The Messaging Administration main menu and the pages it
leads to provide general system administration and settings for the
INTUITY AUDIX system. The following are available from most of the pages:
Accessing
Administration Screens
You access the various INTUITY AUDIX administration
screens primarily through commands that you type at the command prompt.
This is a different method of access from the browser pages that are
used to gain access to other parts of the system.
To follow along with explanations in this section,
use the sa or vm login to access the AUDIX Command
Prompt screen. See Logging In for more information.
The following sections describe how to use
the AUDIX administration screens.
Screen
Layout
Layout
of the AUDIX Command Prompt Screen represents
the basic layout of the AUDIX Command Prompt (AUDIX Administration)
screen.
Screen
Components
The Component Descriptions:
AUDIX Command Prompt Screen table provides details about each area
of the AUDIX Command Prompt (AUDIX Administration) screen.
Standard
Screen Function Keys
Several function keys perform standard actions
regardless of the screen that you are viewing. Other commands are
unique to a particular screen. The following table describes the purpose
of each standard function key.
Table: AUDIX Administration Standard Function
Keys
|
Function Key
|
Purpose
|
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F1 (Cancel)
|
Aborts the current activity and returns
the cursor to the command line. When the cursor is on the command
line, F1 erases the entire contents of the command line. On
a Help screen, F1 returns to the screen on which the Help screen
was requested.
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|
F2 (Refresh)
|
Repaints the screen.
|
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F3 (Enter)
|
Submits the information entered on a screen
for the action specified on the command line. When the cursor
is in the command line, F3 requests execution of the command.
Note: Return
has the same effect as F3 (Enter) when the cursor is on the
command line. On a screen, Return moves the cursor forward from
one field to the next.
|
|
F4 (Clear Fld)
|
Clears an entire field in a screen or a
single keyword from the command line. For example, if the command
line contains the command list cos and you press F4,
the command line changes to list.
|
|
F5 (Help)
|
When the cursor is on the command line,
pressing this key is identical to typing the help command;
that is, it displays a screen that explains all the types of
Help available in the INTUITY AUDIX system. When the cursor
is on a screen, this key requests Help for the entire screen.
|
|
F6 (Choices)
|
When the cursor is on the command line,
this key requests a menu of valid entries for command line keywords.
Once a Choices menu is displayed, pressing F6 selects the highlighted
item from the menu.
When the cursor is on a screen, F6 requests
Help for the particular field where the cursor appears. The
Field Help menu provides an explanation of the field and a list
of valid values or actions for the field. When a Field menu
is displayed, pressing F6 again selects the highlighted item
from the menu.
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|
F7 (NextPage)
|
Moves forward through multiple pages of
administration screens, reports, or Help screens.
|
|
F8 (PrevPage)
|
Moves backward through multiple pages of
administration screens, reports, or Help screens.
|
Function
Key Substitutes
With some remote administration setups, the
function keys are inoperable in the INTUITY AUDIX administration screens
and browser-based INTUITY AUDIX pages. Therefore, it might be necessary
to use keystrokes as a substitutes for onscreen function keys.
The Function Key Substitutes
table lists the keystrokes that you use in place of the function keys.
Table: Function Key Substitutes
|
Function Key
|
Keystroke Substitution
|
|
F1 (Cancel)
|
Control+X
|
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F2 (Refresh)
|
Control+L
|
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F3 (Enter)
|
Control+E
|
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F4 (Clear Fld)
|
Control+K
|
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F5 (Help)
|
Control+W
|
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F6 (Choices)
|
Control+C
|
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F7 (NextPage)
|
Control+N
|
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F8 (PrevPage)
|
Control+P
|
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DOWN ARROW
|
Control+I
|
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BACKSPACE
|
Control+H
|
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TAB
|
Control+J
|
The Command
Line
This section describes the syntax
for the commands that activate the INTUITY AUDIX administration screens.
Verb-Object Syntax
The commands to activate the INTUITY
AUDIX administration screens follow a verb-object syntax. A qualifier
such as a subscriber or machine name can be added to some verb-object
commands.
The structure of the INTUITY AUDIX
screen-activation commands is:
Verb or Verbs Object or Object
Phrase Qualifier or Qualifiers
Each of these three elements of
the command-line is described below.
See AUDIX Administration Screens
Organized by Verb and By Object
in the Screen Summary section for a complete
list of the screen-activation commands.
Command-Line Verbs
The first element of the command
line is the verb, which specifies the type of action. The following
is a list of INTUITY AUDIX verbs in the command line. Those marked
with an asterisk (*) are complete commands; that is, they are never
combined with objects or qualifiers.
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add
|
audit
|
change
|
copy
|
display
|
exit*
|
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get
|
help*
|
list
|
logoff*
|
print
|
remove
|
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reset
|
test
|
toggle
|
trace
|
|
|
Command-Line Objects and
Object Phrases
The second element of the command-line
is the object or object phrase. This is usually a screen name. The
screen name consists of one or more words that identify the screen.
