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Dial Plan Mapping allows you to map existing mailbox addresses
to unique network addresses. Message Networking uses a uniform,
single-length dial plan for its network, from 3 to 10 digits. However,
it is usually recommended that Message Networking use a 7-digit
or 10-digit dial plan. The remote machines that you add to the Message
Networking system will likely have a different dial plan that usually
uses 4 or 5 digits. In most cases, therefore, you will have to map
the dial plan of the remote machine to the Message Networking network
address length. The required length of network addresses on the
Message Networking system is specified by the Network Address Length
field on the System Parameters page.
If subscribers on a remote system use their full 7-digit or 10-digit
telephone numbers as their mailbox IDs, and the digit length matches
the Message Networking network address length, you do not need to
map the dial plan for that remote machine. For example, if the Message
Networking dial plan calls for 10-digit addresses, and the mailbox
IDs on the remote machine always use 10 digits, you do not need
to map new dial plans. As another example, if the Message Networking
dial plan uses the 5-digit uniform dial plan of a private network,
and the new systems' mailbox IDs also use the same 5-digit uniform
dial plan within the same private network, then you do not need
to map the dial plans.
Note: Because every Message Networking address
must be unique, there might be circumstances in which the new system's
mailbox ID length matches the Message Networking dial plan, but
because the new system is not part of the same switch private network,
the mailbox IDs might not be unique within the Message Networking
network. This situation is common, which is why it is normally recommended
to use a 10-digit Message Networking dial plan and dial plan mapping.
Dial Plan Mapping involves the following tasks:
Dial Plan Mapping samples
are provided to aid you in administering Dial Plan Mapping for remote
machines.
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