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Deploy RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition, through
RealPresence Platform Director
The RealPresence Platform Director provides the flexibility to deploy, license and monitor all virtual
edition RealPresence products, including the RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition, using
general purpose hardware in a data center or in the cloud.
The RealPresence Platform Director is available at no charge from
If your RealPresence Platform Director system was installed in a VMware vCenter environment with the
required credentials, you can use the RealPresence Platform Director system to deploy Polycom
software. For complete instructions on how to use the RealPresence Platform Director system, see the
Polycom RealPresence Platform Director Administrator Guide.
You cannot use the RealPresence Platform Director system to deploy a Hyper-V Virtual Edition. For a
Hyper-V Virtual Edition, you must deploy the software using Hyper-V tools and then add the instance to
the RealPresence Platform Director system.
Procedure
To install the RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition, through RealPresence Platform
Director:
1. Deploy the RealPresence Platform Director in your environment.
2. Create a new instance for RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition, in the
RealPresence Platform Director.
When creating the new instance in the RealPresence Platform Director, you can choose to
configure a static IP address and assign it to the RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual
Edition, or to assign a IP address to the RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition,
through a DHCP server.
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If the static IP address is configured in the RealPresence Platform Director and assigned to
RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition, the DHCP function is turned off on the
RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition.
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If the DHCP is selected in the RealPresence Platform Director, the DHCP server will assign
an IP address to the RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition. Meanwhile, the
RealPresence Platform Director will learn the IP address by querying the VMWare or Hyper-
V.
3. Allocate licenses to RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition, in the RealPresence
Platform Director.
For more information, refer to the RealPresence Platform Director System Administrator Guide.
Deploy RealPresence Collaboration Server Using a
3rd Party Virtual Environment Tool
The RealPresence Collaboration Server, Virtual Edition, can be installed using a 3rd party virtual
environment tool such as VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V.
For the full list of supported virtual environment tools, refer to the Release Notes of RealPresence
Collaboration Server.
For more information on the virtual environment tools, refer to their respective documentation on VMware
or Microsoft website.
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