Working With Configuration Profiles; Configuring Your Network Connection - Polycom CX5100 User Manual

User's Guide for Polycom CX5100 Unified Communication Station

Working with Configuration Profiles

From the CX5100 - CX5500 Control Panel, you can choose to create a new configuration file, edit an
existing configuration file onto a CX5100, or retrieve the configuration file from your system. You can load
any of these configuration files onto your system.
To create or edit a profile:
1 Power on the Polycom CX5100 system.
2 On your computer, start the CX Control Panel application.
3 Connect the computer to the Polycom CX5100 system.
4 From the CX Control Panel, do one of the following:
 Click Create new profile.
 Click Edit saved profile and choose a configuration file.
 Click View or edit device profile. Enter the system password, if prompted.
5 Enter or edit the configuration settings as needed.
6 Do one of the following:
 Click Apply to Device to push the new configuration file onto your CX5100 system. Enter the
system password, if prompted.
 Click Save to PC to save the settings to a profile on your computer. You can specify where to save
the profile.

Configuring Your Network Connection

Connecting your device to the network allows you to configure automatic software updates.
To configure your network connection:
1 From the PC Interface, click Configuration > Network.
2 To configure your network connection, configure the settings shown in the following table.
Network Configuration Settings
Setting
Device Name
Enable Ethernet
Enable DHCP
IP Address
Polycom, Inc.
Description
System Name is displayed on the Diagnostics page. Naming your CX5100 helps you
manage multiple devices.
Enables the system to connect to the network by ethernet. You must enable Ethernet
before you can configure the system for automatic software updates.
Enables the system to use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to obtain the
IP Address, Default Gateway, Subnet Mask, and Preferred and Alternate DNS Server
settings automatically.
If the system obtains its IP address automatically, this area displays the IP address
currently assigned to the system. If DHCP is not enabled, enter the IP address here.
Changing the IP address causes the system to restart.
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