Avaya S8300 - Chapter 4: Converting an S8300 from LSP to ICC and upgrading Communication Manager from 2.0.x to 2.x

Access Procedures: Physical Connections to Media Gateways
Welcome to S8300 and G700
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Connecting to an Ethernet interface
Types of Ethernet connections to an S8300 Media Server or G700 Media Gateway include:
• Remote access to the G700 from a computer over the corporate local area network (LAN). See
Corporate LAN remote access.
• Direct connection from a laptop to the corporate LAN interface on the G700. See Corporate LAN
direct connection.
• Direct connection from a laptop to the S8300 Media Server using a crossover cable. See S8300
Services interface direct connection.
Corporate LAN remote access
To physically connect the G700 Media Gateway (and S8300 Media Server if installed) to the corporate local
area network (LAN) to support remote access:
1 . Connect an Ethernet cable to one of the two 10/100Base-T Ethernet interfaces in the bottom
center of the G700 chassis. Either port EXT 1 or EXT 2 can be used.
2 . Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to an Ethernet Layer 2 switch to connect the G700
and its media modules to the corporate network. LAN topology varies per location.
3 . Complete administration of the S8300 and G700 components, including network routing.
4 . From another location on the corporate LAN, connect your computer to the network. An
Ethernet card in the computer is required.
5 . Log in using the desired administration tool.
Corporate LAN direct connection
To connect a laptop directly to a G700 Media Gateway Ethernet interface:
1 . Your laptop must be assigned an IP address compatible with this subnet of the corporate LAN.
The IP address may be assigned statically or through a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) service on the customer’s LAN.
2 . Connect an Ethernet cable to one of the two 10/100Base-T Ethernet interfaces in the bottom
center of the G700 chassis. Either port EXT1 or EXT2 can be used if available.
If both corporate LAN Ethernet interfaces on the G700 are in use, and if the G700 is in a stacked
configuration, another Ethernet interface can be used if available on one of the P330 devices.
3 . Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the 10/100 BaseT Ethernet network interface card
(NIC) on your laptop. (Do not use a crossover Ethernet cable for this connection.)
4 . Log in to the desired administration tool.