NEC Guardian An Open Application Interface Operations Manual

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Chapter 1 General Information
System Overview
Guardian, an Open Application Interface (OAI) application, supports both the 
telephone user and those who administer the telephone system within an 
organization or institution. As an OAI application, Guardian is supported by the 
Applications Manager (APM), particularly in the area of database administration 
and application configuration.
Guardian is a two-pronged system that...

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System Overview (Continued)
The Guardian system monitors access to telephone extensions in the system, 
detects invalid attempts to place calls, and restricts service, when necessary. In the 
Guardian system, each telephone user is assigned an authorization code that 
corresponds to an individual extension or to a whole group of extensions, as in a 
college dormitory or a corporate department. Authorization codes, extensions,...

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User Procedure
You can use one of the following procedures to place a call from an extension using 
an authorization code, depending upon the NEAX features that are available and 
the data assignments that are configured on the NEAX System. During call 
processing, Guardian verifies the disable status of the code and the extension and 
either restricts the call or permits it with the routing and service feature privileges...

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Database Organization
Guardian requires the five databases described below for each tenant:
Group – Contains definitions for up to 1,000 groups of extensions such as 
corporate departments or student dormitories. Each group is assigned 
information that is used to detect and prevent access violation on any of its 
extensions by group members. If all extensions in the organization are assigned 
to only one group, that group is...

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Database Organization (Continued)
Once a database is created or changes are made to it in the APM, it is installed for 
active use by Guardian. While this installation is taking place, Guardian briefly 
suspends its real-time control and restriction of PBX call processing. During this 
period, the PBX reverts to its internal tables that do not reflect the status of 
extensions, groups, and authorization codes in the databases....

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Chapter 2 Installation Introduction
This chapter provides you with specific information and field entries that you need 
to install and configure Guardian. In addition to this chapter, use the following 
manuals for installation information:
Applications Manager (APM) Installation Manual – Contains step-by-step 
instructions for installing the software from the release media.
Applications Manager (APM) Operations Manual...

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The installation process, including its presentation in this manual and reference to 
other manuals, is illustrated below:
Software Installation
Software
Login ID
Protected Databases Update
Application Configuration
Application Characteristics
Primary Parameter Configuration
OAI Facilities (Optional)
OAI Configuration Parameters (Optional)
User-Defined Parameters
Database Requirements
Master Definition File
Master...

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Software Installation
Use the following steps to complete software installation.
Step 1: Software 
InstallationTo load the Guardian software from the release media, log on to the APM Platform 
Management Menu, select the Installation of Applications/Packages option, and 
follow the instructions provided in the APM Installation Manual. 
Step 2: Login IDIf the Guardian login ID, guardadm, already has a password, this...

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Step 3: Protected 
Databases 
UpdatedBecause a new user (i.e., guardadm) has just been installed, you need to execute 
two commands from the command line under super-user status. The first command 
(authck) updates the protected database files to incorporate user guardadm, and 
the second command (passwd) removes any password that user guardadm may 
have inherited during the installation process.
1. From the UNIX login...