Chapter 1:
Introducing Amanda
Specification
1. Brooktrout uses Rhetorex technology.
The PC on which your Amanda system is installed has:
•
Windows NT Server 4.0 with NT Service Pack 3 or higher or Windows 2000 Pro.
•
A Pentium-class processor running at a minimum of 200MHz.
•
A VGA card.
•
A minimum of 64MB of RAM.
•
A 3.5-inch, 1.44MB floppy disk drive and appropriate controller.
•
An IDE hard disk drive with an access time of less than 14ms and appropriate IDE
controller.
•
A CD-ROM drive.
•
No LPT2 port (if disabled, it must be non-interfering).
•
To operate Amanda as a voice server over a network, you need a LAN that is not
at I/O 300-310.
•
Ten clients connections for Amanda clients such as Amanda Administrator and
Amanda Messenger.
(You can purchase a Client Connection Bank (CCB) to activate additional clients.)
Amanda can run with any of the following voice boards:
1
•
Brooktrout
232, 432, 2132, and 4132 voice boards
•
Brooktrout TR1100 board (for 24 or 48 ports)
•
A Brooktrout RDSP/x0000 with any of the following:
•
An analog telephony interface using the Brooktrout RTNI-xATI board
•
A digital telephony interface using the Brooktrout RTNI-2T1 board
•
A digital telephone interface using a Brooktrout E1 board
•
Vantage Volare board (with international approval and full rotary detection)
•
Vantage PCI/4L and the Vantage PCI/8L boards from the Vantage PCI Series
Amanda@Work.Group/Windows can support 72 ports.
N
: This book contains no information about E1 boards and configuring
OTES
Amanda to use them. Contact The Amanda Company for more informa-
tion.