Nortel Succession 1000M Guide

Nortel Communication Server 1000
Nortel Communication Server 1000 Release 5.5
Communication Server 1000M and
Meridian 1
Large System Installation and Commissioning
Document Number: NN43021-310
Document Release: Standard 02.01
Date: December 2007
Year Publish FCC TM
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Contents
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
New in this release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
List of Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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 . . . . 20
Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Finding the latest updates
on the Nortel web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Subject .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Applicable systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Conventions .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
NTP feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Related information .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Overview .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Summary of procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Preparing for installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System equipment – UEMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
System options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Cable routing guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Equipment handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Preparing the equipment for installation .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Placing the fourth module on a column . . . . . . . . 65
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Overview .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Placing the fourth module on a column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Positioning and leveling equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Positioning and leveling the equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Installing AC power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
AC-powered systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Safety ground/protective earth and logic return wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Installing safety ground/protective earth and logic return wiring .. . . . 82
Installing UPS ground cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing overhead cable tray kits . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Installing overhead cable tray kits .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Installing DC power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
DC-powered systems .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Candeo DC power systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Planning and designating a
Main Distribution Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
About terminations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Installation and designation .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Terminal block requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Installing the BIX cross-connect terminal .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Installing the Krone cross-connect system (UK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Installing Power Failure Transfer Units . . . . . . . . . 145
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
PFTU configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Installing a PFTU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Connecting trunks and telephones .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Installing QUA6 PFTUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Configuring the system monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
System monitor cabling .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Configuring the System Monitor .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cabling the System Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Alarm interfacing to Candeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Configuring the alarm ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Customizing alarms .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

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Connecting a system terminal or modem . . . . . . 171
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
About the system terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Connecting a terminal .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Connecting a terminal to a COM port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Connecting a switch box and terminal to
COM1 and COM2 ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Connecting a switch box and terminal to
SDI and COM1 ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Connecting a modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Configuring a modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Connecting a modem to an SDI port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Connecting a modem to switch box, COM2 ports, SDI ports . . . . . . . 183
Cabling Common Equipment in a
Single Group system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Cabling guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Core/Net module .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Cabling the Core side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cabling the I/O panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cabling the Network side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Configuring and cabling the Clock Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Network Group 0: Shelf 0 to Shelf 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Connecting the 3PE faceplates in the Core/Net modules . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Inspecting CNI to 3PE factory installed cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Connecting the Core/Net backplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Optioning the System Utility Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Connecting Core modules to a LAN .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

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Cabling Common Equipment in a
Multi Group system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cabling guidelines .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Core/Net module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cabling the Core/Net module backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Disconnecting cables from the Core/Net module backplane . . . . . . . . 213
Optioning the System Utility Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Core shelf cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Installing the CP PIV to I/O panel cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Connecting the Core module to a LAN .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cabling a Dual Ring Fiber Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
FIJI card cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Installing the Shelf 0 fiber optic ring (ascending) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Installing the Shelf 1 fiber optic ring (descending) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
FIJI to FIJI cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Connecting the Clock Controller cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cabling network modules and loops . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Network-to-network cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Network module connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Network Group 0: Shelf 0 to Shelf 1 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Connecting the 3PE faceplates in the Core/Net modules . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Connecting the Core/Net backplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Connecting Groups 1 through 7: Shelf 0 to Shelf 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Connecting the Network modules to the Core/Net modules .. . . . . . . . 245
Connecting the 3PE cables to the 3PE fanout panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Cabling a Superloop Network Card – single column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Cabling a Superloop Network Card – multiple columns . . . . . . . . . . . 256

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Cabling lines and trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Overview .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Cabling an IPE Module or Media Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Connecting lines and trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Powering up the system and initial loading . . . . . 299
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Overview .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Installing the Security Device .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Preparing to power up – AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Connecting the AC power source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Turning AC power ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Resetting the main circuit breakers (AC power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Preparing to power up – DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Turning DC power ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Installing software .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Testing Core/Net 1 and Core/Net 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Performing acceptance tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Acceptance tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Testing the module power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Testing the blower unit and thermal sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Testing the sysload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Testing the system terminal and system monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Testing the PFTU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Installing earthquake bracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Seismic-approved applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

