Picture Via Ldap (Starting With Hipath 4000 V6) - Siemens HiPath 3000 Administration Manual

3.9.2

Picture via LDAP (starting with HiPath 4000 V6)

In order to display centrally stored contact data the OpenStage 60/80 phones will request and
retrieve the data from a server.
The OpenStage 60/80 HFA uses the services of an intermediate service located on HiPath
4000 Softgate via http(s) messages. The Softgate lookup service then contacts the directory
server via LDAP and queries for the name and picture corresponding to the requested phone
number.
The OpenStage 60/80 requests the lookup for all numbers for which the local phonebook does
not have a picture. In case the phonebook contains names for the number but without picture
the name and picture from the directory server are displayed. If there is no entry for the number
in the directory server the name from the local phonebook is displayed, so the directory server
data overrides the local phonebook.
Currently two different mechanisms for storage of the picture shall be supported, both requiring
a directory server for central storage:
• Direct retrieval of pictures stored within the ldap directory (preferred mechanism)
• Indirect (two step) retrieval in case the directory server contains a reference (url) to the pic-
ture instead – in this case the picture is retrieved from another server via http using the url.
The phones will only accept pictures encoded in jpg and max. 50K size.
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