Configuring the Back-end Servers

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Configuring the This section provides information on how to add and delete accounting

Back-end Servers servers, authentication servers, directory servers, and VCX data servers.

In VCX 6.0, the authentication and directory servers were combined to become the VCX data server.

Adding Accounting To add an accounting server through EMS:

Servers

1Log into EMS.

2From the Explorer tab, navigate to the 3Com Sip Call Processor.

3From the Properties tab, click Accounting Servers.

4Click Add.

The Add row to table window appears.

5Fill in the fields according to the descriptions in Table 20.

Table 20 Accounting Server Tab Descriptions in EMS

Attribute

Description

Values

 

 

 

Priority

Specifies the priority of the

Integer: 1 - 5

 

accounting server.

1

= primary)

 

 

2

= secondary

 

 

 

AcctServerIpAddress

Specifies the IP Address of the

IP Address String

 

accounting server.

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (0 - 255)

 

 

 

LocalIpAddress

Specifies the Local IP Address

IP Address String

 

for the accounting server

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (0 - 255)

 

client.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6Click OK.

7The accounting server is added to the Accounting Server tab.

Editing Accounting To edit an accounting server IP address for the Call Processor using EMS:

Server IP Addresses

1Log into EMS.

2From the Explorer tab, navigate to the 3Com Sip Call Processor.

3From the Properties tab, click Accounting Servers.

4Double-click the IP Address under the AcctServerIpAddress column you want to edit.

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3Com V7000 manual Adding Accounting To add an accounting server through EMS, Servers, Server IP Addresses

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