Once power was restored and the server finished rebooting, everything functioned as if nothing happened. Neither AltiGen nor its resellers recommend the added expense of error checking and correcting memory or RAID for high availability. AltiServ only taps the hard disk when a message is being left, so an AltiServ box is generally less stressed than even a departmental NT file server, they say. The management of an AltiServ phone system is divided into three parts. Installation and configuration are handled by an administrator.
End users employ a Web browser to maintain their own mailbox settings.
Using an optional add-on called AltiConsole, a live operator can manage the flow of incoming and outgoing telephone calls. At all levels, AltiGen has done an outstanding job of making menus simple, easy to understand and intuitive. Hardware installation was easy, and installing the software took less than 15 minutes. We accepted all the defaults. To activate individual extensions, all you have to do is plug a telephone into the system and pick up the receiver.