7 Avaya Site Administration
Configure Avaya Site Administration
254 S8100 Installation and Upgrades
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2 Enter a name in the Switch Name: field. As a technician configuring Avaya Site
Administration on your laptop, use a generic name, as you will be able to use this connection item
for every S8100 machine connected over the PCMCIA physical connection.
3 Click Next. The connection type dialog displays.
4 Regardless of the physical connection used (local monitor/keyboard/mouse, PCMCIA, RAS
modem or customer LAN) the connection type is always a Network connection. Click the
Network connection radio button.
5 Click Next. The Network Connection/IP Address dialog displays.
6 Enter the IP address used to connect to the S8100.
7 Click Next. The Network Connection/Port Number dialog displays.
8 Port: For the port number, ALWAYS use port 23.
9 Click Next. The Network Connection/Timeout Parameters dialog displays. Leave the default
values for the timeout parameters.
10 Click Next. The login type dialog displays.
11 Click the “I want to login manually each time” radio button.
12 Click Next. The switch summary dialog displays.
13 Check the information, use the Back button to make corrections if necessary, and click the Test
button to test the connection.
14 When the connection is successfully tested, click Next and then Finish.
Add S8100 voice-mail administration item
1 For a new voice-mail administration item, click File → New → Voice Mail System. The Add
Voice Mail System screen displays.
2 Enter a name in the System name field.
For technicians who are configuring Avaya Site Administration on their laptops, use a generic
name, as you will be able to use this connection item for every S8100 machine connected over the
PCMCIA physical connection.
3 The remainder of the procedure to add a voice-mail item is the same as adding a switch item – See
Add an S8100 switch-administration item
on page 253. Enter the connection information for the
voice-mail system.
Start a switch-administration session
To launch a GEDI session:
1 Click the tree tab of the Avaya Site Administration window.
2 Right-click the newly created switch item (S8100 switch in our example).
3 Click General.
4 Click Start GEDI.
Once the connection has completed, a login screen displays.