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Add or modify a remote machine: Avaya Modular Messaging/MSS

Use the Add New Machine: Avaya Modular Messaging page to add a new Avaya Modular Messaging/MSS remote machine to the Message Networking system or to modify an existing machine.

This page contains the following fields.

New Machine Name: Type a unique name for the remote machine you are adding. The machine name can be up to 23 alphanumeric characters:

  • Enter uppercase letters as uppercase.
  • Enter lowercase letters as lowercase.
  • Use a hyphen (-) or an underscore (_).
  • These names cannot start with a number.
  • There can be no blank spaces.

Note: The name must be unique on both the local Message Networking network as well as any other Message Networking systems in the network. To ensure that you are using a unique name, check the Remote Machines List on all Message Networking systems in your network.

Machine Type: Select Avaya Modular Messaging to add an Avaya Modular Messaging/MSS system.

Bridged Machine: Specify whether this remote machine is to be used as a bridged machine. Bridged machines are used by Message Networking to pass messages between nonbridged remote machines. Select yes to indicate that this remote machine is to be used as a bridged machine. If this remote machine is not being used as a bridged machine, select no. The number of remote machines that can be used as a bridge is specified by the Number of Bridged Nodes field on the Customer Options page.

Note: The Bridged Machine field does not appear if the Number of Bridged Machines on the Customer Options page is set to 500 (the maximum).

IP address: Type the IP address of the machine, up to 15 characters (for example, 192.43.235.1). This field is optional because the system uses the domain name to recognize the sending machine.

Mailbox ID Length: Type the number of digits in mailbox IDs on the remote machine, up to 10 digits.

Note: To change the Mailbox ID Length after initial system administration, see Changing a remote machine's mailbox number length for the steps you must complete to successfully change this field.

Default Language: Use this field to specify the default language on the remote machine. If more than one language is installed on the system, select the language from the drop-down menu. The default for this field is en-US (US English).

If you change the Default Language after initial remote machine administration, subscribers that you subsequently add to the remote machine are assigned the new Default Language as their default Language ID. However, the Language IDs of existing subscribers on the remote machine do not change.

Failed Msg. Notification Priority?: Indicates whether to mark failed message notifications with priority status. Select yes to mark failed message notifications with priority status. Select no if you do not want to mark failed message notifications with priority status. The default for this field is no.

Msg ID?: Specify whether to include the original message ID in failed message notifications. Select yes to include the original message ID. Select no if you do not want to include the original message ID in failed message notifications. The default for this field is no.

Send Message for EAW?: Specify whether the original message is sent back to a subscriber after that subscriber has sent a message from this machine to an Aria machine that has the Extended Absence Greeting (EAG) warning activated. This message return is in addition to the message indicating the actual EAG warning condition. Select yes to return the original message. Select no if you do not want to return the original message. The default for this field is no.

Default NameNet Type: Specify the default NameNet type, set up on the remote machine, that is used for aging purposes by the remote machine. Type p if directory entries are permanent. Type u if entries are usage-based, which indicates that directory entries are temporarily available based on the network traffic of a particular remote machine. The default for this field is u.

Organization: Use this field to provide a description of the organization using Message Networking, up to 64 characters. This field is optional and for informational purposes only.

Organization Unit: Use this field to provide a description of the organization unit using Message Networking, up to 64 characters. This field is optional and for informational purposes only.

Node ID: Unique node ID for this remote machine. This field is display-only and cannot be modified.

Comments: You can optionally type any comments about this remote machine, up to 68 alphanumeric characters. This field is optional and for informational purposes only.

Subscriber Updates Type: Select Full for most Modular Messaging systems. When you select Full as the update type, a directory view containing updates for all remote machines is provided. Verify that the remote machine has enough space for information on all subscribers from all remote machines connected to the Message Networking system.

Modular Messaging systems do not accept more than 250,000 subscribers (with or without voice names) during an update. Therefore, if the Message Networking system has more than 250,000 subscribers, set the Subscriber Update Type to directory-view to specify that updates should be sent to the remote machine only for the network address ranges defined in the remote machine's Directory View. You must then administer a Directory View for the Modular Messaging system to include no more than 250,000 subscribers.

