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About This Guide

How to use this guide
What you should know
Documentation conventions
MAX 6000 Series documentation set
Related publications

Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted with the MAX

What is the MAX?
The items in your MAX package
Checking the MAX base unit
Checking other package contents
Checking the expansion cards
Host/6 card
ISDN BRI network-interface and terminal-interface cards
Multiband inverse-multiplexing card
Series56 digital modem card
V.110 card
PIAFS-16 card
IDSL card
DRAM card
PCMCIA flash card
Interfaces
Interfaces on the base unit
POWER
CONTROL
LAN UTP
PCMCIA
DRAM
SERIAL V.35 DTE port
WAN (1 to 4)
ALARM
Interfaces on expansion cards
AIM/BONDING
PALMTOP
ISDN BRI
IDSL

Chapter 2 Setting Up and Testing the MAX Hardware

Planning the hardware installation
What you need before you start
Guidelines for installing digital modems
Guidelines for installing MAX units in a rack
Inserting an expansion card
Setting up the hardware
Connecting to input power
Connecting to the LAN
Connecting the MAX to the T1 Line
Connecting the MAX to an E1 Line
Grounding
Cable length and characteristics
Interpreting the MAX LEDs
MAX front-panel
MAX back-panel
Starting up the MAX

Chapter 3 Quickstart

Quickstart for T1 MAX units
Setting up your hardware
Overview of T1 line configuration
Gathering configuration information
T1 line information
Connection profile information
Ethernet profile information
Using the MAX VT100 interface
Implementing a basic configuration
Configuring the T1/PRI lines
Specify signaling mode
Configure your specified signaling mode
Continue specifying line parameters
For inband signaling, route incoming calls
Save the Line N profile
For ISDN signaling, route incoming modem calls
Check the line's status
Re-entering T1 line parameters
Configuring the Ethernet profile
Configuring the Answer profile
Creating Connection profiles
Testing the connections
Testing the LAN connection
Testing the T1/PRI line
Testing the WAN connection
Where to go next
Quickstart for E1 MAX units
Setting up your hardware for E1
Overview of E1 line configuration
Gathering configuration information
E1 line information
Connection profile information
Ethernet profile information
Using the MAX VT100 interface
Implementing a basic configuration
Configuring the E1/PRI lines
Specify signaling mode
Configure your specified signaling mode
Setting the remaining Line N parameters
For R2 signaling, route incoming calls
Save the Line N profile
For ISDN signaling, route incoming modem calls
Check the line's status
Re-entering E1 line parameters
Configuring the Ethernet profile
Configuring the Answer profile
Creating Connection profiles
Testing the connections
Testing the LAN connection
Testing the E1/PRI line
Testing the WAN connection
Where to go next

Chapter 4 Navigating and Securing the Interface

Configuration menus
The Main Edit Menu
Making a menu or status window active
Opening menus and profiles
Opening edit fields
Setting enumerated parameters
Saving your changes
Using the palmtop-controller
Security profiles
Assigning privileges
Activating the Full Access Security Profile
Special display characters and keys
Understanding menu numbers
System slot
E1 slots
Expansion slots
Ethernet and WAN slots
Main Edit Menu example

Appendix A Provisioning the Switch

Provisioning the switch for T1 access
Provisioning the switch for T1/PRI access
What you need from your E1/PRI service provider
Supported WAN switched services
Provisioning the switch for ISDN BRI access
Parameters on the MAX
Information required from the ISDN BRI provider
SPIDs for AT&T 5ESS switches
SPIDs for Northern Telecom DMS-100 switches

Appendix B MAX Technical Specifications

Battery
Power requirements
Environmental requirements
Alarm relay operating specifications

Appendix C Cables and Connectors

User interface specifications
Control port and cabling pinouts for the control-monitor and MIF
Pinouts for the palmtop-controller
Palmtop port and cabling pinouts for a control-monitor
Ethernet interface specifications
10Base-T cables
100Base-T cables
T1/PRI interface specifications
T1/PRI CSU requirements
Port with internal CSU
Port without internal CSU
T1/PRI cable specifications
T1/PRI crossover cable: RJ-48C/RJ-48C
T1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ-48C/RJ-48C
T1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ-48C/DA-15
T1/PRI crossover cable: RJ-48C/DA
T1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ-48C/Bantam
T1 RJ-48C-Loopback plug
T1/PRI WAN ports
WAN switched services available to the MAX
E1/PRI interface specifications
E1/PRI cable specifications
E1/PRI crossover cable: RJ-48C/RJ-48C
E1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ-48C/RJ-48C
E1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ-48C/DA-15
E1/PRI crossover cable: RJ-48C/DA
E1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ-48C/Bantam
E1/PRI straight-through cable: MAX 6000 BNC to RJ-48C
E1/PRI WAN ports
ISDN BRI interface specifications
For the Net/BRI module
For the Host/BRI module
Serial host interface specifications
V.35 cabling
V.35/V.25 bis cable to Cisco
V.35 cable to generic serial host
V.35/RS-366 cable to generic serial host
V.35/RS-366 cable to CLI
V.35/RS-366 cable to PictureTel
RS-366 cabling
RS-449/RS-366/DB-37 cable to Video Telecom
RS-449/RS-366 cable to generic serial host
RS-449 cable to generic serial host
X.21 cabling
Cable length requirements
Serial WAN cabling specifications
V.35 cable to WAN
RS-449 cable to WAN
IDSL specifications
General specifications
Network-interface specifications
Loopback testing

Appendix D FCC and Canadian Notices

FCC Part 15 Notice
FCC Part 68 Notice
IC CS-03 Notice
Canadian Notice

Appendix E Warranties

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