Element Manager - Nortel BCM50 System Overview

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Element Manager

Element Manager gives you access to BCM50 information in a new off-box management
architecture. Element Manager has a task-based interface for greater ease of use.
If you have used Business Communications Manager Unified Manager, you will find that
performing common BCM50 programming tasks is simpler, faster, and more information-rich on
Element Manager, which requires less clicking through the interface to get to tasks. You can get to
any programming screen in three mouse-clicks or less.
Programming data is organized in the Element Manager to quickly show all of the associations
between data in the form of tables. This eliminates having to look in multiple places to get a
system view of the programming.
Element Manager
Element Manager runs on a PC, and the information required to draw the screens is contained
locally within the client application. The only data transferred between Element Manager and the
BCM50 are queries and actual data. Element Manager has familiar Microsoft Office-like
capabilities, such as the ability to sort information.
All of the traditional BCM administration tools have been integrated into Element Manager,
including managing backups and software updates.
Element Manager has an element navigation panel for organizing a network of elements. You can
manage multiple elements at the same time. After you connect to an element, you can perform
configuration and administration tasks.