Checklist For The New 6500 Unified Messaging System - Mitel 6500 Starting Manual

Checklist for the new 6500 Unified Messaging system

6500 Server
r Stopped all services, except LDAP and NLM, in Service Recovery Manager in order to
change the TCP/IP properties and the computer name. Set Start mode to Manual.
r Changed the TCP/IP properties and the computer name.
r For an IP integration, configured IP Phone Emulator, Mitel Remote Access, Telephony,
Multimedia, and Sounds in Control Panel.
r Entered the new computer name in Microsoft® Windows NT and used Internet Service
Manager in Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) to reconnect to the new computer
name.
r Joined the domain.
r Used the Configuration Wizard.
r For VPIM networking, configured the 6500 server with the other VPIM servers in the Admin
Web Page, and then restarted VPIM Gateway in Service Recovery Manager.
r Restarted the server.
r Verified that the server can ping the Domain Controller, the Exchange 2000 server, and if
applicable all VPIM servers, by server name and IP address.
r Checked the software release and service pack number (if applicable) on the Admin WEB
login page to ensure that the correct software was installed.
r Added VTG/NMS port/extension associations (for digital set integrations only)
Domain Controller (Active Directory server)
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Logged on to the domain as Administrator.
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Verified that the Domain Controller can ping the 6500 server, by server name and IP
address.
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Created a SpeakAdmin user.
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Added SpeakAdmin to the Administrators group.
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Added SpeakAdmin to the Domain Users group.
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Logged on to the Root Domain Controller as Administrator with Schema Admin rights.
Extended the schema with the Root Domain install.
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Installed the Active Directory components.
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For VPIM, created a Mail Exchange (MX) record in DNS for the Exchange server.
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From the Active Directory, Users and Computers MMC, verified that the Active
Directory schema was correctly installed by selecting properties for a user and then se-
lecting the Speech Recognition (SR) Settings. (Note: Any errors would be flagged with a
template error window.)
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Verified the functionality of the schema extension. Clicked on the Extension User Node
icon on the main menu bar of the Users and Computers window, committed changes, and
verified in the Service Recovery Manager window that the update server received a cor-
porate list compilation request.
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