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This chapter lists system requirements for running the Mexico country feature package on Specialty Digital Switch (SDS) and Virtual Central Office (VCO) platforms operating with system software V3.3 through V5.x. These requirements are categorized by hardware, firmware, and software. For any site-specific concerns, contact Cisco as described in the preface.
The Mexico country feature package consists of the following components:
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Note Service circuit cards must occupy only one resource group in the Resource Group Summary screen; further, different card types cannot share the same resource group. Use either the SPC or the CPA card (but not both) if your system requires CPA service circuit functionality. |
Refer to the Cisco VCO/4K Tone Plan Release Notes for the A-law and Mu-law rules and timing rules governing the hardware configurations of cards with jumpers/DIPs, and the software configurations of cards without jumpers/DIPs.
Refer to the Cisco VCO/4K Card Technical Descriptions for each service circuit card and for each network card for jumper and DIP switch settings.
Refer to the Cisco VCO/4K Tone Plan Release Notes for information regarding system firmware requirements particular to the Mexico country feature package.
Refer to your system release notes for step-by-step instructions to install firmware on either the DTG-2 mezzanine card or DTG card, and to install firmware on the MFCR2 card.
Refer to the Cisco VCO/4K Tone Plan Release Notes for information regarding the cpa.dwn software file particular to the Mexico country feature package.
System software V5.1 FSR00 PUN21, or higher, is required to operate the Mexico SPC software on the SPC.
Your country feature package contains a 3.5-inch diskette containing two directories. These directories contain Call Progress Analyzer (CPA) and Service Platform Card (SPC) download files. The two directories are named PRE-P24 and POST-P24. The following files are included in each directory:
cpa.dwn
cpa.nor
cpa.spc
cpa.sit
cpa.ctg
mfcr2.sim
mfcr2.sma
mfcr2.utg
mfcr2.spc
mfcr2.smt
dtmf.spc
Copy the PRE-P24 directory contents to your system's C:/BOOT directory if you are using system software that is at least V5.0, but not greater than V5.1 FSR00 PUN23. Copy the POST-P24 directory contents to your system's C:/BOOT directory if you are using system software V5.1 FSR00 PUN24, and higher.
In addition, if you are using system software V4.2 FSR00 PUN28 and lower, copy only the cpa.dwn file to the C:/BOOT directory.
Refer to the Cisco VCO/4K System Administrator's Guide for step-by-step instructions in order to copy the above files to your system's C:/BOOT directory.
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Note Always wear a wrist strap when installing software and handling system components. |
The files are now loaded onto your hard disk. Complete the installation by loading the files from the hard disk to the cards. The method of loading depends on whether or not it is for a new installation, or for an existing installation. For new installations, refer to the "Loading the Software onto CardsNew Installations" section; for existing installations, refer to the "Loading the Software onto CardsExisting Installations" section. Refer to the Cisco VCO/4K System Administrator's Guide as you complete this installation procedure.
To load files from the hard disk to cards on a new installation, follow these steps:
Step 1 Access the Card Maintenance screen from the Maintenance Menu screen, and add the CPA (the console displays this choice as Call Progress Analyzer) or the SPC (the console displays this choice as either SPC-CPA or SPC-DTMF) to the database by using the A command, if you have not already done so.
Step 2 Insert your card, either the CPA or the SPC, into the appropriate slot. The card automatically runs internal diagnostics. One of two results follow, dependent upon which card you have inserted.
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Caution Do not unseat or otherwise disturb the card while running internal diagnostics. |
Step 3 Activate the card using the C command from the Card Maintenance screen. The card takes the download. The service circuit spans are active, as can be seen from the Card Maintenance screen.
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Caution Do not unseat or otherwise disturb the card while it is downloading. |
Step 4 Verify the received FRM225, FRM226, FRM241, and FRM242 messages in your log file to ensure that the card has taken the download.
For the SPC, verify two additional messages—"Begin downloading spec file C:/boot/xxx.xxx" and "End downloading spec file C:/boot/xxx.xxx." The CPA does not have these, or any other, additional log file messages.
Step 5 Create a resource group for the CPA or the SPC service circuits.
You have completed the software installation.
To load files from the hard disk to cards on an existing installation, follow these steps.
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Caution This process disrupts in-progress calls and removes service circuits from operation for a few minutes. |
Step 1 Access the Card Maintenance screen from the Maintenance Menu screen, and take either the CPA card or the SPC service circuits out of service (OOS), if you have not already done so.
