POLYCOM REALPRESENCE COLLABORATION SERVER GETTING STARTED GUIDE 1
Contents
Chapter 1: About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server Editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Polycom and Partner Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Polycom Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Audience, Purpose and Required Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2: Virtual Edition Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Install the RealPresence Platform Director System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Install Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition Software with
Your Virtual Environment Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Deploy RealPresence Collaboration Server Using a 3rd Party Virtual Environment
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3: Appliance Edition Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Prepare for System Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Unpack RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1800/2000/4000 . . . . . . . 18
Installing the RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1800 . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing the RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 2000 . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing the RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 4000 . . . . . . . . . . 33
First Entry Power-up and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 4: Login to RealPresence Collaboration Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Workstation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Login to RealPresence Collaboration Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57