Specifications

Configuring Users
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Home Port This displays a list of available switch ports and IP phones. Select the
switch port or IP phone to be associated with this user.
If you are assigning an analog port and do not make a selection,
ShoreTel will select the next available port.
If you select IP Phone, the drop-down list displays Any IP Phone as
the default. For more information about the Any IP Phone feature,
see Appendix A, “Using Office Anywhere.
If you select Port, the drop-down list displays available ports
configured for phone use.
If you want to create a user without a port (a virtual user), select the
SoftSwitch as the home switch port.
NOTE Assigning users to an analog port or SoftSwitch for their home
port can cause the loss of phone service if the user selects the
Go Home option in Personal Call Manager. ShoreTel
recommends that Office Anywhere users be assigned Any IP
phone as their home port.
Current Port This field indicates the user’s current switch port. This shows you
which switch port the user has assigned himself or herself. You can
change the current port setting to the home port by clicking Go
Home.
If you click Go Home, the system forces the user back to his or her
home telephone. This option is useful when a temporary user is no
longer using that phone.
Jack # This is the patch-panel jack number that is associated with the user’s
switch port.
Mailbox on
Server
This enables the user’s voice mailbox. The drop-down list allows you
to select the server to host this mailbox.
This is enabled by default.
NOTE When you change a user’s server, the user must exit and re-
launch the client to establish a connection to the new server.
Accept
Broadcast
Messages
When enabled, this lets individual users receive broadcast messages.
Disable this feature for users who do not want to receive broadcast
messages.
This is enabled by default.
Include in
System Dial By
Name
Directory
When enabled, this causes the user’s name to be included in the
auto-attendant’s dial-by-name directory.
This is enabled by default.
Make Number
Private
Checking this check box removes this number from the system
directory and call handling destination lists.