Installing ShoreGear Voice Switches

Planning and Installation Guide

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Step 2

To add a new switch, select the associated site and type of voice switch

from the

Switches

list page and click Go.

Step 3

If you are adding a new switch, enter its name in the

Name

field. If you

are adding a new switch from a record that you copied, replace the

existing name with a new one.

Step 4

If you are adding a new switch, enter a descriptive name for the switch

in the

Description

field. If you are adding a new switch from a record that

you copied, replace the existing description with a new one, if

applicable.

Step 5

Select a site name from the Site pull-down menu.

Step 6

If your DHCP/ BOOTP server is running, click Find Switches and

select an IP address from the Find Switch dialog box. This also adds

the switch’s MAC address in the Ethernet Address field.

NOTE

The Find Switches feature only finds switches on the subnet of

the server. You must manually type in the IP and Ethernet

address for remote switches.

If your DHCP/ BOOTP server is not running, enter the switch’s IP

address in the

IP Address

field, and enter the switch’s MAC address in

the

Ethernet Address

field.

Step 7

If the switch will be used to support IP phones, select the ports you

want to dedicate to IP support.

Step 8

If the switch will be used to support Make Me Conferencing, select the

ports you want to dedicate to this feature.

Step 9

If the switch will be used as a music-on-hold source, enable it by

clicking the Music Source check box.

Step 10

Click

Save

to save the configuration. The new switch is added to the

table in the

Switches

page. If you modified an existing switch

configuration, the table will be updated.

NOTE

After you save your configuration, ports are allocated for the

switch, and a graphical view of the switch ports appears. When

you click a host name from the table in the

Switches

page, this

view appears automatically.

Adding a ShoreGear-T1

To add a switch to the ShoreTel system or edit an existing switch configuration:

Step 1

To add a new switch, select the associated site and pick ShoreGear-T1

from the list and click Go.

Step 2

If you are adding a new switch, enter its name in the

Name

field. If you

are adding a new switch from a record that you copied, replace the

existing name with a new one.