System Configuration - Nortel SL-100 Product Manual

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can only access the menus of commands associated with that user's
particular function and can only use those terminals associated with that
user's user class.
System configuration
Although Meridian SL-100s in an enterprise's network can be managed
from MAPs collocated with each switch, organizations with multiple Meridian
SL-100s at distributed campuses can coordinate OAMP activities from a
central location. MAP pass through allows an administrator at a remote MAP
terminal to log on to one, or more, Meridian SL-100 switch simultaneously,
and be presented with the standard MAP CI interface for access to switch
capabilities in the same way as a directly-connected MAP terminal.
For the Meridian SL-100, terminal access is usually further enhanced by
using GUI applications as a front end to the MPA CI interface, making it
easier to use the capabilities of underlying menus. Once logged on, a
technician or administrator can use the MAP CI to communicate with the
Core.
Testing can also be initiated by a remote user. The special circuit cards used
in Meridian SL-100 line and trunk testing are installed in the ISM to provide a
common pool of test equipment. A given circuit is selected through the MAP
CI when required, and is connected to the line or trunk to be tested. When
the test is complete, the circuit is released and returned to the common pool.
For the Communication Server 2100, the equivalent of the MAP CI
capabilities are provided by GUIs. Access to equipment for testing trunks
and lines is not relevant to the Communication Server 2100 configuration,
because the Communication Server 2100 does not directly handle any
bearer channels. In a hybrid Communication Server 2100 configuration,
however, Meridian SL-100 test circuits can be connected to the packet
network bearer paths by means of loop around trunks.
Figure 72 "MAP interfaces and their use" (page 159)
interfaces and their use.
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Communication Server 2100
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