Using Auto Discover for Initial System Configuration 111UsingAuto Discover forInitial SystemConfigurationUsing the Auto Discover feature simplifies initial system configuration byadding information about new devices to the configuration database.“Devices” include telephones, Analog Line Card ports, Digital Line Cardchannels, Analog Terminal Adapter ports, 3Com Attendant Consoles, and“virtual devices” such as the pcXset Soft Telephone.CAUTION: 3C10165D E1 Digital Line Cards and 3C10116D T1 DigitalLine Cards can have their flash memory corrupted if you remove powerfrom the cards or remove the cards from the NBX chassis while they arereceiving their download after a system upgrade.Before you use the Auto Discover process to configure telephones andattendant consoles, you should review the procedures in “Telephones andAttendant Consoles” in Chapter 3.After a device has been discovered, the Auto Discover process does notfind that device again. To remove a device from the system database, youmust use the NBX NetSet utility to manually remove the device and itsdatabase record. Deleting a user does not delete the device associatedwith that user.Licensed devices will not be discovered until after you have entered theappropriate Group License to the system. For more information on GroupLicensing, see “Device Licenses Details” on page 75.Table 24 summarizes Auto Discover actions for NBX system components.Error while Loading One or more of the files associated with a component aremissing. This situation should never occur.Table 23 NBX NetSet Regional Software Tab – Status ValuesStatus DescriptionTable 24 Auto Discover Actions on NBX System ComponentsComponent Auto Discover ActionNBX Analog Line Card andNCP analog line portsGathers configuration information from each port on the card, assigns a defaultextension, and enters the information into the configuration database.NBX Digital Line Card Gathers configuration information from the card, assigns a default extension, andenters the information into the configuration database.After you Auto Discover the Digital Line Card, you may need to edit the Dial Plan toconfigure Direct Inward Dial (DID) numbers.
