Installation guide

Wave Global Administrator Guide
Chapter 3
3. Before You Begin
CHAPTER CONTENTS
Before you begin
Before you configure your Wave system, make sure the following installations and records are
complete:
• Cabling and hardware installations
• Trunk (or service) confirmation letter from your phone service provider
• Your Configuration and Design Worksheets (from your Vertical Communications
reseller) on trunking, extensions, incoming and outgoing call flow, voice mail access, and
your dialing plan
To manage your Wave system, you need a client workstation with the following minimum
configuration:
• A PC running Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 and at
least 256MB of RAM
• LAN or WAN connectivity through an Ethernet card or modem
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
About the General Settings applet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Entering basic system information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Verifying installed components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Adding accounts and passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Setting the message-waiting dial tone duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Suppressing ringing on any digital phone that is receiving a page . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Configuring the time service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Release 2.0
September 2010