Accessing Giw - Avaya G250 Administration

Accessing the Avaya G250/G350 Media Gateway

Accessing GIW

The Gateway Installation Wizard (GIW) is an automated tool that allows you to perform a
streamlined installation and configuration of a G250/G350 that does not include an S8300
Media Server. You can use the GIW to perform initial configuration of the G250/G350 and to
upgrade software and firmware. Specifically, you can perform the following tasks with the GIW:
Configure PMI information — see
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page 58
Configure SNMP information — see
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Configure primary and secondary Media Gateway Controllers — see
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Controller (MGC)
Check connectivity between the G250/G350 and its Media Gateway Controller
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Display information on the G250/G350 and media modules installed on the G250/G350
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Enable the G250/G350 for modem use — see
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use on page 125
Install software and firmware upgrades — see
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page 73
To access the GIW:
1. Install GIW on a laptop computer from the CD provided by Avaya. The laptop should be
running Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
2. Plug one end of an RJ-45 to RJ-45 cable into a DB-9 adapter.
3. Plug the RJ-45 connector at the other end of the cable into the console port (CONSOLE) of
the G250/G350.
4. Plug the DB-9 end of the cable into the COM port of the laptop computer.
5. From your laptop computer, double-click the GIW icon to run GIW. The Overview screen
appears:
40 Administration for the Avaya G250 and Avaya G350 Media Gateways
Configuring the Primary Management Interface (PMI)
Configuring SNMP
on page 60
on page 203
Configuring the G250 and G350 for modem
Software and firmware upgrades
on
The Media Gateway
on