Setup for Polycom (LDAP)

The Polycom telephones in the SoundPoint and Media Phone series can access contacts through LDAP.
The corresponding feature is called Corporate Directory Access. A license for the Polycom Productivity Suite will be need to use this feature.

Alternatively, you can access estos MetaDirectory using the telephone from the Polycom XML Browser.

Setup

  1. Data Source
    Configure a Replicator or a Telephone Book.
  2. LDAP-nodes
    Configure a new LDAP node named polycom from the Database Management. Access to this node can occur using the BaseDN dc=polycom. You can configure this LDAP node.
    AuthenticationOptional
    Phone Number FormattingDialable
    Note the location settings for the telephone equipment.
    End Device SupportGeneric Address Book
  3. Telephone
    Configure LDAP access in the sip.cfg file.
    If telephone books have been configured in the dc, Virtual listviews will not be available for use. In this case, enter the setting dir.corp.vlv.allow="0"
    A configuration example:
      <directory>
        <dirCorp dir.corp.address="ldap://metadirserver" dir.corp.port="712"
            dir.corp.transport="TCP" dir.corp.baseDN="dc=polycom" dir.corp.scope="sub" 
            dir.corp.filterPrefix="(objectclass=person)" dir.corp.user="anonymous@meta" 
            dir.corp.password="anonymous" dir.corp.pageSize="32" dir.corp.cacheSize="128" 
            dir.corp.leg.pageSize="8" dir.corp.leg.cacheSize="32" dir.corp.autoQuerySubmitTimeout="0" 
            dir.corp.viewPersistence="0" dir.corp.leg.viewPersistence="1">
        <attr1 dir.corp.attribute.1.name="sn" dir.corp.attribute.1.label="Last Name"
            dir.corp.attribute.1.type="last_name" dir.corp.attribute.1.filter="" 
            dir.corp.attribute.1.sticky="0" dir.corp.attribute.1.searchable="1" />
        <attr2 dir.corp.attribute.2.name="givenName" dir.corp.attribute.2.label="First Name"
            dir.corp.attribute.2.type="first_name" dir.corp.attribute.2.filter=""
            dir.corp.attribute.2.sticky="0" dir.corp.attribute.2.searchable="1" />
        <attr3 dir.corp.attribute.3.name="company" dir.corp.attribute.3.label="Company"
            dir.corp.attribute.3.type="other" dir.corp.attribute.3.filter=""
            dir.corp.attribute.3.sticky="0" dir.corp.attribute.3.searchable="1" />
        <attr4 dir.corp.attribute.4.name="telephoneNumber" dir.corp.attribute.4.label="Business"
            dir.corp.attribute.4.type="phone_number" dir.corp.attribute.4.filter=""
            dir.corp.attribute.4.sticky="0" />
        <attr5 dir.corp.attribute.5.name="otherTelephone" dir.corp.attribute.5.label="Business2"
            dir.corp.attribute.5.type="phone_number" dir.corp.attribute.5.filter=""
            dir.corp.attribute.5.sticky="0" />
        <attr6 dir.corp.attribute.6.name="homephone" dir.corp.attribute.6.label="Home"
            dir.corp.attribute.6.type="phone_number" dir.corp.attribute.6.filter=""
            dir.corp.attribute.6.sticky="0" />
        <attr7 dir.corp.attribute.7.name="mobile" dir.corp.attribute.7.label="Mobile"
            dir.corp.attribute.7.type="phone_number" dir.corp.attribute.7.filter=""
            dir.corp.attribute.7.sticky="0" />
        <backGroundSync dir.corp.backGroundSync="0" dir.corp.backGroundSync.period="86400" />
        <vlv dir.corp.vlv.allow="1" dir.corp.vlv.sortOrder="sn givenName" />
        </dirCorp>
      </directory>  
    

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