Overview; Mediant 600 - AudioCodes Mediant 600 User Manual

SIP User's Manual
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Overview

This section provides an overview of the Mediant 1000 and Mediant 600 media gateways.
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Mediant 600

The Mediant 600 (hereafter referred to as device) is a cost-effective, wireline Voice-over-IP
(VoIP) Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based media gateway. It is designed to interface
between Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) and IP networks in enterprises, small and
medium businesses (SMB), and CPE application service providers. Incorporating
AudioCodes' innovative VoIP technology, the device enables rapid time-to-market and
reliable cost-effective deployment of next-generation networks.
The device is based on VoIPerfect, AudioCodes underlying, best-of-breed, media gateway
core technology. The device provides superior voice technology for connecting legacy
telephone and PBX systems to IP networks, as well as seamlessly connecting IP-PBXs to
the PSTN. The device also provides SIP trunking capabilities for Enterprises operating with
multiple Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSP) for VoIP services. The device is fully
interoperable with multiple vendors of IP-PBXs, IP Centrex application servers,
softswitches, gateways, proxy servers, IP phones, Session Border Controllers and
firewalls.
The device supports the following interfaces:
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Up to two E1/T1/J1 spans (including fractional E1/T1)
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Up to eight ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI) interfaces
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Up to four FXO interfaces (RJ-11 ports) - for connecting analog lines of an enterprise's
PBX or the PSTN to the IP network
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Up to four FXS interfaces (RJ-11 ports) - for connecting legacy telephones, fax
machines, and modems to the IP network. Optionally, the FXS interfaces can be
connected to the external trunk lines of a PBX.
When deployed with a combination of FXO and FXS modules, the device can be used as a
PBX for Small Office Home Office (SOHO) users, and businesses not equipped with a
PBX. These interfaces can be provided in one of the following configurations:
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1 x E1/T1 port (can support also Fractional E1/T1)
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2 x E1/T1 ports
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4 x BRI ports (supporting up to 8 voice calls)
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8 x BRI ports (supporting up to 16 voice calls)
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4 x BRI ports and 1 x E1/T1 port
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4 x BRI ports and 4 x FXS ports
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4 x BRI ports and 4 x FXO ports
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4 x FXS ports and 1 x E1/T1 port
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4 x FXO ports and 1 x E1/T1 port
The device supports various ISDN PRI protocols such as EuroISDN, North American NI2,
Lucent™ 4/5ESS, Nortel™ DMS100 and others, supporting different variants of CAS
protocols, including MFC R2, E&M immediate start, E&M delay dial / start, loop- and
ground-start signaling. The device also supports various ISDN BRI protocols such as ETSI
5ESS and QSIG over BRI. The device also provides dual Ethernet 10/100Base-TX ports
for IP redundancy.
Intelligently packaged in a stackable 1U chassis, the compact device can be mounted on a
desk or in a standard 19-inch rack.
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