Introduction

The Provisioning Client is the heart of the MCS 5100 administration and where administrators will spend the majority of their time. This is a Web-based GUI used off the IPCM Server within the MCS 5100. The client itself is used to administer rolls and privileges, manage users and devices, define and update service packages for domains, and provision voice-mail servers along with E911 for the system. It is also where all call routes to SIP devices, such as IP phones, gateways and network routing servers are provisioned.

In this chapter, we discuss the Provisioning Client and all the options necessary to configure the MCS 5100. We show how to add administrators and what they can do on the system. We also show how and where to add users, as well as options available to them via the package assigned by the administrator. You will learn how to give users different routes out of the MCS 5100 system for SIP gateways, network routing services, and more.

We also explore adding voice mail to your users and configuring IPCM clusters, as well as adding and subtracting users from a domain or subdomain, which is helpful to service providers. In the Provisioning Client, the administrator also has the ability to add a foreign domain to the system. In Table 4.1, we have put together a small table showing the steps needed for configuration of the Provisioning Client. In this chapter, we are not following this list, but rather starting at the top of the...