Verify Media Server 2 Connection to Customer's
LAN (if provided)��

The following administration uses the services laptop computer connected to media server 1 and uses the media server Web interface.

Refer to the filled-out job aid entitled Pre-Installation Network Planning Forms--S8700 Media Server
for information on how to access a computer on the customer's network.

1. Connect a customer-supplied CAT5 straight-through cable from media server 2, port 1 (Eth0), to the customer's LAN. Refer to Getting Started with the Avaya S8700 Media Server with G600 Media Gateway.��
   

NOTE: For security reasons, you may not be able to ping out to the customer's network. If you are not able to, look at the LAN security settings, particularly icmp.

2. Under Security click Set LAN Security
3. If icmp is not checked, check both boxes to the left and click Set Security.
4. Under Diagnostics click Execute Ping.
   
5. Type in the IP address of a computer on the network.
6. Click Execute Ping.
7. Verify that the ping was successful, indicating that the media server is connected to the customer's network.
8. Type in the host name, if DNS is administered, of a computer on the network.
9. Click Execute Ping.
10. Verify that the ping was successful, indicating that DNS is working.

If available, have a customer representative do the following test from a computer on their network:

11. Click Start > Run to open the Run dialog box.
12. Type command to open an MS-DOS command window.
13. Type ping server2name, where server2name is the host name of media server 2, if DNS is administered.
14. Verify that the ping was successful.
15. Type ping server2ipaddress, where server2ipaddress is the IP address of media server 2.
16. Verify that the ping was successful.
17. If you checked icmp earlier (it was not a default setting), uncheck both boxes to the left of it and click Set Security.