Polycom realpresence 1800 - Chapter 2: Virtual Edition Installation; Install the Realpresence Platform Director System

POLYCOM REALPRESENCE COLLABORATION SERVER V.8.6 VIRTUAL EDITION INSTALLATION
INSTALL THE REALPRESENCE PLATFORM DIRECTOR SYSTEM
POLYCOM REALPRESENCE COLLABORATION SERVER GETTING STARTED GUIDE 7
Virtual Edition Installation
You can deploy a RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition, either
through the Polycom RealPresence
®
Platform Director or through a 3rd party
application such as VMWare vCenter or Microsoft Hyper-V based tools, then
allocate licenses to the RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition,
through the RealPresence Platform Director.
Deploy through the RealPresence Platform Director using the procedures in the
following sections:
• Review the Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server Release Notes to
ensure that your host machine has the capacity for your planned Polycom
RealPresence Collaboration Server system deployment.
• Install the RealPresence Platform Director System
• Deploy RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition, through Real-
Presence Platform Director
• Login to RealPresence Collaboration Server
Install the RealPresence Platform Director
System
The RealPresence Platform Director is included with all Virtual Edition prod-
ucts and is available at Polycom's support site for download.
Virtual Editions of Polycom RealPresence Platform products such as RealPres-
ence Resource Manager system require the RealPresence Platform Director
system to manage licensing.
For complete instructions on how to use the RealPresence Platform Director
system, see the RealPresence Platform Director System Getting Started Guide.