Polycom® RSS™ 4000 System Getting Started Guide 6.0.0 | Apr.
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Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 General Safety Precautions Follow these rules to ensure general safety: Keep the area around the Polycom® RSS™ 4000 unit clean, free of clutter and well ventilated. Decide on a suitable location for the equipment rack that will hold the Polycom® RSS™ 4000 unit and is near a grounded power outlet.
Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 Obtaining the Product Activation Key Before using Polycom® RSS™ 4000, you need to activate the device. To obtain the product activation key 1 Enter the following website address in the address bar of the browser: http://portal.polycom.com, and go to Polycom Resource Center Login page. 2 Enter your Email address and password in the login box, and click Sign In. If you are a new user, click the Register for An Account link to be registered.
Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 location. 2 Insert each power cord connector into the rear of the unit and connect each to an appropriately rated socket outlet. The Polycom® RSS™ 4000 unit is supplied with two power cords, BOTH power cords should be connected to the mains power supply during normal operation. 3 Connect the LAN cable to LAN1 in the back of the system. The LAN2 port is not used now, and is reserved for future use. 4 Turn on the power switch.
Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 2 Set your computer IP address to be in the same network segment as the Polycom® RSS™ 4000. 3 Run the Web browser on your computer, enter https:// in the address bar, and then press Enter. By default, Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Web server has an untrusted certificate and uses the HTTPS protocol to set up SSL secure connection with client end.
Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 Parameter Description the DHCP server could change over time. Using the following IP Address Select this option to use the static IP address. You may need to manually enter the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway IP address. Used in combination with the DHCP option.
Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 For example, to set the IP address of LAN1 port to 172.21.103.29, subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 and gateway address to 172.21.103.254, enter the following command: The same steps are also applicable for a Telnet connection. Only one console (Telnet or RS232) at a time can be connected. (Optional) Gatekeeper Configuration If a gatekeeper is configured on your network, register the Polycom® RSS™ 4000 to the gatekeeper to simplify calling.
Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 Ready for Use The system is now ready for use. For additional configuration instructions, refer to the user guide.
Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 Maximum Capacity Device maximum capacity Feature Description Small Medium Large 15 15 15 5 10 15 4 6 8 15 15 15 How many H.323 devices can connect to a Polycom® RSS™ 4000 simultaneously? H.323 Connection Note: Include connection types: H.323 recording with live streaming, H.323 recording only and H.323 playback. How many conferences can be recorded simultaneously? Conference Recording Note: Include connection types: H.
Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 already 4 conferences being live streamed (also being recorded.), and then the fifth live streaming will be rejected, but one more recording and 10 H.323 playbacks are allowed. TCP/UDP Port Usage Usage Type Port Range http TCP 80 https TCP 443 Trace (for technical support usage) UDP 60001(configurable) Telnet TCP 23 SMTP TCP 25 TCP 554 RTSP Streaming Random UDP(optional) (for source port) RAS UDP 1721 Q.
Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 3 Enable RTSP/UDP (or UDP) and “Use ports”, and define the port range. Open an outbound UDP port range matching what is used by Windows Media Player, or open all UDP ports outbound from Polycom® RSS™ 4000 to effectively bypass the firewall for outbound traffic. Also open the port range used by Windows Media Player for inbound traffic to the viewing PC.
Polycom® RSS™ 4000 Getting Started Guide – Version 6.0 Polycom Solution Support Services Polycom Implementation and Maintenance services provide support for Polycom solution components only. Additional services for supported third-party Unified Communications (UC) environments integrated with Polycom solutions are available from Polycom Global Services and its certified Partners.
