Troubleshooting guide

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Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Release 9.8 Operations, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Guide

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Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Platform Overview

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This chapter describes the components of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch platform and presents the

software architecture of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch, Release 9.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Platform, page 1-1

• Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Software Architecture, page 1-4

• Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Software Directory Structure, page 1-11

Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Platform

The following subsections describe the components of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch platform:

• Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch, page 1-1

• Cisco SS7 Interfaces, page 1-2

• Cisco Switches, page 1-2

There are several optional elements of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch platform, which are listed in the

“Agent Management Subsystem” section on page 1-7. For more information on these optional elements,

see the documentation for each element.

Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch

The Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch is a Sun UNIX box running Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software

Release 9. The Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch performs real-time, call-processing, and SS7-layer

functions; manages trunk resources, alarms, and call routing; and administers billing information.

Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch functionality includes:

• Processing calls

• Originating call detail records (CDRs)

• Providing alarm initiation information

• Producing operational peg counts

• Receiving and processing craft user interface (CUI) data