TA7104 /7108 Hardware Installation
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POWERING ON THE TA7104/7108
This chapter describes the initial provisioning of the TA7104/7108.
4.1
IP ADDRESS DISCOVERY OR CONFIGURATION
This section describes how to contact the TA7104/7108's management interface to start with unit
configuration.
Note that the TA7104/7108 IPv6 interface is disabled by default.
Once the physical connection is complete and the TA7104/7108 is powered up, you must first find out
the IP address the TA7104/7108 is using. The TA7104/7108's IP address can be set either
dynamically or statically. The default behavior of the TA7104/7108 is to try to obtain a dynamic IP
address through a DHCP server.
Dynamic IPv4 Address Discovery
The default configuration is set so that the unit can be directly plugged into a network and provisioned
with a DHCP server. Mitel strongly recommends to set your DHCP server before installing the unit on
the network. This way, you know the IP address associated with a particular unit.
Caution:
If you set a TA7104/7108 with a static
eth1-4
IPv4 address in a subnet (for
instance,192.168.200.1) and the
eth5
interface receives a dynamic IP address in the same subnet (via
a DHCP server or PPP peer), you will not be able to contact the unit via the WAN. You must be careful
that a dynamic IP address does not overlap a static IP subnet that is already configured. Note that the
current default value of the TA7104/7108 is 192.168.0.10.
See the
Software Configuration Guide
for more details on how to set an external DHCP server.
Caution:
If you are experiencing problems, or if you do not want to use a DHCP server and use a
static IP address instead, perform a Partial Reset procedure, as explained in
Partial Reset
.
DHCP servers generally allocate a range of IP addresses for use on a network and reserve IP
addresses for specific devices using a unique identifier for each device. The TA7104/7108 unique
identifier is its media access control (MAC) address. You can locate the MAC address as follows:
It is printed on the label located on the bottom side of the unit.
It is stored in the
System Information
page of the web interface.
If you have not reserved an IP address, you can discover which IP address has been assigned to the
TA7012i by either:
Taking one of the telephones connected to the TA7104/7108 and dialing *#*0 on the keypad.
The current IP address of the TA7104/7108 (static or DHCP) will be stated.
Consulting your DHCP server's logs to find out details on the DHCP lease that was given to the
TA7104/7108.
Using a network packet sniffer (e.g., Wireshark) to examine the DHCP messages exchanged
between the TA7104/7108 and your DHCP server while the TA7104/7108 boots up.
The TA7104/7108 should be already running. If not, power it on by connecting the other end of the
power adaptor to an electrical earthed socket-outlet. The electrical outlet must be installed near
the TA7104/7108 so that it is easily accessible.
Note:
If the
Power
LED is always blinking and never turns on, this means that the TA7104/7108
cannot find either an IPv4 DHCP server or an IPv6 address automatically. Check that you have a
DHCP server properly configured on your network. If you do not have a DHCP server, go to the
section Default Static IPv4 Address Configuration.
You can now access the TA7104/7108 web interface. Refer to the
Software Configuration Guide
for
more details.
