Chapter 1: Introduction
About S8500 LSP mode
Starting with Release 3.1 of Communication Manager, you can configure the S8500 as a local survivable processor (LSP), and, the S8500 can be the primary controller for an IP network with port networks. This new functionality is enabled by allowing H.248 gateways and H.323 endpoints to use the Processor Ethernet (PE) interface of the S8500 instead of a
Table 5 lists the possible uses of the PE interface for an S8500 LSP.
Table 5: Use of the PE interface on the S8500 LSP
Possible | Status of the function | Administration needed |
functions of | on the LSP server |
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the PE |
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interface |
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Registration | The PE interface is | No. The Communication Manager software |
| always enabled for | automatically enables the use of the PE |
| registration. | interface for registration. |
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H.248 gateway | H.248 gateway | No. The H.248 gateway enabled field on the |
registration | registration is enabled by | |
| default. | LSP. To temporarily disable H.248 registration |
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| on the LSP, you can change the |
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| procr form on the LSP. Any change that you |
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| perform on the LSP is lost when the LSP |
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| receives a file sync from the main server. After |
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| a file sync H.248 gateway registration will |
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| default to yes. |
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H.323 endpoint | H.323 endpoint | No. The H.248 gateway enabled field on the |
registration | registration is enabled by | |
| default. | LSP. To temporarily disable H.248 registration |
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| on the LSP, you can change the |
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| procr form on the LSP. Any change that you |
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| perform on the LSP is lost when the LSP |
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| receives a file sync from the main server. After |
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| a file sync, H.248 gateway registration |
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| defaults to yes. |
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Adjunct | Adjunct connectivity is | Yes. You must perform adjunct administration |
connectivity | enabled by default. | for the LSP on the main server. |
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24 Installing and Configuring the Avaya S8500 Media Server | February 2007 |
