Page 20 of 162 Communicating with the system553-3041-500 Standard 1.00 September 2004Element ManagerElement Manager is a simple and user-friendly web-based interface thatsupports a broad range of system management tasks, including:• configuration and maintenance of IP Peer and IP telephony features• configuration and maintenance of traditional routes and trunks• configuration and maintenance of numbering plans• configuration of Call Server data blocks (such as configuration data,customer data, Common Equipment data, D-channels)• maintenance commands, system status inquiries, backup and restorefunctions• software download, patch download, patch activationElement Manager has many features to help administrators manage systemswith greater efficiency. Examples are as follows:• Web pages provide a single point-of-access to parameters that weretraditionally available through multiple overlays.• Parameters are presented in logical groups to increase ease-of-use andspeed-of-access.• The "hide or show information" option enables administrators to seeinformation that relates directly to the task at hand.• Full-text descriptions of parameters and acronyms help administratorsreduce configuration errors.• Configuration screens offer pre-selected defaults, drop-down lists,checkboxes, and range values to simplify response selection.The Element Manager web server resides on the Signaling Server and can beaccessed directly through a web browser or Optivity Telephony Manager(OTM). The OTM navigator includes integrated links to each network systemand their respective instances of Element Manager.For more information on Element Manager, refer to System Management(553-3001-300) and Signaling Server: Installation and Configuration(553-3001-212).
