
PARTNER® Version, Installation and Reference Manual
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- Issue 1a (30 January 2010)
IP Office Essential Edition
System Overview: System Components
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Power Supplies
The IP Office 500 V2 control unit has an internal power supply
unit. Each external expansion module is supplied with an
external power supply unit. Additional power supply units may
also be required for IP phones and some phone add-ons.
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Power Cords
Depending on the locale, different power cords need to be
ordered for each control unit, external expansion module and
any phones or devices using external power supply units.
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Cables
The Essential Edition - PARTNER® Version is designed
primarily for connection to a structured cabling system using
CAT3 UTP cabling. This approach allows telephone and data
traffic to share the same wiring infrastructure and simplifies
equipment moves.
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Mounting Kits
The IP Office 500v2 control unit can be used free-standing,
with an external expansion module stacked above it. With
optional rack mounting kits, the control unit and external
expansion module can also be rack mounted. Alternatively
with an optional wall mounting kit the control unit can be wall
mounted.
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Surge Protectors and Barrier Boxes
Where the installation includes extensions in other buildings
additional protective equipment is required. This equipment
may also be required in areas where the lightning risk is high.
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Phones
Essential Edition - PARTNER® Version systems support a
variety of Avaya digital and wireless phones plus analog
phones.
2.4 Control Unit
The base item of the Essential Edition - PARTNER® Version system is the system server or control unit. It stores the
system configuration and controls system operation. Essential Edition - PARTNER® Version uses the IP Office 500v2 R6.0
control unit or above.
A control unit can be customized by adding various internal cards such as trunk cards. external expansion modules can
be also be connected to add additional extension and trunk ports.
The IP Office 500v2 control unit has four front slots for
IP Office 500
base cards
. It has an internal power supply unit and uses a mandatory
dongle in the form of an SD Card plugged into a rear panel slot. It
includes a 2 port ethernet LAN switch (layer 3 managed) on the rear.
The following table summarizes the capacities of the control unit supported by Essential Edition - PARTNER® software.