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 Table 2-5to assign an IP address to the Cisco Unified

Videoconferencing 3500 Gateway unit.

Table 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)

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