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Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3522 BRI Gateway and 3527 PRI Gateway Release 5.6
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Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway
How to Perform the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway Unit Initial Configuration
Note You can perform serial port configuration of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit
only at startup, during a short period indicated by a 6-second countdown. Once the initialization phase
is complete, the only way you can access the configuration menu is by restarting the Cisco Unified
Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit.
Connecting to a PC
Use the serial port connection to configure the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit
with an IP address.
Procedure
Step 1 Locate the terminal cable shipped with the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit.
Step 2 Connect the end labeled PC to the serial port on the computer.
Step 3 Connect the end labeled Unit to the serial port connector on the Cisco Unified
Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit front panel.
Setting the IP Address
You use the serial port to configure the unit with an IP address and other address information.
You use the serial port on the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit front panel to assign
a new IP address to your Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit. You must assign the
IP address before you connect the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit to the network.
Before You Begin
The PC terminal should have an installed terminal emulation application, such as HyperTerminal.
Gather the items listed in Tabl e 2-5 to assign an IP address to the Cisco Unified
Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit.
Tab l e 2-5 Requirements for Setting the IP Address
Requirements Notes
Dedicated IP address for the
Cisco Unified
Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit
IP address of the default router the
Cisco Unified
Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit
uses to communicate over the network
PC with available serial port and
terminal emulator software installed
RS-232 terminal cable (shipped with
the unit)