Ldap - Avaya B179 SIP Installation And Administration Manual

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone

LDAP

 Select Settings > LDAP.
Avaya B179 has support for an external phone book, which means it can communicate with a
directory server using LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol). The built in search func-
tion dynamically filters the content from the LDAP database, based on the search characters
the user enter.
To make the LDAP phone book available, the administrator has to activate and configure the
LDAP feature.
Enable LDAP
Name filter
Server URL
Search base
The LDAP feature is disabled by default because it has to be config-
ured.
Defines how the entered search characters are used. The filter is
designed conforming to the string representation of LDAP search
filters described in RFC2254. The character % in the filter string will be
replaced with the search character entered by the user.
Example:
(|(sn=%*)(cn=%*)) - All entries with the search characters in the begin-
ning of the sn OR cn attribute are presented to the user.
The IP address of the LDAP server host. Supports ldap and ldaps.
The DN (distinguished name) of the search base
Example:
dc=domain, dc=com.
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