Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2 Administrators Guide

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!SECURITY ALERT:
Indicates when system administration may leave your system open to toll 
fraud.
Trademarks and service marks
The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lucent Technologies:
n5ESS™, 4ESS™
nAUDIX®
nCallvisor®
nCallmaster®
nCentreVu™
nCONVERSANT®
nDEFINITY®
nDIMENSION®
nIntuity™
nMERLIN®
nVOICE POWER®
The following are trademarks or registered...

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nNetMeeting® (registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation)
nPictureTel® (registered trademark of PictureTel Corporation) 
nProShare® (registered trademark of Intel Corporation)
nUNIX® (trademark of the Novell Corporation)
nZydacron (registration pending for Zydacron Corporation)
How to get this book on the web
If you have internet access, you can view and download...

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How to get help
If you need additional help, the following services are available. You may need to 
purchase an extended service agreement to use some of these services. See your 
Lucent Technologies representative for more information. 
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System basics 
1 Logging into the system 
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System basics
This section provides the basic step-by-step procedures you need to manage your 
DEFINITY ECS. It explains how to log in and log off, set permissions for others 
who use the administration terminal, set daylight savings rules, set date and time, 
post messages, and back up the information you administer.
Logging into the system
You must log in before you can...

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Instructions
Logging into the system
This procedure provides instructions for logging in from the system terminal not a 
remote terminal. 
To log into the system:
1. Enter your login name and press 
RETURN. 
2. Enter your password and press 
RETURN.
For security, your password does not display as you type it. 
3. Enter the kind of terminal you have or the type your system emulates...

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If an LDN was dialed, the attendant will answer. 
a. Ask to be transferred to the UCD group extension number.
You receive data tone or visually receive answer 
confirmation. 
b. Transfer the voice call to your data terminal.
The Login prompt appears.
2. Complete the steps for ‘‘
Logging into the system’’ on page 1. 
For information about setting up remote...

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Instructions
To log into the system with ASG:
1. Enter your login ID and press 
RETURN.
The system displays the challenge number (for example, 555-1234) and 
system Product ID number (for example, 1000000000). The Product ID 
provides Lucent Services with the specific DEFINITY ECS system 
identifier.
2. Press 
ON to turn on your Access Security Gateway Key.
3. Type your PIN and press...

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Instructions
To log off:
1. Type 
logoff and press RETURN. 
If the Facility Test Calls or Remote Access features are administered, 
Alarm origination is disabled, or if you have busied out resources or active 
minor or major alarms, a security screen appears. You may want to take 
appropriate action (for example, disable these features or address any 
alarms) before you log...

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6 Setting command permissions 
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Instructions
In our example, we set the permissions necessary to allow the user to administer 
daylight savings time rules.
To change command permissions:
1. Type 
change permissions sup3ru and press RETURN.
The Command Permission Categories
 screen appears.
2. Type 
y in the Display Admin and Maint Data field.
3. Type 
y in the Administer Features field.
4. Press 
ENTER to save...