Workforce Optimization Suite

Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 Interface

Guide

Release 7.6
October 2005
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Table of Contents

Preface
Master the Complexities of Forecasting and Scheduling 5
Select Functionality that Meets Your Needs 6
Receive Guidance from World-Class Consultants 10
About This Guide 10
In This Section 11
Comments? 11
If You Need Help 12
Technical Support 13
Before You Contact Technical Support 13
Contacting Technical Support 14
Related Documents 14
Conventions 15
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Related Documents 18
Prerequisites 19
System Requirements 19
What You Need To Know Before Using the Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3
Interface 19
Where to Install Intel NetMerge 19
Preinstallation Checklist for Avaya Definity G3 20
Technical Notes for Avaya Definity G3 21
Switch Configuration 22
MAP-D Local Host Table 23
Installing the Intel NetMerge Software 24
Hardware License Key 24
Installation Task List 25
Selecting the System 25
Installing the License Key 25
Installing Intel NetMerge 26
Configuring the Interface 26
Task list 27

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 Configuring the Interface 27
Technical Notes 29
NetMerge Version Support 29
Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) Version 29
NetMerge Server Keep-Alive Timer Settings 29

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Preface

Welcome to the Witness Workforce Management Solution.

Witness Systems Workforce Management combines proven
Workforce Management functionality with insightful performance
management and actionable learning capabilities. Comprised of an
easy to use set of software and services, it simplifies the complex
task of forecasting and scheduling, enabling your contact center to
capitalize on the unique skills and proficiencies of each agent. As a
result, you can reduce costs by staffing appropriately to meet your
workload, drive business growth, and improve employee
effectiveness and retention.
With Witness Systems Workforce Optimization you can:
„ Create optimal schedules easily to reduce costs, while reflecting
each agent's unique skills, proficiencies and preferences
„ Increase forecasting accuracy by factoring in a variety of
methods and historical patterns
„ Heighten employee satisfaction, with online shift swapping,
optimal shift bidding, time-off requests, and more
„ Monitor adherence, intra-day trends, and other key contact
center metrics in real time
„ Schedule and manage single, multiple, and virtual contact center
sites across time zones

Master the Complexities of Forecasting and

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Scheduling
In today's contact center, customer call volumes are moving
targets. And when you factor in multiple sites, expanded media
options, agent proficiencies and preferences, and customer
expectations, the task of forecasting and scheduling becomes
difficult to manage without sophisticated analysis.
That's why Witness Systems offers Workforce Management, a
proven, easy-to-use set of software and services that simplifies the
complex task of forecasting and scheduling while enabling contact
centers to capitalize on the unique skills and proficiencies of every
agent. With Witness Systems’ Workforce Management, you can
reduce costs by staffing appropriately to meet your workload, drive
business growth, and improve employee effectiveness and
turnover.
Workforce Management is part of a portfolio of solutions from
Witness Systems. Long recognized for our browser-based,
multimedia quality monitoring, customer interaction recording
and compliance functionality, Witness Systems now includes the
proven Workforce Management solutions of Blue Pumpkin, a
Witness Systems Company. Thousands of users around the world
rely on our solutions each day to help them optimize their
performance and capture customer intelligence.

Select Functionality that Meets Your Needs

To meet the needs of a broad spectrum of contact centers,
Workforce Management is available in packages that deliver
different levels of functionality. Whether you're an international
organization, a small- to medium-sized business, or something in
between, Witness Systems has foundation-level and strategic
offerings that can help you receive extended business value.
Depending on your business needs today and in the future, you can
invest in the full Operational Series Workforce Management
Package, which is comprised of functionality designed to optimize
agent performance, reduce risk, and automate quality assurance.
Our Advanced Series Workforce Management Package builds on
Operational Series functionality and focuses on optimizing contact
center performance through such business drivers as first call

