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This chapter describes the procedure to configure signaling interfaces.
The first tab you see when you select a TPx component in the Sites tab is Cards. The Cards tab tree expands to show the cages, slots, and cards in the selected TPx component. To do this, leave all icons in the Cards tab unhighlighted and right-click in a blank area. The basic Cards popup menu appears. (See Figure 12-1.)
The root of the cards tree is the selected TPx component. The second level shows its cages, with a type and name for each. The third level shows slots: for each one it shows the slot name and card name (if a card has been added to the slot). The fourth level in the tree shows the LIFs (line interfaces). For each LIF it shows the connected line tag (if any).
The slots shown in Figure 12-1 do not correspond to the actual physical arrangement of the hardware.
By default, you see only the TransPath tree. The area to the right of the tree is empty. However, if you show TransPath lines or external lines, the list of lines appears on the right. To show lines, open the Cards popup menu.
In addition to the options to show TransPath or external lines, this is where you can choose to display LIFs (unconnected, connected, or both). The number of popup menu options increases when you highlight an icon. The menu also differs slightly depending on which icon is highlighted:
If you select a TPx component, right-click on it, and select Add Cage from the popup menu, a dialog box appears where you can specify the name, description (optional), and type for the new cage. This is a logical process by which you identify the physical cards in your telephony controller chassis. However, the numbering of the cards and their order in the chassis do not necessarily match. (See Figure 12-2.)
Type a name of your choice in the text field. The field accepts alphanumeric characters.
Choose the type from the type box, which contains a drop-down list of cage types. When you select the cage type, the description number and number of slots is displayed just below the type.
When you click on OK, the Cisco Software Release 4 telephony controller configuration tool verifies that the cage name is unique within the TransPath component. If it is unique, the change is made. If the name is not unique, the configuration tool reports an error and you can try again.
Cages have slots into which you put the appropriate cards for your system. If you select a cage, right-click on it, and select Properties on the popup menu, a dialog box appears showing the cage name, description, and type. You can modify the name and description but not the type. The dialog box is similar to the Add Cage Dialog Box (See Figure 12-2.)
If you highlight an empty cage (one whose slots hold no cards), right-click on it, and select Remove Cage from the popup menu, a dialog box appears so that you can confirm that you want to remove the cage. When you click on OK, the cage is removed. You cannot remove a cage that has a card in any slot.
If you select an empty slot, right-click on it, and select Add Card from the popup menu, a dialog box appears where you can specify the card name, description (optional), software load, and card type. (See Figure 12-3.)
The card name and description are text fields.
For V.35 lines, you must enter the following information:
When you click on OK, the card is added. (The OK button will not become active until all required entries have been made and are valid.) You cannot modify the slot name or description here. (See Slot Properties.)
If you select a slot containing an unconnected card and choose Remove Card from the popup menu, a dialog box appears so that you can confirm that you want to remove this card. The dialog box is similar to the Remove Cage dialog box.
When you click on OK, the card is removed. An unconnected card is one having no lines connected to its LIFs.
If you select a slot and choose Properties from the popup menu, a dialog box appears where you can modify the slot name and description (optional). Slots have no other properties. (See Figure 12-4.)
The dialog box shows information about the card in this slot or it shows empty boxes for the details if there is no card, but you cannot modify these here. (See Add Card.) When you click on OK, the configuration tool verifies that the slot name is still unique and makes the change. If the name is not unique, a warning appears and you can try again.
After you add a cage and cards, you connect the cards to lines.
When you show TransPath lines on the right side of the tab, each entry shows the line information and the LIF (if any) to which it is connected.
When the TransPath tree shows an LIF, it also shows the tag of the line (if any) to which it is connected. You select separately in the TransPath tree and the lines list. You can only select one LIF and one line. When you select an LIF or a line and right-click on it, a popup menu appears. (See Figure 12-5.)
To connect a line to an LIF, you must have chosen to show TransPath lines and have included unconnected LIFs in your TransPath tree.
Select the line and the LIF, right-click to call the LIF popup menu, and choose Connect from the menu.
This connects the LIFs and lines. The newly connected line and LIF turn green to show they are now connected. (If you have chosen to see only unconnected lines and LIFs, the newly connected line and LIF disappear from the list).
To disconnect lines and LIFs, select a connected LIF or a connected line, right-click on it, and select Disconnect from the popup menu. This disconnects them. They turn yellow and their entries in the list are modified to show that they are no longer connected. If you have chosen to see only connected lines and LIFs, the affected LIF and line disappear from the list because they are no longer connected.
Posted: Fri Nov 12 16:25:15 PST 1999
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