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Database Requirements
Database creation involves the following 4-step process:
Step 1 - Create a Master Definition File: This step involves creating the 
master definition file that defines the fields in the master database file. 
Step 2 - Build a Master Database File: This step involves entering data into 
the master database fields that were just defined in the master definition file in 
Step 1. 
Step 3 - Create...

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Building a Master Database
After an application is installed and configured, the master database must be built. 
To build a master database, do the following.
1. Go to the System Administration screen (Figure 3-11).
Figure 3-11   System Administration 
2. In that screen, select D for Database Administration, then press Enter.
The Database Administration screen displays (Figure 3-12).
Figure 3-12   Database...

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Figure 3-13   Master File Selection 
4. At the Master File Selection screen, select vfnadb_m, then press Enter.
The vfnadb_m Database Entry screen displays (Figure 3-14).
Figure 3-14   vfnadb_m Database Entry 
5. To create a new database entry, edit the master file by entering the Name, 
Extension, Tenant, Forward Extension, and Delay in Seconds.
Note:Press A to add another entry or N to go to the next entry.
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Sample Database 
EntryThis is a sample setting of a database entry:
Name = Test
Extension = 1000
Te n a n t  =  1
Forward Extension = 2000
Delay in Seconds = 10 seconds 
This sample setting means that if the phone extension is 1000, it will ring for 10 
seconds. If it doesn’t answer by then, VFNA will forward the call to extension 
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Figure 3-16   Database Administration 
3. Select P for Process Application Database, then press Enter.
The Process Application Database screen displays (Figure 3-17).
Figure 3-17   Process Application Database 
4. Select vfnadb_m, then press Enter.
The message below the command line should then say: Database process 
operation complete.
5. Press Escape to exit.
The Database Administration screen displays again...

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Figure 3-18   Database Administration 
Installing the Application Database
1. In the Database Administration screen, select I for Install Application Data-
base, then press Enter.
The Install Application Database screen displays (Figure 3-19).
Figure 3-19   Install Application Database 
2. Select vfnadb_m, then press Enter to install.
The application database in now installed.
3. Press Escape.
The System...

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Figure 3-20   System Administration 
Ongoing Configuration Management Issues
To add a new phone number after installation, do the following:
1. Build the master database. 
2. Add a new name. 
3. Perform the Processing the Application Database procedure detailed above.
4. Then perform the Installing the Application Database procedure detailed 
above.
Application Start-
UpThe standard application start-up is as...

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8. Press Enter. 
User TasksThere is no user interface to this application. VFNA becomes active when the APM 
initializes the VFNA application. It must be maintained by the APM administrator. 
The administrator’s duties would be to add, modify, and delete records to the 
VFNA APM database. 
Note:See the Data Requirements section for the fields required in the database. 

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Appendix A Glossary
APM (Applications Manager)
The support platform (software) which resides on the UAP and provides the user 
with management capabilities within the Open Applications Interface system.
CCIS (Common Channel Interoffice Signalling)
A protocol scheme used to form a network of NEAX2400 systems.
Dterm (Digital Terminal) 
An intelligent microprocessor-controlled device which supports feature 
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OAI (Open Applications Interface) 
A proprietary protocol and set of routines that links the NEAX2400 IMS with a 
UAP. Programs executing on the UAP are able to monitor and control switch 
features and telephones.
PBX (Private Branch Exchange) 
A digital voice and data communication system for large and  small  businesses, 
including hotels, hospitals, schools, and offices. NEC’s PBX is the NEAX2400 
IMS.
UAP (User...