Digital Telephone IP Adapter Installation and Administration Guide 59
January2005 Planning for installation
Administration PC
This section describes the way that you can connect an administration terminal
to the Digital Telephone IP Adapter unit. It also describes the hardware and
software requirements for using the Configuration Manager administration
software.

Connection options

The Digital Telephone IP Adapter system includes the Configuration Manager
software that enables you to configure, administer, and upgrade the Digital
Telephone IP Adapter unit. You can connect to Digital Telephone IP Adapter
unit with Telnet to use Configuration Manager, or using the digital telephone set
menu.
You can access Configuration Manager using a 10BaseT Ethernet connection for
ongoing administration and upgrade of Digital Telephone IP Adapter units.
Note: Use the telephone set menu for first-time configuration of Digital
Telephone IP Adapter units.

Ethernet connection

Once you configure the Digital Telephone IP Adapter unit with its IP interface
information, the following can occur:
!You can establish communication between the Digital Telephone IP
Adapter unit and the RLC (that is, calls can be routed over the data link
between the two).
!You can administer the Digital Telephone IP Adapter unit over the data link
between the unit and the RLC. For more information, refer to Appendix ,
“Administering multiple nodes in the network,”.