Administrator's Guide

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Cisco Unified Attendant Console Administration and Installation Guide
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Deployment Checklist
This section lists the things you must do to install Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced server and
Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced client for the first time. You may find it useful to print this
page and annotate it to keep track of your progress.
Note If you are upgrading an existing Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced installation, see
Appendix F, “Upgrading Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced”.
To install Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced for the first time perform the following steps:
1. Check that your Cisco Unified Communications Manager version is compatible with the version of
Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced you are installing. For more information, see
Integrating Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced with Cisco Unified Communications
Manager, page 1-6.
2. Decide whether the Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced server is going to run on a physical
server or in VMware, and confirm that your server meets or exceeds the minimum specifications
required by Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced. For more information, see:
Physical Server Hardware Requirements, page 3-1
VMware Server Requirements, page 3-5
3. Ensure that you have the correct versions of operating system and SQL database required by the
Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced server and client. For more information, see:
Physical Server Software Requirements, page 3-2
Additional Server Considerations, page 3-6
PC Software Requirements, page 3-8
4. Configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager so that it is ready for Cisco Unified Attendant
Console Advanced deployment. For more information, see: Chapter 4, “Preparing Cisco Unified
Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Presence”
5. Download, install and license the Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced software. For more
information, see Chapter 5, “Installing Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced Software”.
6. Use Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced Administration to configure the Cisco Unified
Attendant Console Advanced server. For more information, see Chapter 6, “Configuring and
Licensing Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced Server”.
7. Install the Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced client. For more Information, see Installing
Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced Client, page 5-11.