Business Group Number Block

The Business Group Number Block object is a child of the Business Group object. It defines a range of directory numbers (from within one of the NE's configured Number Ranges) used for Business Group Lines in this Business Group.

Object-Specific Actions
Import To import configuration information from a previously exported text file for this Business Group Number Block object, click on the 'Import' pushbutton. See MetaSwitch Class 5 Softswitch Operations Manual: Overview for more details of importing configuration information.

You cannot delete a Business Group Number Block if there are one or more Business Group Lines allocated to numbers within it (as indicated by the Number of assigned directory numbers field).


Parameter

Access

Description
Block size Create The number of Directory Numbers in this Business Group Number Block. Note that the number block must correspond to a continuous range of free numbers in one of the NE's configured Number Ranges, so you need to select a block size that will fit within an unused section of a Number Range.
First Directory number Create The first directory number in this Business Group Number Block. Click on the ellipsis symbol at the end of the field to select this number, as follows.
  • Select a Number Range from those configured for the NE.
  • Select a boundary (10, 50, 100, 500, or 1000) to determine how the starting number in the range should be allocated, or select None if any starting number is acceptable.
  • Select Manual or Automatic block selection.
If you select Automatic, the NE allocates a block of numbers that meets your requirements for block size and starting boundary. It also indicates the continuous range of unallocated numbers around this block, to help you determine how much the available numbers in the range will be fragmented by your selection. If necessary, you can go back and specify a different block size, number range and/or boundary. If you select Manual, the NE displays a list of all possible number blocks meeting your requirements that could be allocated, again showing the range of unallocated numbers around each one. Select an appropriate block from the list, or go back and specify a different block size, number range and/or boundary if necessary.
Last Directory number Read only The last directory number in the range.
Subscriber Group Change Inactive The Subscriber Group to which Business Group Lines in this Number Block belong. You can override this setting for each Business Group Line in the group if necessary. Select from the list of all configured Subscriber Groups.
Number of assigned directory numbers Read only Count of directory numbers in this Number Block to which Business Group Lines have been assigned.
Business Group Line Attention Required alarms Read only The total number of Business Group Line objects (and their child objects) associated with this object that are in Attention Required state.
Business Group Line Attention Required alarm events Read only / Reset The total number of times that the alarm state for a Business Group Line child object has gone to Attention Required.
Business Group Line Attend To Dependent alarms Read only The total number of Business Group Line objects (and their child objects) associated with this object that are in Attend To Dependent state.
Business Group Line Attend To Dependent alarm events Read only / Reset The total number of times that the alarm state for a Business Group Line child object has gone to Attend To Dependent.
Summary child alarm state Read only Summarizes the alarm status for all children of this object. Values:
  • Clear
    No alarms are currently raised.
  • Attention Required
    Attention Required - one or more child objects are not operating normally, and need operator intervention.
  • Attend To Dependent
    Attention Required elsewhere - another object on which one or more child objects depend is not operating normally.
Import - number of objects imported Read only The total number of objects (including child objects) read from the import file so far in the current or most recent import operation.
Import - status Read only The status of the current or most recent import operation, if any. Values:
  • None
  • In progress
  • Succeeded
  • Failed
Import - mode Change Whether the imported information is to replace existing EMS objects or to add new ones. This field provides additional checking on the import operation if required. Values:
  • Do not overwrite
    The imported information is to add new objects. If the file contains objects that already exist in the EMS, the import operation will fail and will not overwrite them.
  • Do not create
    The imported information is to update existing objects. If the file contains objects that do not already exist in the EMS, the import operation will fail and will not create them.
  • Overwrite or create
    No checking. The import operation will create or update objects as required.
Import - file Change The name of the text file (in the EMS User's home directory on the EMS Server) from which configuration information for this object will be imported. The maximum length of the filename is 32 characters.
Import - log correlator Read only If the import status is Failed, this field contains a correlator for the log message that contains details of the failure. Click on the 'go to log' button next to this field to jump to this message in the EMS log viewer window.
Import - correlator metaswitch Read only If the import status is Failed, this field contains the name of the EMS Server or MetaSwitch Network Element that generated the failure log. You may need this information to find the log in the EMS log viewer window.