Nortel 1000 Con?guration guide Guide

Nortel Communication Server 1000
Branch Office Installation and
Commissioning
NN43001-314
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Document status: Standard
Document version: 01.02
Document date: 20 June 2007
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Revision history
June 2007
This document has been up-issued to reflect changes in technical content
for CR Q01514742.
May 2007
Standard 01.01. This document is issued to support Communication Server
1000 Release 5.0. This document contains information previously contained
in the following legacy document, now retired: (553-3001-314).
September 2006
Standard 5.00. This document is up-issued for CR Q0143871, with an
update to Procedure 23, which resulted in no remote access over IP
Network to CS. See Page 297.
January 2006
Standard 4.00. This document is up-issued for CR Q01202736, with
information on reconfiguring Call Server alarm notification levels if
necessary when configuring Adaptive Network Bandwidth Management.
See pages 74 and 82
August 2005
Standard 3.00. This document is up-issued to support CS 1000 Release 4.5.
October 2003
Standard 1.00. This document is a new NTP for Succession 3.0. It was
created to support a restructuring of the Documentation Library. This
document contains information previously contained in the following legacy
document, now retired: Branch Office (553-3023-221).
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Branch Office Installation and Commissioning
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Nortel Communication Server 1000
Branch Office Installation and Commissioning
NN43001-314 01.02 Standard
Release 5.0 20 June 2007
Copyright © 2007, Nortel Networks
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Contents
New in this release 17
MG 1000B hardware platform 17
Media Card MC32S 18
Main and Branch Office running different releases 18
Main Office and Branch Office Migration 18
How to get help 19
Getting help from the Nortel web site 19
Getting help over the telephone from a Nortel Solutions Center 19
Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing Code 19
Getting help through a Nortel distributor or re-seller 20
Overview 21
Contents 21
What is Branch Office? 22
Main Office and Branch Office Migration 24
MG 1000B (MGC) compared to the MG 1000B (SSC) 24
MGC Serial Ports 26
Single CPU Implications 26
Dual CPU Implications 26
Terminal Server Support 26
MGC serial port default configuration 27
MGC serial ports configuration change in Overly 17 27
CEMux Support 27
Clock References 28
Main office hardware description 28
MG 1000B platform hardware description 29
MG 1000B Core 31
MG 1000B Expander 33
Signaling Server 34
Network Routing Service (NRS) 35
Telephones 36
Voice Gateway Media Card 37
Analog or digital trunk cards 38
Analog or digital line cards 38
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MG 1000B with MGC Data Networking 38
MGC Network Connections 40
MG 1000B platform configuration overview 44
MG 1000B platform without an MG 1000B Expander 45
MG 1000B platform with an MG 1000B Expander 46
Capacity 47
Media Card DSP capacity 47
Software requirements 47
Main and Branch Office running the same release 47
Main and Branch Office running different releases 48
Package Combinations 50
Supported applications 50
Survivability 50
Active Call Failover 52
Configuring S2 IP Address to point to the main office TPS 53
Bandwidth Management 55
Contents 55
Introduction 55
Codec negotiation 56
SIP example 57
G.711 A-law and mu-law interworking 58
Bandwidth management and codecs 58
Codec selection 59
Codec selection algorithms 59
Configuring Bandwidth Management parameters 62
Configuration rules 62
Network Planning 62
Enabling codecs 63
Configuring Bandwidth Management 64
Maintenance commands 67
Adaptive Network Bandwidth Management 70
Description 70
Feature packaging 76
Configuration rules 77
Configuring Adaptive Network Bandwidth Management 77
Maintenance commands 84
Tandem Bandwidth Management overview 90
Application 91
Dialing Plan Overview 91
Network using Uniform Dialing Plan 93
Common details 94
Differences when every Branch Office HLOC is shared with the main office 95
Call between two branch offices associated with the same main office 96
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Every Branch Office HLOC is shared with the main office 96
No Branch Office HLOC is shared with the main office, but can be shared with
another Branch Office 97
No Branch Office HLOC is shared with the main office or another Branch
Office 98
Call between branch offices associated with different main office 99
Every Branch Office HLOC is shared with the main office 99
No Branch Office HLOC is shared with the main office or another Branch
Office 102
Summary of provisioning procedures for Tandem Bandwidth Management 104
Provisioning Example of Tandem Bandwidth Management 105
Network using mixed Coordinated Dialing Plan and Uniform Dialing Plan 111
