MultiVoice Gateway System Administration
System and Ethernet profile configurations
MultiVoice Gateway for the MAX— User’s Guide
Preliminary November 23, 1998
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Logging out the console port
The Auto Logout parameter specifies whether to log out and go back to default privileges upon
loss of DTR from the serial port. Idle Logout specifies the number of minutes an
administrative login can remain inactive before the MultiVoice Gateway logs out and hangs up.
Setting the call attempt time out
The Max Dailout Time parameter specifies the amount of time, in seconds, that a MultiVoice
Gateway waits for a destination Gateway to answer an outgoing call. If no connection is
established when time expires, the Gateway will drop the call attempt. This allows you to
reduce the number of failed call attempts, resulting from changing network conditions, by
adjusting the time interval a MultiVoice Gateway waits for an answer.
You may specify a time interval between
1
and
255
seconds. A
0
entry causes the MultiVoice
Gateway to use the default setting of 20 seconds. Changing the value for Max Dialout Time
requires a reboot of the MultiVoice Gateway.
Setting a high-bit-error alarm
High BER specifies the maximum bit-error rate for any PRI line. The bit-error rate consists of
the number of bit errors that occur per second. The number that comes after the double
asterisks specifies the power of 10 for the current ratio of error bits to total bits.
High BER Alarm specifies whether the back-panel alarm relay closes when the bit-error rate
exceeds the value specified by the High BER parameter.
Setting an alarm when no trunks are available
No Trunk Alarm specifies whether the back-panel alarm relay closes when all T1 PRI lines (or
trunks) go out of service.
Customizing the VT100 interface
The Edit and Status parameters customize the status windows in the vt100 interface so that
particular screens appear at start-up. (For details, see the MAX Reference Guide.)
Interacting with the syslog daemon to save ASCII log files
The Syslog Log Host and Facility parameters relate to the sending of log messages to
syslogd
running on a UNIX host. To maintain a permanent log of MultiVoice Gateway
system events and send Call Detail Reporting (CDR) reports to a host that can record and
process them, configure the MultiVoice Gateway to report events to a Syslog host on the local
IP network. The host running a
syslog
daemon is typically a UNIX host, but it can also be a
Windows system. If the log host is not on the same subnet as the MultiVoice Gateway, the
MultiVoice Gateway must have a route to that host, by means of either RIP or a static route.
The Log Facility parameter is used to flag messages from the MultiVoice Gateway. After you
set a Log Facility number, you need to configure the
syslog
daemon to write all messages
containing that facility number to a particular log file. (That file will be the MultiVoice