Bladecenter T Border Control Point; Hardware; Software - Nortel 5100 Release Note

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BladeCenter T Border Control Point

MCS 5100 Release 4.0 introduces the IBM BladeCenter T (BCT) chassis to
support the Border Control Point (formerly known as the Realtime Transport
Protocol [RTP] Media Portal). Introduced in conjunction with
(page
these features work with
The feature includes the introduction of the new hardware, the evolution of
the BCP software to execute on the hardware and the introduction of the
N+1 (N active and 1 standby) fault tolerance strategy.

Hardware

As described in
provides many improvements from the MCS 5100 Release 3 hardware.
NEBS-3-ETSI compliance improves reliability, the chassis permits many
server configurations, and the BCT provides common resources such as
power, cooling, system management, network connections, backplane and
various input/output (I/O) devices.

Software

The BCP is enhanced so that the software will configure itself to conform
with the operating environment of the target platform. It functions as a
distributed collection of networked subcomponents or as a consolidated
collection of Host and Media Blade functions (which results in streamlining
the coordinated service delivery).
Copyright © 2007, Nortel Networks
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MAS IM Chat Fundamentals (NN42020-131)
MAS Meet Me Conferencing Fundamentals (NN42020-120)
MAS Meet Me Web Collaboration Fundamentals (NN42020-114)
MAS Music on Hold Fundamentals (NN42020-129)
MCS 5100 Overview (NN42020-143)
IBM BladeCenter T documentation
41), this feature uses the same hardware as the MAS, and together
WARNING
MCS 5100 Release 4.0 does not support the Motorola CPX8216-T
version of the Border Control Point.
"BCT for MAS" (page
Nortel Multimedia Communication Server 5100
New in this Release
NN42020-404 03.08 Standard
Release 4.0 11 September 2007
"BCP/MAS co-residency" (page
41), the IBM BladeCenter T
"BCT for MAS"
45).