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Cisco Call Manager Installation steps.
Hardward used- HP 7845 MCS server
Pop the DVD in the drive and system will boot from DVD and a Media Check will be asked.

Once the Media check is complete the system will prompt for “Platform Installation Wizard” as shown below.

The Configuration Wizard will ask for the following information

Time Zone
For static networking it will ask for IP Address, Mask, Default gateway, DNS Server and if your DHCP is enabled simply select the “DHCP” option.

Administrator Login Credentials. This login is for login through the CLI (Command Line Interface).
Certificate Information for creating Security Context for this Node. For trusted relationship with other nodes, send this CSR to Trusted CA authority (Verisign, Geotrust) to get certificate authenticated.

Next step, the Installtion wizard will as you whether this is the first node in the cluster. If No, then it means this node is “Subscriber” and hence it will ask about the “Publishers” IP address
Network Time Protocol Server needs to be set for proper clock synchronization
Database security credentials for secure communication between cluster nodes.
Application user Name and Password. This is the username and pasword for login into Cisco Call Manager Administration via Portal.

After this the Software will proceed with the installation and no intervention is required from this point onwards. If everything goes fine you will be prompted with the CLI where you can login with the credentials suppilied during initial platform configuration.