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resolution, up-selling, cross-selling, and contact center customer
satisfaction. Although the specific features of the Operational and
Advanced packages differ, they include some or all of the following:
„ Forecasting and Scheduling—Accurate forecasting is the
critical first step in managing your workforce. Witness Systems’
Workforce Management integrates with your ACD and uploads
historical data directly from your ACD's database. Since call
volumes vary depending on marketing campaigns, seasons,
holidays, and other events, Operational Workforce Management
allows you to select, combine, and alter historical data to predict
future call volume and handle time. You can also set up profiles
to model call volume behavior for different events and
circumstances.
Unlike other forecasting and scheduling applications, Workforce
Management's patented skills-based engine incorporates the
unique skills and proficiency levels of each agent. It produces
optimal schedules down to the quarter hour by balancing the
defined shift rules, work patterns, breaks, off-phone times,
agent preferences, agent skills, and targeted service level goals.
By matching the right agents with the right customers,
productivity increases–and so do agent and customer
satisfaction. And when your staffing levels precisely match your
contact volumes, costs go down. For example, you can:
– Schedule single, multiple, or virtual contact centers across all
time zones
– Accommodate a dedicated, blended, or task-switching work
environment
– Schedule meetings or training without impacting service levels
– Automate compliance with government and union regulations
through a comprehensive set of work rules
– Create schedules based on skill priorities that align with your
call routing strategy
– Evaluate different “what if” scenarios, such as full-time versus
part-time, to ensure that you have the right resources to meet
the expected demand
– Create and schedule teams as a unit to support training and
accommodate employee concerns, such as carpooling or
childcare arrangements

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 „ Adherence—To help you manage and fine-tune your service
levels throughout the day, Operational Workforce Management
monitors adherence to schedule and shows you who's on the
phone and who's not, so you can take corrective action right
away. The intraday “Pulse” feature provides a real-time,
graphical view of forecasted, actual, and predicted call volume,
handle time, service level statistics, and other critical
information. You can configure alerts to notify users of
deviations from plan and use trends to reforecast, reschedule,
and proactively take appropriate staffing corrective actions.
Advanced Workforce Management goes a step further by
providing a complete view of adherence that shows all agent
activities, including front- and back-office tasks such as fax and
paper mail. Your supervisors receive instant alerts for out-of-
adherence states, enabling them to correct problems right away
while receiving a true picture of shrinkage in your contact
center.
„ Contact Center Monitoring and Management—No matter
how carefully you plan, change is a constant in the contact
center. To help you continuously fine-tune your operations,
Witness Systems Workforce Management’s intraday “Pulse”
feature provides a graphical view of contact volume, handle
times, service level statistics, agent adherence levels, and other
critical information. With Pulse, you can:
– Monitor key metrics that get updated with each fresh batch of
data from the ACD
– Track and compare actual, forecasted, and required statistics
by individual queue or combined queue
– View deviations of key contact center metrics in percentages or
absolute numbers
– View intraday trends and historical data
Our Advanced Workforce Management solutions provide a
complete view of all agent activities, including front- and back-
office tasks, such as handling faxes and traditional mail. Your
supervisors receive instant alerts for out-of-adherence states,
enabling them to correct problems right away while receiving a
true picture of shrinkage in your contact center. Better still,

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 intraday management capabilities display trends, enabling you
to reforecast and reschedule for the remainder of the day.
Witness Systems’ Workforce Management includes role-
appropriate scorecards that display actual employee
performance metrics. Our advanced solutions include an
extensive set of predefined key performance indicators (KPIs),
enabling your contact center staff to see how they're performing
against their goals. This visibility into performance can motivate
your staff to improve while enabling managers to identify trends
and take the appropriate action.
„ Web-based Agent Self-Service—Witness Systems
Workforce Management lets agents easily manage and
contribute to their own schedules without impacting service
levels. By bringing Workforce Management to the agent
desktop, you can build agent morale and retention while
enabling your managers to focus on more critical areas, such as
coaching and performance-related tasks.
Using any Web browser, agents can securely:
– Request vacations and other types of time off, even down to
portions of a day. (This applies to centers that use seniority or
rank as part of their scheduling practices.)
– Set preferences for days off and start times. Agents indicate
their first, second, and third choices for start times for each
day of the week. The scheduling algorithm balances these
preferences and then develops a schedule that optimizes
center and agent requirements.
– Swap shifts. Agents can post, negotiate, and request shift
swaps via an online Swap Board. Swap requests are screened
by Workforce Management's conflict checker and forwarded
to managers for quick and easy processing.
– View schedule and time-off information. With just a glance,
agents can get a summary of their schedules for the week and
the status of their shift swap, time off, and vacation requests.
„ Actionable Learning—To help your agents develop their
skills and career paths, Witness Systems Workforce
Management enables you to produce your own library of best
practices from recorded customer interactions. By leveraging
your finest examples of customer service, you can help your

