Cisco Systems 10.x manual Settings NTP Servers, CLI using the CLI command, Security Password

Chapter 1 Installing Cisco Unity Connection

Pre-Installation Tasks

Table 1-2	Gathering Information for Installation
Configuration Setting		Description	Can Setting Be Changed After Installation?
NTP Servers:		Sets the hostname or IP address of	Yes, using Cisco Unified Operating
NTP Server 1: __________________		one or more network time protocol	System Administration:
		(NTP) servers that synchronizes with
NTP Server 2: __________________			Settings > NTP Servers
		your Unity Connection server.	Using the CLI command
NTP Server 3: __________________		The NTP service ensures that the
			CLI > using the CLI command
NTP Server 4: __________________		time synchronized is accurate for
		date/timestamps of messages,
NTP Server 5: __________________
		reports, and various tools, such as
		logs and traces.
		All Unity Connection servers require
		an external NTP source that are
		accessible during installation. The
		source can be a corporate head-end
		router synchronized with a public
		NTP time server or it can be the
		public NTP time server itself.
		Note To avoid potential
		compatibility, accuracy, and
		network jitter problems, the
		external NTP servers should
		be NTP v4 (version 4). If you
		are usingIPv6 addressing,
		external NTP servers must be
		NTP v6.
		Note The NTP server that you
		specify for the publisher
		server is automatically
		applied for the subscriber
		server.
Security Password		Sets the password used by a	Yes, using the CLI command
		subscriber server to communicate	CLI > set password user security
		with a publisher server.
		The security password is also used by
		the Disaster Recovery System to	Caution If you are changing the security
		encrypt backups.		password in a clustered server
		The password must contain at least		pair, you must change the
				security password on both
		six alphanumeric characters. It can
				servers and reboot both servers.
		contain hyphens and underscores, but
				For more information, see the
		it must start with an alphanumeric
				description of this command in
		character.
				the Command Line Interface
				Reference Guide for Cisco
				Unified Solutions.

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