# Adding Network Elements

## Description

After planning your networks and clusters, you define the complete network by assigning a system name to the local node and then adding the non-clustered elements and the clustered elements to the Network Elements form.

NOTE: You can sort the form records in ascending order based on the field type by clicking on the field header. If you click the Data Refresh button, the form records will be displayed back in their original order.

## Programming

To assign a name to the local element

1. Go to the Network Elements form.

2. Select the LOCAL element. The element that you are currently logged into is the local element.

3. Click Change.

4. Enter a unique system name of up to 9 characters in length for the local element. See the Name field description in Network Elements for other rules on naming elements. The IP address of the local element is displayed in 4 octet format and the "Local" field will be set to True".

NOTES

- The system name must be identical to the name that is programmed in the System Name field of the New Node window of MiVoice Enterprise Manager.

- The IP Address of the local system is programmed in its System IP Properties form.

5. Ensure that the "IP Address or FQDN" field is programmed as an IP address. SDS is not supported when a FQDN is entered in this field.

6. Click Save. The local element name will be added to the Network Elements form. The Data Sharing field will display "---" to indicate that the field is not applicable to the local element.

To add the non-clustered and clustered remote elements

1. Go to the Network Elements form.

2. Click Add.

3. Enter a unique system name of up to 9 characters in length for the remote element. The name must match the system name that is programmed in the Network Elements form of the remote element.

   NOTE: If you are creating a cluster from newly installed systems, you can program the system names on the master element and distribute them to the cluster elements.

4. Select the type of element. SDS is only supported for 3300 ICP type elements. If you set the network element type to an element type other than SX-2000 or 3300 ICP, the Cluster Element ID, Clustered, and Primary Node ID fields will be disabled. These fields only apply to SX-2000 or 3300 ICP systems.

5. Enter the IP address of the remote element in 4 octet format. The Local node field of remote elements are set to FALSE. Only the system that you are logged into will have this field set to LOCAL.

   NOTE: If you need to change an existing remote system's IP address, you should modify the address through the System IP Configuration form at the remote 3300 system. Then manually update the system's IP address in this form.

6. Ensure that the "IP Address or FQDN" field is programmed as an IP address. SDS is not supported when a FQDN is entered in this field.

8. Click Save.

- The new element record is added to the Network Elements form.

- The Data Sharing field is set to NO. This field identifies the data sharing status for this element.

- The new element will be added to the same Network Group and same Administrative Group as the local element (the element that you are currently logged in to).

8. If your network will include a cluster, proceed to Defining the Cluster. If your network does not use clusters, proceed to Define Administrative Groups.