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Configuring Network Use
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Configuring the Global Directory
If you use the Polycom Global Management System, you can configure your
system to use the global directory. The global directory provides a list of other
systems that are registered with the Global Directory Server and are available
for calls. The other systems appear in the directory, allowing you to place calls
to other users by selecting their names.
Configuring the Directory Server Settings
To configure the Directory Server settings:
1.
Go to System > Admin Settings > Global Services > Directory Servers .
2.
Configure these settings:
Setting Description
Global Directory
(GDS) Specifies the IP address or DNS address of the Global
Directory Server. You can enter up to five addresses.
Password Lets you enter the global directory password, if there is one.
Register Registers this system with the Global Directory Server.
Display Global
Addresses Displays other registered systems in the global directory.
Display Name in
Global Directory Specifies whether to display the system’s name in the global
directories of other registered systems.
Save Global
Directory to
System Copies the global directory to this local system. When this
setting is disabled, the system can display no more than 1,000
global directory entries. When this setting is enabled, the
system can display up to 4,000 global directory entries.
Group Name Specifies the group name used for global directory entries in
the local directory. In the directory, entries from Global
Directory Servers are listed in the
Polycom GDS group.