Meridian America Link/Customer Controlled Routing - Manual (Page 22)

4 Chapter 1: Meridian Link/CCR co-residency
553-3202-210 Standard October 1998
Keycode
IPE or Application Module software may or may not be pre-loaded:
¥ If the module is shipped to the United States, Europe, or Japan, the
software is likely to be already loaded.
¥ If the module is shipped to a Caribbean or Latin American location, to
Canada, or to the Asia Pacific region, the software may not be loaded.
If the software is preinstalled, a special keycode activates only the ordered
application or applications during installation. When the module is installed
at your site, you must enter a keycode to activate the correct application or
applications before you can configure the new module. You also need a
keycode anytime you upgrade to a new software release.
A keycode consists of 20 alphanumeric characters divided into five groups
of four characters each. This keycode is obtained from Northern Telecom
and defines the features and hardware configuration purchased by the
customer. A keycode label is attached to your application tape, and a label
is provided as a loose item. If you require new features or capacities, you
must obtain a new keycode.
In each system operation, the software prompts the operator for the
appropriate group of alphanumeric characters within the keycode necessary
to perform that operation. Keycodes are matched to serial numbers, and
only one keycode is necessary to perform multiple system operations. The
system software compares the parameters that the keycode defines with the
new configuration and the serial number during a system operation. If an
exact match is not found, the keycode will not work and will be rejected.
If the keycode is rejected, you may reenter the keycode (if it was entered
incorrectly) or reboot the system into service, because the system has not
been altered during the attempt to use the rejected keycode. However, if a
keycode is rejected during conversion, you must either complete the
operation or restore the old operating system. For more information, refer to
Chapter 14, ÒSoftware installation, upgrade, and update procedures.У