Accessing the media server
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Installing the Avaya S8700 Media Server with an Avaya G650 Media Gateway
December 2003
2
When the "Start PPP now!" message appears, click
Done
. When you see the Connection
Complete dialog box, your computer is connected to the media server.
3
To open a Telnet session, click Start > Run to open the Run dialog box.
4
In the Run dialog box, type
telnet IPaddress
and click OK, where IPaddress is the address of the
actual active media server.
5
To use Avaya Site Administration, launch the software and select the switch you want to dial into.
See
Installing Avaya Site Administration
on page 260 for information on installing the software
and build a record for a particular media server.
Finding the active media server IP address
1
To get the IP address of the actual active media server, go to the task bar at the bottom right of
your PC screen.
2
Right-click on the Network Status icon, and select Status, then the Details tab.
3
Scroll down until you see the Server IP address. This is the IP address for the media server you are
connected to.
Maintenance Web Interface
You can access the Maintenance Web Interface either by connecting directly to the services port (port 2
[Eth1]) on the media server (see
Figure 100, Services laptop computer connected directly to the S8700
Media Server,
on page 256) or connecting over the customer’s network. The browser supported is the MS
Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0.
When connected directly to the media server, you also must disable all proxy servers.
1
Click Tools > Internet Options.
2
Select the Connection tab.
3
In the LAN Settings box (lower right-hand), check "Bypass proxy server for local addresses."
4
Click OK, OK.
To use the Maintenance Web Interface:
1
Open the MS Internet Explorer Web browser.
•
If a direct connection, in the
Location/Address
field, type
192.11.13.6
.
•
If a remote connection, in the
Location/Address
field, type in the IP address or DNS host
name of the specific media server.
2
When prompted, log in.
Command line interface
Telnet: To use a command line interface in a Telnet window:
1
Click Start > Run to open the Run dialog box.
•
If a direct connection, type
telnet 192.11.13.6
and click OK.
