Cable The Media Gateways; Connect The Media Gateway To The Server Complex; Connect To The Customer's Lan; Install And Wire Telephones - Avaya S8700 Installing Manual

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High level overview of installation process

Cable the Media Gateways

This stage is the physical cabling of the media gateways to wall field and patch panels. This
stage generally follows installing the media gateways and is a prerequisite to installing
traditional telephones.

Connect the media gateway to the server complex

This stage connects the media gateways to the server complex via Ethernet cables. IP Server
Interface (IPSI) circuit packs are programmed during this stage. This stage depends on the
server complex being operational.

Connect to the customer's LAN

You can do this stage anytime, but to allow testing along the way it should come after the media
gateways are cabled and connected to the media server complex.

Install and wire telephones

This stage, in most cases, requires that the configuration be operational and responsive so you
can test the phones as they are wired and placed. Of course, there may be variations. IP
telephones that are connected to the customer's network could be placed well before completing
the installation. When wiring is being installed for traditional telephones and consoles (analog
and/or digital), make every effort to place the phones when they can be tested.

Complete the installation

This stage is finishing up the installation. Clearing alarms, enabling alarm reporting, backing up
the servers, hooking up the modems (if used) and registering the configuration. This stage will
always come at the end of the actual installation.

Testing the complete configuration

This stage verifies the complete configuration operation and is always the last thing you do.
October 2002