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Installing seismic bracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Drilling concrete floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Installing Kit A and Kit B anchor plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Installing earthquake rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Positioning and leveling the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Installing non-seismic bracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Installing a non-seismic anchor kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Adding a module to a column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Adding a module to the base of a column .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Adding a module between two other modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Adding a module to the top of a column .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Installing a Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Readiness checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Installing the CP PM Signaling Server hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Connections .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Installing the Signaling Server software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
First boot of a new Nortel CP PM Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Unpacking Help files for Virtual Terminal Emulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Logging in to the Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Verifying a successful configuration .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Testing the Leader Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

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New in this release
Features
There are no new features in this NTP for CS 1000 Release 5.5.
Other
Revision History
December 2007
Standard 02.01. This document is up-issued for Communication Server 1000
Release 5.5.
July 2007
Standard 01.03. This document is up-issued for Communication Server 1000
Release 5.0.
July 2007
Standard 01.02. This document is up-issued for Communication Server 1000
Release 5.0.
May 2007
Standard 01.01. This document is up-issued for Communication Server 1000
Release 5.0. This document contains information previously contained in the
following legacy document, now retired: Communication Server 1000M and
Meridian 1: Large System Installation and Configuration (553-3021-210).

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NN43021-310 Standard 02.01 December 2007
April 2006
Standard 4.00. This document is up-issued with corrections from CR
Q01311083. The corrections appear in the “Configuring the System Monitor'
section (page 153 to page 157).
August 2005
Standard 3.00. This document is up-issued to support Communication
Server 1000 Release 4.5.
September 2004
Standard 2.00. This document is up-issued to support Communication
Server 1000 Release 4.0.
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, which resulted in the
merging of multiple legacy NTPs. This new document consolidates
information previously contained in the following legacy documents, now
retired:
•Cabling Guide (553-3001-109)
•System Installation Procedures (553-3001-210)

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List of Procedures
Procedure 1
Preparing the equipment for installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Procedure 2
Placing the fourth module on a column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Procedure 3
Positioning and leveling the equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Procedure 4
Installing safety ground/protective earth and logic return wiring . 82
Procedure 5
Installing the UPS ground cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Procedure 6
Installing the overhead cable tray kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Procedure 7
Installing and connecting the power plant frame ground leads . . . 113
Procedure 8
Installing safety ground/protective earth wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Procedure 9
Connecting power from the power plant to the PDU (NT4N49AA) . 125
Procedure 10
Connecting UK power to the Four-Feed PDU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Procedure 11
Installing the BIX cross-connect terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Procedure 12
Installing the Krone Test Jack Frame (UK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Procedure 13
Installing a PFTU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Procedure 14
Connecting trunks and telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Procedure 15
Configuring the System Monitor (NT8D22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Procedure 16
Cabling the System Monitor (NT8D22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Procedure 17
Configuring the alarm ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Procedure 18
Connecting a terminal to a COM port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Procedure 19
Connecting a switch box and terminal to COM1 and COM2 ports 175
Procedure 20
Connecting a switch box and terminal to the SDI and COM1 ports 177
Procedure 21
Configuring a modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Procedure 22
Connecting a modem to an SDI port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Procedure 23
Connecting a modem to a switch box, COM2 and SDI ports . . . . . 183
Procedure 24
Installing the CP PIV to I/O panel cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Procedure 25
Connecting the Clock Controller cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Procedure 26
Connecting the 3PE faceplates in the Core/Net modules . . . . . . . . 200
Procedure 27
Inspecting NT4N29AA factory installed cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Procedure 28
Connecting the Core/Net backplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

