Nortel Call Recording User manual

Nortel Call Recording Card
Planning, Installation, and Administration Guide
Product Release 6.01 Standard 1.0 September 2007
297-2183-217

Nortel Call Recording Card
Planning, Installation, and Administration Guide
Publication number: 297-2183-217
Product release: 6.01
Document release: Standard 1.0
Date: September 2007
Copyright © 2007 Nortel Networks, All Rights Reserved
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.
The process of transmitting data and call messaging between the Nortel Call Recording
Card server and the switch or the system is proprietary to Nortel Networks. Any other use of
the data and the transmission process is a violation of the user license unless specifically
authorized in writing by Nortel Networks prior to such use. Violations of the license by
alternative usage of any portion of this process or the related hardware constitutes grounds
for an immediate termination of the license and Nortel Networks reserves the right to seek
all allowable remedies for such breach.
Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owner.

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Revision history
September 2007 Standard 1.0. The Nortel Call Recording Card
Planning, Installation, and Administration Guideis
up-issued for Product Release 6.01.

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Contents
Getting Started 7
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How to get help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Software and documentation version numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the Nortel Call Recording Card 13
Installation overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing the Nortel Call Recording Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Configuring the Nortel Call Recording Card 21
Switch Configuration for Nortel Call Recording Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cabling the Nortel Call Recording Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Network settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Assigning the Internet Protocol (IP) address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing the user name and password for command line access . . . . . . . 44
Recording file format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Engineering Guidelines 47
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Usage guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Test and Debug Capabilities 51
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Self test features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Factory test features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
VxWorks shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Card state debug utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Application level debugging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Upgrade Procedures 63
Application loadware upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
XA firmware upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
BootROM loadware upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Precautions, Samples, and Error Codes 75
Precautions for handling circuit cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sample bootup sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Error code definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Glossary 91

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Chapter 1
Getting Started
In this chapter
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Software and documentation version numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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About this guide
The Nortel Call Recording Card Planning, Installation, and Administration
Guide provides step-by-step instructions you must perform to complete the
installation and administration of Nortel Call Recording Card.
Intended audience
This guide is intended for:
Nortel installers and distributors who are responsible for installing the
Nortel Call Recording Card.
Administrators who are responsible for monitoring and maintaining the
Nortel Call Recording Card.

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How to get help
This section explains how to get help for Nortel products and services.
Finding the latest updates on the Nortel Web site
The content of this documentation was current at the time the product was
released. To check for updates to the latest documentation for Nortel
Contact Recording and Quality Monitoring, see the web page for Nortel
Contact Recording and Quality Monitoring documentation, which is located
at http://www.nortel.com/helmsman.
Getting help from the Nortel Web site
The best way to get technical support for Nortel products is the Nortel
Support web site:
http://www.nortel.com/support
This site provides quick access to software, documentation, bulletins, and
tools to address issues with Nortel products. From this site, you can:
download software and related tools
download technical documents, release notes, and product bulletins
sign up for automatic notification of new software and documentation
search the Support Web site and Nortel Knowledge Base for answers to
technical issues
open and manage technical support cases

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Getting help over the phone from a Nortel Solutions Center
If you do not find the information your require on the Nortel Technical
Support Web site, and you have a Nortel support contract, you can also get
help over the phone from a Nortel Solutions Center.
In North America, call 1-800-4NORTEL (1-800-466-7835).
Outside North America, go to the Web site below to obtain the phone
number for your region:
http://www.nortel.com/callus
Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing
Code
You can use an Express Routing Code (ERC) to more quickly route your
call to the appropriate support specialist. To locate the ERC for your product
or service, go to:
http://www.nortel.com/erc
Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller
If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel product from a
distributor or authorized reseller, you can contact the technical support staff
for that distributor or reseller.

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Software and documentation version
numbering
Nortel Contact Recording and Quality Monitoring documentation is issued
for Nortel Contact Recording Package Release 6.01. The individual Nortel
Contact Recording and Quality Monitoring software components that you
install may display a different number. This is a known issue that does not
affect system performance. Version 6.01 will be reflected in future software
updates. Use the Nortel Contact Recording and Quality Monitoring
documentation for Release 6.01 with Nortel Contact Recording Release
6.0.1, Nortel Contact Recording Viewer, Nortel Contact Recording Archive,
and Nortel Contact Recording TDM Recorder Release 6.0.2, and Quality
Monitoring 6.0 Service Pack 4.

