Set up Avaya Site Administration
You can set up Avaya Site Administration one of two ways:
Directly through a dedicated services port
The following administration is done on a computer used to access the active media server.
- Plug the services laptop into the dedicated services port (default is 2 [Eth1]) on the back of the active media server.
- Under Telephony Administration click Download ASA to download Avaya Site Administration l.11 to your computer.
- Follow the steps in the Setup wizard to install ASA on your computer.
NOTE: The following procedure establishes a record for use when connected to the dedicated Avaya services port. If this record already exists (from a previous installation) this procedure is not required.
- On your 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 works with all Avaya S8700 Media Servers, such as S8700-Service-Port.
- Select Network Connection as the connection method
- Use IP address 192.11.13.6
- Use port 5023
- When the record is established, test it by connecting to the media server.
Remotely over the network
The following administration is done on a computer connected to the customer's LAN.
The Avaya Site Administration switch record to connect to the active media server will be unique for each customer.
- Under Telephony Administration click Download ASA to download Avaya Site Administration 1.11 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.