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Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel product from a distributor or authorized reseller, contact the technical support staff for that distributor or reseller. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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(such as power, backplane, cooling, and mounting slots) required to sustain the resident subcomponent single-board computers. The CPX8216T hardware architecture partitions the chassis into separate logical operational Domains, NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 is a graphical...
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Motorola chassis CPX8216T - front view, on page Figure 3 Motorola chassis CPX8216T - front view A rear view of the CPX8216T is shown in Figure 4, Motorola chassis CPX8216T - back view, on page NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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Portal is available through the System Management Console. This console provides an overall view into the status of the various NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 19. For information regarding the upgrading of RTP Full release upgrades on...
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Media Blade and Host CPU must be on the same local network. This enables the distributed Host and Media Blades to communicate using a non-routable network addressing scheme. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 RTP Media Portal Host co o ntrol/OAM...
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Network interfaces on each of the Media Blades (MCPN765) in the RTP Media Portal provide a path for media streams. interface – MCPN765 Media Blade to RTP Media Portal, on page 17 NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Rear Transition Module...
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To avoid any conflicts with service requests from the SIP Application Module(s), the following procedure describes the steps that must be NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 CAUTION It is possible to update and reboot one RTP Media...
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The RTP Media Portal component shuts down gracefully and eventually goes into a LOCKED state when the last active media session ends (as seen in the General Information Area of the System Management Console). NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
Delete the previous load of the RTP Media Portal component from the server. For details, refer to the RTP Media Portal component on page NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 CAUTION It is possible to update and reboot one RTP Media...
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Insert the upgrade CD into the associated CD-ROM. Mount the CD. mount /dev/cdrom <Enter> mnt/cdrom <Enter> Change directory to the top-level directory on the CD. cd /mnt/cdrom <Enter> Run the install script. ./install <Enter> Change directory. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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This label is the component name that appears in the System tree after deployment. Click on the Apply button. A progress screen appears while it deploys When deployment completes, and information dialog message appears to indicate that the action was successful. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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During the subsequent Host CPU recovery process, communications are re-established with the Media Blades and available capacity information is retrieved from each of the Media Blades. When the RTP Media Portal resumes NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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Ping the gateway IP address from the media blade. If successful, the network connection is OK. Repeat for each media blade. Contact your next level of support with the results of these tests. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 RTP Media Portal alarms...
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Connection Exceeds Long Call Duration, RTP917, generated whenever an audit is performed over the Connection Map and a particular connection is found on the corresponding Media Blade which exceeds the Long Call Duration threshold. No action is required. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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From the pop-up menu, select the Add > Component command. Figure 21 Add from the pop-up menu Note: You may also launch the add command from the pull-down Configuration menu. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 shows the RTP Media Portal Figure 21,...
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The Query RTP Media Portal window displays the properties. However, no configuration changes are permitted in the window. To modify the configuration properties of an RTP Media Portal component, do the following: NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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Number of Backup Logfiles Maximum Size of a Log File The following figures show the configurable properties of the RTP Media Portal tab. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Format Description Type: String Name of file that additional detailed...
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Configuration property RTP Portal IP AppSvr IP Port Discovery Probe Time Period Host Receive Port NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Format Description Type: String MCP Service Network IP Address of the RTP Media Portal Host. Range: 7-15 Identifies a specific Host.
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Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 4 of 8) Configuration property Net1 Netmask Net2 Netmask Default Gateway Chassis # NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Format Description Type: IP address The Net1 Netmask is the netmask used for routing on the network...
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Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 6 of 8) Configuration property Activate IP Failover Activate IP Failover NW Test Type: Boolean NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Format Description Type: Boolean Enables the RTP Media Portal...
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In this way, the SIP Application Module effectively authenticates all requests. In addition, the portion of the RTP Media Portal which processes these requests to manipulate the media resources resides safely within the MCP Services Network. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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When connecting a USB tape drive to the server, perform the following: • Log in as root to the server where the tape drive is being connected or disconnected. • Type the command /etc/init.d/volmgt stop and press Enter.
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MCP Server. If the remote tape drive is NOT on a MCP Server, you may skip this procedure. However, the user must ensure the remote shell operations from the server to be backed up are enabled on the remote tape drive server.
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From the remote host, disable remote access. sudo /usr/local/bin/mcp_disable_remote_sh.pl <Enter> Restore The following procedure lists steps to restore the RTP Media Portal from tape. Ensure the remote tape drive has been set up correctly NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Remote tape...
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TMOUT=0;export TMOUT; <Enter> Select the proper DDS4 tape, the most recent backup tape for the server. Insert the tape into the tape drive of the tape host server. Reboot the Portal by pressing the reset button on the front of the Host card.
