Cisco SS7 Interconnect for Voice Gateways Solution Implementation

Step 1 

If using dedicated DC power, connect the power supply to the signaling controller.

Cisco Media Gateway Controller Hardware Installation Guide

Step 2 

Connect the LAN switch to your LAN.

Note   The LAN switch is not provided with the signaling controller.

Step 3 

Connect a console terminal to the signaling controller using an EIA/TIA-232 cable.

Step 4 

Connect the signaling controller to the IP network to which the access gateways will be connected.

Note   The IP signaling network is a separate network from the H.323 voice network.

Step 1 

Connect serial ports through the T1/E1, V.35, EIA/TIA-449, or EIA/TIA-530 interfaces to the STPs.

• Cisco Media Gateway Controller Hardware Installation Guide

• Cisco IOS Release 12.1(2)T documentation, Cisco Signaling Link Terminal

Step 2 

Connect Ethernet ports through the Ethernet 10BaseT to the signaling controller or the LAN switch.

Step 1 

If you have one IP network, connect the access gateways to the LAN switch.

If you have two IP networks, use the access gateway Ethernet port to connect each access gateway to the POP management network, and use the access gateway Fast Ethernet port to connect each access gateway to the IP data network.

Cisco Media Gateway Controller Hardware Installation Guide

Step 2 

Connect the bearer channels to the access gateway using RJ-48 connections for the E1 and T1 interfaces.

Step 1 

Install the operating system on the signaling controller:

1. Verify SC host firmware.

2. Verify that the Sun Solaris operating system is installed appropriately.

3. Install the Volume Manager.

4. Create the Log and Spool volumes.

Cisco Media Gateway Controller Software Release 7 Installation and Configuration Guide

Step 2 

Install the Cisco SC host software:

1. Install the software for a single-host or dual-host configuration.

2. Configure the execution environment.

3. Terminate the signaling links.

4. Configure the SNMP support resources.

Step 3 

Install IOS Release software on the Cisco SLT. To determine the correct software release version, refer to Release Notes for Cisco Media Gateway Controller Software Release 7.

• Cisco Media Gateway Controller Software Release 7 Installation and Configuration Guide

• Release Notes for Cisco Media Gateway Controller Software Release 7

Step 1 

Prepare the following:

• Bearer routes to other switches

• Signaling point links

• Network access server control links

• Trunks, trunk groups, and routes

• Dial plans

Cisco Media Gateway Controller Software Release 7 Installation and Configuration

Step 2 

Configure the SS7 signaling routes to external switches by completing the following tasks:

• Add the OPC in your network.

• Add the DPC to identify the destination switch.

• Add the APCs to identify the STPs with which the signaling controller communicates signaling information.

• Add linksets to connect the Cisco SLTs to the STPs.

• Add the SS7 subsystem to identify the mated STPs.

• Add the SS7 routes for each signaling path from the signaling controller to the destination switch.

• Add the SS7 signaling service from the signaling controller to the destination switch.

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Step 3 

Provision the signaling links by completing the following tasks:

• Add the Ethernet adapters (cards) in the SC host that carry signaling to and from the Cisco SLTs.

• Add Ethernet interfaces for the cards in the host.

• Add C7 IP links for each SS7 link from the signaling controller to the SS7 network (through the Cisco SLT).

Step 4 

Configure the access gateway control links by completing the following tasks:

• Add external nodes for the access gateways in your network.

• Add NAS signaling services for each access gateway.

• Add IP links for each access gateway to each Ethernet card in the SC host.

Step 5 

Configure trunks, trunk groups, and routes.

Step 6 

Provision black and white trunk screening.

Step 7 

Build and deploy the configuration.

Step 1 

Identify the serial WAN interface card on your Cisco SLT and connect cable to card as described in Steps 1 and 2 of the "Cisco SLT Installation" section.

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Step 2 

Install the Cisco SLT image software.

Step 3 

Configure the basic parameters and SS7 links for the Cisco SLT.

Step 4 

Configure Session Manager and RUDP.

Step 5 

Save the new configuration as the startup configuration, and then reload the Cisco SLT.

Step 1 

Make sure that you have virtual LAN assignments and IP address assignments for solution devices.

Cisco Media Gateway Controller Software Release 7 Installation and Configuration Guide

Step 2 

Configure basic system information.

Step 3 

Configure the logical interface.

Step 4 

Configure SNMP information.

Step 5 

Configure the virtual LANs (VLANs).

Step 6 

Configure module and port parameters.

Step 7 

Configure spanning-tree parameters.

Step 8 

Configure the standby ports.

Step 9 

Configure the ISL connections between switches.

Step 10 

Configure the Switch Port Analyzer.

Step 11 

Configure the Route Switch Module.

Step 1 

Rack-mount the access gateway chassis.

Cisco SS7 Interconnect for Access Servers and Voice Gateways Solutions Media Gateway Guide

Step 2 

Connect the access gateway to the network as described in Steps 1 and 2 of the "Network Access Installation" section.

Step 3 

Connect a console terminal and auxiliary ports.

Step 4 

Supply power to the access gateway.

Step 1 

Configure the switch type to NI2, using the isdn switch-type primary-ni command. (This command enables the connection between the access gateway and the virtual switch controller.)

Cisco SS7 Interconnect for Access Servers and Voice Gateways Solutions Media Gateway Guide

Step 2 

Configure the access server for channelized T1 or E1 lines.