3Com 2101 Basic Telephone - 3Com VCX V7000 Installation And Maintenance Manual

3Com 2101
Basic Telephone
1 Plug the power cord into an AC power receptacle.
2 Plug the other end of the power cord into the power connector on the
3 Press the Msg (message) button, located below the up and down arrow
4 Press 5 (Set NCP IP).
5 Enter the IP address of the primary VCX Call Processor.
6 Press # to save the new setting.
7 Press the Msg (message) button.
8 Press 6 (VCX Cnfig Menu).
9 Press 1 (Alt Dnld Servr).
10 Enter the IP address of the Alternate Call Processor Server.
11 Press # to save the new setting.
12 Connect the Ethernet data cable to the telephone.
13 Disconnect and reconnect the telephone power cord.
The easiest way to install any 3Com telephone assumes that the
telephone obtains an IP address from a DHCP server. If your network does
not provide IP addresses through a DHCP server, you must manually
configure the IP address of the telephone.
Configuring the 3Com 2101 Telephone with a DHCP Server
To configure the 3Com 2101 Basic Telephone:
CAUTION: Do not connect an Ethernet cable to the telephone until after
you have configured the IP address of the primary and alternate VCX Call
Processors.
telephone.
buttons.
VCX systems typically have two Call Processor servers. One is the primary
server and the other is the alternate server, which is available for fail-over
purposes.
The telephone:
Obtains an IP address from a DHCP in your network.
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Contacts the primary Call Processor server and begins to download
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the appropriate software.
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