Chapter 4: Description; Contents; System Overview - Avaya Communication Server 1000M Single Group Manual

Chapter 4: Description

Contents

This section contains information on the following topics:

System overview

Product description
Physical architecture
Functionality
Physical description
Engineering guidelines
Mechanical overview
Power requirement
Environmental requirements
Safety requirements
System overview
The Mini-Carrier Remote (MCR) system provides service for up to 128 analog and/or digital
telephones over one or two T1 carrier links in a system
configuration)
remote sites configured with analog trunks "survivable." If the T1 carrier link(s) between the
local and remote sites fail, MCR will provide essential functionality to as many as 16 digital
telephones at the remote site, until full service is restored.
Supporting remote sites rather than multiple switches is attractive for a number of reasons.
Remote sites allow the sharing of voice mail and other peripherals, the sharing of software
upgrades, and the maintenance of a single database from a single location. MCR provides a
cost-effective, feature-rich solution for the majority of remote site applications.
With Carrier Remote IPE or Fiber Remote IPE, each remote site consumes an entire Superloop
slot. With MCR, however, remote telephones consume the same level of switch resources as
Mini-Carrier Remote Fundamentals
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on page 19). Analog trunks at the remote site are also supported. MCR makes
(Figure 1: Mini-Carrier Remote (sample
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