Adding New Telephones - Avaya Communication Manager Administrator's Manual

Adding New Telephones

When you are asked to add a new telephone to the system, what do you do first? To connect a
new telephone you need to do three things:
find an available port
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wire the port to the cross-connect field or termination closet
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tell the telephone system what you're doing
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Before you can determine which port to use for the new telephone, you need to determine what
type of telephone you are installing, what ports are available, and where you want to install the
telephone.
To add an IP telephone, see
Gathering necessary information
1. Determine whether the telephone is an analog, digital, ISDN, or hybrid set. You may also
administer a virtual telephone, one without hardware at the time of administration.
You need this information to determine the type of port you need, because the port type and
telephone type must match. If you do not know what type of telephone you have, see the
Type field on the
2. Record the room location, jack number, and wire number.
You may find this information on the jack where you want to install the telephone, recorded
in your system records, or from the technician responsible for the physical installation.
3. Display the available boards (cards) and ports.
To view a list of boards on your system, type list configuration station and press
Enter.
The System Configuration screen appears.
Adding an IP Telephone
Station screen for a list of phones by model number.
Adding New Telephones
on page 103.
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