User`s guide

viii Preliminary November 12, 1998 MultiVoice Gateway for the MAX— User’s Guide
Contents
Chapter 3 Setting Up the MultiVoice Gateway Hardware.............................. 3-1
Planning the hardware installation......................................................................................... 3-1
What you need before you start ...................................................................................... 3-1
Guidelines for installing MultiVoice Gateway units in a rack ....................................... 3-2
Inserting an expansion card.................................................................................................... 3-3
Setting up the hardware.......................................................................................................... 3-4
Connecting to input power..................................................................................................... 3-6
Connecting to the LAN.......................................................................................................... 3-6
Connecting the MultiVoice Gateway to the T1 Line............................................................. 3-6
Connecting the MultiVoice Gateway to the E1 Line............................................................. 3-6
Grounding.......................................................................................................................3-6
Cable length and characteristics ..................................................................................... 3-7
Interpreting the MultiVoice Gateway LEDs.......................................................................... 3-7
MultiVoice Gateway front panel .................................................................................... 3-7
MultiVoice Gateway back panel................................................................................... 3-11
Starting up the MultiVoice Gateway ................................................................................... 3-13
Chapter 4 Navigating the User Interface ........................................................ 4-1
Connections to the user interface........................................................................................... 4-1
Connecting via the MultiVoice Gateway Control port................................................... 4-1
Connecting through TELNET ........................................................................................ 4-1
The Main Edit menu ..............................................................................................................4-2
Understanding menu numbering..................................................................................... 4-3
Common menu items............................................................................................... 4-4
MAX 4000/6000 menu items .................................................................................. 4-4
MAX 2000 menu items ........................................................................................... 4-5
Activating a menu or status window............................................................................... 4-6
Opening menus and profiles ........................................................................................... 4-6
Opening edit fields.......................................................................................................... 4-7
Setting enumerated parameters....................................................................................... 4-8
Saving your changes ....................................................................................................... 4-8
Special display characters and keys....................................................................................... 4-8
Privileges and passwords ..................................................................................................... 4-10
The Default profile........................................................................................................ 4-10
Full Access and other administrative profiles............................................................... 4-10
Modifying the Full Access Profile......................................................................... 4-11
Other administrative profiles................................................................................. 4-11
Chapter 5 Configuring the WAN Interfaces.................................................... 5-1
Before you begin.................................................................................................................... 5-1
Configuring T1 lines.............................................................................................................. 5-1
Understanding the line interface parameters .................................................................. 5-2
T1 signalling mode.................................................................................................. 5-2
Assigning an interface ID to NFAS lines ................................................................ 5-3
Inband, robbed-bit call control mechanism ............................................................. 5-3
Carrier switch type................................................................................................... 5-3
T1 line framing and encoding.................................................................................. 5-3
FDL for monitoring line quality .............................................................................. 5-3
Cable length and the amount of attenuation required.............................................. 5-4
Clock source for synchronous transmission............................................................ 5-4