MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.1 |
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Network Reference |
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5 Network Management |
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| Switch Identifiers |
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If your system uses private tandem trunks, you must program switch identifiers. Switch identifiers are 1- or
Switch identifiers appear in print reports. You can use Next to see the switch identifiers for all trunks. To see a report showing switch identifiers, select the 3ULQW option on the System Programming menu and then choose7UXQNLQIR and *HQHUDl. See Appendix B for an example of the General Trunk Information report. The switch identifier appears in the “Extern Switch” column.
Planning Guidelines | 5 |
The procedures in this topic allow you to add, change, and remove switch identifiers.
PSTN trunks connected to your local system do not require identifiers. They are, by default, not assigned an identifier.
When a private networked trunk is deleted, either via DS1 programming or by the Board Renumber procedure, all switch identifiers in the system need to be examined and reprogrammed as needed. Newly added private network trunks need to be programmed with new switch identifiers.
You can assign a switch identifier to a block of trunks. You can also remove a switch identifier from a block of trunks that use the same switch identifier.
The correct switch identifier for a trunk or block of trunks is determined by the type of switch to which the trunk is connected and whether or not that switch is a satellite switch (located within 200 miles of the local system). It is important to know the distance between systems in order to assure transmission quality. The identifiers are switch numbers that have the following meanings:
■Unassigned, no value = trunk connected to CO (central office)
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