Networking With Norstar - Nortel Modular ICS 6.0 Installer's Manual

Networking with Norstar

There are a number of ways you can network Norstar systems
together, or network Norstar systems with other Nortel
systems into private networks. What types of lines you use to
perform the networking will determine the type of services
that can be shared between systems.
Keep in mind, that each node (Norstar system) is considered
an external system by every other node within the network,
even though, to the users, it appears to be all one system. This
affects how you configure call transfer and call out features on
each system. On the home node, all features are configured as
local numbers. On all other nodes, all features are configured
with external numbers.
As well, each node must have a unique identifying code. What
this code will be, and how it is configured for the user, depends
on what type of trunks and dialing rules you choose to use.
This section describes various configurations of private
networks. The general settings that are required to set up the
home node for each system is provided to give you a sense of
what is required for each type of network.
The common goal is to provide the user with the sense that the
network is one large system that provides common access to
colleagues in other buildings, cities, or countries. In some
systems they may need to enter a destination code before the
local number to routes the call to the correct system. In other
systems, using a common dialing plan allows users to dial
colleagues at any location simply by entering the same number
of digits they would use to dial a colleague at the next desk.
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