If more than one word is used, you must type a hyphen between the
two words to ensure that the object phrase has no embedded spaces.
Screen names are generally (but not always) the same as the title
of the screen as it appears on your monitor. Examples of objects and
object phrases are alarms, measurements, remote-messages,
subscribers, and system-parameters.
Command-Line Qualifiers
The third element of the command-line
is the qualifier. A command-line qualifier can be a subscriber extension
number (12345), a date (7/21/99), a subscriber name ("Jane Doe"),
and other specific parameters. Note that a qualifier with an embedded
space, such as the subscriber name Jane Doe, must be put in quotation
marks, such as: "Jane Doe".
Variations of Commands
You can activate most screens
by more than one version of a command. The different versions of the
screen-activation command are distinguished by the verb that begins
the command line, and the qualifiers that end it. For example, there
are four versions of the command to activate the Subscriber screen:
- add subscriber
name/number
- change subscriber name/number
- display subscriber
name/number
- remove subscriber
name/number
All of these commands activate
the Subscriber screen with information about the subscriber, whose
name or telephone number you typed. The display and remove
versions of the command activate a display-only version of the screen.
The add and change versions of the command activate a data entry version
of the screen that allows you to make changes to the features assigned
to the AUDIX subscriber specified by name/number.
Command-Line Abbreviation
For most screen-activation commands,
you can enter a minimum unique subset of the full command string,
and the system expands the entry. For example, the command change
system-parameters sending-restrictions can be abbreviated to ch
sy s since this is a unique subset of the full command.
The abbreviation of each word in
the command must be represented by the first n letters of the
word in the correct spelling order, where n is the minimum
number of letters that uniquely specifies the command word. As a general
rule, n is equal to 2. In other words, it usually takes two
characters to uniquely identify each element of the command line.
There are two exceptions to the correct-spelling rule: announcement-set
is abbreviated annc, and class of service is abbreviated
cos.
In the previous example, the string
ch sys s is acceptable as a unique subset of the full command.
However:
- The string chg sys
s is not acceptable because chg is not the first three letters
of "change."
- The string ch s s
is not acceptable because ch s is not unique; that is, it
could also mean change subscriber or change system-parameters.
Note that hyphenated words such
as system-parameters and sending-restrictions are treated
as single words.
Command Structure
You can build a command one word
at a time. For example, at the beginning of the command line you can
press F6 (Choices) to see a list of all valid command verbs. If you
then enter ch, the system expands ch to change
and lists all valid words that can follow change. If you then enter
sy, the system expands the command line to change system-parameters
and lists all valid words that can follow.
If you enter a string that is not
a valid command word or is not a valid or unique abbreviation, the
system notifies you of the mistake. If you omit a required command
qualifier such as a subscriber name or extension, or a port address,
the system prompts you for the missing information.
Command-Line Help
While you are entering a command,
pressing the F6 (Choices) function key displays a menu of allowable
command words in the activity window. The choices that are displayed
depend on the position of the cursor in the command line. That is,
the allowable command words displayed when you press F6 (Choices)
are only those command words that can follow the word or words, if
any, that are currently to the left of the cursor. Select from the
choices displayed on the menu by using the Tab key or the arrow keys
or by typing the first one or two characters of the desired menu choice.
Command History and Command-Line
Editing
The system memory retains a list
of the 10 most recently entered commands. After you enter a command,
you can scroll back through a list of previous commands by using the
Up Arrow key. Each time you press the Up Arrow key, the previous command
in the command list is retrieved. Each time you press the Down Arrow
key, the next command in the command list is retrieved. The retrieved
command is placed on the command line with the cursor at the end of
the line. This is a convenient way to re-enter commands that contain
subscriber names or telephone numbers, for example, without needing
to retype the entire command.
The following table shows the
editing actions that are possible once you display a previously executed
command on the command line.
Table: AUDIX Administration Command Line History
and Editing
|
Key
|
Purpose
|
|
F1 (Cancel)
|
Erases the entire contents of the command
line.
|
|
Left Arrow
|
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the
previous word on the command line.
|
|
Tab or Right Arrow
|
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the
next word on the command line.
|
|
Up Arrow
|
Moves through previously completed commands.
|
|
Down Arrow
|
If you have gone too far through previously
completed commands, moves back through the commands.
|
|
Backspace
|
Deletes the character preceding the cursor.
|
|
F4 (Clear Fld)
|
Clears a single keyword from the command
line. For example, if the command line contains the command
list cos and you press F4, the command line reads
list.
|
|
F5 (Help)
|
Displays a screen that explains the types
of help available in the INTUITY AUDIX system.
|
|
F6 (Choices)
|
Displays a menu of valid entries for command-line
keywords. Once a Choices menu is displayed, press F6 to select
the highlighted item from the menu.
|
|
F3 (Enter)
|
Expands a shortened version of a command
and activates the screen.
|
Example of Command Line History
and Editing
You can also combine some of
these editing operations, for example, when you need to add several
subscribers at one time.
