Call A Contact In Your Ldap Directory - Cisco 6800 Series User Manual

Call a Contact in Your LDAP Directory

• Other phones in 6800 series: Press Contacts
Step 2 Press Category, if it displays on the phone. Otherwise, skip the step.
Step 3
Select the LDAP directory.
By default, the directory name is "Corporate directory (LDAP)".
Step 4 (Optional) If prompted, sign in with your user credentials.
The phone prompts one of the following credentials to access the LDAP directory:
• Client DN and Password
• Username and Password
For more information, contact your administrator.
If the local cache on the phone contains the user credentials, you skip the user sign-in procedure automatically.
When you enter the directory, the phone might start to retrieve all the contacts from the directory.
Step 5 (Optional) Press Cancel to stop the auto loading.
Step 6
Press Option, and then select one of the following methods:
• Simple search: You can search by last name and first name of a contact.
• Advanced search: You can search by last name, first name, and telephone number of a contact.
Step 7 Enter your search criteria, and then press Search.
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Call a Contact in Your LDAP Directory
Before you begin
Your administrator enables the LDAP directory.
Procedure
Step 1 Search for a contact in the LDAP directory, see
After the search is completed, the matched contacts display in the form of entries in the search result list.
Step 2
In the Company directory (LDAP) result list screen, use the outer ring of the navigation cluster to highlight
an entry.
Typically, the phone displays an entry together with a contact number. However, if an entry doesn't have any
contact number, the contact number field is empty.
Step 3
Press Call.
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Call a Contact in Your LDAP
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