Procedures
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Understand Whether to Change DMP Passwords Centrally
Scenario
You have very few DMPs and will
manage each of them in isolation.
You have many DMPs and will
manage them centrally.
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Edit the Splash Screen Duration to Obscure the DMP IP Address
Timesaver
Complete this optional procedure at your discretion.
You can change how long your DMP shows its splash screen during startup. This is useful when, for
example, your organization prefers not to reveal an IP address casually to all observers.
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User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Player Device Manager 5.2.x
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Understand Whether to Change DMP Passwords Centrally, page 9-2
Manage and Edit Passwords, page 9-5
Best Practice
Use DMPDM to change their DMP Web Account and DMP Service Account passwords
one at a time, manually.
Use the fully licensed Cisco Digital Signs software on your Digital Media Manager
appliance to change both passwords globally for all of the DMPs that you have added to
a DMP group.
Note
Before you can manage any DMP centrally, you must configure it to support
centralized management.
Manage and Edit Passwords, page 9-5
Protect Your DMP from Unauthorized Management, page 9-4
Edit the Splash Screen Duration to Obscure the DMP IP Address, page 9-2
Protect Your DMP from Unauthorized Management, page 9-4
Manage and Edit Passwords, page 9-5
Enable or Disable Types of Access to Your DMP, page 9-6
Enable or Disable Centralized Management, page 9-7
A duration of 30,000 milliseconds (30 seconds) is the factory default.
A duration of 1 millisecond turns off the splash screen.
Any duration in the range from 2 to 5,000 milliseconds (5 seconds) does not have any effect.
Chapter 9
DMP Access and Security Settings
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