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26 • CS context overview

Introduction

This chapter gives an overview of SmartWare circuit-switching (CS) context and associated components, and
describes the tasks involved in its configuration. It describes the steps needed configure voice connectivity, and
refers to other chapters where a configuration topic is explained in more detail. Before reviewing the content in
this chapter, read the SmartWare configuration concepts as described in chapter 2,
on page 35.
The CS context in SmartWare is a high level conceptual entity that is responsible for all aspects of circuit sig-
naling, switching, and emulation. Besides the CS context itself, the CS entity consists of the following (indi-
cated by the shaded area enclosed by a dashed line in
• The CS interfaces
• ISDN and FXS ports
• Tone-set profiles
• SIP and H.323 gateways
• VoIP profiles
The CS context and its associated components route and establish voice calls. For example, the signaling for
dial-up circuits is routed and the corresponding voice call circuits are switched between PSTN (ISDN, FXS)
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Figure 49. CS context configuration components
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