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Installing the Avaya™ S8700 Media Server with Avaya™ MCC1 or SCC1 Media Gateway
Connect the Media Gateway to the MDF
May 2003
Cable Routing to Bottom Terminal Blocks
Install Cables Between Media Gateway and MDF
1 Install D rings on the wall between the cable slack manager and the terminal/connecting
blocks mounted on the MDF.
2 Install a self-adhesive port label on the back of each connector on the connector cable.
Position the labels so the media gateway connector retainers do not cover them.
3 At the rear of the media gateway, connect one end of the connector cable to the assigned
connector.
4 Route the cable down the rear of the media gateway, through the cable slack manager,
and to the MDF.
5 At the MDF, connect the other end of the cable to the assigned terminal/ connecting
block connector.
6 Store the cable slack in the cable slack manager.
7 Repeat Steps 2 through 6 until all cables are installed.
Figure notes
1 Main Distribution Frame
2 AC Power Cord (AC-powered media
gateways only)
3 Cable Slack Manager Number 1
4 Trunk/Auxiliary Field
5 Station Distribution Field
6 Cable Slack Manager Number 2
7 Cable Slack Manager Number 3
8 Media Gateway(s)
9 Building Cables (through cable
trough)
10 10 AWG (#25) (6 mm
2
) Wire to
Coupled Bonding Conductor
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