Nortel 1000E PRI Guide

Nortel Communication Server 1000
Media Gateway 1000E PRI
Gateway Installation and
Commissioning
Release: 7.0
Document Revision: 04.01
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NN43041-311
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Nortel Communication Server 1000
Release: 7.0
Publication: NN43041-311
Document release date: 4 June 2010
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Contents
New in this Release 7
Navigation 7
Feature changes 7
Dual stack 7
128-port DSP Daughterboard (DB-128) 7
Other changes 7
How to get help 11
Getting help from the Nortel Web site 11
Getting help over the telephone from a Nortel Solutions Center 11
Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing Code 12
Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller 12
Safety instructions 13
Introduction 13
Lifting system equipment 13
Power supply cables 14
Handling circuit cards 14
Regulatory information 15
Electromagnetic compatibility 15
Radio and TV interference 18
Safety specifications 18
Notice for United States and Canadian Installations 19
Notice for International installations 19
European compliance information 20
Introduction 21
Overview 21
Applicable systems 22
Intended audience 22
Conventions 23
Related information 23
Other 23
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Installation summary 25
Introduction 25
Installation tasks 26
Overview of the PRI Gateway 27
Introduction 27
System configurations 29
CE-MUX support 30
Shelf slot assignments 30
SIP Line Service 31
System components 33
Introduction 33
New components 34
Existing components 34
Redundancy and field replaceable components 35
E1/T1 card 36
E1/T1 card expansion daughterboard 38
LED indicators 38
Media Gateway Controller and DSP daughterboards 40
Power supply 40
D-channel daughterboards 41
D-channel interface allocation and usage 41
PRI Gateway span usage 46
19-inch rack (customer-supplied) 48
Cables and connectors 48
Pinout for a T1-E1 49
Rack-mount and ground PRI Gateway components 51
Introduction 51
Rack-mount a PRI Gateway 51
Ground a PRI Gateway 52
Install a Media Gateway Controller and DSP daughterboard 53
Install a Media Gateway Controller 53
Install a DSP daughterboard 53
Install an E1/T1 card and daughterboards 55
Introduction 55
Install NTBK51AA/NTBK51CA and NTAK93AB daughterboards 56
Remove NTBK51AA/NTBK51CA and NTAK93AB daughterboards 57
Install an E1/T1 expansion daughterboard 57
Install an E1/T1 card 60
Connect the RS-232 cable 61
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Connect PRI Gateway components 63
Introduction 63
Media Gateway Controller network connections 64
ELAN and TLAN subnet connections 67
Connect a Media Gateway Controller to the ELAN subnet 67
Connect a Media Gateway Controller to the TLAN subnet 68
Connect a Media Gateway Controller to the E1/T1 card 68
Configure the Media Gateway Controller and DSP
daughterboards in a PRI Gateway 69
Introduction 69
Configure the Media Gateway Controller on the Call Server 69
Configure the Media Gateway Controller 71
Configure DSP daughterboards 76
Configure Voice Gateway Channels in Element Manager 76
Configure a DSP daughterboard to support Voice Gateway Channels using LD
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Configuring the DTR 82
Configure an E1/T1 card 83
Configure E1/T1 ports on a Call Server 84
PRI digital trunk loop configuration 85
D-channel configuration 87
DPNSS/DASS configuration - DDSL data blocks 93
Configure CE-MUX clock controllers 93
Configure PRI, PRI2 and DPNSS routes 97
Configure PRI, PRI2 and DPNSS trunks 100
Enable PRI spans 104
Initial configuration of the E1/T1 card 106
Configure basic parameters through command line interface 106
Remote access to the E1/T1 card 112
Initial configuration of an E1/T1 card through the command line interface 113
Access and configure an E1/T1 card through the Web 114
Define administrative users 116
View and change administrative user settings 117
Change password 119
Configure basic system parameters 119
Configure ISDN E1/T1 trunks 121
Maintenance and diagnostics 125
Introduction 125
Maintain PRI digital trunk loops 126
Maintain downloadable D-channels 127
PRI startup 128
Maintain DPNSS/DASS and DCHI 132
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DPNSS/DASS startup and status check 133
Inventory cards 135
Printing a PRI Gateway inventory (LD 117) 135
Reports, upgrades, and backups 137
Introduction 137
Reports 137
Upgrades 138
Software upgrade 138
Backups and restores 141
Automatic backups 142
Manual backups 143
Check backup status 145
Restore backups 146
CLI commands 151
Introduction 151
Organization of CLI commands 151
PRI Gateway alarms 153
Media Gateway Controller system alarms, events, and
messages 155
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New in this Release
The following sections detail what’s new in Media Gateway 1000E PRI
Gateway Installation and Commissioning (NN43041-311) for the Nortel
Communication Server (CS) 1000E system in Release 7.0.
Navigation •“Feature changes” (page 7)
•“Other changes” (page 7)
Feature changes
See the following section for information about feature changes:
Dual stack
Communication Server 1000 Release 7.0 supports dual stack SIP phones
where both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.
128-port DSP Daughterboard (DB-128)
The 128-port Digital Signal Processor (DSP) daughterboard (DB-128) for
the Media Gateway Controller (MGC) card is introduced. An MGC card
populated with one NTDW78 DB-128 can provide 128 DSP ports.
The CS 1000E Peripheral Rate Interface (PRI) Media Gateway (PRI
Gateway) can support a MGC card populated with two DB-128 for a
maximum of 256 DSP ports. The Extended Media Gateway PRI (MGP)
package 418 is required to support MGC cards populated with two DB-96
or two DB-128.
Other changes
See the following sections for information that is not feature-related:
Revision History
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8New in this Release
June 2010 Standard 04.01. This document is up-issued
to support Nortel Communication Server 1000
Release 7.0.
May 2009 Standard 03.05. This document is up-issued to
support Nortel Communication Server 1000E
system in Release 6.0.
May 2009 Standard 03.04. This document is up-issued to
support Nortel Communication Server 1000E
system in Release 6.0. This NTP may contain
information on or refer to products and naming
conventions that are not supported in this
release. This information is included for legacy
purposes and convenience only. This includes
but is not limited to items, such as: SSC; ISP
1100; ITG Pentium cards; and Media Cards
running certain IP Line applications.
October 2008 Standard 02.07. This document is up-issued to
include updated figure ’configuration2.bmp.’
September 2008 Standard 02.06. This document addresses
CR Q01920411-01 to support changes in
technical content for the LAN parameters
default indicators table.
May 2008 Standard 02.05. This document is issued to
reflect changes in T-1 pinouts.
March 2008 Standard 02.04. This document is issued to
support Communication Server 1000 Release
5.5. This document addresses CRs Q01849763
and Q01851610.
February 2008 Standard 02.03. This document is issued to
support Communication Server 1000 Release
5.5. This document addresses CR Q01819191.
January 2008 Standard 02.02. This document is issued to
support Communication Server 1000 Release
5.5. The Applicable systems section contains
the relevant note.
November 2007 Standard 02.01. This document is issued to
support Communication Server 1000 Release
5.5.
October 2007 Standard 01.03. This document addresses CRs
Q01738360, Q01747312, Q01743445, and
Q01741413.
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Other changes 9
August 2007 Standard 01.02. This document addresses CR
Q01721342, CR Q01726620, CR Q01727082,
and CR Q01727091.
May 2007 Standard 01.01. This document is issued to
support Communication Server 1000 Release
5.0.
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