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 agents learn valuable skills and procedures. A browser-based
interface allows agents to take training right at their desktops, in
a classroom, or remotely.
Supervisors select the appropriate training sessions from a
library of courseware, assign the training to agents, monitor
completion, and track the effectiveness of the training over time.
A flexible system of access rights enables supervisors to browse
through course completion reports and subsequent agent
performance records for individual students, teams, or contact
centers. This enables you to determine areas for individual or
group improvement and take action. It's an efficient, consistent
way to handle training across your entire enterprise.

Receive Guidance from World-Class

Consultants
The Witness Systems’ Workforce Management packages include
implementation services. We also offer business consulting
services that can help you get the most from your investment.
These services are delivered by Witness Systems’ seasoned
consultants, who have years of experience with contact centers of
all sizes, types and industries from around the globe. Our goal is to
partner with you and to provide world-class services that offer
measurable results and a rapid return on investment. From
implementation to consulting to technical support and training
services, you can be confident that Witness Systems services are
delivered by people who understand business practices and contact
center operations-and care about your success.

About This Guide

This guide is intended for use by Witness Workforce Optimization
Suite administrators. It guides you through the steps to configure
the Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 adapter.

For information on installing any of the Workforce Optimization Suite

components discussed in this guide, please consult the online
documentation available through Witness Systems’s eSupport site:

http://www.witness.com/support

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 This guide is not intended to teach the basics of computer or
software operation or use, and does not contain tutorial
information. It is assumed that you are experienced in working
with contact center equipment and software applications as well as
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In This Section
This section contains the following information:
„ How to send Witness Systems comments about this document.
See page 11.
„ How to get help. See page 12.
„ How to contact Witness Systems Technical Support. See page
14.
„ Related Documents. See page 14.
„ Conventions used in this manual. See page 15.

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– The wording of any error messages from the product and/or
operating system.

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 – Has this problem occurred previously? If it is new, did you
change your system configuration recently?
3 Log on to the Technical Support eSupport web page at
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Contacting Technical Support

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Related Documents
For further information about the Witness Workforce
Optimization Suite, see the following Witness Systems document:
„ Witness Workforce Optimization Suite Administration Guide

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Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 Interface

The Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 interface lets Witness

Integration Server obtain real time agent state data from your
Avaya contact center equipment, and send it to the Workforce
Optimization Suite database. This interface is for use with Intel
NetMerge Version 6.0.
You use the Integration tab in the Witness Workforce
Optimization Suite General Setup module to provide information
the interface needs to connect to, obtain, and interpret the agent
state data, coming via Intel NetMerge.
The following illustration shows both logical and physical diagrams
of the contact center setup when using the Avaya – STCI CTC for
Definity G3 interface.

In this diagram, the NetMerge software is installed in the Witness

Integration Server computer. This is the recommended installation,
although NetMerge can be installed on a separate machine, as long as
that machine is on the same LAN as the ACD and Witness Integration
Server.

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 Workforce
ACD Optimization
Suite
Application

Intel Witness
NetMerge Integration
Server with
interface
Database Database

Witness Integration Server Server

Workforce
Automatic Call Witness Integration Server
computer. Optimization
Distributor
Suiter
• Witness Integration Server
• Intel NetMerge
• Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 interface

Related Documents
The following Blue Pumpkin document contains information that
may be helpful when using this interface.
„ Witness Workforce Optimization Suite Administration Guide
The following manuals from Intel are also provided with this
interface and the accompanying Intel NetMerge software:
„ Intel NetMerge Installation and Configuration Guide
„ Intel NetMerge Introduction
„ Intel NetMerge Management Guide
„ Intel NetMerge C Programming Guide
„ Intel NetMerge - CTC Test User’s Guide

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Prerequisites
This section contains information you should know and directions
you must follow before using the Intel NetMerge and Avaya – STCI
CTC for Definity G3 interface software.

