Network Configuration Help

 

Overview

The Network Configuration screen lets you set the basic networking parameters for the Polycom® Distributed Media Application™ (DMA®) 7000 system. You must complete all required fields (marked with a *).

System IP type: Specify whether the system should support IPv4, IPv6, or both. Your choice determines which IP fields are enabled below.

System server configuration: Specify whether you're installing a single-server system or a two-server system. For a single-server system, the Server 2 section below is not used and there is no virtual host name and IP address. (Exception: If only IPv6 is enabled, the system must have two addresses, so a single-server system must still have a virtual host name and IP address.)

System split network setting: Specify whether to combine or split the system's management and signaling interfaces. If the same network will be used for both management (administrative access) and signaling, the signaling IP addresses and the Shared Signaling Network Settings section below are not used.

 

System Names

Host names must begin with an alphanumeric character and can be several hundred characters in length. They may not contain any symbols other than a dash, and must not contain domain identifiers.

Invalid host names:

Valid host names:

All host name entries must be unique.

 

IP Addresses

Specify IPv4 addresses as dotted quads, where each quad is a number between 0 and 255. Example:
10.10.111.222

Specify IPv6 addresses as eight groups of four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons. Example:
2001:db8:85a3:0:0:8a2e:370:7334

All IP address entries must be unique.

 

Subnet Mask and IPv6 Prefix Length

For each network interface (management and, if enabled, signaling), enter the appropriate IPv4 network mask (such as 255.255.255.0 for a Class C network) and/or IPv6 CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) value that defines the subnetwork to which the IP address entries belong.

 

IP Gateway

For each network interface, specify the IP gateway that the system will use to route network traffic outside its defined subnetwork. This IP address must be in the same network (as specified by your Subnet Mask entry) as the system's corresponding IP address(es).

 

Link Settings

For each network interface, either turn on Auto-negotiation or set Speed and Duplex.

 

DNS Search Domains

Enter a list of domain names, separated by commas or spaces, specifying the domains to query (in order) on the DNS servers to resolve host name aliases. The network domain for your system (if specified) is added automatically, so you need not enter it.

 

DNS Servers

Optionally, specify the IP addresses of up to three Domain Name Servers. At least one DNS server is required in order to import global groups from an enterprise directory, for superclustering, and for integration with a Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager or CMA system. We recommend specifying at least one DNS server so that the system can use host names for addressing instead of only IP addresses. The DNS servers need not be on the same subnetwork as the system.

 

Domain

Optionally, specify a network domain for your system. This entry is appended to the host name to form a fully qualified domain name. Follow the same rules as for the server name fields, but you can specify a dotted hierarchy of subdomain/domain names.

Valid domain names:

 

Signaling DSCP

Specify a Differentiated Services Code Point value (0 - 63) to put in the DS field of IP packet headers. The DSCP value is used to classify packets for quality of service (QoS) purposes. If you're not sure what value to use, leave the default of 0.

 

Default IP Gateway

If using split network interfaces, specify which gateway (Management or Signaling) is the default.

 

Routing Configuration

Click Routing Configuration in the Commands pane to open the Routing Configuration dialog box and add network routing rules. In a split network configuration, routing rules are necessary for proper routing of network traffic.