Avaya S8710 User Manual

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Configuring the media server

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Installing and Configuring the Avaya S8700 or S8710 Media Server

June 2004

Verifying media server connection to the
customer’s LAN (if provided)

To verify media server connection to the customer’s LAN:

1

Under Diagnostics, click Ping.

2

Select "Host Name Or IP Address" and type in the IP address of a computer on the network.

3

Click Execute Ping.

4

Verify that the ping was successful, indicating that the media server is connected to the customer’s
network.

5

If DNS is administered, type in the host name of a computer on the network.

6

Click Execute Ping.

7

Verify that the ping was successful, indicating that DNS is working.

If available, have a customer representative do the following test from a computer on the network:

8

Click Start > Run to open the Run dialog box.

9

Type

command

and click OK to open an MS-DOS command window.

10

Type

ping serveripaddress

and click OK, where

serveripaddress

is the IP address of the media

server.

11

Verify that the ping was successful.

12

If DNS is administered, type

ping servername

and press Enter, where

servername

is the host

name of the media server.

13

Verify that the ping was successful.

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