User`s guide

MultiVoice Gateway for the MAX— User’s Guide Preliminary November 12, 1998 vii
Contents
Ascend Customer Service ........................................................................................................ iii
Important safety instructions...................................................................................................... v
About This Guide............................................................................ xxi
How to use this guide.............................................................................................................. xxi
What you should know ......................................................................................................... xxii
Documentation conventions.................................................................................................. xxii
Related publications............................................................................................................. xxiii
Chapter 1 Introducing MultiVoice Gateway concepts................................... 1-1
A brief overview .................................................................................................................... 1-1
What is MultiVoice for the MAX? ........................................................................................ 1-2
Basic Multivoice network............................................................................................... 1-2
Multivoice network with a secondary Gatekeeper ......................................................... 1-3
MultiVoice network with overlapping coverage areas................................................... 1-5
MultiVoice applications.........................................................................................................1-8
Basic public long-distance service.................................................................................. 1-8
Local 800 service............................................................................................................ 1-9
Example of traditional 800 service........................................................................ 1-10
Example of using MultiVoice and local 800 service............................................. 1-10
Point-to-Point PBX trunk extension ............................................................................. 1-11
Fault-tolerance and PBX trunk intraflow...................................................................... 1-11
PC-to-Phone calls ......................................................................................................... 1-12
Chapter 2 Getting Acquainted with the MultiVoice Gateway........................ 2-1
What is the MultiVoice Gateway?......................................................................................... 2-1
What items are included in your package? ............................................................................ 2-1
Checking the MultiVoice Gateway base unit ................................................................. 2-1
Checking other package contents ................................................................................... 2-3
Checking the expansion cards......................................................................................... 2-3
DSP card.................................................................................................................. 2-4
ISDN BRI network interface card ........................................................................... 2-4
DRAM card ............................................................................................................. 2-5
PCMCIA flash card ................................................................................................. 2-5
Interfaces on the base unit...................................................................................................... 2-6
Common Interfaces......................................................................................................... 2-6
Additional MAX 6000 Interfaces ................................................................................... 2-6
Additional MAX 4000 Interfaces ................................................................................... 2-7
Additional MAX 2000 Interfaces ................................................................................... 2-7