Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 6.0 System Programming And Maintenance Manual page 52

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Programming and Maintenance (SPM) 555-660-140
System Programming and Maintenance
Using SPM
The Boards option is also available in surrogate mode. In surrogate mode, you
can assign trunk and extension modules (boards) to slots, even though the
boards have not actually been installed. This type of board is referred to as a
"phantom" or "null" board.
You cannot use the Boards option to change an actual board type. All boards
assigned with the Boards option, including phantom boards, are cleared
(unassigned) if you perform a board renumber (
NOTE:
You must assign phantom boards to higher slot numbers than those you
assign to any real boards. If you assign a phantom board to a lower slot
number than a real board, the control unit does not recognize the real
board(s) that follow the phantom board.
NOTE:
If you remove a board but do not replace it, and then perform a board
renumber, the control unit will not recognize any boards that follow the
empty slot. You must reseat all of the boards to fill the empty slot before
you perform the board renumber.
The Inspect function (
slots on the control unit. Note that both phantom boards and real boards
display if you use the Inspect function. To see only real board assignments, you
must print the System Information report:
More
Table 5 shows the type of boards that you can select.
) lets you see which modules have been assigned to
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