Introduction

Managing the Z-Plex

When a T1 port is configured for TR-08 format, the voice channels assigned to this port are identified by channel number (according to the TR-TSY-000008 document), which may be different from the T1 time slot number. The product supports only Shelf A. The relation between a channel number and corresponding slot number for TR-08 is shown in the following table.

Channel

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3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

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Time slots

1

3

5

7

9

11

13

15

17

19

21

23

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

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18

20

22

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.5Managing the Z-Plex

The Z-Plex provides the following interfaces to configure the unit:

•Serial (craft)—An out-of-band RS232 serial interface.

•DS0—The DS0 management channel encapsulates IP traffic in HDLC frames using DS0 24.

•Ethernet —You can telnet to the Z-Plex over the Ethernet to manage the unit.

•IP over FDL —The Z-Plex unit supports IP over FDL as a way to configure the system via the CLI. The IP over FDL connection is different than the standard FDL interface which provides error checking for T1 interfaces. The two FDL interfaces cannot be used at the same time.

You can configure the Z-Plex using any of the following methods:

•SNMP

•CLI

•TFTP

1.5.1SNMP

The Z-Plex supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 1 and version 2 for system management. Network object variables are management information base II (MIB-II) compliant.

SNMP can be accessed over a number of IP interfaces, including IP over FDL, the DS0 24 management channel, or the Ethernet interface. The SNMP agent on the Z-Plex uses to port 161 of UDP for management traffic and UDP port 162 for error events and SNMP traps.

The MIBs for the Z-Plex control the following:

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