Administrator's Guide

Tenant Partitioning
Issue 5 October 2002 1871555-233-506
You administer Tenant Partitioning via the Tenant Partitioning screen; you need to
administer one screen for each tenant partition. Begin the initial administration of
the Tenant Partitioning feature by completing the tenant partitioning screen. Keep
in mind that you must specify an attendant group for each tenant that you define,
even if there are no consoles assigned to the attendant group. You must also assign
an attendant console to a tenant partition and you must assign a group number to
the Attendant Console screen.
Tenant Partitioning capabilities
Tenant Partitioning can provide the following services to tenants: telephone
equipment, building wiring, public and private network access, and attendant
services. In addition, the feature can provide a full range of Avaya MultiVantage
capabilities to even the smallest tenant office, including Call Coverage, Remote
Access, Night Service Routing, and others. Tenants can also purchase Avaya
MultiVantage adjuncts available on the switch, such as CMS activity reporting.
Tenant Partitioning provides advantages to both the telecommunications service
provider and individual tenants:
■ Shared resources offer enhanced services at lower cost to the tenant, with
increased profit for the service provider.
■ The tenant has the appearance of a dedicated Avaya MultiVantage without
the expense.
■ All tenants can have attendant services.
■ A trained, full-time system administrator can install, administer, and
maintain the switch.
With proper administration, tenant resources, including trunking facilities, and all
other switch endpoints can be protected from access by other tenants.
Partitioning tenants
The default for Tenant Partitioning is one universal tenant for the system. This
tenant, partition 1, is usually reserved for the service provider. By default it has
access to all facilities and any other tenant can access it.
The service provider creates additional partitions based on tenant requirements.
When deciding which tenant partitions to create, remember:
■ You can assign each switch endpoint to one and only one tenant partition.
And, you must pass each switch endpoint to a partition. For example, you
must assign each telephone, attendant console, trunk, and virtual endpoint,
such as an LDN or VDN, to a tenant partition.