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Procedure 29
Connecting the Core module to a LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Procedure 30
Cabling the Core/Net module backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Procedure 31
Disconnecting cable connectors from the backplane . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Procedure 32
Installing the CP PIV to I/O panel cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Procedure 33
Connecting the Core module to a LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Procedure 34
Installing the Shelf 0 fiber optic ring (ascending) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Procedure 35
Installing the Shelf 1 fiber optic ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Procedure 36
Connecting the FIJI to FIJI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Procedure 37
Connecting the Clock Controller cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Procedure 38
Connecting the 3PE faceplates in the Core/Net modules . . . . . . . . 240
Procedure 39
Connecting the Core/Net backplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Procedure 40
Connecting Groups 1 through 7: Shelf 0 to Shelf 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Procedure 41
Connecting the Network Shelf 0 3PE cards to Core/Net 0 . . . . . . . 251
Procedure 42
Connecting the Network Shelf 1 3PE cards to Core/Net 1 . . . . . . . 251
Procedure 43
Basic cabling for single-row network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Procedure 44
Basic cabling for multiple-row network connections . . . . . . . . . . . 256

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Procedure 45
Cabling an IPE Module (NT8D37) or Media Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Procedure 46
Connecting lines and trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Procedure 47
Installing the Security Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Procedure 48
Preparing to power up – AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Procedure 49
Option 1: Using the installed power plug (recommended) . . . . . . . 302
Procedure 50
Option 2: Hard-wiring the power connections (optional) . . . . . . . . 303
Procedure 51
Turning AC power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Procedure 52
Resetting the main circuit breakers (AC power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Procedure 53
Preparing to power up – DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Procedure 54
Turning DC power ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Procedure 55
Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Procedure 56
Testing Core/Net 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Procedure 57
Switching call processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Procedure 58
Testing Core/Net 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Procedure 59
Testing module power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Procedure 60
Testing blower unit and thermal sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

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Procedure 61
Sysload test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Procedure 62
Testing system terminal and system monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Procedure 63
Testing the PFTU and its interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Procedure 64
Drilling concrete floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Procedure 65
Installing Kit A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Procedure 66
Installing Kit B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Procedure 67
Installing earthquake rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Procedure 68
Leveling the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Procedure 69
Installing a Floor Mounting Kit (NT8D64BF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Procedure 70
Adding a module to the base of a column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Procedure 71
Adding a module between two other modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Procedure 72
Adding a module to the top of the column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Procedure 73
Connecting a Nortel CP PM Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Procedure 74
Connecting a CP PM Signaling Server to the ELAN and TLAN subnets of
a CS 1000E system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Procedure 75
Connecting a CP PM Signaling Server to the ELAN and TLAN subnets of
a CS 1000M system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Procedure 76
Connecting an IBM X306m Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

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Procedure 77
Connecting an HP DL320-G4 Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Procedure 78
Installing Signaling Server software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Procedure 79
Entering basic system configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Procedure 80
Adding a Follower Signaling Server to an IP Telephony node . . . 441
Procedure 81
Logging in to the Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Procedure 82
Verifying the Signaling Server Ethernet connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

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How to get help
This section explains how to get help for Nortel products and services.
Getting help from the Nortel Web site
The best way to get technical support for Nortel products is from the Nortel
Technical Support Web site:
www.nortel.com/support
This site provides quick access to software, documentation, bulletins, and
tools to address issues with Nortel products. More specifically, the site
enables you to:
• download software, documentation, and product bulletins
• search the Technical Support Web site and the Nortel Knowledge Base
for answers to technical issues
• sign up for automatic notification of new software and documentation for
Nortel equipment
• open and manage technical support cases
Getting help over the telephone from a Nortel Solutions
Center
If you don’t find the information you require on the Nortel Technical Support
Web site, and 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).

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Outside North America, go to the following Web site to obtain the phone
number for your region:
www.nortel.com/callus
Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing
Code
To access some Nortel Technical Solutions Centers, you can use an Express
Routing Code (ERC) to quickly route your call to a specialist in your Nortel
product or service. To locate the ERC for your product or service, go to:
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, contact the technical support staff for that distributor
or reseller.