112 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING SYSTEM HARDWARE COMPONENTSUsingAuto 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.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” on page 72.Table 24 summarizes Auto Discover actions for NBX system components.Table 24 Auto Discover Actions on NBX System ComponentsComponent Auto Discover ActionNBX Analog Line Card andV3000 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.TelephonesAnalog Terminal CardsAnalog Terminal AdaptersV3000 ATA portGathers configuration information from the telephone, assigns a default User Profilelabeled “new user,” assigns the next lowest available extension number to theprofile, and enters the information into the configuration database.Auto Discover Telephones finds both Analog Terminal Cards and Analog TerminalAdapters.By default, the Auto Discover process assigns extension number 1000 (4-digit DialPlan) or 100 (3-digit Dial Plan) as the first telephone extension. You can use the NBXNetSet utility to specify a new extension starting number. To simplify Auto Attendantconfiguration, you should start a range at a base number, for example, 1000/100,2000/200, 3000/300, or 4000/400. The default Auto Attendant assumes thatextension 1000 (4-digit dial plan) or 100 (3-digit dial plan) is the extension of ahuman attendant (receptionist).
