Installation & Operation Manual 500 Document # LTRT-92224
Mediant 8000
2. Configure an MTP3 group to be the redundant MTP3 group.
a. Click
to access the Media Gateway status screen.
b. In the Navigation pane, select PSTN and then select the specific MTP3
Group.
c. In the Configuration pane, click MTP3 Group Settings; The MTP3 Group
Settings screen is displayed.
d. Set the Redundancy Mode to dualCPU.
3. Associate an additional Media Gateway board with the specific MTP3 group.
a. Click the
button to access the Media Gateway status screen.
b. Select the additional Media Gateway board.
c. In the Actions bar, click Lock to stop the service on the additional Media
Gateway board.
d. In the Navigation pane, select PSTN and then in the configuration pane, click
PSTN Settings; The Media Gateway board’s PSTN Settings screen is
displayed.
e. In the SS7 Settings tab, configure MTP3 Group parameter to match the the
specific MTP3 Group.
4. For each Media Gateway board that is associated with the Redundant MTP3
Group, define an "internal point code".
a. Click the
button to access the Media Gateway status screen.
b. In the Navigation pane, select PSTN and then select the corresponding SS7
Node.
c. In the Navigation pane, select SS7 Node Redundancy. The SS7 Node
Redundancy list is displayed.
d. The SS7 Node Redundancy list is automatically populated with the entries
for each Media Gateway board associated with the redundant MTP3 Group.
Therefore there is no need to add or remove entries from it.
e. Select a specific row and then in the configuration pane, click SS7 Node
Redundancy Settings; The SS7 Node Redundancy Settings screen is
displayed.
f. Configure the Internal OPC parameter to be a unique, unused point code
value. Refer to the table below.
Note: Internal OPC is used for internal communication between Media Gateway
boards that belong to the same MTP3 Group. However, it is important to make sure
that Internal OPC does not duplicate any real point code used in your SS7 network.