Avaya S8700-Series, Installing And Configuring

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Accessing the System Management Interface
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6. When the system displays the
Start PPP now
message, click Done . When you see the
Connection Complete dialog box, your computer is connected to the server.
7. Open an SSH session using PuTTY or other client.
See Accessing the command line interface of the server with SSH on page 95 for more
information.
8. Within the SSH client, type the IP address of the active server.
Finding the IP address of the active server
To find the active server IP address on a duplicated system:
1. Go to the task bar at the bottom right of your computer screen.
2. Right-click the Network Status icon, and select Status, Details.
3. Scroll down until you see the Server IP address. This is the IP address for the server that
you are connected to.
Accessing the System Management Interface
You can administer the server through the System Management Interface. Access the System
Management Interface when connected:
l
Over the customer network with MS Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0.
l
Directly to the Services port on the server. For more information, see Figure 16: Services
laptop computer connected directly to the S8730 Server on page 98 or
Figure 17: Services laptop computer connected directly to the S8710 or S8720 Server on
page 99.
To access the System Management Interface, you must first bypass any proxy servers.
1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options .
2. Click the Connection tab.
3. Click LAN Settings in the lower right, then click Advanced .
4. In the Exceptions box after the last entry, type 192.11.13.6
5. Click OK to close each of the dialog boxes.