System Requirements
„ An Avaya ACD supported by Intel.
„ One hardware license key (“dongle”) for Intel NetMerge. See
“Hardware License Key,” on the next page.

Software: Before you use the Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3
interface, ensure that the following software is already installed on
the Witness Integration Server:
„ Intel NetMerge Version 6.0

What You Need To Know Before Using the Avaya – STCI CTC for
Definity G3 Interface
During the installation of Intel NetMerge and the configuration of
the Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 interface, you need to have
this information:
„ NetMerge network protocol, server address, and server logical
identifier. The server address must be a static IP address.
„ A list of the telephony devices and agent queues you plan to
monitor
„ A list of agent ACDIDs.
„ The agent logins used for adherence in the Data Source IDs
field in Forecasting and Scheduling. These are the numbers that
agents use when they log into the ACD.

Where to Install Intel NetMerge

Witness strongly recommends that you install Intel NetMerge on
the same machine as the Witness Integration Server. This is
because the login and logout times for the Avaya interface are
taken from the clock on the machine where Intel NetMerge is
installed, and the polling times for the interface are taken from the

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 clock on the machine where the interface is installed. If the clocks
on the two machines are not in sync, the polling information will be
incorrect. If Intel NetMerge is installed on the Witness Integration
Server, there is no possibility for error.

Preinstallation Checklist for Avaya Definity G3

Note and/or complete the following items before installing or
configuring the Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 interface for use
with Avaya.
„ Ensure that the Avaya Definity System is G3, Release 5 or
higher.
„ Ensure that the MAP-D Module, 1273-MPD, uses three
contiguous slots on the PBX Carrier.

You can use the LAN Gateway instead of the MAP-D module. However,
the LAN Gateway uses five contiguous slots.

„ Ensure that the ASAI Core Software, 1273-AS1, is configured for

Definity LAN Gateway and that DLG, not CV-LAN, is used.
„ Ensure that LAN Gateway Software, 1273-LAN, is installed on
the MAP-D board.
„ Ensure that the modem is connected to the MAP-D board.

This is an Avaya requirement. When Avaya Professional Services Group

or Avaya Partner does provisioning of MAP-D; they require the modem
for remote dial-in.

„ Ensure that Expert Agent Selection (EAS) is installed and in use

at this site.

If “hot desking” is used and EAS is not being used, then the functionality
of adherence may be restricted as only the position ID's will be passed
to the NetMerge Server.

If EAS has been installed, then all the necessary information, agent ID's
and position numbers, will be passed to the NetMerge Server and
adherence will function properly.

Avaya Professional Services Group or Avaya Partner will install the

MAPD/LAN Gateway module. The functionality of this product is to
support either single or multiple CTI Host connections.

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 „ If any other applications are sharing the ASAI link and they
monitor ACD splits, you will need to configure a “phantom” split
for the NetMerge server to monitor. (See MAP-D and DLG
Administration below for more information).
„ Either Avaya or an Avaya Partner will install the ASAI link. The
ASAI link is a required module that allows the creation of a link
from DEFINITY systems to host computers in the call center
environment.
„ Obtain the client link number from the Avaya Professional
Services Group, Avaya Partner, or local site switch
administrator. You can also obtain the number by accessing the
MAP-D module, choosing TCP/IP Administration, and then
DLG Administration. The default link number is 1.
Refer to MAP-D and DLG Administration on the next page for
additional information.

Technical Notes for The following sections refer to items used for administering the
Avaya Definity G3 MAP-D as well as the Definity system.
This section is intended for Telecommunications managers,
System administrators or Avaya Services personnel. Use these
steps as a guide for enabling Intel NetMerge to function properly
with the MAP-D. Refer to the DEFINITY ® ECS CallVisor ® ASAI
DEFINITY LAN Gateway over MAPD: Installation,
Administration, and Maintenance (555-230-114) document for
further information.

MAP-D and DLG Administration: To access the DLG

Administration screen below:
1 Log onto the MAP-D module. The Main Menu is displayed.

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 2 Choose DLG Administration. In the configuration, the “client” is
the name or IP address of the system where Intel NetMerge
software will be installed.

