Programming instructions

Introduction
1.4.3 SUBSCRIBER TRAINING
Each system administrator must determine, in conjunction with the installing organization, the most
appropriate training strategy for the organization. Training options range from formal training sessions
to just sending out a memo along with copies of the user documentation. Other alternatives include
training via INFOSTAIUVXZ messages or personal one-on-one sessions.
1.4.4 ON-GOING SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
System administrators are generally responsible for routine tasks such as adding or deleting users,
maintaining system-wide group lists, giving assistance to individual subscribers, recording broadcast an-
nouncements, stocking Quick Reference Guides and User’s Guides, and coordinating maintenance
with the service organization.
1.5 HARDWARE COMPONENTS
The hardware components of the system consists of an INFOSTAR/AP/6 (or /AP/12) which contains
the enclosure with power supply, circuit boards, the disk drives, keyboard and monitor.
1.5.1 ENCLOSURE
Each enclosure consists of an aluminum chassis, a 135 Watt switching power supply, reset switch, key-
board connector, cooling fans, and a 6-slot, 4-layer, low-noise passive backplane. The component
circuit cards plug into the backplane.
1.52 CPU
This is the main computing device, or “brains,” of the system. All the various functions are controlled
through the CPU. The CPU contains an 80286 microprocessor, and 2 MB of dynamic RAM. The
keyboard and reset switch are connected to the CPU. A parallel printer can be connected to the par-
allel port on the board.
1.5.3 SCSI HOST (DISK DRIVE) CONTROLLER BOARD
The disk drive controller board provides the driver circuitry for both the floppy and SCSI hard disk
drives. The disk drive controller is the interface between the CPU and the disk drives.
1.5.4 VIDEO CONTROLLER BOARD
This board provides the video driver circuitry for the monitor.
1.5.5 TELEPHONE INTERFACE BOARD
This board is the interface between the voice processing system and the telephone system. The con-
version between voice and digital information takes place on this board. Each board provides jacks for
the connection of four lines from the telephone system. Each jack connects two lines (RI-14 type).
1.5.6 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
The 3.5 inch 1.44 MB floppy disk drive is used initially to load the operating system, software pro-
grams,- and voice prompts onto the hard disk. After the system is setup, the floppy drive is then used
to make backups of the system software and configuration data, and to perform software upgrades.
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System Administrator’s Manual
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