Chapter 2 Installing the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8100 Series Hardware

About Telephony Configurations for Mixed Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Systems

Connecting the Telephony Cables for an E1/IP or T1 PRI/IP Cisco Unified MeetingPlace System

To Connect the Telephony Cables for an E1/IP or T1 PRI/IP Cisco Unified MeetingPlace System

Step 1 Locate the following items that shipped with the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server:

IP LAN cables.

E1 or T1 PRI telephony cables.

Breakout box.

Trunk card interface cable assemblies (50-pin Amphenol cables).

Step 2 Attach the far end of the first IP LAN cable to the RJ-45 socket of the switch or other network equipment. Step 3 Plug the other end of the first IP LAN cable into the Ethernet 1 connector on the Multi Access Blade. Step 4 If you use two Multi Access Blades for the IP configuration, repeat Step 2 and Step 3.

Step 5 Depending on the configuration of the E1 or T1 PRI portion of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system, do the procedure in the applicable section to connect the E1 or T1 PRI telephony cables:

Connecting E1 or T1 PRI Telephony Cables with One Multi Access Blade MP-MA-16-PRI, page 2-19(for the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8106 or Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8112)

Connecting E1 or T1 PRI Telephony Cables with One Multi Access Blade MP-MA-4-PRI, page 2-23(for the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8106 or Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8112)

Connecting E1 or T1 PRI Telephony Cables with Two Multi Access Blade MP-MA-4-PRIs, page 2-24(for the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8106 or Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8112)

Connecting E1 or T1 PRI Telephony Cables with One Multi Access Blade MP-MA-16-PRI and One Multi Access Blade MP-MA-4-PRI, page 2-25(for the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8112 only)

Connecting E1 or T1 PRI Telephony Cables with Two Multi Access Blade MP-MA-16-PRIs, page 2-26(for the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8112 only)

Figure 2-25shows the connections on the back of a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8106 with a mixed Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system. The Multi Access Blade used for the IP configuration is shown at the top, and the Multi Access Blade used for the E1/T1 PRI configuration is shown at the bottom.

Figure 2-25 Back of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8106 (Mixed Configuration)

Figure 2-26shows the connections on the back of a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8112 with a mixed Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system with 96 T1 CAS ports and 240 IP ports.

 

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