Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AT-AR021 (U) BRI-U Allied Telesis
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P or t Interface Car d Installation and Safety Guide A T -AR020 PRI E1/T1 A T -AR021 (S) BRI-S/T A T -AR021 (U) BRI-U A T -AR022 ETH A T -AR023 SYN A T -AR024 ASYN4 A T -AR026 4ETH A T -AR027 V oIP-FX.
P or t Interface Car d Installation and Safety Guide A T -AR020 PRI E1/T1 A T -AR021(S) BRI-S/T A T -AR021(U) BRI-U A T -AR022 ETH A T -AR023 SYN A T -AR024 ASYN4 A T -AR026 4ETH A T -AR027 V oIP-FXS Download the complete document set fr om www .alliedtelesis.
2 P or t Interface Card Po r t Interface Car d Installation and Safety Guide Document Number 613-000601 Rev D. © 2008 Allied T elesis, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication ma y be repr oduced without prior writte n permission from Allied T elesis, Inc.
Installation an d Safety Guide 3 About this Guide Po r t Interface Car ds (PICs) are a cost effective an d flexible mechanism f or adding new or additional netw ork interfaces to y our switch or r outer .
4 P or t Interface Card P ackag e Contents The following items ar e included with each P or t Interface Card (PIC). Contact you r authorised Allied T elesis distributor or r e seller if any it ems are damaged or missing. ■ two spring-lo aded retaining thumbscr ews ■ two jumpers (A T -AR02 0 PRI E1/TI and A T -AR021(S) BRI-S/T only).
Installation an d Safety Guide 5 Installing a PIC This section describes the pr ocedure f or installing a PIC . Y ou should also follow this pr ocedure, in particular the safety pr ocedures and warnings, when replacing o r rem ov in g a P IC . Caution Y ou cannot install PICs into an A T -AR040 NSM that has pow er applied to it.
6 P or t Interface Card 7. Unpack the PIC. In an antistatic en vironment, r emov e the PIC from its packing material. Be sure to observe ESD pre cautions. Wa r n i n g Do not attempt to install a PIC or any other expansion option without observing corr ect antistatic pr ocedures.
Installation an d Safety Guide 7 A T -AR026 4ETH PICs ha ve user -configurable links that set features such as auto-negotiatio n, buffer size, and MAC address aging. F or a detailed descript ion of the links, see the Por t Interf ace Card Har dware Re ference .
8 P or t Interface Card Setting the ISDN T er ritor y Befor e you connect an A T- AR020 or A T- AR021 PIC to the ISDN network, check that the ISDN ter ritor y is set corr ectly for your r egion. 1. Log in to y our switch or r outer . For more information, see the Installation and Safety Guide included with your switch or r outer .
Installation an d Safety Guide 9 Do wnloading V oIP Firmwar e If you hav e installed an A T- AR027 V oIP PIC, you no w need to download and install the V oIP firmwar e onto your PIC. Befor e you begin, check that the PIC Err or LED on the PIC is off , and that the PIC has been recognised by your s witch or route r , using the sho w system command.
10 P or t Interface Card 6. Load the pr otocol image onto the PIC. T o load the protoc ol image, use the command: enable voip protocol={h323|sip} [engine={ engine }] The boot code loads th e protocol onto all A T- AR027 PICs unless y ou specify an individual PIC (engine).
Installation an d Safety Guide 11 Obtaining Documentation and Resour ces For more inf ormation, see: ■ the Installation and Saf ety Guide for yo ur switch or r outer ■ the P or t Interface Card Ha.
12 P or t Interface Card T elecommunications Interfaces Wa r n i n g T o reduc e risk of fir e , use only No .26 aw g (0.4 mm) or larger telecommunic ations line cord if the cord supplied i s not used with the apparatus.
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