Ensure that the IP address or machine name is “pingable” from the MAP-
D. This can be done from within the TCP/IP administration screen under
option of “Local Host Table”. See MAP-D Local Host Table below for more
information.

This client link number will be used in the Intel NetMerge software for
connection to the MAP-D.

Switch Complete the following tasks to configure the Avaya switch.

Configuration 1 Log onto the switch console.
2 Add a unique extension on the switch. This hunt group will not
receive/send calls to agents, rather it will be used for monitoring
purposes.
a Use list station to display all used extensions.
b Pick an unused extension.
c Use add station to create a new extension.
3 Use the following settings when configuring the station:

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 Setting Value

Type ASAI
Fixed TEI Y
TEI 1
CRV Length 2
MIM N
XID N

Use default settings for all other parameters.

4 Locate a spare hunt group on the Avaya switch. This number can
be obtained from the Telecom manager or Switch administrator.
5 Associate the hunt group extension with a spare split/skill.
6 Important! Assign the split/skill to each agent's login ID. This
step is crucial, as those agents that do not have this particular
split/skill will not be included for monitoring by the Avaya
switch.

MAP-D Local Host Complete the following tasks to configure the Map-D local host
Table table.
1 Log onto the MAP-D module.
2 Choose TCP/IP Administration to display the TCP/IP
Administration screen.

3 Choose the Local Host Table option. The Local Host Table
window appears.

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 4 Add a new “host”, associating the IP address and host name of
the computer where Intel NetMerge software will be installed to
this record.
5 Press the Enter function key to submit the data and create or
“add” the record.

Although in certain cases there may exist a WINS Server on the Local
Area Network (LAN) that the MAP-D can utilize or query for resolution
of the machine name, it is advised and recommended that the IP
address and machine name be added to the local host table.

Installing the Intel NetMerge Software

If you have not already done so, please read “Prerequisites” on
page 19.
The Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 package consists of files in
several directories on the CD
SuiteCd2_IntegrationAndThirdPartyComponents. They are:

„ Integration-ThirdParty\Intel-NetMerge-6.0\Docs—contains
electronic copies (PDF) of the User’s Guides for Intel NetMerge.
See the listing on the previous page.
„ Integration-ThirdParty\Intel-NetMerge-6.0—contains the
installers for Intel NetMerge.

Hardware License Key

The interface installation package includes one hardware license
key (“dongle”) that is part of the Intel NetMerge package and is
needed to operate the software. Refer to the Intel NetMerge
Installation and Configuration Guide supplied with this interface
for information on how and when to use this key. Installation
instructions are also included on page 25 of this manual.

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Installation Task List
To install the Intel NetMerge software, you must complete the
following tasks in the order listed here. Detailed instructions follow
this section.
1 Select the system on which you intend to install NetMerge. See
“Selecting the System” below.
2 Install the Intel NetMerge hardware license key. See page 25.
3 Install and configure Intel NetMerge. See page 25.
4 Add the interface to Witness Integration Server and configure it.
The configuration for the interface is described on page 26.

Selecting the System

Select the system on which you intend to install Intel NetMerge.
This system can be the Witness Integration Server or any other
dedicated system on the same network as the Witness Integration
Server.

You can install Intel NetMerge on a separate system, but Witness

Systems recommends that you install it, along with the interface, on the
Witness Integration Server computer.

Installing the License Key

Plug the Intel NetMerge hardware license key (“dongle”) into the
parallel printer port on the system you selected in Step 1, as shown
in the following illustration. Do not remove the dongle during
software installation or operation.
CTC KEY
COMPUTER

CTC

PARALLEL PRINTER PORT

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 Do not remove the hardware key from the port during installation or
operation. The Intel NetMerge software periodically checks for the key.

If the hardware license key is missing:

„ The Intel NetMerge service shuts down.
„ A message is logged to the Windows Event Log.
„ The software starts in evaluation mode after a reboot, and stops
after about two hours.