Note: If the Block MM to MM Updates field on the General Parameters page is set to yes, the system blocks subscriber updates between Modular Messaging remote machines through the Message Networking system, even though the Subscriber Updates Type field is set to Full.

Default Community ID: Specifies the community identifier for all subscribers added to this remote machine. Type an integer from 1 through 15.

Voiced Names for Dynamic?: If the Subscriber Updates Type is set to dynamic, specify whether to include the subscriber's voiced name in the update. You cannot modify this field until a new remote machine is saved .Select yes to include the voiced name. Select no if you do not want to include the voiced name. The default for this field is yes.

Dynamic Sub Expiration Days: Type the number of days a dynamically-added subscriber can exist without performing any activity (without sending or receiving messages). This number must match the number of aging days administered on the remote machine. The default for this field is 90. The minimum for this field is 1. The maximum for this field is 999.

Use DNS?: Indicates whether DNS option is being used. Select yes to use DNS. Select no to not use DNS. It is strongly recommended that you use DNS. The default for this field is no.

If you select yes:

  • You must administer the DNS servers on the General Parameters page.
  • The primary DNS IP address specified on the General Parameters page is used to resolve the IP address for the remote machine.

If you retain the default of no:

  • Do not administer the DNS servers on the General Parameters page.
  • The outgoing MTA for this remote machine must be an IP address, unless you edit the /etc/hosts file to administer host names. If you do not specify an outgoing MTA, then the incoming domain name must be an IP address.

Port: Type the number of the port being used by the machine you are adding. The default for this field is 25, the standard SMTP port number, which will be used by most systems. If you want to use another port number, specify a number from 1000 to 65000. Some of the numbers within the range might be unusable.

Domain Name: Type the domain name of the email address that corresponds to this machine. This field can be a fully qualified domain name (such as system.location.company.com) or just a domain (such as company.com). Every email address with a domain that matches the one you define in this field is considered a subscriber of this machine. The domain name you enter in this field must match the entry in the LDAP Server field on this page.

Outgoing MTA: Type the IP address or domain name of the mail transfer agent, the software component that exchanges mail with other systems. If you specify an outgoing MTA, every message whose destination is a subscriber of this SMTP/MIME machine is routed through this MTA. This field is optional.

Preferred Encoding Type: Select the encoding type in which voice messages are transcoded when coming from a non-SMTP end node. Select GSM 6.10, GSM 7.11 u-law, or GSM 7.11 A-law.

Updates In: Specify whether incoming LDAP updates are allowed for this remote machine. Select Yes to allow incoming updates or No to prevent incoming LDAP updates.

Updates Out: Specify whether outgoing LDAP updates are allowed for this remote machine. Select Yes to allow outgoing updates or No to prevent outgoing LDAP updates.

LDAP server: Type the name of the LDAP server to be used for directory updates. If you are using the Modular Messaging server as the LDAP server, which is the most common configuration, the name you enter in this field must match the entry in the Domain Name field on this page. It is possible for systems to configure a separate LDAP server. In this case, you must specify the name of the server being used for LDAP.

LDAP Password: Type the LDAP Password of the remote Modular Messaging machine that you are administering. If you do not have this password, contact the administrator of the remote Modular Messaging system. An LDAP Password is required for the local Message Networking system and the Modular Messaging remote machine to secure the connection when performing LDAP queries.

Note: The LDAP Password for the local Message Networking system is entered on the General Parameters page.

LDAP Port: Type the number of the port on the remote machine to which Message Networking connects for LDAP updates.

If you are modifying an existing machine, click Save to save your changes. If you are adding a new machine, click Next Step to save the remote machine and administer Dial Plan Mapping, or click Add this Machine if you do not want to administer Dial Plan Mapping at this time:

  • If you click Next Step, the Administer Dial Plan Mapping page displays.
  • If you click Add this Machine, a message displays that the parameters have been saved. Click OK

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