Set Server Identities screen

Use the Set Server Identities screen to assign Avaya media server names and numbers, and to assign server functions to a physical Ethernet interface. Get this information from your preinstallation worksheet. For simplicity, the default configuration is described below. However, these fields can vary between sites for the following reasons:

• The Ethernet interfaces are slightly different between IP-connect configurations and multi-connect configurations. See Configuration overview for details.
• Some Ethernet interface functions might be combined or reassigned at this site, for example, due to a hardware problem. See Flexible interface arrangement for details.

1. Host name (server 1): Enter the name that identifies the first server uniquely, for example, Avaya-server1.
2. Host name (server 2): Enter the name that uniquely identifies the duplicate server, for example, Avaya-server2.
3. Host name (active server): Enter the name that will be used to access the active server over the network, for example, Avaya-server. This name is an alias for whichever server is active at the time.
4. In the server number field, select the number of the server that you are logged in to (1 or 2).

For a new installation, configure the first server (whichever one you powered up first and logged into) to be server 1.  After the first configuration is complete, you configure the second server to be server 2 using the Copy Settings From a Duplicated Server screen.

5. Administer the Ethernet interfaces. You can verify these settings by checking the physical cabling to the Ethernet interfaces on each Avaya server. Unless you have a good reason to change them. If you do re-assign any functions to another Ethernet interface, remember to move the corresponding Ethernet cable to the new interface after you finish configuring the server. See Flexible interface arrangement below.

6. Control Network A interface (default Ethernet 0): the link from this media server to the primary port control network. Usually this interface connects to an Ethernet switch.

• For multi-connect configurations, this link always connects to the first Ethernet switch.
• For IP-connect configurations, this link can connect to an Ethernet switch but does not always. Check your preinstallation worksheet.
• For standard IP-connect configurations, this Ethernet interface can also be used to access the corporate network instead of the Corporate LAN interface.
• Services Port interface (default Ethernet 1): the direct Ethernet connection from a laptop to the server. This link cannot be shared with any other devices.

Caution:
It is best to leave the services interface set to Ethernet 1, because this is the only interface that is operational on a new server or if you ever reset the default values on an Avaya media server.  

• Server Duplication Link (default Ethernet 2): the link to the second Avaya server, always present. This link cannot be shared with any other devices.

• Control Network B (Ethernet 3): the link to the secondary control network. This network is a duplicate of Control Network A, and is used only when the primary control network is not available. This interface is never used in an IP-connect configuration. It is used only in multi-connect high- and critical-reliability configurations.

The following interface is normally used for multi-connect configurations. It may also be used for an IP-connect configuration that uses a private LAN for its control network (see IP-connect duplex configuration for details).

• Corporate LAN Interface (Ethernet 4): the link to the customer's public LAN. This link provides access for the administrative computer. If you reassign the Ethernet interface you are currently logged into (either the services or the administrative interface), you will lose contact with the server when it reconfigures that interface. See Loss of server connection for details.

7. When you finish, click Continue.

Flexible interface arrangement

To provide acceptable service, we recommend that you use the default settings for the Ethernet interfaces if you must change default settings for the Ethernet interfaces,(for example, if a port malfunctions or for LAN configuration issues. If you do re-assign any functions to another Ethernet interface:

• Move the corresponding Ethernet cable to the new interface after you finish configuring the server.
• Document and label any changes to the default Ethernet interfaces.
• Note that you can use the UNUSED option to disable an Ethernet interface (for example, if it malfunctions)You cannot assign multiple functions to either the services interface or the duplication link. These functions must each be on their own unique Ethernet interface.

If you reassign the Ethernet interface that you are currently logged in to (either the services or the administrative interface), you lose contact with the server reconfigures that interface. The configuration process continues, but you do not see the final messages. See Loss of server connection for details.