To add the first subscriber with
extension 1000:
- Type add subscriber
1000.
- Fill in the
data entry fields on the screen.
- Press F3 (Enter)
to save the information about this subscriber to the system database.
To add the next subscriber, a
new subscriber with extension 2000:
- Press F4
(Clr Fld).
- Enter 2000.
This activates the Subscriber screen.
It is now ready for you to enter information about the subscriber
with extension 2000.
Or, to change the record you just
added:
- Press the Up
Arrow key to retrieve the previous command.
- Press the Left
Arrow key several times to move to the beginning of the line.
- Press F1
(Clr Fld) to remove the add keyword.
- Enter change
in its place.
Using
AUDIX Administration Screens to Enter Data
Some AUDIX Administration screens
have data entry fields in which you enter values, such as subscriber
extension numbers, announcement IDs, or Class of Service names. Other
fields are display-only fields. You cannot enter data in display-only
fields.
Moving Between Data Entry
Fields
The table for Screen
Navigation Key Descriptions shows the keys that are used to move
between data entry fields within a screen.
Table: Screen Navigation Key Descriptions
|
Key
|
Purpose
|
|
Tab and Return
|
Moves the cursor to the next field on the
current screen in a left-to-right, top-to-bottom order. From
the last field on a screen, this moves the cursor to the first
field on the same screen.
|
|
Shift + Tab
|
Moves the cursor to the previous field on
the current screen in a right-to-left, bottom-to-top order.
From the first field on a screen, this moves the cursor to the
last field on the same screen.
|
|
Backspace
|
Deletes the last character entered in the
field and moves the cursor backward one position.
|
|
Delete
|
Can delete all entries on a screen. Use
Delete only if specifically mentioned on the screen, such as
Press Delete to Cancel.
|
|
Home
|
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the
current field.
|
|
End
|
Moves the cursor to the end of the current
field.
|
|
F4 (Clear Field)
|
Clears the current field.
|
|
F6 (Choices)
|
Displays a menu that lists the valid values,
if any, for a field. You can select from the menu entries to
populate that field.
|
Data
Entry
When a screen is activated, the
cursor is positioned at the beginning of the first data-entry field.
The data-entry fields have limits to the number of characters that
you can enter, depending on the nature of the field. Generally, the
length of the field corresponds to the maximum number of characters
allowed for that field. To obtain this information, position the cursor
in a data entry field and press F6 (Choices). If you type invalid
information into a field, the system displays a Help message that
contains information to clarify the required input.
Some data entry fields are optional,
while others require you to enter a value before saving the information
to the system database. If you try to save information entered on
a screen without entering all of the required information, the system
displays a Help message that notes the missing information.
You can reuse a screen once information
entered on it has been saved. Combine the editing and cursor movement
operations to place the cursor back at the first data entry field
as described in the example on Example of Command
Line History and Editing. When you type a character in the first
position of a field, the previous contents of the field are cleared,
and the new characters are entered in the field.
Field
Help and Selecting Valid Values from the Choices Screen
When the cursor is in a field,
pressing the F6 (Choices) function key displays information about
the field and lists the valid values that can be entered in that field,
if any. If there are several valid values, you can select one from
the list by using Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Arrow keys, or by typing
the initial character of a value.
Log in to the S8300 Media Server Main Menu
To log in to the S8300 Media Server Main Menu:
- Open a compatible Internet browser on your
computer desktop. Currently only Internet Explorer 5.x and Netscapte
4.7x are supported.
The system displays
your Internet Home page.
- In the Address (or Location) field of your
browser, type the IP address or name of the S8300 Media Server and
press Enter.
| Note: You
can determine the IP address by contacting your LAN administrator
or accessing the G700 Media Gateway command line interface and
typing show interface mgp. |
The system displays the S8300
splash screen.
- Press Continue.
The system displays a server
security alert.
- Click OK.
The system displays a security certificate.
- Click Yes if you feel secure about
the certificate. (If you do not feel secure, click on the Install
Avaya Root Certificate option on the S8300 Main Menu after you log
in.)
The Login Page
appears
Some administration tasks that support the INTUITY AUDIX system require
use of the MultiVantage™ System Administration Terminal (SAT) window.
The easiest way to access the SAT window is through the Avaya Site Administration
(ASA) software, which is available from the S8300 main menu. (Other
methods for accessing the SAT are also available. For more information,
see Welcome to Avaya S8300 Media Server and Avaya
G700 Media Gateway, 555-234-200.)
You might need to download ASA software to your PC first. If so, from
the S8300 main menu, click VisAbility Standard
Management Solution (ASA, ATE, VoIP Trial) and follow the instructions
to download the asa_ate_voip_cd.exe file,
which contains the ASA software.
