H323-STN covers implementation of the maintenance for native mode H.323 endpoints. Native mode H.323 applications, such as Netmeeting or Proshare provide only what is needed to support the H.323 standard. Communication Manager can invoke very little in the maintenance area. Communication Manager reports errors as they are detected via the RAS registration and keep-alive mechanism. Communication Manager Pings the endpoint via the signaling path.

The H.323 station type is not attached to a port board. Insertion of the station is not driven by board insertion, it is driven by successful registration of the endpoint. The H.323 station is maintained via a set of explicit TCP/IP ping requests and errors reported by the switch software, which terminates the H.323 signaling portion of each endpoint. H323-STN follows standard maintenance methodology and supports test, busyout, release, and status commands.