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Welcome
The Aastra BluStar 8000i
™
Desktop Media Phone is designed to enhance the way you communicate and collaborate.
Offering true HD video conferencing, the BluStar 8000i uses the latest in video and communications technology to ena-
ble a natural high-quality video experience. With its advanced business collaboration features and applications, the
BluStar 8000i is a productivity enhancing desktop media phone that is intelligent, intuitive, and easy to use.
About this Guide
This guide explains how to the BluStar 8000i in Private Branch Exchange (PBX) mode, which offers generic Session Initia-
tion Protocol (SIP) video phone functionality. This guide also provides information on the basic network setup, opera-
tion, and configuration of the BluStar 8000i.
Audience
This guide is for network administrators, system administrators, developers, and partners who need to understand how
to operate and maintain the BluStar 8000i on an open-standards SIP based VoIP deployment. It also provides some user-
specific information.
This guide contains information that is at a technical level, more suitable for system or network administrators. A basic
knowledge of SIP concepts and the Linux operating system is assumed.
Documentation
The BluStar 8000i documentation consists of the following:
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Aastra BluStar 8000i
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Desktop Media Phone Quick Start Guide
- Contains installation and set-up instructions, gen-
http://www.aastra.com/document-library.htm
.
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Aastra BluStar 8000i
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Desktop Media Phone User Guide
- Describes the most commonly used features and func-
tions for an end user. The user guide can be downloaded from
http://www.aastra.com/document-library.htm.
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Aastra BluStar 8000i
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Desktop Media Phone PBX-Mode System Administrator Guide
- Provides all of the configura-
tion options available to configure and deploy the product in Private Branch Exchange (PBX) mode.
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Aastra BluStar 8000i
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Desktop Media Phone BAS-Mode System Administrator Guide
- Provides all of the informa-
tion on how to configure and deploy the product in BluStar Application Server (BAS) mode.
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Aastra BluStar 8000i
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Desktop Media Phone Release Notes
- Provides new features and documents issues resolved.
Upgrading BluStar 8000i Software
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Procedures for upgrading the BluStar 8000i software are provided in the release notes.