# Installing an Optional Feature

You must have purchased a license for the new feature prior to installing it. This license must also first be propagated to the NuPoint Unified Messaging system, through either an online or offline synchronization with the AMC. For more information about synchronization, see the NuPoint Unified Messaging Technician's Handbook.

Note: MiCollab versions of NuPoint UM use a different procedure (below).

## For NuPoint UM Standalone

You can use either the MSL server manager or MSL server console to install software blades.

You can download and install software blades in a single step, or you can download them for installation at a later time. The first option ties up your computer for a short period of time. The second option, which is known as "caching," enables you to initiate the download and then use your computer for other purposes.

## Server Manager

To install an optional feature from the MSL server manager web interface:

1. Open a web browser and enter the address of the MSL server manager (http:\\<IP address or FQDN of NuPoint UM server>\server-manager)

2. Log in as "admin".

3. In the ServiceLink menu, click Blades.

4. To ensure that you are seeing the most recent list, click Update List.

5. Scroll through the list and locate the blade for the feature that you are adding to the system.

6. Do one of the following:

   - To install a new blade immediately, click the Install link beside it.

   - To download a blade for installation at a later time, click the Cache link beside it. Complete the installation process by clicking the Install link.

7. A license agreement screen appears. Accept the license agreement to continue with the installation.

8. The system installs the software blade for the new feature.

9. Reboot the server when the blade installation is complete.

## Server Console

To install an optional feature from the MSL server console:

1. Access the server console at the server, or remotely using PuTTY.

2. Navigate to the Access server manager option and then select Yes to proceed.

3. When prompted, log in as "admin".

4. Insert NuPoint UM Software DVD 1 or 2 into the DVD-ROM drive.

   DVD Name | DVD File Name | DVD Contents
   --- | --- | ---
   NPM Blades-DVD 1 | NP-UM_x.x.x.x.DVD1.iso | NuPoint Unified Messaging installer OCP Software (language prompts) Documentation
   NPM Blades-DVD 2 | NP-UM_x.x.x.x.DVD2.iso | Speech Auto Attendant Text to Speech Speech Recognition engine

5. Navigate to the Blades option and locate the blade for the feature that you are adding to the system.

6. Do one of the following:

   - To install a new blade immediately, click the Install link beside it.

   - To download a blade for installation at a later time, click the Cache link beside it. Complete the installation process by clicking the Install link.

7. A license agreement screen appears. Accept the license agreement to continue with the installation.

8. The system installs the software blade for the new feature.

9. Reboot the server when the blade installation is complete.

## For MiCollab Versions of NuPoint UM:

1. Access the server console at the server, or remotely using PuTTY.

2. Select the option to Install Mitel Applications from CD/DVD. The available options are displayed.

3. Highlight the option, or options, you want to install and press the space bar to select. Select OK.

4. Select Continue to confirm the selection.

5. When prompted, insert the NuPoint UM DVD with the specified volume label (for example, NPUM 14.1.1.17) and select Continue. The server caches the selected software.

6. Select Next to install the cached software.

7. When installation is complete, select Next to return to the console menu.

Parent topic: Optional Features