Bcm50 Management; Ease Of Installation - Nortel BCM50 System Overview

BCM50 Management

You can quickly and easily install, configure, and administer BCM50. These topics summarize the
BCM50 management areas:
• "Ease of installation" on page 11
• "Remote Management Accessibility" on page 12
• "On-Box and Device Manageability Features" on page 12
• "Set-Based Administration" on page
• "Element Manager" on page
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• "Network Configuration Manager (NCM)" on page

Ease of installation

BCM50 installation is simplified with innovative hardware and management tools.
The simple "rack and stack" nature of BCM50 physical installation, with the multipurpose
RJ-45-based connector strategy, gives you ease of installation. The dedicated RJ-45 port for
management access gives you easy access to the unit for on-site PC-based element management
tasks.
For BCM50 installations that require data networking, IP sets or VoIP trunking, BCM50 can
function as a DHCP client to a network DHCP server for automated IP address assignment.
BCM50 can also be a DHCP server to provide both IP phone sets and a directly connected Element
Manager PC with their IP configuration.
If you use Norstar set-based programming, you can install and program BCM50 telephony and
applications through set-based administration. Installers who familiarizing themselves with
set-based programming use the keypad of any telephone connected to the system to program the
system without requiring access to a PC.
All configuration programming can be done using the
Startup Profile
To accelerate the initial installation programming of system-level parameters, you can use the
Startup Profile to quickly bring the BCM50 to a basic operational state, ready to program, without
having to use Element Manager or set-based administration.
The Startup Profile is an easy-to-use template you can data-fill using Microsoft Excel.
The Startup Profile gives you a quick interface for defining parameters such as:
• system profile including country, telephony template and key voicemail attributes
• system IP parameters
• system-level telephony attributes to automatically create the system DNs
• keycode information through automated application of keycodes
• users and groups
13, for "no-PC" programming of most of the system
14, interface that supports all aspects of BCM50 element
"Element Manager" on page
16, for multi-element support
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