Contents Contents Contents ............................2 General information ........................ 3 About the Cisco TelePresence MCU 5300 Series ..........3 Package contents ......................3 Port and LED location ....................3 Front panel LED behavior ..................4 Rear panel LED behavior ..................5 Connecting the MCU .......................
General information About the Cisco TelePresence MCU 5300 Series The Cisco TelePresence MCU 5300 Series is a range of technologically advanced and powerful Multipoint Control Units (MCU). They are designed to combine continuous presence at high definition and the highest possible voice quality.
General information Front panel LED behavior Table 1 describes the behavior of the front panel LEDs. Table 1: MCU 5300 front panel LED behavior Color Indicates Status Green The MCU is operating normally Alarm The MCU is booting or has developed a fault, for example: temperature is outside normal limits ...
General information Rear panel LED behavior Table 2 describes the behavior of the rear panel LEDs. Table 2: MCU 5300 rear panel LED behavior Color Indicates Link Green Illuminated when the link between stacked MCUs is active. Net A Green/ Left LED illuminated green when the Orange interface has established a link.
: Before installing the MCU, you must read the safety IMPORTANT information at http://www.cisco.com/go/telepresence/safety Step one: Connect power Connect the power connector on the rear of the unit to the power supply using the supplied power cable. (There is no On/Off switch.) Step two: Connect to Ethernet Port A Connect an Ethernet cable from Ethernet Port A to an Ethernet switch.
Initial configuration Initial configuration Step one: Connect to the console port Ensure power is connected to the MCU and the Status LED is green. Connect the console port of the MCU to the serial port of your PC using the blue RJ45 to DB9 cable supplied.
Initial configuration To configure Ethernet Port A, enter the following for auto-sensing mode: ethertype A auto or to configure a speed and duplex, use the following command: ethertype A <10|100> <half|full> To display the current configuration and status of the Ethernet ports, enter: ...
Initial configuration Step four: Discover the IP address of the MCU To display the current status of the IP address, enter: status If you have DHCP enabled on your network and you are allowing the MCU to acquire its address using DHCP, the IP address that has been acquired by Ethernet Port A will be shown;...
The Log in Login admin is displayed. information page Cisco recommends that you change the admin account to use a password as soon as possible. To do that, click on the Change password Login page or go to...
Configuring the MCU Step three: Add endpoints (optional) One way to add participants to a conference that you create is to have the MCU automatically call them when the conference starts. To do this, you configure their endpoints on the MCU. When you set up a conference, you can choose the endpoints from the list.
One of the MCUs acts as the master unit and the second as a slave. In order to cluster MCUs you will need a stacking cable which must be ordered separately. Please contact your reseller or go to www.cisco.com. Any combination of 5300 series MCUs (5310 and 5320) in the cluster is supported.
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Clustering MCUs In the section, select from the drop down Clustering configuration Slave menu. Click Apply changes Click to restart the MCU and apply the changes. Go to to confirm that the MCU has been correctly configured Status > Cluster as the slave.
Using the MCU Using the MCU Creating conferences To create a conference: In the web interface of the MCU, go to and click Conferences Add new conference Type a for the conference, for example SalesMeeting. Name Type an optional numeric identifier, for example .
Using the MCU Calling participants in to a conference To call participants in to a conference: In the web interface of the MCU, go to and click on the name of an Conferences active conference. On the tab, click to call out to an H.323 or SIP Participants Add participant endpoint.
Conference Control Menus via keypad tones and use Far- End Camera Controls (FECC) to navigate menus. There is a document: Getting Started: Accessing Conferences available in the documentation area of the Cisco web site which you can print out and give to conference participants.
Checking for updates It is a good idea to regularly check for updates to the main MCU software image on the Cisco web site. This section describes how to upgrade the MCU using the web. To check for, and download, updates: Log in to the MCU web interface and go to >...
The online help explains how the individual features and settings work. If you cannot find the answer you need, check the web site at http:// www.cisco.com/cisco/web/support/index.html where you will be able to: Make sure that you are running the most up-to-date software. ...
Technical specifications Technical specifications Power requirements Table 3: MCU 5300 Series ratings Rating Value Nominal voltage 115V to 230V 50/60 Hz Current rating 6A Maximum Supply voltage range 100 to 240V 50/60 Hz Over-current protection Ensure the supply to this unit is protected by a branch circuit protector rated by a maximum of 20A.
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