Cisco Systems OL-1089-11 manual Document Objective, Audience

Preface

This preface includes the following sections:

•Document Objective, page xi

•Audience, page xi

•Document Organization, page xii

•Document Conventions, page xii

•Cisco Media Gateway Controller Documentation Suite, page xv

•Cisco Media Gateway Controller Documentation Map, page xvi

•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines, page xvii

•Summary History of Document Changes, page xvii

Document Objective

This guide provides reference information for the Cisco Media Gateway Controller (MGC) software Release 9. You should read the system-level documentation supplied with your system before using this guide. A complete list of these documents is included in the Cisco Media Gateway Controller Software Release 9 Installation and Configuration Guide that ships with your system.

Note This guide uses the term Media Gateway Controller software or MGC application to mean the Cisco MGC software that runs in the UNIX environment on a server. The term MGC refers to the combination of this software and the server. The MGC communicates with the SS7 network to process and route calls between a traditional time-division multiplexing (TDM) network and a packet data network. This routing takes place through a variety of media gateways (MGWs), which are separate devices that perform the conversion between the TDM and data network formats.

Audience

This guide is for network operators and administrators who have experience with telecommunications networks, protocols, and equipment and who have familiarity with data communications networks, protocols, and equipment.

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