Hardware Installation - ESI IP 200 Installation Manual

IP Series Installation Manual

Hardware installation

Site location
As with most electronic equipment, the environmental conditions are very important, and the site
should be chosen using good common sense. Provide a dry, clean, and accessible location.
The IP PBX can be co-located in either the telephone equipment room or the data distribution rack.
Ambient room
temperature must
º
be between 40
º
and 80 Fahrenheit.
Do not place the
equipment near
high-voltage
electrical equip-
ment or lines.
The IP 200 can be
mounted in a 19"
data rack by
attaching the
optional ears to the
sides of the unit, at
the front. These
ears provide the
necessary width to
allow the unit to be screwed into the uprights on the rack. When the ears are mounted to the sides
of the unit, at the back, the IP 200 can be mounted on a wall. ESI recommends that the IP PBX be
mounted on ¾" or thicker plywood.
The IP 40 is significantly narrower than the IP 200. It is designed more as a tabletop model and
therefore is not normally rack-mounted. However, an optional rack-mount kit provides ears that will
allow the IP 40 to be mounted in a 19" data rack or on the wall.
Network design
The inherent design and construction of a data network will have a direct impact on the operation
of an IP telephony system. Proper implementation of networking features and functions — e.g.,
segmentation, available bandwidth and Quality of Service (QoS) — are crucial to the proper opera-
tion of IP telephony devices. Analysis tools such as Esi-Networx can be used as part of an overall
network assessment to determine whether an existing data network is suitable for carrying IP
telephony traffic.
Typical installation
Status Status Status
Analog
Ports
T1
CO
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Hardware overview/installation
(IP 200 shown)
Status
CO CO
Lines Lines
LAN
Activity 10/100
HDD Status
CO CO
Lines Lines
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4 5 6
7 8 9
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