Configure the Telephone Directories

You manage the cluster directory numbers either

through SDS using Remote Directory Number (RDN) Synchronization, or
from Enterprise Manager using the OPS Manager application.

Note: You cannot use both methods together in the same network or cluster.

Using Remote Directory Number Synchronization

To use Remote Directory Number synchronization to maintain the telephone directories of the elements within the network or cluster:

Review the description and conditions for RDN Synchronization.
Migrate the network or cluster to support RDN Synchronization
Proceed to Review the Remote Directory Assignment forms

Using OPS Manager

Configure the Telephone Directory form of each cluster element with the remote cluster element directory numbers (the numbers of all devices that require portability) by using OPS Manager. For instructions on how to perform the following tasks, refer to the OPS Manager online help.

If this is a new site (where the telephone directories of the elements are empty) program all the portable devices of the cluster into the OPS Manager telephone directory editor form. Then add each cluster element to OPS Manager in the Network Element Editor window of the OPS Manager station.
or
If this is an existing site (where the telephone directories at each site are already set up) complete the OPS Manager station Network Element Editor window for each cluster element.

When completing the Element Name field, Primary Node ID field, and Cluster Element Index field, ensure that you use the same values that are programmed for the System Name, the PNI, and the CEID index in the programming forms of the element.

OPS Manager	Element
Element Name	System Name
Primary Node ID	Local Node Identifier
Cluster Element Index	CEID Index

Notes:
The System Name is assigned in the System Options Assignment form of the elements.
If there is no PNI assigned to the cluster, leave the Primary Node ID field blank.

Create a Portable Directory Number Group (PDG) in OPS Manager for the cluster.
Add the cluster elements to the PDN group.
In the distribution listing for each element, change the element name to the PDG name.
If you are implementing Resiliency within the cluster, enter the MAC editor work form in OPS Manager and assign a secondary controller to each device that you want to make resilient.
If this is a new site, perform a Full Propagate to distribute the directory numbers to all elements in the cluster.
OR
If this is an existing site, perform a Changes Propagate to distribute the changes (delta) to all elements in the cluster.
Proceed to Review the Remote Directory Assignment forms.