Chapter 1 Overview
Planning for Your Installation
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Step 1 | Review the introduction to the Cisco | See the “Introducing the Cisco Video | |
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Step 2 | Review options for deploying a VSM | See the “Deployment Scenarios” | |
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Step 3 | Plan for your installation and collect | See the “Planning for Your | |
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Step 4 | Install, set up, and perform the initial | See Chapter 2, “Setting Up and | |
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Step 5 | Set the VSOM Log In page to be the | See the “Setting the VSOM Log In | |
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Step 6 | Perform the basic configuration of | See the “Configuring VSM” section on | |
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Planning for Your Installation
The following sections describe items and information that may be required during an installation. You may find it convenient to collect these items and as much of the information as you can before you begin the installation.
•Items Required for Installation, page 1-3
| Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Getting Started Guide, Release 4.2/6.2 |