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Boot D evice Pr i or it y Use the arrow keys to select Boot Device Priority, then press the Enter key to display the Boot Device Selection menu. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 BIOS Setup Utility Advanced...
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CD-ROM drive. Insert the Linux Recovery CD into the RTP Media Portal CD-ROM drive. Press the reset button on the Linux server. This will cause the Linux server to reboot from the recovery CD-ROM. Log in as root, password rescue.
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Which tool would you like to use? Disk Druid Select the only highlighted hard disk present, and select edit. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Description Display a list of available commands. Create a new partition.
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Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1002-35242, default 35242): +5000M Create the third partition.Type n and press Enter to create a partition. To note the primary partition, type p and press Enter, NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Start Blocks 1 1001...
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For RTP Media Portal, log files are located in the directory /home/sysadmin/bkup_restore/ NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 from the procedure Prepare system for restore on to reverse settings.
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To recover, continue to press Enter until a “Read error” is displayed. For example, the following shows output generated when a user incorrectly presses Enter before tape 2 is inserted, then presses Enter again to obtain the “Read error” message: NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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Logs are written to /export/home/sysadmin/bkup_restore/mcp_recover.pl. log.2004_03_24.12:49:35 Error installing USB tape drive If there is an error installing a USB tape drive, reboot the server and log in as root. Then type the command shutdown -y -g0 -i6 and press Enter. Recovery The following procedures include instructions to replace the CPU host card and task processor.
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(either a Public Network or subnet of the MCP Service Network) and corresponds to CLUN 0/DLUN 0. Move to the Edit menu to save the file and exit the editor. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 108.
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I/O blade. — IP address(es) of timeservers. — MAC (ethernet) addresses of all I/O blades (two addresses per blade). Addresses can be found on labels affixed to the blade or NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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Service Network. The Media Card has one interface connected to the MCP Service Network (NET2) and one to the other network (NET1), either a public network or a subnet of the MCP Service Network. The NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 eth1 Host...
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If you do not see output on screen, it may be necessary to reseat the CPV5370 card and press the Reset button on the front panel. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 BIOS configuration of the CPV5370 Host Card on Completing the 101.
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Set up the BIOS supervisor password. Ensure the password on Boot option is disabled. Move to the Exit menu to save changes and exit the BIOS set up. The system will reboot. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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Enter key to expand items for editing, and arrow keys for moving between items in a list. If it is necessary to re-enter the BIOS from the Terminal Server, use the Escape key sequence <Esc><Shift>OQ . From the terminal server Establish a terminal session to the Host CPU through the terminal server.
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Partition 7: mountpoint = /IMS It is not necessary to enter the mountpoint for the swap partition, as this occurs automatically when this partition is designated as a swap partition. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Installation Type Back <Enter>...
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The LILO Configuration screen appears. Ensure the User linear mode (needed for some SCSI drives) is selected. Type the boot arguments for LILO as follows: console=ttyS1,9600n8 <Enter> NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Choose Partitions to Format [*] /dev/sda2 [*] /dev/sda7...
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/dev/ttyS1 (COM2 under DOS) /dev/ttyS2 (COM3 under DOS) /dev/ttyS3 (COM4 under DOS) In the Time Zone Selection screen, select the appropriate local time zone and select OK. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Network Configuration 47.47.47.48_________ 250.250.250.0_______ Back...
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Select OK to continue. [*] Use Shadow Password [*] Enable MD5 Password [ ] Enable NIM NIS Domain: NIS Server: [ ] Request server via broadcast NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 Add User Nortel_______ Nortel_______ Back or use:...
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Host CPU card. After the system reboots, use the escape sequence <Esc><Shift>OQ to return to BIOS set up. Remove everything from the boot device list except the hard drive (for security reasons). NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...
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I/O Card. Ensure they match the settings shown below. Note the entries may appear differently depending on the version of BIOS loaded on each card. If an entry appears that is not described below, accept the default. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 104. 108.
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A confirmation window appears. Click on the Yes button to continue. Figure 50 RTP Portal Shutdown confirmation If it is NOT necessary to change the IP address of the MCPN765 card, skip to NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 step...
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Figure 53 Basic call flow using the RTP Media Portal (unobscured endpoints) Client A Invite (SDP of B) 8. Answer/OK (SDP of B’) 10. BYE NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 shows the basic call flow for a client-to-client Application Module 2. Resource Request for B 3.
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1. Invite (SDP of B) 8. Answer (SDP of B’) 9. First media packet from A to B’ 12. BYE NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 shows the basic call flow for a client-to-client Application Media Module Portal 2.
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Client A. 15. The RTP Media Portal frees the resources and responds to the SIP Application Module. 16. The RTP Media Portal frees the resources and responds to the SIP Application Module. NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006...