The System menu provides system information about the PowerMedia XMS you have logged into.
The following pages are accessible via tabs that provide additional options:
Mode (visible only to superadmin)
When you log in, the General page of the System menu is displayed. On this page, PowerMedia XMS operation can be verified.
The following information is provided:
Item |
Description |
XMS |
Displays release name, mode, and state of the PowerMedia XMS. |
System |
Displays the operating system release and version, and provides the uptime, CPU load, memory, and disk space used. It also displays the MAC address used for licensing. |
System Time |
Displays the current time and time zone. |
The option to stop or start services is available from the Services page of the System menu. You can also view which services are currently running.
To stop services, click Stop. The Overall Status will change from running to waiting to stop services. Services are stopped when the column changes to stopped and the Stop button changes to Start.
To start services, click Start.
The Mode page of the System menu displays the operation mode of the PowerMedia XMS, which defaults to MSML mode.
There are two operational modes:
MSML (Media Server Markup Language for PowerMedia XMS) is used for application control.
Native mode means that application control is desired via a RESTful (Representational State Transfer) application.
Note: The Mode page is present only when logged in as superadmin.
To switch between modes:
Select the Mode page.
Click the desired radio button, Native or MSML.
Click Apply. The following popup appears:
Click OK to continue or Cancel to return to the Mode page.
Note: Once OK is clicked, PowerMedia XMS will stop and restart automatically.
The Time page of the System menu displays the System’s current date and time, time zone, and allows an administrator to change date and time parameters.
The following information is provided:
Item |
Description |
Synchronize date and time over with the network |
Keep the system’s date and time synced using Network Time Protocol (NTP). Otherwise, allow the date/time to be manually set. |
Server Address |
Name or IP address of NTP server. |
iburst |
When the server is unreachable and at each poll interval, send a burst of eight packets instead of the usual one. This is designed to speed the initial synchronization acquisition. |
MAX Poll |
Maximum poll interval for NTP messages, in seconds, to the power of two. |
MIN Poll |
Minimum poll interval for NTP messages, in seconds, to the power of two. |
System clock uses UTC |
Keep the system’s hardware clock in UTC/GMT or local time. |
If the Synchronize date and time over with the network option is not selected, the date and time may be set manually to the desired value. Otherwise, it provides the option to add or delete NTP servers. NTP servers may be added, deleted, or edited. To edit the NTP servers, double-click on the cell to make changes.
The system’s Time Zone may be changed using the drop-down menu, and the system’s hardware clock mode (UTC/GMT or local time) may be selected.
Note: System services must be stopped before any changes made on this screen are applied.
The Backup/Restore page of the System menu provides the option to perform system backup or restore configurations.
Perform the following steps to create a system backup:
Click System Backup to create a system backup file.
Once created, the system backup file will be listed in the System Backup Files section.
Perform the following steps to restore a system backup:
Click Browse from the Upload System Restore File section to access a system backup file that has been downloaded.
Once you select the system back file, click Upload. After the upload completes, the system backup file will be listed in the System Backup Files section.
Locate the appropriate system back file and click Restore.
Note: If there is already a system backup file listed in the System Backup Files section, you can click Restore on the appropriate system backup file.
The Upgrade page of the System menu provides the option to upgrade the system by uploading a system upgrade package.
Perform the following steps to upgrade the system:
Click Browse from the Upload System Upgrade Package section to access a system upgrade package file that has been downloaded.
Once you select the system upgrade package file, click Upload. After the upload completes, the system upgrade package file will be listed in the System Upgrade Package section.
Locate the appropriate system upgrade package file and click Upgrade.
Note: If there is already a system upgrade package file listed in the System Upgrade Package section, you can click Upgrade on the appropriate system upgrade package file.
The NFS Mount Points page of the System menu allows Network File System (NFS) version 4 file systems, offered by external servers, to be mounted on PowerMedia XMS. Resources used by PowerMedia XMS, such as media files or VXML scripts, may be kept on an external file server, but may be needed by for handling calls. NFS mount will allow for this.
The NFS server must be correctly configured to allow mounting of its file system on the PowerMedia XMS NFS client. This is outside the scope of this document.
Multiple mounts may be defined. Each is individually added, and will then be displayed in the NFS Mount Points List section.
Enter the Server Share Location. Typically, this will consist of the IP address of the server, followed by a colon, followed by a location in the exported file system. For example, if the NFS server exports /var/lib/media/en-US, the Server Share Location 192.168.1.100:/ will mount the contents of the en-US directory at the given Mount Point.
Change the default Mount Options ("defaults") if desired. See the MOUNT OPTIONS section of the nfs (5) man page for other possible settings.
Enter the Mount Point. This will be a directory in the PowerMedia XMS file system. A typical example would be /mnt. The Mount Point must already exist in the PowerMedia XMS file system or the mount operation will time out. It may be necessary to manually add mount points by logging into PowerMedia XMS using ssh.
Click Add to execute the mount operation. The mounted file system is activated.
Mounted file systems are deleted by checking off the file system row in the NFS Mount Points List section and clicking Delete. The file system will be unmounted and the row will be deleted from the list.
The Maintenance page of the System menu page provides the option to reboot or shut down the PowerMedia XMS.
To reboot, click the Reboot radio button, and then click Apply.
To shut down, click the Shutdown radio button, and then click Apply.
Note: Once you click Apply, the reboot or shut down action occurs immediately and all current calls are lost.
The Account Manager page of the System menu provides options to manage accounts.
The PowerMedia XMS supports two access levels:
Superadmin – able to change the configuration of the PowerMedia XMS and execute administrative tasks.
Admin – able to monitor the PowerMedia XMS, but cannot change configurations or execute administrative tasks.
Commands that are only available to administrators are noted as such. All other commands are usable by both operators and administrators.
Follow the instructions below to create a new user and then log in using the new accounts username and password. Up to 20 new user accounts can be created.
The account being created will have configure and provisioning permissions but will not have administrative permissions.
Click New. The New Account Editor dialog box will appear.
Enter a Username and Password in the corresponding Username and Password fields. The account being set up is a user account and not an administrative account.
Click Commit and the object and the new user will get created under the admin icon in the configuration tree.
Once the account has been created, log on to the newly created account.
Log off by clicking on logout in the upper right-hand corner of the page.