Managing Announcements
Managing VAL Announcements Using FTP
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Administrator’s Guide for Avaya Communication Manager
November 2003
When the FTP session on the circuit pack is enabled, the announcement and firmware files are
available to anyone who knows the VAL circuit pack’s IP address, the ftp-username, and the
ftp-password.
SECURITY ALERT:
!
Avaya recommends using a unique ftp-login and ftp-password for each FTP session.
Starting an FTP session
If you are unfamiliar with FTP client application software, contact your network administrator for
information about access to an FTP session.
The following points apply to FTP sessions into the VAL circuit pack:
•
In FTP sessions, filenames are case-sensitive and require the .wav” file extension.
•
Only one FTP session can be active at a time. If an FTP session is already active for a particular
VAL circuit pack, the system denies a second attempt to establish an FTP session from some other
remote host.
•
The VAL circuit pack has two user-accessible directories:
— /annc for playable announcements
— / (root) for temporary storage of embedded software updates. Use this directory only for
software updates.
•
FTP sessions time out after 10 minutes of inactivity.
Instructions
1
At the FTP client, type
ftp val-ip-address
and press
ENTER
. The IP address must match the
administered IP address (see
change node-names ip
).
2
At the username prompt, type romeo and press
ENTER
.
3
At the password prompt, type shakespeare and press
ENTER
.
The system responds with User logged in.
NOTE:
Once you are logged in you are in the announcements directory (/annc).
4
If you are moving files to or from the VAL circuit pack, you must set the system to binary mode.
At the FTP client, type bin and press
ENTER
.
The system responds with
Types
set to I, binary mode.
CAUTION:
If you do not transfer announcement files in binary mode, they can be corrupted and the
FTP session can fail.