Lucent Technologies Release 8.2 manual Supported Switches and Adjuncts

Overview 3 C-LAN Administration

In the hardware part of the diagram, the paths for voice and signaling data are shown by dashed or dotted lines. The data for voice and call-setup signaling usually takes a different path through the switch hardware from the path for DCS and ISDN signaling data. These two types of data are distinguished in the hardware part of the diagram by the following convention.

A dashed line, "	", indicates voice and call-setup data.
A dotted line, "	", indicates DCS signaling data.

In the software part of the diagram, the virtual path from processor to processor between two nodes is traced by dashed lines. The path starts at a processor channel on one node, through the link/interface-channels on each node, to the processor channel on the connected node.

Administration tasks This section gives the detailed steps for administering the connections between switches. For each configuration, there are several tasks and each task consists of several steps. All of the tasks needed to administer all the nodes in the network are included in each configuration.

The administration task sections list the steps for completing a screen (or "form") and show a representation of the filled-in screen. Many of the field values shown in the screens are examples — you will use different values that are appropriate for your system. Information about the fields and their values — when and why different values are used — is given for each screen. More detailed information about the screens and their fields is given in Appendix A.

Supported Switches and Adjuncts

Csi-model switches cannot have X.25 connections. New R8si and R8r switches cannot have new X.25 connections but pre-R7 switches with X.25 connections can be upgraded to R8 and keep the X.25 connections.

The vs model of DEFINITY ECS cannot be upgraded to R8 — R6.3 is the last release supported for the vs model. However, pre-R7 releases of the vs model will be supported (via X.25 and ISDN, not TCP/IP) in customer networks that include R8 versions of the csi, si, and r models.

The call management system (CMS) and Intuity adjuncts can be connected to the DEFINITY ECS R7csi with an ethernet connection and to the si and r models with either an ethernet or Bx.25 connection. Procedures for administering these connections are not covered in this book. They are documented in CentreVu CMS Switch Connections and Administration (585-215-876) for CMS and in Intuity Messaging Solutions, LAN Integration with DEFINITY ECS (585-313-602) for Intuity. CMS administration is covered in Centre CMS Software Installation and Setup, 585-215-866.

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