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Introduction
AXXESS® ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE – January 2004
Introduction
INTRODUCTION
This Administrator’s Guide provides all of the information an administrator should need to
know about the system hardware and features, and it gives detailed instructions on their use.
Refer to the user guide provided with each phone for simplified instructions on using telephone
and voice mail system features.
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
The Inter-Tel Axxess Telephone system is a state-of-the-art, digital, voice/data, hybrid tele-
phone system. As a hybrid system, it incorporates many of the user-friendly features of key
systems with many of the expanded features and flexibility of private branch exchange (PBX)
systems.
The system is designed to meet the needs of growing businesses. In fact, the system’s unique
digital signal processing (DSP) structure allows it to be easily adapted and expanded as busi-
ness communication needs change, especially with the Caller ID, Automatic Number Identifi-
cation (ANI), Dialed Number Identification Service (DNIS), and Integrated Services Digital
Network (ISDN) features. The modular design makes the system easy to install and service.
And, the programmable features provide an abundance of user-friendly applications to meet
each customer’s needs. Highlights of the system’s design include:
•Advanced microprocessor technology.
•Modular, easily replaceable hardware with add-on capabilities for optional features.
•Flexible programming to customize many system and station features.

NETWORKING

With system software versions 5.0 and later, you can connect two or more phone systems to
form a network that provides a seamless interface between the systems. To the user, the net-
work appears as though it is one integrated system. With few exceptions, the user can perform
all of the functions across the network that he can within a single phone system.
In this manual, all references to a “network” mean two or more connected systems. Each sys-
tem in a network is called a “node.”
The maximum capacities for networking are listed in the following table.
* The maximum number of stations and trunks that can be installed is limited by the number of
voice channels and/or system memory resources available.
FEATURE/DEVICES CAPACITY
System Nodes per network 63
Local devices per node 1792*
Off-node devices per node 8000
Devices per network 40,000