Meridian America Link/Customer Controlled Routing manual Keycode

4Chapter 1: Meridian Link/CCR co-residency

Keycode

IPE or Application Module software may or may not be pre-loaded:

¥If the module is shipped to the United States, Europe, or Japan, the software is likely to be already loaded.

¥If the module is shipped to a Caribbean or Latin American location, to Canada, or to the Asia Pacific region, the software may not be loaded.

If the software is preinstalled, a special keycode activates only the ordered application or applications during installation. When the module is installed at your site, you must enter a keycode to activate the correct application or applications before you can configure the new module. You also need a keycode anytime you upgrade to a new software release.

A keycode consists of 20 alphanumeric characters divided into five groups of four characters each. This keycode is obtained from Northern Telecom and defines the features and hardware configuration purchased by the customer. A keycode label is attached to your application tape, and a label is provided as a loose item. If you require new features or capacities, you must obtain a new keycode.

In each system operation, the software prompts the operator for the appropriate group of alphanumeric characters within the keycode necessary to perform that operation. Keycodes are matched to serial numbers, and only one keycode is necessary to perform multiple system operations. The system software compares the parameters that the keycode defines with the new configuration and the serial number during a system operation. If an exact match is not found, the keycode will not work and will be rejected.

If the keycode is rejected, you may reenter the keycode (if it was entered incorrectly) or reboot the system into service, because the system has not been altered during the attempt to use the rejected keycode. However, if a keycode is rejected during conversion, you must either complete the operation or restore the old operating system. For more information, refer to Chapter 14, ÒSoftware installation, upgrade, and update procedures.Ó

553-3202-210 Standard October 1998