DEFINITY Made Easy Tools
Issue 2, November 2000

Bring the System Online

Administering the Circuit Packs

After the equipment is installed (including circuit packs), the circuit packs must be administered. This section provides brief information about:

• Administration Commands


• Change Circuit Packs Form


• Change Circuit Pack Form Implementation Notes

Refer to DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8 Administrator's Guide for more information.

In general:

• Use the Circuit Packs screen to administer circuit packs to carrier slots. The circuit packs must be installed (or assigned using the Circuit Packs form) before administering voice terminals, attendant consoles, or trunks.


• Each page represents one carrier in the cabinet shown on the command line. All carriers and slots appear even if they are not included in the hardware.


• It is not necessary to fill in the Circuit Packs screen if the circuit packs are installed at the time of administration.



Refer to DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3 Planning and Configuration for more information about circuit pack administration and port assignment records.

• For initial installation, assign circuit packs to slots using the hardware configuration layout record from the factory or Customer Services Organization. Do not arbitrarily assign circuit packs to slots.


• For Release 8r: If the carrier type administered on the Cabinet Administration form does not match the physical hardware, question marks ( ??) may display in the Code fields.
  For Release 8si: When a circuit pack in a slot differs from what has been administered on the form, # displays between the Sfx and Name fields.


• For Release 8r: The number of slot fields displayed represents administrable slots for the given carrier type.
  For Release 8si: All slot fields are displayed.

Administration Commands

Use the following administration commands to administer the Circuit Pack form.

Change Circuit Packs Form

• Cabinet -- Display-only field. This field shows the cabinet number as entered on the command line.


• Carrier -- Display-only field. This field shows the letter of the carrier (A through E) circuit packs are being administered on.


• Carrier Type -- Display-only field. This field shows the type of carrier.


• Slot -- Display-only field. The slot equates to the physical slot of the given carrier; the number of slots displayed depends on the system being configured.



For R8si configurations: ALL slots that could possibly be administered are displayed even if they do not apply to the current configuration of the system. This is to accommodate the situation when a system is being reconfigured.

Circuit Pack Cabinet Layout lists the slots to use, and the circuit pack types that may be administered in those slots, for each combination of Cabinet/Carrier/Carrier Type in a R8si configuration.

• Code -- Enter the circuit pack code ( TN followed by a 3- or 4-digit number). If there is a physical circuit pack installed in the slot, the entry must match that of the circuit pack. If there is equipment administered on a slot, the equipment must be removed from the circuit pack before the circuit pack can be changed or removed.


• Sfx -- Enter the circuit pack suffix, if applicable.


• Name -- Display-only field. This field shows the alphanumeric name of the circuit pack (such as Digital Line).

Change Circuit Pack Form Implementation Notes

Change Circuit-Packs Screen shows all fields that may be displayed. The fields that appear on a particular screen may vary depending upon the system configuration being administered.

The number of slot fields displayed may vary depending on the system being configured. For R8si configurations, all possible slots display.

Change Circuit-Packs Screen