Accessing The Avaya S8700 Media Server; Accessing The Avaya S8700 Media Server Directly - Avaya S8700 Installing Manual

Accessing the Avaya S8700
Media Server
To administer the Avaya S8700 Media Server, you must be able to access it. Personal computers
and services laptop computers equipped with a network PCMCIA card and Avaya Site
Administration and a Web browser are the primary support access for S8700 Media Server
initialization, aftermarket additions, and continuing maintenance.
You can access the Avaya S8700 Media Server either directly or remotely over the customer's
local area network (LAN) or over a modem. A direct connection and over the customer's LAN
are the preferred methods. Remote access over a modem is for Avaya maintenance access only.
This section covers the following tasks:

Accessing the Avaya S8700 Media Server Directly

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• Accessing the Avaya S8700 Media Server Remotely over the Network
Accessing the Avaya S8700 Media Server Remotely over a Modem
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Accessing the Avaya S8700 Media Server

Directly
You access the Avaya S8700 Media Server directly by plugging a laptop computer into the
media server. See
196. You must use a 10/100 BaseT Ethernet, category 5, crossover cable with an RJ45
connector on each end. Plug one end of the CAT5 cable into the services access port, which
defaults to port 2 (Eth1), on the back of media server and the other end into the network
connector (NIC card) on your computer. (You may need a network interface card (NIC)
adapter.)
The network connection for the computer is as follows:
IP address: 192.11.13.5
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• Subnet mask: 255.255.255.252
Refer to the job aid entitled
of computer hardware and software specifications.
''Services laptop computer connected directly to the media server'' on page
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