Specifications

Configuring Switches
6 – 8 ShoreTel, Inc.
ShoreGear-40/8 Voice Switch
The ShoreGear-40/8 (Figure 6-4) supports 8 analog ports: 2 universal telephone/trunk
ports, 4 telephone ports, and 2 trunk ports. The ShoreGear-40/8 interfaces to standard
analog trunks using loop start or wink start signaling, as well as to standard analog
telephones, including CLASS feature phones with Caller ID Name and Number, and
Message Waiting. When you are connecting to both LAN connectors in a redundant
network configuration, one network port will be active and the other will be in standby
mode. If one LAN connection fails, the switch automatically changes to the other LAN
connection.
The ShoreGear-40/8 can be configured to support up to 40 ShoreTel IP phones (five IP
phones per IP phone port). The ShoreGear-40/8 ports can also be used to support SIP,
with the reservation mechanism the same as that used for IP phones. The ShoreGear-
40/8 ports are configured for IP phone support through the ShoreGear-40/8 edit page.
NOTE If you are installing IP phones in your system, you must assign sufficient
ShoreGear-120/24 or ShoreGear-40/8 ports to IP phone support before
attempting to install and configure IP phones.
NOTE The ShoreGear-40/8 is not supported in installations outside the U.S. and
Canada.
The ShoreGear-40/8 LEDs are defined below. For information about the connectors,
please see the ShoreTel 6 Planning and Installation Guide.
Figure 6-4 ShoreGear-40/8 LEDs
Power LED
The ShoreGear-40/8 has one power LED, which indicates the following:
100M
• When green, the switch is connected to a 100BaseT network.
• When off, the switch is connected to a 10BaseT network.
• When red, this LAN connection is in standby mode.
Switch port LEDs
Power LED
Ethernet LEDs
Trunk/Telephone Ports
(RJ-21X male)
Analog Phone RJ-11
Maintenance Port
(DB-9 Female)
Audio Output Port
(paging/night bell)
Audio In
On The switch is operating normally.
Off The switch has no power.