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Accessing the Maintenance Web Interface

Type in the appropriate telephone number to access the active server. See the filled-out job aid titled Electronic Preinstallation Worksheet for the customer-supplied telephone number(s).

Under Advanced, select PPP and log on manually. You may have to type in a user name and password, depending on whether or not the media server you are dialing into has a non-null CHAP secret key. Use craft (ignore the password field).

Dialing up to the media server

To dial up, click the connection name or icon, if created. Once you are connected:

1When prompted, enter your remote access login name and password.

2When the Start PPP now! message appears, click Done. When you see the Connection Complete dialog box, your computer is connected to the media server.

3To open a Telnet session, click Start > Run to open the Run dialog box.

4In the Run dialog box, type telnet IPaddress and click OK, where IPaddress is the address of the actual active media server.

Finding the active media server IP address

1To get the IP address of the actual active media server, go to the task bar at the bottom right of your PC screen.

2Right-click on the Network Status icon, and select Status, then the Details tab.

3Scroll down until you see the Server IP address. This is the IP address for the media server you are connected to.

Accessing the Maintenance Web Interface

You can access the Maintenance Web Interface either by connecting directly to the services port (port 2 [Eth1]) on the media server (see Figure 14, Services laptop computer connected directly to the S8700 Media Server, on page 82 or Figure 15, Services laptop computer connected directly to the S8710 Media Server, on page 83) or connecting over the customer’s network. The only browser supported is MS Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0.

When connected directly to the media server, you must disable all proxy servers. See Browser settings on page 88 for instructions.

1Open the MS Internet Explorer Web browser.

If a direct connection, in the Address field, type 192.11.13.6.

If a remote connection, in the Address field, type in the IP address or DNS host name of the media server.

2When prompted, log in.

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S8710 specifications

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