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you wish to also query entries from the central telephone book or from the
company telephone book additionally. Click twice on
Next
. Then click on
Finish
.
4.
Check the function. In the
Edit
menu, call up the
Find
:
People
command.
The
Find
:
People
dialogue box will then open.
5.
In the
Look in
list, select the entry with the Forum 5004/5008/5012
address. Enter a user in the
Name
input field, Administrator for example.
Then click on Find now.
The list of entries found should now display the address from the central
telephone book.
Querying External LDAP Server
The Forum 5004/5008/5012 communications system can also access
external address directories. This means that alongside the internal telephone
book entries, address information from external sources is also available. This
information is used, for example, in a name search or for displaying a name for
an incoming call.
The external address directory is queried by the Forum 5004/5008/5012
communications system via the internet Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP). To do so, you require a server on the company network
which makes address information available via LDAP version 2 or via LDAP
version 3. The LDAP query requires either an anonymous LDAP directory
access without a password or a LDAP directory access with user name and
password.
Note:
SSL encryption of LDAP communication is not supported.
You can configure a separate LDAP directory access for each company
configured (see
1.
Open the
Telephony
:
Extended
:
Companies
page in the web configurator.
The list of companies configured is displayed. If you do not use the multiple
company variant, “company 1” is the only entry.
2.
Open the configuration page for the company desired. Activate the
Status
option under the
LDAP Server
header. Enter the IP address or DNS name
of the LDAP server into the
Server
entry field. The online help of the
Forum 5004/5008/5012 communications system provides detailed
descriptions of the other entry fields.
