Procedure 2: Gather Network Equipment And Address Information; Ip Services; Management Network; Signaling Network - Polycom 1500 Deployment Manual

Procedure 2: Gather Network Equipment and Address
Information

IP Services

The IP addresses and network parameters which enable communication between the RMX,
Hardware
its management application and the conferencing devices are contained in two IP services:
Installation
and
•
Setup
•
During the First Entry Configuration, the parameters of these two network services are
Gather Network
modified to comply with your local network settings.
Equipment
and

Management Network

Address Info
The Management Network enables communication between the RMX Control Unit and the
RMX Web Client and is used to manage the RMX.
First Entry
Configuration The RMX is shipped with default IP addresses as listed in Table 2-1.

Signaling Network

The Signaling Network is used to configure and manage communications between the RMX
and conferencing devices.

IP Network Services Required Information

When installing an RMX unit, these default IP addresses must be modified to your local
network settings. It is therefore important to obtain the information needed to complete the
Local Network Settings section of the table from your network administrator before
powering up the RMX for the first time.
The network administrator should allocate four IP addresses in the local network for an
MCU with one MPM+ card and up to seven IP addresses for an MCU with up to four
MPM+ cards.
Table 1-2
Parameter
Control Unit IP Address
Control Unit Subnet Mask
Default Router IP Address
Shelf Management IP Address
Signaling Host IP address
Media Board IP address (MPM 1)
Media Board IP address (MPM 2)
RMX 2000/4000 only
Polycom, Inc.
Management Network (Control Unit)
Signaling Network (Conferencing Service)
Network Equipment and Address Information
Chapter 1-First Time Installation and Configuration
Factory Default
192.168.1.254
255.255.255.0
192.168.1.1
192.168.1.252
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Local Network
Settings
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