MultiVoice Gateway for the MAX— User’s Guide
Preliminary November 23, 1998
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Setting Up the MultiVoice Gateway
Hardware
Planning the hardware installation
Before you begin installation of the MultiVoice Gateway hardware, make sure that you have
the items you need. Also review the guidelines for installing the MultiVoice Gateway and for
reinstalling the MultiVoice Gateway.
For additional details on hardware installation, refer to the Getting Started guide for the MAX
2000, MAX 4000 or MAX 6000, as appropriate.
What you need before you start
Before you install the MultiVoice Gateway, make sure that you have the following items:
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A suitable location in which to install the MultiVoice Gateway hardware.
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A one-unit air gap for cooling (approximately 4 inches) between the MultiVoice Gateway
and other rack-mount hardware if you are rack-mounting the MultiVoice Gateway
hardware.
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One or more active line(s), with at least one line set for bidirectional calling.
(Bidirectional calling allows you to test the MultiVoice Gateway hardware by having the
MultiVoice Gateway dial out on one channel and answer on another channel.)
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If you have an Ethernet interface, you need the appropriate cables and connectors to set up
and test your Ethernet LAN connection.
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A locally-connected host or workstation that can Ping or Telnet to the MultiVoice
Gateway.
Planning the hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Inserting an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Setting up the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Connecting to input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Connecting to the LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Connecting the MultiVoice Gateway to the T1 Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Connecting the MultiVoice Gateway to the E1 Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Interpreting the MultiVoice Gateway LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Starting up the MultiVoice Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
