On-Premise glossary: Alcatel and appliance terms
The terms used in the On-Premise documentation, in alphabetical order.
- Appliance
- Virtual machine delivered ready to run (OVA image) that holds the whole Natalia On-Premise solution: collection, storage, dashboard, MCP server.
- CDR (Call Detail Record)
- Accounting ticket written by the PBX for each call: date, duration, direction, extension, cost. Alcatel calls them taxation tickets.
- Data disk
- Second disk of the appliance (label NATALIA_DATA). Holds CDR, configuration, audit log and dumps. Kept across upgrades.
- Embedded FTP
- FTP server built into the Alcatel OXO, port 30021. The appliance reads accounting tickets from it in passive mode, read-only.
- ftp_nmc
- OXO account used to read accounting files over the embedded FTP server.
- Audit log
- Immutable record of sensitive actions, for example exports, license installation and PBX key re-approval.
- JWT (JSON Web Token)
- Signed authentication token. The appliance uses it for web interface sessions.
- MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- Open protocol that lets an AI client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code) query a data source. The appliance exposes a read-only MCP server.
- mtcl
- Standard Alcatel OXE maintenance account. The wizard suggests it for SSH collection.
- netadmin
- Alcatel OXE network administration tool (menus: interfaces, security, SSH).
- OVA
- Open Virtualization Format archive. Imported as is into VMware ESXi, Proxmox VE or Hyper-V.
- OXE (OmniPCX Enterprise)
- Alcatel-Lucent PBX for large sites. Collection over SSH/SCP from /usr4/account. "Enterprise PBX (model E)" in the wizard.
- OXO (OmniPCX Office)
- Alcatel-Lucent PBX for SMEs. Collection over embedded FTP. "Office PBX (model O)" in the wizard.
- SCP (Secure Copy)
- File copy over SSH. The appliance uses it to read OXE ticket files.
- spadmin
- Alcatel OXE license administration tool. spadmin -l lists active licenses.
- Taxation over IP
- Alcatel OXE license that enables external collection of accounting tickets over TCP/IP. Required for Natalia.
- V24
- Serial console port of the Alcatel OXE, for local administration.
- vTPM
- Virtual Trusted Platform Module provided by the hypervisor. A virtual machine can use it to store keys.
- Wizard
- First-boot assistant of the appliance, 8 screens: welcome, admin password, license, network and mode, PBX, first collection, summary, done.