the CIMC address displayed in the bottom left of the screen. Result: CIMC is now enabled on this Expressway. You will be prompted to change the default CIMC password when you first log in to the CIMC web interface.
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Cisco Expressway CE1200 Appliance Installation Guide Connect to the Expressway Console In the Serial over LAN Properties, check Enabled and then click Save Changes. This step is necessary as serial over LAN is disabled by default. Task 3: Connect to the Expressway console (any time you need to) In a terminal emulator, use SSH to connect to the CIMC IP address.
After approximately four minutes the Install Wizard is displayed. If the Cisco Expressway was already on when you connected and you don't see the Install Wizard, press Ctrl+D to access it. If you encounter issues or enter incorrect information during the wizard you can press Ctrl+D to restart it.
To log into the web user interface: Open a browser window and in the address line type one of the following: IP address of the Cisco Expressway (for example, https://10.0.0.1). Enter the address as HTTPS. — FQDN of the Cisco Expressway (for example, https://mydomain.example.com).
Reset from the Internal Recovery Partition (IRP) The Cisco Expressway CE1200 appliance comes pre-installed with an SD card that you can use to complete a reinstall of your configuration. You must reset the SD card and enable the virtual drive before proceeding with the reinstall using the KVM console in the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC).
Your release key should be visible—press Enter to accept it. If the release key is missing, contact Cisco TAC for the appropriate key and reapply it. After the release key is applied, you can optionally apply any option keys for the appliance (such as room or desktop registrations).
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