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The tasks described in this guide assume that you are using the Element Manager with full

administrative privileges. If you do not have full administrative privileges, you may see only a

subset of the tasks and panels described in this guide.

Table 1 BCM50 Administration Guide organization

Chapter Contents

Chapter 2, “Overview of BCM50
Administration
This chapter introduces management concepts and techniques.
Chapter 3, “BCM50 Management
Environment
This chapter contains information on the different tools available
to manage your BCM50. It also describes the Element Manager
application in detail.
Chapter 4, “BCM50 Security Policies
and Accounts and Privileges
This chapter describes Security Policies and Accounts and
Privileges, which allow you to establish system-wide security
policies and maintain system access security using Element
Manager.
Chapter 5, “Using the BCM50 Hardware
Inventory
This chapter describes how to use the Hardware Inventory, which
displays information about the BCM system, such as connected
expansion units, populated Media Bay Modules (MBMs) and
attached telephone devices.
Chapter 6, “Managing BCM50 with
SNMP
This chapter describes the management of the BCM50 using
SNMP. SNMP is a set of protocols for managing complex
networks. SNMP-compliant devices, called agents, store data
about themselves in Management Information Bases (MIBs) and
provide this data to SNMP requesters.
Chapter 7, “Using the BCM Fault
Management System
This chapter contains information about managing alarms
generated by the system and administering alarm settings.
Chapter 8, “Using the BCM50 Service
Management System
This chapter describes how to use Element Manager to view and
administer the services that run on the system.
Chapter 9, “Monitoring BCM50 Status
and Metrics
This chapter describes how to use Element Manager to view
detailed information about the performance of the system and of
system resources.
Chapter 10, “BCM50 Utilities This chapter contains information about the utilities that are part of
the Element Manager. Several utilities are provided to allow
partners and customers to monitor and analyze the system.
Chapter 11, “Backing Up and Restoring
BCM50 Data
This chapter provides information about how to back up and
restore data from the system.
Chapter 12, “Managing BCM50 Logs This chapter contains information about viewing and managing
log files generated by the BCM50.
Chapter 13, “Managing BCM50
Software Updates
This chapter contains information about managing software
updates.
Chapter 14, “Accounting Management This chapter describes the management of accounting records in
the BCM50. Account management uses the Call Detail Recording
(CDR) application to record call activity. Each time a telephone
call is made to or from a BCM, detailed information about the call
can be captured in a CDR file.
Appendix A, “Management Information
Bases
This appendix contains information about how to install and use
Management Information Bases (MIBs) if you use SNMP to
manage your system.