Capacity and Sizing, Voice Ports | Lucent Technologies Release 4.0

DEFINITY AUDIX System Release 4.0

System Description Pocket Reference 585-300-214

Capacity and Sizing

Voice Ports

Chapter 3 — Capacity and Sizing

Lucent Technologies configures the DEFINITY AUDIX system’s capacity according to the customer’s requirements for the system’s resources.

Customers are divided into two categories of system use:

■Basic usage customers use the DEFINITY AUDIX system mainly for call coverage.

■Advanced usage customers use the system to create and send messages in addition to call coverage.

Whether customers use the system for call coverage or voice mail, their requirements for system resources can be divided into five additional categories—light, medium, heavy, very heavy, and extremely heavy. The values of two variables broadly determine customers’ system requirements:

■Minutes of voice port use per subscriber per day

■Minutes of voice storage required for each subscriber

Table 3-1 shows the categories of users and their average requirements for voice ports and voice storage.

Table 3-1. Average System Requirements per Subscriber

	Daily voice port	Basic voice storage	Advanced voice
	usage (Minutes)	(Minutes)	storage (Minutes)

Light	2	1.3	2.0

Medium	4	1.9	2.8

Heavy	6	2.3	3.4

Very heavy	8	2.6	3.9

Extremely heavy	10	3.0	4.5

Issue 1 May 1999

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Voice Ports

Lucent Technologies configures voice ports for the DEFINITY AUDIX system in two-port increments. Customers can purchase four, six, or eight voice ports with Digital Networking, or up to12 voice ports without Digital Networking. Lucent Technologies ships the system with four voice ports unless the customer orders additional ports.

The DEFINITY AUDIX system’s voice port capacity is measured in Erlangs. An Erlang is a mathematical representation of one busy port. The number of Erlangs a system can carry equals the average number of ports in use. The number of Erlangs the system can carry will vary according to its Grade of Service (GOS).

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Lucent Technologies Release 4.0 manual Capacity and Sizing, Voice Ports, Average System Requirements per Subscriber

Contents

Definity Audix System Release Lucent Technologies Web Ordering Information Contents Customer Responsibilities Page Special Terminology About this BookIntended Audiences Supported Product Releases Viii How to Order Additional DocumentationHow to Comment on This Book Trademarks Feature Overview Features and CompatibilityFeature Overview Features for the Customer Organization Savings from a Smaller System Features for the SubscriberIssue Features and Compatibility Feature Overview Advantages of Intuity Message Manager Features for the System Administrator Features and Compatibility SwitchesCompatibility Non-native mode.5 Native and Non-native ModeCompatibility Considerations for the Defintiy Audix system Definity Audix System Release Switch Releases Compatible with the Definity Audix System Definity Audix System Release Definity Audix System Design and Operation Flashware TN568 Circuit PackHard Disk Drive Port Board Emulation Digital Networking SoftwareNetworking Amis Analog Networking High-speed Digital Networking Connections Maximum Voice Ports and Digital Networking Ports Cydxsl15 LJK DCP Mode 2 Connection Design and Operation MO Disk Drive MO Disk Drive Design and Operation Faceplate Faceplate Operating Requirements On-board CablesSpace Requirements Sample Location in a SCC Design and Operation Operating Requirements Sample Location in a CMC Environmental Requirements Power RequirementsPhysical Dimensions for the Definity Audix System Power Requirements for the Definity Audix System Air Purity Requirements Atmospheric Requirements Definity Audix System Release Average System Requirements per Subscriber Capacity and SizingVoice Ports Voice Ports Port Capacities in Erlangs Capacity and Sizing Voice Ports Broadcast Messaging Features that Affect Voice PortsOutcalling Automated Attendant Voice Storage for Announcement Sets Voice StorageCapacity and Sizing Voice Storage Capacity and Sizing Intuity Message Manager Intuity Message ManagerHard disk drive to store voice mail and announcements Backup Limits on the MO Disk Backup Limits on the MO Disk DriveLimits for Intuity Message Manager System Design Appendix a Transition NotesSystem Design Native and Non-native Support Voice Ports Administration Impacts Digital Networking Port Migration Impacts Administration Impacts Alarm OriginationExternal Modem LEDs Alarm RelayMO Disk Drive Analog Port Emulation Switch IntegrationSwitch Integration DCS Networking Limited Availability for Control Link Integration Transition Notes Switch Integration Staff Appendix B Customer ResponsibilitiesStaff Environmental Requirements Table B-1. Atmospheric Requirements Environmental Requirements Cable Connections Cable ConnectionsTable B-2. Air Purity Requirements Figure B-1. Cable Connections for the External Modem Customer Responsibilities Cable Connections Figure B-2. Lucent- and Customer-provided LAN Connections Definity Audix System Release AB-1 Abbreviations AB-2 KHz KbpsAB-3 AB-4 MHz AB-5 TTY Abbreviations AB-6 Glossary Boot or Reboot Audio Messaging Interchange Specification AmisAudix Administration and Data Acquisition Package Adap Backup Broadcast Messaging Boot FilesystemBusyout Service Class of Service COS Delivery Operations Support System Doss Configurator Command ModeConfiguration Control Link Mode Errors Digital-Port DP ModeDigital Signal Processor DSP Disconnect Signaling Detection Flash programmable read-only memory Fprom Guest PasswordField Filesystems Initialization Initialization and Administration System InadsHeader Hunt Group Magneto-optical MO Disk Drive Local Maintenance Terminal LMTLogin Local Area Network LAN Operations, Administration, and Maintenance OA&M Native ModeNon-native Mode Nonvolatile Random Access Memory Nvram Reply Loop Escape RebootRemote Field Update Protocol Subscriber Specific Announcement Set UpdateUpgrade Standalone Utility GL-12 Voice Port IN-1 Index IN-2 IN-3 13, B-1 to B-3 power, 2-12 space, 2-9 to Index IN-4