Nortel Meridian 1 Option 11C Technical manual

Meridian 1
Option 11C
Planning and Installation Guide
Document Number: 553-3021-210
Document Release: Standard 7.00
Date: January 2002
Year Publish FCC TM
Copyright © 1996 – 2002 Nortel Networks
All Rights Reserved
PrintedinCanada
Information is subject to change without notice. Nortel Networks reserves the right to make changes in design
or components as progress in engineering and manufacturing may warrant. This equipment has been tested
and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules, and the
radio interference regulations of Industry Canada. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the
interference at their own expense.
Meridian 1 and Option 11C are trademarks of Nortel Networks.

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Revision history
January 2002
Standard 7.00. This global document is up-issued to include updates and
changes required for Release 25.40.
December 2000
Issue 6.00, Standard. This global document is up-issued to include updates
and changes required for Option 11C IP Expansion with Release 25.3x
software.
April 2000
Issue 5.00, Standard. This guide combines the three Option 11C Planning and
Installation guides for the UK, NTP 553-3021-210UK, Europe, NTP
553-3021-210EU and North America, NTP 553-3021-210, into one global
document for Release 25.0x.
May 1999
Issue 4.0, Standard
March 1998
Issue 3.0, Standard
This guide is reissued to include X11 Release 23.30 information and other
miscellaneous updates.
October 1997
Issue 2.0, Standard

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The General Information and Planning Handbook (553-3021-200), Standard
1.0 and the Installation Guide (553-3021-210), Standard 1.0 were combined
to form the Planning and Installation Guide. Also contained were sections
(those pertaining to a new installation) from the Software Installation
Program Guide (553-3021-310), Standard 1.0. Updates and requirements for
Release 23 (ISM changes) were also included.
July 1996
Issue 1.0, Standard

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Contents
Aboutthisguide ........................... 7
OverviewoftheOption11C .................. 9
Equipmentidentification .................... 15
Systemandsiterequirements ................ 35
Regulatoryinformation...................... 75
Importantsafetyinstructions................. 85
Bracing cabinets against earthquakes . . . ...... 91
Preparingforinstallation .................... 99
InstallationProcedures...................... 101
Mountingthecabinets ...................... 115
Installing the system ground . ................ 125
Installing the power supplies . ................ 131
Installing System Controller Cards . ........... 143
Installing and connecting cross-connect
terminalstocabinets ....................... 169

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Installing power fail transfer units ............ 181
Installing the circuit cards . . . ................ 187
Installing and connecting reserve power supplies 199
Installing and connecting SDI and
ethernetports ............................. 213
Systemsoftwareinstallation ................. 233
Connectingthetelephones .................. 247
Connectingthetrunks ...................... 277
Connectinganexternalalarm ................ 307
Pre-programmeddata ...................... 313
Changingpre-programmeddata.............. 387
Expansion cabinet as a power shelf
for auxiliary processors ..................... 405

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About this guide
This document is a global document. Contact your system supplier or your
Nortel Networks representative to verify that the hardware and software
described is supported in your area.
The Option 11C Planning and Installation (553-3021-210) is intended for
Meridian 1 Option 11C new system planning and installation personnel.
This Nortel Networks Publication (NTP) is a useful reference tool for
first-time installations as it provides valuable information for the planning
and installation of the Option 11C system. The planning chapters describe the
general design, features, limits, and site requirements of the Option 11C
system. The installation chapters give complete installation instructions and
outline the process of installing a new Option 11C main cabinet system and
expansion cabinets, if required.
IMPORTANT
If performing a new installation of an Option 11C system, follow the
procedures described in this guide. If upgrading from an Option 11 or
11E to an Option 11C system, follow the steps outlined in the Option
11C and 11C Mini Upgrade Procedures (553-3021-250). Detailed
technical information is contained in the optional Option 11C and 11C
Mini Technical Reference Guide (553-3011-100)

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Overview of the Option 11C
Contents
This section contains information on the following topics:
Reference list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Design and architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Easy to install and program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fully featured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Option 11C with IP Connectivity . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Increased Digital Trunking/SDI Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Survivable IP Expansion Cabinets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Voice Distribution over Campus Data Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Support of Option 11C Mini Cabinetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Package Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Reference list
The following are the references in this section:
•Set-Based Administration (553-3001-303)
General information
This chapter provides an overview of the Option 11C system for first-time
installations. It covers general design and features as well providing unique
system information.

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Design and architecture
The Option 11C is a small wall- or floor-mounted digital system which can
be configured as a system with up to five cabinets.
Up to four expansion cabinets can be connected to the main cabinet using
fiber optic cable or 100BaseT/F cable. The expansion cabinets can be located
up to 3 km (1.8 mi.) from the main cabinet. With the introduction of IP
connectivity, IP expansion cabinets can now be distributed over a campus
data network.
Call processing, serial ports and network traffic are handled by an MC68040
processor located on the Small System Controller (SSC) card in the main
cabinet. Performance is significantly increased in comparison with previous
Option 11 systems.
The Option 11C uses global software found in other members of the Meridian
1 family. It can be configured as a key system or as a Private Branch
Exchange (PBX).
Line cards and trunk cards used in the Option 11C are the same as those used
in other Meridian 1 systems, with the addition of some specially designed
cards used in the Option 11C system.
The Option 11C can be configured as a non-blocking system as it does not
need to be provisioned for speech paths or timeslots.
Easy to install and program
The system is shipped with a Software Daughterboard which is
pre-configured with system and customer data.
The Software Installation Program is automatically invoked during first-time
installation of the Option 11C system. This is a menu driven program which
installs the software and makes the Option 11C operational.
Model telephones
The user has a variety of pre-programmed model telephone layouts from
which to choose. Using telephone layouts or templates, technicians can
perform a few simple steps at installation to activate multiple telephones.