Specifications

Configuring Switches
ShoreTel 7.5 Administration Guide 6 – 41
Before You Begin
Before you begin configuring your switches in ShoreWare Director, you must
determine the IP and MAC address assignments for each voice switch. Please refer to
the ShoreTel 7.5 Planning and Installation Guide for more information about getting an
IP address for each voice switch.
Here are the items that you need before you begin configuring your switches:
• Name of each voice switch you are configuring.
• Internet Protocol (IP) address of each switch.
• Ethernet address (MAC address) of each switch.
NOTE The Ethernet address (MAC address) is printed on the ShoreGear voice switch
rear panel.
IP Phone and Make Me Conference Support
If you system is using IP phone or you want to use the Make Me conferencing feature,
you must allocate ports on ShoreGear-120/24, -60/12, and -40/8 Switches accordingly.
Each switch port allocated to IP phones will support approximately five IP phones.
NOTE Make Me conference is used when a SIP trunk is involved in a conference call
with three or more participants. All the Make Me conference settings are valid in
this situation. Although only three parties are involved in a conference call
involving a SIP trunk, four Make Me conference ports are reserved as this is an
enforced rule for all Make Me calls.
NOTE If you do not reserve sufficient ports for IP phones on the switches, some or all
IP phones will not be recognized or supported by the ShoreTel 7.5 system. For
more information in ShoreTel system requirements, see the ShoreTel Planning
and Installation Guide.
Switches List Page
To invoke t h e Switches list page (see Figure 6-14), click Switches from the navigation
frame.
Figure 6-14 Switches List Page