I have a Option 81C switch with 2000 TN's. We also have OTM which I just found out that its licensed for only 1450 TN's. This switch and OTM was purchased and installed by SBC. My question is, should the OTM license match the amount of TN's that was purchased for the switch?
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Consider the fact that some of your TN licenses will be consumed by trunking, rans, music, etc. Those won't be part of OTM station admin and so no need to pay for that. You do need sufficient licenses to cover anything configured as a phoneset (real or virtual), both existing and potential. On smaller PBXs, it is common to order the same number of OTM licenses as PBX TN licenses. But on a system with 2000 TNs, that would be pretty expensive.
It is more common that not enough RU's are ordered. (RU stands for Reporting units and is the basis for licensing the Billing applications in OTM. A reporting unit represents a single entity in the OTM Corporate databases to which costs/usage can be assigned and reported on through the Billing applications. An entity can be either an employee, an external party, or a role or project in the Employee, External Parties, or Roles/Projects databases respectively.) How many of those do you have?
It is more common that not enough RU's are ordered. (RU stands for Reporting units and is the basis for licensing the Billing applications in OTM. A reporting unit represents a single entity in the OTM Corporate databases to which costs/usage can be assigned and reported on through the Billing applications. An entity can be either an employee, an external party, or a role or project in the Employee, External Parties, or Roles/Projects databases respectively.) How many of those do you have?
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if you go into LD 22 and type SLT you will get a list of all the used/available/total licences in the switch.
When you count the total of the analogue and digital sets that's the amount of licences you will need in OTM to cover your switch.
PS: If you do not use CPND/Employee stuff you do not need to worry about the licences since there linked via CPND and the Employee stuff.
In our lab I programmed more than 300 sets, imported them in OTM and everything worked just fine with only 50 OTM set licences. But I didn't use the CPND...
Marc D.
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if you go into LD 22 and type SLT you will get a list of all the used/available/total licences in the switch.
When you count the total of the analogue and digital sets that's the amount of licences you will need in OTM to cover your switch.
PS: If you do not use CPND/Employee stuff you do not need to worry about the licences since there linked via CPND and the Employee stuff.
In our lab I programmed more than 300 sets, imported them in OTM and everything worked just fine with only 50 OTM set licences. But I didn't use the CPND...
Marc D.
If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed... Oh wait, he does...
Thank you, one234, I have some what of the same issue we have an option 11e, but do not want to upgrade to option 11c
succession because of the cost, it is outrageouse.All we need is a remote expansion cabinet on another site added to the pbx we have. We currently have 400 licences on our switch and have used 300 of them . Does this licence issue apply to voice mail aswell,(meridian mail). Need to find out if option 11e can have a remote expansion cabinet via T1 or what ever will work with option 11e.Please advise
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succession because of the cost, it is outrageouse.All we need is a remote expansion cabinet on another site added to the pbx we have. We currently have 400 licences on our switch and have used 300 of them . Does this licence issue apply to voice mail aswell,(meridian mail). Need to find out if option 11e can have a remote expansion cabinet via T1 or what ever will work with option 11e.Please advise
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First of all I'm not sure if all the options of OTM work with an 11e. I.e. the list manager. If your overlays load fast it probably will. And you must connect OTM via serial because the 11e doesn't support ethernet. So you can only use the station admin/CPND/List manager and traffic. All other functions only work with ethernet.
The only mail part that is supported by OTM are the mail ports in the switch, it handles them as a digital set (It has a terminal to access mail, but you still need to do the admin old style). So you will need extra licences to include the mail ports (Unless you didn't give them a name (CPND))
11e is just too old to support, so it's not so weird that you need to upgrade to 11c. We don't support 11e's and if a cust. wants us to support it he/she/it must upgrade.
If I remember correct (Been a while since I last worked with one) the 11e doesn't support a remote cabinet. It supports a second cabinet, but only via a short copper connection.
Marc D.
If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed... Oh wait, he does...
The only mail part that is supported by OTM are the mail ports in the switch, it handles them as a digital set (It has a terminal to access mail, but you still need to do the admin old style). So you will need extra licences to include the mail ports (Unless you didn't give them a name (CPND))
11e is just too old to support, so it's not so weird that you need to upgrade to 11c. We don't support 11e's and if a cust. wants us to support it he/she/it must upgrade.
If I remember correct (Been a while since I last worked with one) the 11e doesn't support a remote cabinet. It supports a second cabinet, but only via a short copper connection.
Marc D.
If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed... Oh wait, he does...
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