Mitel 5000 System Networks and Nodes, Multicultural English References

Mitel® 5000 Enterprise® Messaging and Basic Voice Mail Administrator Guide – Issue 3.1, December 2008 Page 3

Refer to the following references for additional information.

The administrator mailbox functions as both a standard system endpoint and an administrator

mailbox. However, because this guide describes features that are programmed from the

administrator mailbox only, refer to the appropriate voice mail user guides for detailed feature

descriptions and end-user instructions.

This guide provides instructions for Mitel 5000 Network Communications Solutions v3.1

software. You may find that some features referenced in this guide do not apply to your system.

For more information, refer to the hardware or software manuals for your product or software

version. Contact your local authorized Mitel provider (the company that installed your phone

system and now services it) for more information. If you do not have the contact information for

your local provider, use the “Strategic Partners & Resellers – Mitel Partner Locator” link at the

top of the Mitel Web site (www.mitel.com) to locate a nearby office.

System Networks and Nodes

Two or more Mitel 5000 systems can be connected to form a network, providing a seamless

interface between the systems. For example, a Mitel 5000 system in Phoenix, Arizona can be

connected to another Mitel 5000 system in Tampa, Florida. System users can place calls across

the network to other extensions as if they were in the same building. However, each system can

have its own time settings, call configurations, System Speed-Dial contacts, and so on.

In this guide, all references to a network mean two or more connected systems. Each system in

a network is called a node.

Multicultural English References

This guide is intended for audiences in the United States (U.S.) and in the Mitel European

market, which includes the United Kingdom (U.K.). Because of this dual support, dual

references are made to industry features, standards, and jargon, as appropriate throughout the

document. For the purposes of this administrator guide, British English terms are assumed to

apply to other English-speaking European cultures, as well.

For example, the U.S. telecom industry refers to an audio communication line between a public

switching system and a private switching system as a “central office (CO) trunk.” In the U.K.,

this same type of line is called a “local exchange trunk.”

This guide does not make a distinction between American English and British English spellings

of common words. Only American English spellings appear in this manual. For example, the

word “analog” is not spelled as “analogue.”