IBM’s MessageSight: Unboxing the New Machine-to-Machine Appliance

by Darryl K. Taft

This demo will show that IBM’s new MessageSight appliance can be unboxed and set up in 30 minutes.

Here’s a new IBM MessageSight appliance inside its box with the seals newly broken.

This is the view of the appliance upon pulling back the covers on the IBM MessageSight box. The time stamp shows only 1:50 minutes into the process.

The appliance comes with a brief quick start guide to get users up and running rapidly.

Unboxing the IBM MessageSight appliance is better as a two-person job.

Once outside the box, this is a view of the front of the appliance.

Installers put MessageSight on a rack where it will be housed.

MessageSight is sitting pretty in its slot at 11:41 minutes into the process.

Installers slide MessageSight back into its housing compartment at 11:44 minutes into the process.

This is a view of the back of MessageSight.

Installers simply attach all the requisite cables to the appliance.

This is a view of the new appliance set into place and ready for configuration at 15:00.

IBM’s installer turns the system on with the touch of a button at 15:01.

At 20:52 minutes into the process, an installer uses the quick start guide to help get the configuration process started.

On a different machine, a user prepares to put MessageSight to use.

This slide shows the log-in screen for the MessageSight appliance.

Don’t forget to agree to the licensing terms for the technology on this page displaying the license agreement.

At this point, you’re almost there. You just have to define your environment by setting a few parameters at 24:57 minutes into the process.

The MessageSight appliance is up and running, taking stock of all kinds of data flowing from mobile devices and sensors at 27:07 minutes into the installation process.

Following the appliance’s quick start guide, this demo shows that MessageSight can go from the box to operational in less than 30 minutes, 27:19 to be exact.