Call between two local branch offices 112
Call between branch offices associated with different main offices 113
Network using CDP only 115
Call between two local branch offices 117
Call between branch offices associated with different main offices 118
Bandwidth Management Support for Network Wide Virtual
Office 121
Contents 121
Feature description 121
Operating parameters 122
Assumptions 122
Feature interactions 122
Interaction with Zone-based Digit Manipulation 123
Interaction with Time and Date 123
Interaction with Off-Hook Alarm Security 123
Feature packaging 123
Feature implementation 123
Task summary list 123
Feature operation 125
Alternative Call Routing for Network Bandwidth Management127
Contents 127
Description 127
ALTPrefix 129
How Alternative Call Routing for NBWM works 130
Dialing plans 131
Examples of Alternative Call Routing for NBWM in operation 132
Operating parameters 143
Feature interactions 144
Call Redirections 144
Multiple Appearance Directory Number 144
Network Bandwidth Management 144
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Network Class of Service 144
Network Routing Service (NRS) 145
Trunk Route Optimization (TRO) 145
Virtual Office 145
Feature packaging 145
Feature implementation using Command Line Interface 145
Task summary list 145
Sample printout 146
Feature implementation using Element Manager 147
Zone configuration 147
Diagnostics 149
Maintenance 155
Command Line Interface maintenance 155
Element Manager maintenance 155
Feature operation 158
How the Branch Office feature works 159
Contents 159
Introduction 160
Normal Mode and Local Mode operation 160
Normal Mode 160
Local Mode 160
Virtual Trunks 164
IP Phone calls 165
Zones 165
Vacant Number Routing 165
Time of Day 166
MG 1000B IP Phone to local PSTN calls 166
IP Phone to analog (500/2500-type) or digital telephone calls 167
Conference calls 167
Group Call 168
Configuring non-zero S2 IP Addresses 169
Points to remember 170
Configuring the S2 IP Address parameter 171
Multiple Appearance DN (MADN) 172
IP Phones with the same DN at the Branch Office 172
IP Phones with the same DN at the main office 172
Emergency services 172
Configuring ESA for emergency services 173
Configuring SPN for emergency services 174
Abbreviated Dialing 174
MG 1000B Core interoperability 176
Network Wide Redundancy Phase II and Network Music 176
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Planning and management 179
Contents 179
Data network planning 179
LAN/WAN bandwidth requirements 180
Branch Office dialing plan 181
Emergency Services 182
Zones 182
Music on Hold 182
ESN Access Codes 182
Provisioning the IP Phones 182
Configuration example for PSTN resources at the Branch Office 183
Management 185
Remote Access 185
Element Manager 185
Telephony Manger 3.1 186
Set-Based Installation for IP Phones 186
Traffic measurement 186
Call Detail Recording (CDR) 187
Proactive Voice Quality management 188
System security 189
Adding a Branch Office 191
Contents 191
Introduction 191
Main office requirements 192
Optional features 193
Branch Office requirements 193
Implementation summary 194
Adding a CS 1000 Release 5.0 Branch Office to a Branch Office with a previous
software release 196
Upgrade the entire network to CS 1000 Release 5.0 197
Upgrade only the main office to CS 1000 Release 5.0 198
Converting a Small System to a Branch Office 201
Contents 201
Introduction 201
Requirements 201
Conversion 202
Implementation summary 203
Upgrading to CS 1000 Release 5.0 207
Contents 207
Introduction 207
Upgrading to CS 1000 Release 5.0 208
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Main office configuration 209
Contents 209
Introduction 209
Zone parameters 210
Element Manager zone configuration 213
IP Phone passwords and parameters 215
MG 1000B IP Phone configuration 218
MG 1000B IP Phone configuration using TM 3.01 218
MG 1000B IP Phone configuration using LD 11 218
MG 1000B platform hardware installation 221
Contents 221
Installing an MG 1000B Core 221
Readiness checklist 222
Rack-mounting an MG 1000B Core or MG 1000B Expander 223
Installing cards 227
Installing a Signaling Server 228
Materials required 228
Preparing for rack-mounting 230
Rack-mounting 232
Connecting and powering up the Signaling Server 235
MG 1000B software installation 239
Contents 239
Signaling Server software installation 239
Materials required 240
Creating the Signaling Server CD 240
Installing the Signaling Server software 241
Upgrading the SIgnaling Server software 241
Signaling Server tools 241
Signaling Server port speed 243
Verifying a successful configuration 244
Connecting the MG 1000B Core to the network 244
Connecting the MG 1000B Core to the network 244
Using Element Manager to configure the node 247
Installing MG 1000B Hardware 249
Installing the cards 250
Installing a DSP Daughterboard 250
Installing the MGC card 251
Installing the CP PM card 252
Branch Office configuration 255
Contents 255
Configuring the Branch Office 255
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