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Planning, Installation, and Administration Guide 13
Chapter 2
Installing the Nortel Call
Recording Card
In this chapter
Installation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing the Nortel Call Recording Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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Installation overview
The following table documents the Nortel Call Recording Card installation
information.
Table 1: Nortel Call Recording Card applicability and compatibility
Nortel Call Recording
Card
Application and Compatibility
Switch options Small systems:
Option 11 Cabinet / Chassis
Succession 1000
Succession 1000M Cabinet / Chassis
Large systems:
Option 51C/61C/81/81C
Succession 1000M Half Group/Single Group/Multi
Group
Card slot location Option 51C,61C, 81 or 81C: any IPE slot except CONT
Any IPE slot in an Option 11 Cabinet / Chassis.
Succession 1000M Half Group / Single Group / Multi
Group: any IPE slot except CONT.
Any IPE slot in a Succession 1000 or Succession 1000M
Cabinet / Chassis.
Note: On older Option 51C to 81C systems (before IPE
shelf vintage NT8D37EC) for slots other than 0, 4, 8,
12, you must install the NT8D81AA backplane to I/O
panel cable to connect all required signals to I/O panel.
MDF cabling None (the sets are virtual).

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LAN cabling Complete cabling requires:
One NTAG81 PC maintenance cable
50 pin I/O connector -A0852632
NTVQ83 ITG EMC shielding kit
One category 5, 100-base-T Ethernet standard

Software release Meridian 1 Release 25.15 software or later. Succession
release 2.0 or later.
Dip switch setting None.
Time and date stamp Automatically sent out by M1 CPU.
Upgrade capability Loadware upgrades performed from maintenance CLI.
Upgrade across network using FTP.
Recording storage If using Call Recording, the FTP Server must have
adequate file storage space. For example, a one minute
call recording consumes up to 480 KB of disk space.
Conference capacity Each Nortel Call Recording Card session uses three
conference ports on the switch.
If OBTN is set to either AGENT or ALL, each Nortel
Call Recording Card session uses four conference ports
on the switch.
If using Agent Greeting and OBTN is set to either
AGENT or ALL, each Nortel Call Recording Card port
uses five conference ports on the switch.

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You must ensure there are enough conference ports on
the switch to handle the number of simultaneous
observes permitted by the Nortel Call Recording Card
keycode. You must also ensure that each agent is
assigned adequate conference capacity to permit use by
Nortel Call Recording Card, Agent Greeting, OBTN and
personal conference activities.
PEP Information To interoperate with Agent Greeting the following PEP
must be applied: MPLR17930

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Installing the Nortel Call Recording Card
Use the following preinstallation checklist to ensure you meet the Nortel
Call Recording Card installation requirements.
Preinstallation checklist
To install the Nortel Call Recording Card, you must meet the installation
requirements listed in Table 2: “Preinstallation checklist for Nortel Call
Recording Card,” on page 17.
Table 2: Preinstallation checklist for Nortel Call Recording Card
Requirements for Nortel Call Recording Card installation Check
Nortel Call Recording Card installation pack, see Table 7:
“Nortel Call Recording Card product structure,” on page 32.
❒
RS232 maintenance cable for access to the command prompt of
the card.
❒
Access to switch software with administrator privileges to
configure the card at switch level.
❒
The switch must have an available slot in which to install the
card.
❒
IP configuration for the card: card IP address, gateway IP
address and subnet mask. See “Assigning the Internet Protocol
(IP) address,” on page 40.
❒
FTP server configuration
FTP server with accounts set up for Nortel Call Recording Card.
These accounts must have write and append access, see
“Recording file format,” on page 45. ❒

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Install procedure introduction
Complete the following steps to install the Nortel Call Recording Card. Print
these steps and use the provided check boxes to ensure that all installation
tasks are completed.
Before installation, perform the following tasks
Read the section on usage guidelines, see “Usage guidelines,”
on page 49, before using the card.
❒
Ensure the system has adequate conference capacity to support
the number of Nortel Call Recording Card sessions installed.
See Table 1: “Nortel Call Recording Card applicability and
compatibility,” on page 14. If the system does not have adequate
conference capacity, install extra XCT cards (large system) or
dual fibre and conference cards (small systems) as required.
❒

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Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Determine the cabinet, shelf, and slot location where you want to
install the Nortel Call Recording Card. See “Installation overview,”
on page 14 for card slot location.
Configure the Nortel Call Recording Card virtual sets on the
Meridian 1/Sucession 1000 system. See “Switch Configuration for
Nortel Call Recording Card,” on page 22.
Connect cables. See “Cabling the Nortel Call Recording Card ,” on
page 32.
Unpack and inspect the circuit card.
ATTENTION!
Handle the circuit card using the guidelines specified in
“Precautions for handling circuit cards,” on page 76.
Ensure a security dongle is installed in the socket on the card. If not
currently installed, install a dongle in the socket. See Figure 4:
“Media card layout,” on page 33 for the dongle socket location.

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Step 6
Step 7
Step 8
Step 9
Fully insert the card in the assigned slot and lock the latches. During
bootup, the HEX LED displays a visual progress indication of self
tests and information about the first failure detected. See “HEX
display codes,” on page 54 for more information.
The red LED on the faceplate of the Nortel Call Recording Card
remains illuminated until the unit is configured and enabled. If the red
LED is illuminated, an error occurred in one of the previous steps.
Configure an Internet Protocol (IP) address for the card. See
“Assigning the Internet Protocol (IP) address,” on page 40.
Nortel Call Recording Card installation is complete.