Defintiy Unix Root Question?

[Lostwages]

I read that Definity Prologix and G3's run on Oryx Pecos, which is a flavor of Unix. I was wondering if it is possible to get shell access on a Definity switch? Is there a root account, or is that what the Init account is? I know when you log into Intuity as root, you get a shell, and I was wondering if that is possible with a Definity switch. Thanks,

-Todd

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[chongkf]

AVAYA TN429D CO/DIOD card doesn't shown the caller ID on the digital Phone? Any idea how to configure the trunk group type and other setting ?

 

[chongkf]

I have configure the AVAYA trunk group type CO, the card is TN429D CO/DIOD card. But it doesn't show the caller ID on thr digital phone. Any idea where to enable the caller ID?

 

[BIS]

chongkf

you really should start a new thread for this question, posting at the bottom of this one could tend to 'irritate' some people.

 

[tmgpbx]

This is my story and I'm sticking to it:

When I had my Tier 3/4 training with AT&T(before the breakup) the 75's and G1's were written in a variation of Unix since at the time AT&T owned the labs that produced it. When the 85/G2 was propsed, they wanted a stronger processor so they developed Oryx to run and work on the 85/G2's. when the G3 systems were introduced the Labs sort of combined the 2 and came up with a powerful but easy to work with variation.

I believe the move to LInux is based on that Avaya does not have the Labs and cannot re-write the Unix platform for what they went or need so they went open source.

 

[BuckWeet]

Also the fact that it doesn't make sense to the R&D on an OS when there is something already out there that is proven..

Just adapt the Linux system to what they need to do..

I think they've done this quite well, even in the first release..


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[orypecos]

Actually, AT&T sold the rights to Unix before the breakup. My theory of why they have gone to Linux is that they want to get out of the hardware business, or at least as much as possible and just make money like Microsoft, writing software. A good example of this with the new Intuity LX the boards are Dialogic, the Industry standard, instead of a board that they use to make in the factory in Denver, now sold to Celestica and closed.
Same way with the pbx, they have gone to a standard pc box to control the pbx instead of propriatary circuit packs.

 

[jaymzter]

Here's what going to Linux got them:

No more reliance on obsolete hardware (SPEs, tape devices)
Ability to scale the hardware with the feature set
Addition of more troubleshooting tools from the platform OS

Windows maybe meets the first requirement, but it's a toy OS when it comes to something you HAVE to depend on


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[BuckWeet]

orypecos:

I agree with you, it makes no sense to develop hardware that is already on the market, and hardware that is already proven reliabilty.. Just use whats out there.. then modify your software to operate with it..

Cheaper for AVAYA, and should be cheaper for us, lol..

 

[assistu]

I think everyone is missing this, or maybe no one has thought to mention it. AT&T/Lucent/Avaya have really put all their apples into OSSI. It worked with the G1, G2(not so well), G3, AND the new Linux based systems. This is how almost all of their software works (ASA, Provisions, BCMSVu, etc.). It may not be the architecture itself, but everything they have done up-to-date is heavily dependant upon it working the same way it always has. I've written software that can download and upload stations based on the code behind it all. It worked 5 years ago, it still works. Access is a little different, and the OS is a little different, but when it comes to WHERE the real information is, it's still the same. Check it out...

http://www.ssswg.org/public_documents/MSSRM/V5-pref.html

or look up IEEE and OSSI on Google and there is a whole bunch of information about it.