Cisco 2621 Gateway-PBX Interoperability: Lucent/Avaya Definity G3si with E1 PRI NET5 Signaling 
 
 
 
 
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Set Up 
This section includes the following information: 
•  Connectivity Diagrams 
•  Set Up Notes 
 
Connectivity Diagrams 
Figure 1:  Test Configuration 
 
 
Figure 1 represents the configuration used for testing: an Lucent/Avaya Definity G3si PBX connected to a 
Cisco 2621 voice gateway via an E1 PRI connection.  
 
Set Up Notes 
 
The Cisco 2621 Gateway with ISDN protocol type setting of primary-net5 supports both protocol sides by 
using the isdn protocol-emulate network/user command. 
 
The Lucent/Avaya Definity G3si PBX supports both “USER” and “NETWORK” protocol sides by using 
change ds1 a12 command. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Phone C
x4001
Basic Call Setup End-to-End Configuration
VoIP
Cisco Call Manager
Release 3.1
Phone B
x2002
Phone D
x4002
Phone A
x2001
PBX #1
Phone E
x N/A
PBX1: Lucent/Avaya
Definity G3si (Rel. 7)
ISDN Type:
E1-PRI
2621_B
Cat 6K
Ethernet
Switch
Cisco 7960 IP phones