28 CHAPTER 2: ACCESSING THE CENTRAL MANAGER AND GLOBAL DIRECTORY
Central Manager Overview
The Central Manager enables VCX system administrators to manage VCX
system components using a web browser (Internet Explorer 6.0 or
higher).
You can use the Central Manager to access the following management
options:
■The VCX Administrator provisioning application interface allows you
to manage regional and branch office VCX servers. This enables
management of VCX servers anywhere in your VCX network.
The VCX Administrator provisioning application is described in this
guide.
■The IP Messaging provisioning application allows you to manage IP
Messaging servers anywhere in your VCX network.
Refer to the IP Messaging Module Operations and System
Administration Guide for IP Messaging provisioning information.
■The Global Directory allows you to find configured users and their
telephone extensions in any office.
The Global Directory is described in this chapter (see The Global
Directory).
You access the Central Manager through a web browser by entering an IP
address in the browser’s address bar. The IP address required identifies the
server hosting the Authentication and Directory service (see VCX
Software Components for information on VCX services).
■For single-site VCX systems, enter the IP address of the primary call
processor.
Once you log in (see Accessing a VCX Site through the Central
Manager), the Central Manager displays links that allow you to launch
either VCX Administrator provisioning application and the IP
Messaging Administrator provisioning application for the selected site.
■For multi-site VCX systems, enter the IP address of the regional server
running the Authentication and Directory service. In a multi-site
system, the Authentication and Directory service can run on one of
the following VCX servers:
■IP Telephony and IP Messaging Server
■IP Telephony Server
■Authentication and Directory Server