DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r
555-233-115 Issue 1
April 2000
Fiber Link Administration
A-2Administer Fiber Links
A
Circuit Pack Form
After installing the equip ment (including c ircuit packs), the c ircuit packs must b e
administered

before

the fiber link is administered. Refer to

DEFINITY Enterprise

Communications Server Release 8 Administrator’s Guid e
for more information.
The following information descr ibes general circ uit pack administ ration
information:
a. Use the Circuit Packs form to administer c ircuit packs to c arrier slots.
Install or administer the circuit p acks (or assigned using the Circuit Packs
form) before administering voice terminals, attendant c onsoles, or trunks.
b. Each page of the form rep resents 1 carrier in the cab inet shown on the
command line.
c. Refer to

DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3 Planning and

Configuration

for more information about circuit pack administration and
port assignment records.
d. For initial installation, assign circ uit packs to slots using the hardware
configuration layout record from the factory or Customer Services
Organization. Do not arbitrarily assig n circuit pac ks to slots.
e. If the carrier type administered on the Cabinet Administration for m does
not match the physical hardware, question marks (??) may display in the
Code fields.
f. When a circuit pack in a slot d iffers from what has been administered on
the form, a “#” disp lays between the “Sfx” and “ Name” fields to ind icate a
conflict.
g. For Release 8r, the number of slot fields disp layed represents
administrable slots for the g iven carrier type.