Specifications

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Network management can be centralized or distributed.
Configuration broadcast mechanism
The management workstation can manage one, several, or all the nodes in a private Alcatel-Lucent
OmniPCX Enterprise Communication Server network. This mechanism does not use any bandwidth on
the B channels of the ABC links; only the signaling channel (D channel) is used. A network manager
can program or modify any system, station user, or voice mail system parameter from one unique PC
client window. The other network nodes and the centralized directory are immediately and
automatically informed, and their databases are updated with consistent information.
Audit service
Another management service is the audit service. This service has been designed to facilitate
consistent network monitoring, reconfiguration, and evolution and to easily integrate voice mail. After
a local configuration change, a new node automatically retrieves the network configuration and
updates its database (network translator, phone book, etc.) while the voice mail updates the user
database.
Voice mail management
Only one workstation management operation is needed from the administrative station’s user
management window to configure a user (on any network node) and assign voice mail services
(mailbox and user profile). The voice mail system automatically creates a virtual user mailbox in the
other network’s voice mail system. Each user can then create distribution lists and transfer messages,
etc., to the other users in the network as though they were on the same node.
Management: SNMP support on Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise Communication
Server
The management of the Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise Communication Server can be integrated
with standard network management platforms such as HP OpenView NNM (HP) using Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP). These network management platforms are referred to as hypervisors.
Hypervisor Integration is a solution to manage converged voice and data enterprise networks. It is
particularly well suited for networks with elements from multiple vendors.
Hypervisor integration provides two main features:
– Control of the Global Network: This is a standard, joint offer from the hypervisor provider
and Alcatel-Lucent. Customers will use the standard hypervisor (UNICENTER, HPOV,
Tivoli, etc.) with only those customizations available through the standard hypervisor
capabilities. Control of the global network is provided via an overview of the network (i.e.,
topology map)