If you have a CPA, unseat it, wait 15 seconds, then insert the card into its slot. The SPC does not require, or allow, this action.
Step 2 Activate the CPA or the various SPC service circuits using the C command from the Card Maintenance screen.
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Caution Do not unseat or otherwise disturb the card while it is downloading. |
Step 3 Verify received download messages in your log file to ensure that the card has taken the download. The messages you need to verify are dependent upon which card type you are using.
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Note The SPC does not take a redownloading of the spc.dwn file. |
You have completed the software installation.
This section lists typical system software configurations used with the Mexico country feature package. For more information on how to use and configure the various system software screens and menus, refer to the Cisco VCO/4K System Administrator's Guide.
Special considerations pertain to the following Database Administration menu and screens.
The Card Summary menu displays the status and port availability of E1, 4xE1, and ICC cards. To assign operating characteristics to E1 spans, access the Configuration screen for that card from the Card Summary menu.
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Note The term "E1 span" designates E1 and 4xE1 cards, and ICC cards with associated ICC-E1-I/O module. |
You must define all SPC-DTMF, SPC-CPA, DRC, CPA, and MFCR2 service circuits in a single resource group in the Resource Group Summary menu and Resource Group Configuration screen. To optimize outgoing call system performance, group E1 span outgoing ports into one or more resource groups.
Typical inpulse and outpulse rule tokens used to support R2 signaling are listed in Table 1-1.
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REP NEXT | CLR CHAR1 [xx] | REP END | OP ANI |
MFCR2 | WINK ENAB | REP NEXT | OP MFCR2 |
DIGITS [xx] | IP ANI [xx] | OP FIELD [xx] |
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END CHAR1 [xx] | IP FIELD [xx] | OP CAT [xx] |
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For more information about these and other inpulse and outpulse rule tokens, refer to the Cisco VCO/4K System Administrator's Guide.
For more information on how to construct inpulse and outpulse rules for R2 signaling, refer to "R2 Signaling Examples"of this document.
Refer to the "Tone Detection" section for information on the answer supervision template function.
Special considerations pertain to the following System Configuration screen.
The Enable MFCR2 Supervised Clear feature flag supports automatic call release on outgoing ports in response to backward MFCR2 supervision tones. When the Enable MFCR2 Supervised Clear feature flag is set to Y, an outgoing port is released when a B2, B4, A4, or C4 backward tone is detected during R2 signaling. The system performs disconnect processing appropriate to the port, and generates an Outgoing Port Change of State ($DA) report that indicates a supervision error and specifies the backward tone. Backward supervision tones are described in "R2 Signaling Tones and Pulse Code Modulation Line Signaling." The $DA report is discussed in the Cisco VCO/4K Standard Programming Reference and the Cisco VCO/4K Extended Programming Reference.
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Note This feature flag enables/disables automatic call release on a system-wide basis. When the feature is enabled (set to Y), any outgoing port receiving the backward tones specified above is automatically released. If the feature flag is disabled (set to N), the outgoing port remains in SETUP unless out-of-band supervision or a host command changes the port state. |
Special considerations pertain to the following Maintenance screen.
Use the Card Maintenance screen to add, delete, and change the card/port status for MFCR2, CPA, and SPC service circuits and E1 spans. When the E1 span is added to the Card Maintenance screen, its span type is set to CAS/R2 by default.
For E1 spans set to CAS/R2, ports 1 and 17 of the card's 32 ports are reserved. Port 1 (Channel 0) carries the frame alignment pattern, remote alarm indication bit, and national-use bits. Port 17 (Channel 16) carries the multiframe alignment pattern, extra bits, and channel-associated signaling bits.
For 4xE1 and ICC cards, set the span type to CCS/31B from the Card Summary menu in order to use port 17 as a bearer port. Use E1-31B firmware on single span E1 cards in order to use port 17 as a bearer port.
Special considerations pertain to the following Diagnostics screens.
The Card Display screen lists the operating status of E1 spans. Information on the Card Display screen varies according to card type.
The Port Display screen lists the processing states, rule processing, links, paths, and digit collection activity of MFCR2 and E1 spans.
The Test Service Circuit function tests MFCR2 cards and SPC-MFCR2 service circuits.
The host commands and reports are documented in the Cisco VCO/4K Standard Programming Reference and the Cisco VCO/4K Extended Programming Reference.
Posted: Sat Sep 28 20:49:01 PDT 2002
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