Installing Intel NetMerge

1 Install Intel NetMerge ver 6.0 (the installer is located in
SuiteCd2_IntegrationAndThirdPartyComponents:\Integratio
n-ThirdParty\Intel-NetMerge-6.0) for the type of ACD you are
using on the machine you selected. The installation instructions
for installing Intel NetMerge are in the Intel manual Intel
NetMerge Installation and Configuration Guide provided on the
Witness Workforce Optimization Suite CD 2. A hard copy of the
Intel NetMerge manual is included in the installation package.
2 Configure Intel NetMerge. Instructions are in the Intel manual
NetMerge Installation and Configuration Guide provided in the
SuiteCd2_IntegrationAndThirdPartyComponents:
\Integration-ThirdParty\Intel-NetMerge-6.0\Docs directory
on the CD. In addition, the Intel manual is also provided in hard
copy.

Configuring the Interface

If you have not already done so, please complete the instructions in
the section “Installing the Intel NetMerge Software” on page 24.
All software installations on the Witness Integration Server server
computer must be completed before attempting to configure the
interface.

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Task list
You must complete the following tasks to add and configure the
Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 interface in Witness Integration
Server.
1 Add the Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 interface to the
integration server. (Refer to the Witness Workforce
Optimization Suite Administration Guide for detailed
instructions on adding integration packages.)
2 Configure the package.
3 Configure the interface.

Configuring the Interface

The following pages describe the steps needed to configure the
Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 interface.
The following section describes the requirements for setting up the
ACD to use this interface.

Before configuring this interface, make sure you know which system
Intel NetMerge is installed on. See “Where to Install Intel NetMerge” on
page 19.

1 Log in to the Witness Workforce Optimization Suite with

administrative privileges, select the General Setup module, and
then the Integration tab.
2 Select the appropriate integration server and click Edit
Configuration.

3 Select the Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 interface and click
on its Data Source tab.
4 Select the data source.
5 Click Save
6 Select the Avaya Intel NetMerge Time Collection Adapter
component. A Configure tab similar to the following is
displayed.

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 7 Fill in the fields. Refer to the following table for information on
the fields and controls on this tab.
Field/Control Description

Enter the name or IP Address of the Intel

Intel NetMerge Server
Name
NetMerge server. The interface requires this
information to connect to the Intel server
Specify the link ID to be used to connect to the
Link ID
Intel server.
The interval at which the interface polls for agent
Agent State Polling Interval state changes, other than login and logout. The
default is four seconds.
The interval at which the interface tests that the
CTC Status Polling Interval
devices are still valid and monitored.
Enter the name or the number of device to be
Device Number monitored. Use a hyphen between numbers to
specify a range, such as 5577-5580.

Device Type Specify the type of the device: Queue or Device.

Select the required device row and click Delete to

Delete
delete the device from the configuration.
Click Save to save the configuration information
Save
on the Integration Server.

To add more than five devices or queues, specify the first set of five and
save the configuration. Repeat this procedure to add additional devices
or queues.

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Technical Notes

NetMerge Version Support

Avaya – STCI CTC for Definity G3 has been tested with Intel
NetMerge Version 6.0 for non-Aspect ACDs.

Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) Version

The correct MDAC installation version is MDAC 2.50.4403.12
(MDAC 2.5 SPI).

NetMerge Server Keep-Alive Timer Settings

A TCP/IP keep-alive timer determines the time interval of the
TCP/IP checks that verify a valid connection. The default setting
for the TCP/IP keep-alive timer is 2 minutes. This means that the
NetMerge server may not detect a TCP/IP connection failure for as
long as 2 minutes after the failure occurs.
Intel recommends that you set the TCP/IP keep-alive timer so that
the NetMerge server can detect a connection failure sooner.
Note that using a different value for the keep-alive timer means
that your configuration does not strictly conform to the TCP/IP
keep-alive value (2 minutes) specified in the RFC. You should also
check to see if changing the keep-alive timer setting will affect
network performance for other parts of your system.
To set the TCP/IP keep-alive timer on the NetMerge server:
1 Open the Windows Registry Editor and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip
\Parameters

2 Change the KeepAliveTime setting to an appropriate interval in

milliseconds.
If the KeepAliveTime parameter is not listed, refer to your
Windows Registry documentation on how to add it.

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 You can enter either a hexadecimal or decimal value. For
example, to set the keep-alive timer to 1 minute, change the
setting to one of the following:
– REG_DWORD: OXEA60 (hexadecimal)
– REG_DWORD: 60000 (decimal)

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