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Chapter 5 First steps
Introduction
When your unit is delivered, it is activated and ready to be connected and used straight away. Follow the
steps in the Getting Started Guide that comes with the unit.
You may also like to work through the Tutorials which are available from Codian’s web site. This provides
step-by-step instructions for some of the most commonly used features.
We suggest that you read the appropriate sections in this chapter for the MCU, IP VCR or ISDN gateway
that you are working with and then go on to the chapter that covers other functionality for that specific unit.
Networking considerations
When you connect your unit you need to consider whether to use DHCP or set a static IP address — see
the Getting Started Guide for the unit you are working with and the online help topic “Configuring
network settings”.
The default settings for the networking options will work in most situations. They should only be altered by
administrators with networking experience. For example on the MCU or IP VCR:
You should only need to set up Ethernet settings and routes if you are using both ports. See the Chapter
12‚ “Using firewalls”,and the online help topics “Configuring network settings” and “Configuring IP
routes settings”.
You should choose whether to use the in-built video conferencing firewall in the MCU/IP VCR and a
third party firewall. See Chapter 12‚ “Using firewalls”
Configuring user accounts (all units)
By default when a unit is delivered there are two user accounts: admin and guest (see the online help topic
“System defined users”). These accounts are used to log in to the web interface: people wanting to stream a
conference or select a conference from an auto attendant do not need to log in and therefore do not require
a user account.
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