Restart Options; Importing And Exporting Configuration Information - Dialogic DMG1000 User Manual

Configuring the Media Gateway
4. Select the appropriate configuration Web page from the Configure menu. For example, to
define the PCM Coding as aLaw, select the System Web page from the menu.
When the System Web page appears, select aLaw from the drop down box as the PCM
Coding parameter value.
5. Click on the Apply Changes button to save the new configuration in the database, or click on
the Reset button to return the parameter to the previous value.
Note: If the parameter whose value you are changing requires a restart for the change to
6. If a restart is required, click on Restart on the System screen or select Restart from the
Configuration menu.
7. When the Restart Web page appears, click on Restart Unit Now or Restart Unit When Idle
to restart the Media Gateway. (See
8. Once the system completes its initialization (after approximately one minute), select Refresh
from the Web Browser View Menu.
9. You must now log on to the system again. After logging on, the Summary screen will appear.
You may now select any item from the Status or Configure menu.
2.5

Restart Options

Selecting Restart from a configuration screen or selecting Restart from the Configure menu brings
up the Restart Web page which allows you to restart the Media Gateway. Restarting the unit is
required when certain parameter values are changed. You have two options to choose from when
restating the unit:
• Restart Unit Now - Clicking this button will cause the unit to restart immediately.
• Restart Unit When Idle - Clicking this button will delay the unit from restarting until the unit
is considered in the idle state. In the idle state, there are no calls (incoming, outgoing, or
connected) on any of the PBX ports of the Media Gateway. By selecting this option, you will
schedule a restart time that minimizes the effect the restart will have on call traffic through the
unit.
2.6

Importing and Exporting Configuration Information

The Import/Export Web page allows you to import or export Media Gateway configuration
information to a *.ini file on the host machine connected to the Media Gateway via the Web
interface.
Scenarios where importing or exporting the configuration information may be useful include:
Backup configuration - It is recommended that, after configuring the Media Gateway, you
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backup the configuration information by exporting it to a *.ini file. If at some time in the future
the configuration has been changed and now you wish to return to the previous configuration,
you can import the previous configuration data back to the Media Gateway.
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take effect, you will be prompted by a flashing Restart Required blue box in the
upper left-hand corner of the screen.
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Dialogic 1000 and 2000 Media Gateway Series User's Guide — September 2007
Section 2.5, "Restart Options", on page 38).
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