Dialogic
®
DSI SS7MD Programmer’s Manual Issue 3
3
Contents
1
Introduction
............................................................................................................. 7
1.1
Related Information ............................................................................................ 7
2
Specification
............................................................................................................. 9
2.1
Product Identifiers .............................................................................................10
2.1.1
Dialogic
®
DSI SS7MDL4 Network Interface Board - Low Profile PCI Express
Form Factor Product ................................................................................10
2.2
Dialogic
®
DSI SS7MDL4 Network Interface Board - Low Profile PCI Express Form
Factor ..............................................................................................................11
2.2.1
Capacity ................................................................................................11
2.2.2
Host Interface ........................................................................................11
2.2.3
Physical Interfaces ..................................................................................12
2.2.4
Protocol Resource Support .......................................................................12
2.2.5
Visual Indicators .....................................................................................13
2.2.6
Power Requirements ...............................................................................13
2.2.7
Airflow Requirements ..............................................................................13
2.2.8
Environmental Specification .....................................................................13
2.2.9
Safety, EMC and Telecommunications Specifications ....................................14
2.2.10 Reliability ..............................................................................................14
2.3
Software Licenses ..............................................................................................15
2.3.1
Run Modes.............................................................................................15
3
Installation
..............................................................................................................17
3.1
Software Packages .............................................................................................18
3.1.1
Development Package .............................................................................18
3.1.2
User Part Development Package................................................................18
3.1.3
Binary for Dialogic
®
DSI SS7MD Network Interface Boards...........................18
3.2
Software Installation for Linux .............................................................................19
3.2.1
Installing the Development Package for Linux .............................................19
3.2.2
Installing the DSI SS7MD Source Device Driver ..........................................20
3.2.3
Support for a Large Number of DSI Messages .............................................21
3.2.4
Removing the Development Package for Linux ............................................21
3.2.5
RPM Installation .....................................................................................21
3.3
Software Installation for Solaris (SPARC) ..............................................................23
3.3.1
Additional Commands..............................................................................24
3.3.2
Support for Larger Message Queues ..........................................................24
3.3.3
Removing the Development Package for Solaris ..........................................24
3.3.4
Solaris Interface Name Checking ..............................................................24
4
Dialogic® DSI SS7MD Board Configuration and Operation
........................................25
4.1
Regulatory and Geographic Considerations ............................................................26
4.2
System Structure...............................................................................................27
4.3
Running Host Binaries With Dialogic
®
DSI SS7MD Board .........................................28
4.4
System Configuration .........................................................................................29
4.4.1
System Configuration File Syntax..............................................................29
4.4.2
Generating the system.txt Configuration File ..............................................30
4.5
Protocol Configuration ........................................................................................32
4.5.1
Protocol Configuration Using the s7_mgt Utility...........................................32
4.6
Monitoring ........................................................................................................34
4.6.1
Configuration .........................................................................................34
4.6.2
Runtime Operations ................................................................................34
4.7
ATM Monitoring .................................................................................................35
4.7.1
IMA Monitoring .......................................................................................35
4.8
Switching Timeslots between LIUs........................................................................36
4.8.1
Switching Model .....................................................................................36
4.8.2
Static Initialization ..................................................................................37
