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Table of contents General information ... 1 About the MSE 8420 Media blade ... 1 Port and LED location ... 1 LED behavior ... 2 Installing the Media blade ... 4 Step one: Install the Media blade into the MSE 8000 chassis ... 4 Step two: Connect to Ethernet Port A ...
General information About the MSE 8420 Media blade The MSE 8420 Media blade is a technologically advanced Multipoint Control Unit that fits into an MSE 8000 chassis. It is designed to provide high quality voice and video conferencing. Port and LED location Figure 1 shows the position of ports and LEDs on the Media blade.
LED behavior Table 1 describes the behavior of the LEDs. Table 1: Media blade LED behavior Compact Flash Activity Console Link Status Alarm System Load Color Indicates Flashing One of: green the Media blade is booting a configuration change has been made the configuration is being transferred by FTP Green...
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Table 1: Media blade LED behavior (continued) Ethernet Port Status, for each Ethernet port : Link Power Color Indicates Green The link has been negotiated as a full- duplex link Green Packets are being transmitted on this port Green The speed of the link from this port, which is either 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps Blue The Media blade is receiving power from...
Installing the Media blade Important: Before installing the Media blade into the MSE 8000, you must read the safety information for the MSE 8000 chassis at: http://www.codian.com/safety.htm Although blades are hot-swappable parts, you must only remove one blade at any time. Remove the power from the MSE 8000, if you need to remove more than one blade at a time.
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Using a No.1 Phillips screwdriver, tighten the screws in the retaining latches with a clockwise quarter turn. Figure 2: Inserting a blade into the chassis Figure 3: Closing the retaining latches on the front of a blade Installing the Media blade...
Step two: Connect to Ethernet Port A Connect an Ethernet cable from Ethernet Port A to an Ethernet switch (rather than a hub, to minimize interference from other devices on the network). The Ethernet port is a 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing connection. Only connect to Ethernet Port B if you need to connect the Media blade to a second subnet.
Initial configuration Step one: Configure Ethernet Port A settings The default setting for the Media blade Ethernet ports is auto-sensing mode. If the switch ports to which you connect the Media blade are not also set to auto-sensing mode, then you need to configure the Media blade Ethernet ports to use the same speed and duplex mode.
Configuring the Media blade Step one: Log in to the Media blade All administration of the Media blade is performed via the web interface. To log in to the web interface of the Media blade: Log in to the Supervisor’s web interface. Go to Hardware >...
Step three: Add endpoints (optional) One way to add participants to a conference that you create is to have the Media blade automatically call them when the conference starts. To do this, you configure their endpoints on the Media blade. When you set up a conference, you can choose the endpoints from the Pre-configured participants each endpoint’s details every time.
Using the Media blade Creating conferences To create a conference: In the web interface of the Media blade, go to conference Type a for the conference, for example SalesMeeting. Name Type an optional numeric identifier, for example telephone number that participants can use to join the conference when calling in to the Media blade via a gatekeeper or SIP registrar.
Calling participants in to a conference To call participants in to a conference: In the web interface of the Media blade, go to name of an active conference. On the Participants endpoint. In the field: Address where there is no H.323 gatekeeper or SIP registrar, type the IP address, host name, or SIP URI of an accessible endpoint on your network if you are using an H.323 gatekeeper, enter the number registered with the gatekeeper for the required endpoint...
Streaming conferences Streaming is a way of viewing a conference in a standard web browser. The Media blade allows streaming of video and, if enabled for a conference, the streaming of data. You can also conduct a text ‘chat’ and add notes and drawings to the data stream.
Instructing conference participants You need to tell conference participants how to join conferences. You can also tell them how to use the Far-End Camera Controls (FECC) to navigate menus in the auto attendant and choose conference layouts. There is a document: Getting Started: Accessing Conferences available in the documentation area of the web site, which you can print out and give to conference participants.
Troubleshooting and technical support information Using the event log to help solve a problem Unless you are experiencing a problem, all event logging sources should be set to the default, which is Errors, warnings and information configuring the event log, refer to the online help accessible from the web interface. You can use the event log to produce debugging information to assist technical support in solving your problem.
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