Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 7.0 System Manager's Quick Reference page 19

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System R7.0
System Manager's Quick Reference 555-670-119
Getting Started
System Overview
Modes of Operation — Continued
Recommended
Use
Comments
Key Mode
Smaller systems
(fewer than 50
extensions)
It is recommended
that users who
need to access
individual lines
have multiline
telephones.
Line assignments
can be customized
by telephone or
groups of
telephones. For
example, you can
assign tie trunks
only to the
telephones where
they are needed.
Hybrid/PBX Mode
Medium to larger
systems (more
than 50
extensions)
Provides the most
efficient use of
outside trunks. The
Automatic Route
Selection (ARS)
feature can be
programmed for
the cost-effective
use of pools and
the greatest
protection against
toll fraud.
Provides greater
functionality for
single-line phones
than other modes.
Fewer line buttons
required for
multiline telephone
users.
Issue 1
April 1999
Behind Switch
Mode
For users who are
part of a large
organization—for
example, a
department within a
company or
companies that
subscribes to
Centrex services for
most features.
Users can have
access to most
features of both the
local system and
the host system.
Single-line phones
can be used.
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