Before You Begin - ZyXEL Communications X6004 User Manual

Chapter 10 Phonebook
LDAP queries to an LDAP server to create and keep up-to-date the phone book
entries on the X6004.
The Local Phonebook
The local phonebook on the X6004 can be created by adding phonebook entries
via the web configurator. You can also export the local phonebook into a text file.
The text file can be edited and imported back to the X6004 via the web
configurator.

10.1.3 Before You Begin

If you intend to configure the X6004 to use an LDAP phonebook, you need the
following information about the LDAP server on your network to issue an LDAP
query from the X6004:
• LDAP Server IP address - this is the IP address of the LDAP server you want to
query.
• Port number - this is the port number that the LDAP user to receive LDAP
queries.
• RootDN - this is the username used to authenticate with the LDAP server. This
information is configured on the LDAP server. Refer to your LDAP server
documentation.
• Password - this is the password used to authenticate with the LDAP server.
• BaseDN - this string identifies the location on the LDAP server where the phone
book information is stored. LDAP directories are divided into subdirectories and
you need to enter the right subdirectory in order to search for the information
for your phonebook.
• LDAP database field - these are names of the fields on the LDAP database that
you want to obtain information from. Each record on the LDAP database
contains many fields and you need to provide the correct field names in order to
obtain the data.
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