User Guide
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide
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EXTERNAL PHONEBOOK (LDAP)
Avaya B179 has support for an external phonebook. This means it can communicate with
a catalog server according to LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol). To make the
external phonebook accessible, an administrator must activate and congure the LDAP
function in Avaya B179.
An LDAP database can hold thousands of contacts and for this reason, Avaya B179
includes a search function to lter the content of the database dynamically, based on the
search characters you enter.
When you nd the right contact, you can open it with OK. When you have done this, you
can choose which of the contact’s telephone numbers you want to ring (for instance, work,
mobile or home).
Please note, the administrator has the option to congure the function in different
ways; this means it may function differently to the way described here.
The administrator can determine in which database eld your search characters will be
used, the number of hits that are to be displayed in Avaya B179 and the information
that is to be displayed (name, company, department, telephone number).
Contact the company’s telephone or network manager for information on how LDAP is
congured for your Avaya B179.
The rst three contacts that
match your search
Selected contact (Use the
arrow keys to scroll the list)
The search characters you
entered
The number of contacts in the
database that match your search
(If the > sign is visible before the
number, it means that there are
more contacts available but they
are not shown)
List of telephone numbers
for the selected contact