System Operations

Displaying the System Status

The System Status report tells you whether the system is running or stopped. To display the System Status report, follow these steps:

1.At the Configuration Management menu, move the cursor to System Control and press Enter .

The System Control menu appears.

2.At the System Control menu, move the cursor to Report Voice System Status and press Enter .

The Status of Voice System report appears. If the voice system is up, it will say:

Voice System is up and running at run level 4.

If the voice system is stopped, it will say:

Voice system is down and stopped with run level 2.

3. Press F6 (CANCEL) to return to the System Control menu.

Resetting the Voice System

You may need to reset the voice system to recover from certain errors. This procedure consists of stopping the voice system, and then starting it. To reset the voice system, perform the following steps:

1.At the Configuration Management menu, move the cursor to System Control and press Enter .

The System Control menu appears.

2.At the System Control menu, move the cursor to Stop Voice and press

Enter .

The Specify Wait Time form appears.

3.If the default of 180 seconds for graceful shutdown is unacceptable, enter a new number of seconds from 60 to 600.

4.Press F3 (SAVE).

The system will stop answering calls immediately, but will allow the specified amount of wait time for completion of calls already in progress. A number of messages will appear on the screen.

5.When prompted, press Enter to continue.

6.Press F6 (CANCEL) to return to the System Control menu.

7.At the System Control menu, move the cursor to Start Voice System and press Enter .

The voice system starts. A number of messages will appear on the screen. If there are any problems with the Fax Mail database, a

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