Use this procedure to add a Linux-based Server Edition Expansion System.
If required you can separate the two processes. Do that by first logging in to the new server's IP address and completing its initial configuration. Then log in to the primary server's address and add the new server.
Before you begin
Install and license the network's primary and secondary servers before installing any expansion servers. See
Connect to the primary IP Office server using IP Office Web Manager. See Starting Web Manager.
Click Solution.
Select Configure > Add System to Solution.
Select Expansion server.
Enter the IP address set during the server ignition. Otherwise click on Discovery Preferences and configure the range of addresses to search.
Click Discover.
From the list of discovered IP Office servers, select the required IP Office server and click Next.
If prompted, select the primary server and secondary server IP addresses and click OK.
For a newly ignited IP Office server, the initial configuration menu server is displayed.
In the System Mode, select one of the following:
System Mode
Description
Server Edition
Select this option for a primary server that will use a PLDS file for licensing.
Server Edition - Select
Select this option for a primary server that will use a PLDS file for licensing that includes Select licenses. Note that if in a network, all servers in the network requires a Select license.
Server Edition - Subscription
Select this option for a primary server that will use subscriptions for licensing.
Set a unique System Name for the system. This will appear in other administration menus and helps identify the particular server.
If applicable, enter the Services Device ID issued for support of the server.
Set the Locale to match the customer location. Set this accurately as it affects a number of default telephony settings that the system will then use.
Set and confirm the Default Extension Password. This is used to set the extension password required to register IP extension unless a separate specific password is configured in the extension’s own settings.
Using the Public LAN Interface control:
Select LAN1 and check that the IP Address and IP Mask match the network settings that the server should use for its eth0 port.
Select which DHCP Mode the server should support on the LAN.
Option
Description
Server
The server will act as a DHCP server for the network on that interface. For its own address it will use the IP Address details entered in this menu.
Client
The server will obtain its IP address settings automatically from a DHCP server elsewhere on the network.
Dial In
This DHCP mode is not supported on Linux-based IP Office servers.
Disabled
The server will use the fixed IP address details entered in this menu.
Select LAN2 and check that the IP Address and IP Mask settings match the network settings that the server should use for its eth1 port.
Set the Gateway address for the customer network.
Enter the IP address of the Server Edition Primary.
For Server Edition Secondary, enter the IP address of the planned secondary server. If there is no plan to add a secondary server, enter a dummy address.
For a Server Edition - Select and Server Edition - Subscription network, you can selection whether the primary or secondary should provide the voicemail services for the expansion server.
If the customer network has a specific DNS Server, enter its address.
Enter an Web Socket Password password. This password is used for the links to other IP Office servers in the network.
Check the settings are all as required and match the customer network requirements.
Click Save. The server’s configuration is opened in manager. At this stage it has not been saved to the system.
Click File > Save Configuration
Check that the Change Mode is set to Reboot and click OK.
Click Next. The IP Office services on the servers are restarted using the new configuration.
For non-subscription systems, assign the licenses required by the server from those available on the networks primary server. See Assigning PLDS licenses.
