Quickstart
Quickstart for E1 MAX units
MAX 4000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Preliminary November 4, 1998
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Quickstart for E1 MAX units
Before you begin basic configuration of your E1 MAX, make sure that all required hardware
components are available and that you have a good idea of what is involved in configuring the
MAX for E1 operations. Gather all the necessary configuration information, and make sure
that you know how to use the MAX VT100 interface. Then configure the MAX and test your
LAN and WAN connections.
Setting up your hardware for E1
Before you begin, make sure you have installed the MAX as described in Chapter 2, “Setting
Up and Testing the MAX Hardware.” Also verify that you have available:
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One or more active and installed E1 lines accessible from the MAX. These lines must
provide switched data service on at least two channels. For more information, see
“Provisioning the Switch” on page A-1.
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An active Ethernet LAN with appropriate cables and connectors.
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A remote unit (an Ascend unit or other compatible equipment) that you can Telnet to or
Ping over a dial-up PPP encapsulated link across the WAN.
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A local host or workstation, on the same subnet as the MAX, that can Telnet to or Ping the
MAX.
Figure 3-7 illustrates the hardware setup required for this Quickstart.
Figure 3-7. Quickstart set up
Overview of E1 line configuration
Figure 3-8 illustrates incoming call routing using R2 signaling. The example shows two hunt
groups: one for digital calls and one for analog calls. Each hunt group contains 12 channels.
Analog callers use the phone number 555-1111 to call in and are routed to the digital modems
in slot 5. Digital callers use the phone number 555-2222, and are routed to the MAX
bridge/router module in slot 9. To set up call routing, you configure two Ch N Slot parameters
in the E1 line’s profile.
R2 signaling is less flexible than ISDN D-channel signaling, because you must preallocate the
number of E1 channels used for voice calls and for data calls. If 12 analog callers are
connected, subsequent analog callers are rejected because there are no more channels available
for analog calls, even though there are 12 unused channels in the other hunt group.
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