Network Card User Manual

Dialogic
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DSI SS7MD Programmer’s Manual Issue 3
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Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 7
1.1 Related Information ............................................................................................ 7
2 Specification ............................................................................................................. 9
2.1 Product Identifiers .............................................................................................10
2.1.1 Dialogic
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DSI SS7MDL4 Network Interface Board - Low Profile PCI Express
Form Factor Product ................................................................................10
2.2 Dialogic
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DSI SS7MDL4 Network Interface Board - Low Profile PCI Express Form
Factor ..............................................................................................................11
2.2.1 Capacity ................................................................................................11
2.2.2 Host Interface ........................................................................................11
2.2.3 Physical Interfaces..................................................................................12
2.2.4 Protocol Resource Support .......................................................................12
2.2.5 Visual Indicators.....................................................................................13
2.2.6 Power Requirements ...............................................................................13
2.2.7 Airflow Requirements ..............................................................................13
2.2.8 Environmental Specification .....................................................................13
2.2.9 Safety, EMC and Telecommunications Specifications ....................................14
2.2.10 Reliability ..............................................................................................14
2.3 Software Licenses ..............................................................................................15
2.3.1 Run Modes.............................................................................................15
3 Installation ..............................................................................................................17
3.1 Software Packages.............................................................................................18
3.1.1 Development Package .............................................................................18
3.1.2 User Part Development Package................................................................18
3.1.3 Binary for Dialogic
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DSI SS7MD Network Interface Boards...........................18
3.2 Software Installation for Linux .............................................................................19
3.2.1 Installing the Development Package for Linux .............................................19
3.2.2 Installing the DSI SS7MD Source Device Driver ..........................................20
3.2.3 Support for a Large Number of DSI Messages.............................................21
3.2.4 Removing the Development Package for Linux ............................................21
3.2.5 RPM Installation .....................................................................................21
3.3 Software Installation for Solaris (SPARC) ..............................................................23
3.3.1 Additional Commands..............................................................................24
3.3.2 Support for Larger Message Queues ..........................................................24
3.3.3 Removing the Development Package for Solaris ..........................................24
3.3.4 Solaris Interface Name Checking ..............................................................24
4 Dialogic® DSI SS7MD Board Configuration and Operation........................................25
4.1 Regulatory and Geographic Considerations ............................................................26
4.2 System Structure...............................................................................................27
4.3 Running Host Binaries With Dialogic
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DSI SS7MD Board .........................................28
4.4 System Configuration .........................................................................................29
4.4.1 System Configuration File Syntax..............................................................29
4.4.2 Generating the system.txt Configuration File ..............................................30
4.5 Protocol Configuration ........................................................................................32
4.5.1 Protocol Configuration Using the s7_mgt Utility...........................................32
4.6 Monitoring ........................................................................................................34
4.6.1 Configuration .........................................................................................34
4.6.2 Runtime Operations ................................................................................34
4.7 ATM Monitoring .................................................................................................35
4.7.1 IMA Monitoring.......................................................................................35
4.8 Switching Timeslots between LIUs........................................................................36
4.8.1 Switching Model .....................................................................................36
4.8.2 Static Initialization ..................................................................................37