Avaya S8700 - Verify Server 1 Connection to Customers LAN

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Installing the S8700 IP Connect
May 2002
Verify Server 1 Connection to Customer’s LAN
The following administration uses the services laptop computer and the media server web
interface. You also need a customer representative with knowledge of the customer’s LAN
configuration and access to a computer on their network.
1 Connect a customer-supplied CAT5 cable from server 1, port Eth0, to the customer’s
LAN. Refer to Getting Started with the
Avaya™ S8700 Media Server for IP Connect
Configurations.
2 Click Execute Ping.
3 Have the customer representative type in the name, if DNS is administered, or IP address
of a computer on the network to verify that the server is connected to the customer’s
network.
4 Verify that the ping was successful.
Have a customer representative do the following test from a computer on their network:
5 Click Start > Run to open the Run dialog box.
6 Type command to open an MS-DOS command window.
7 Type ping <active server name>, if DNS is administered, or ping <active server ip
address>.
8 Verify that the ping was successful.