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If you do not have Avaya Site Administration on your computer, make sure your PC or laptop first meets the minimum requirements described in Minimum requirements to run Avaya Site Administration:
Minimum requirements to run Avaya Site Administration
| Operating systems
MS Windows 95
MS Windows 98
MS Windows NT 4.0
MS Windows 2000
MS Windows XP/ME |
Processor/RAM
486SL/66/16 MB
Pentium/32 MB
Pentium/64 MB
Pentium-class 300 MHz/64 MB
Pentium-class 3, 600 MHz/256 MB |
| Graphics adapter |
SVGA with minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600 |
| Floppy disk drive |
3-1/2 in. 1.44-MB floppy disk drive |
| CD-ROM |
CD-ROM drive (required to install Avaya Site Administration from CD) |
| Available hard disk space |
A minimum of 100-MB free hard disk space is required. The requirement for disk space depends on the size and number of configuration data sets. |
| Printer port |
Standard PC or network printer port is required for connecting to a printer to produce station button labels. |
| Network adapter |
Required for network access to the Avaya S8700 Media Server, AUDIX, and other network-connected systems. |
| Free serial ports |
One free serial port capable of 9600-bps operation is required for a connection to each serial device (UPS). We recommend that PCs have at least a 16550A UART or 16550A UART simulator (capable of 56 kbps DTE-speed connections). USB and internal modems should emulate this hardware. A second serial port is required for simultaneous connection to AUDIX through a serial connection. |
You can download Avaya Site Administration to your computer two different ways: from the Avaya Site Administration software CD or from the S8700 Media Server.
From the Avaya Site Administration CD
Place the Avaya Site Administration software CD in the CD-ROM drive and follow the installation instructions in the install wizard.
From the S8700 Media Server
- Connect to one of the media servers either directly or through the network from the computer you want Avaya Site Administration to be installed on.
- Access the media server Web interface by typing in the Location/Address field 192.11.13.6 (direct connect) or the IP address or the domain name of the media server (over the network).
- Log in and get to the main menu.
- Under Telephony Administration click Download ASA to download Avaya Site Administration l.11 to the computer.
- Follow the steps in the Setup wizard to install ASA on the computer.
NOTE: The following procedure establishes a record for use when connected to the Avaya S8700 Media Server.
- On the computer launch Avaya Site Administration
- Click on File > New > Switch.
- Follow the Add Switch wizard to build a record.
- Give the record a name that indicates it will work with all Avaya S8700 media servers.
- Select Network Connection as the connection method
- Use the IP address assigned to the active media server
- Use port 5023.
- When the record is established, test it by connecting to the media server.
To start Avaya Site Administration, click Start > Programs > Avaya Site Administration. Avaya Site Administration supports a terminal emulation mode, which is directly equivalent to using commands on a dumb terminal or through a Telnet session. Avaya Site Administration also supports a whole range of other features, including the GEDI and Data Import. For more information refer to the Help, Guided Tour, and Show Me accessed from the Avaya Site Administration Help menu.
NOTE: When assigning login IDs do not start them with a number.
