Port Board Connections; Configuring And Testing The Port Board - Avaya S8730 Maintaining Manual

Adding and replacing an MAS port board

Port board connections

The graphic illustrates two E1–QSIG or T1–QSIG connections from MAS port boards to the
corporate telephone switching system. DSE and analog boards connect at the same location
on the back of the server.
1 Port board connection to corporate switch
2 Port board connection to corporate switch

Configuring and testing the port board

After the port board hardware installation is complete, you must configure and test the new
Dialogic board.
Note:
The following procedures apply only to an MAS that was already in service. If you installed
port boards in a new MAS, you must configure the MAS using the procedures described in
Avaya Modular Messaging Installation and Upgrades.
1. After the server boots, log on to the server using any valid Modular Messaging
2. Use the Dialogic Configuration Manager to configure the new port board.
3. Use the Dialogic Configuration Manager to verify the settings for all Dialogic port
4. If the switch administrator previously busied out the MAS ports on the switch, the
5. Test the Dialogic port board using the Dialogic Line Test application.
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account that has local administration privileges.
For detailed procedures, see the port board appendix of Avaya Modular Messaging
Installation and Upgrades.
boards as you previously recorded them.
administrator must now bring the MAS ports back into service.
June 2009