Lucent Technologies DEFINITY System Little Instructions Manual

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
for basic administration  555-233-756  Issue 1
April 2000
Getting started 
5 Accessing your system 
Accessing your system
You need to log in before you can administer your telephone 
system. To log in, you need to know:
nyour login and password
nthe type of terminal or terminal emulation program that 
you are using
Change your password frequently, at least once a month, to help 
keep hackers out of your system. For instructions on how to 
change your password or...

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DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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Terminal screen for login
3. Press RETURN if you are using the default terminal. 
Otherwise, enter the terminal type and press 
RETURN.
Once you log in, “
Command” appears. The system is ready to 
accept a new command.
Setting the system time and date
Update the system time and date for events such as leap year or 
daylight savings time. The correct time and date...

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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Getting started 
7 Accessing your system 
Use a 24-hour clock to set the hour. For example, for 
2:00 p.m. (14:00) type 14. Do not try to update the 
Seconds field because it automatically resets to 0 when 
you press 
EN TER.
3. Press 
EN TER to save your changes.
Date and Time screen
4. Type display time and press RETU RN to double check the 
new date and time.
Tip:
When you change the date or time, some...

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DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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Temporary save
As you are working with the system, your changes to the system 
memory are considered temporary. These changes are lost if your 
system loses power before the next permanent save (or backup).
1. Press 
EN TER to save any changes you make on a screen. 
When you press 
EN TER, “command successfully 
completed
” appears and the cursor returns to the...

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
for basic administration  555-233-756  Issue 1
April 2000
Getting started 
9 Accessing your system 
If an error message appears in the Command Completion 
Status field, clear the error and repeat the save process.
Save Translation screen
It is a good idea to have at least two backups. You can run the 
backup again to a second card, or you can copy an automatic 
backup with the backup command (if your system allows). You 
may want to keep this second (or a third)...

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DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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This process can take up to 40 minutes. You cannot 
administer your system while the system is saving 
announcements.
NOTE:
If you have both TN750B and TN750C boards, save 
announcements to the TN750B slot.
See DEFINITY ECS Administrator’s Guide for more information 
about saving announcements.
Logging off the system
For security reasons, you should log off every...

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
for basic administration  555-233-756  Issue 1
April 2000
Planning the DEFINITY system 
11 Understanding the dial plan 
Planning the DEFINITY system
This section provides you with background on system-wide 
functions. It explains how to read and use your dial plan, and 
shows you how to make simple changes such as adding extension 
ranges. This section also explains how to assign feature access 
codes.
Understanding the dial plan
Your dial plan tells your system...

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Let’s take a look at an example dial plan so you’ll know how to 
read your system’s dial plan. The following figure shows an 
example of a simple dial plan.
Dial Plan Record screen
If you look at the lower half of the Dial Plan Record screen, you 
see the First Digit Table. This table defines the dialing plan for 
your system.
The rows in the...

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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Planning the DEFINITY system 
13 Understanding the dial plan 
The first digit table may have any of the following codes:
nAttendant (attd) — Defines how users call an attendant. 
Attd access numbers can be any number from 0 to 9 and 
contain 1 or more digits. In our example figure, the system 
calls an attendant when users dial 0.
nDial access codes (dac) — Allows you to use trunk access 
codes (tac) and...

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DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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Displaying your dial plan
You might want to take this opportunity to look at and interpret 
your own dial plan. To display your system’s dial plan:
1. Type 
display dialplan and press RETU RN. 
Modifying your dial plan
It is easy to make changes to your dial plan. For example, let’s 
add a new range of dial access codes to the dial plan. We want...