Nortel Networks NN10265-111 - Manual (Page 87)

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics
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from blade NVRAM (use the niot ;h command to get the blade
Ethernet addresses from the bug prompt).
— RTP Portal chassis number
— Gateway router address, may be different between host(s) and
media card(s).
— Netmasks for all assigned IP addresses
— Root password for host(s)
— Password for user “nortel”
— Time zone
Network deployment
The RTP Media Portal may be configured as a dual- or single-network.
For backwards compatibility, the media cards may be connected to
separate networks. For new deployments, the recommended
approach is to deploy the RTP Media Portal in a single-network config-
uration.
Single-network deployment
Single-network configuration requires both the host and Media Blades
of the Portal to be assigned the same subnet. Media Portals may be
deployed centrally with the core MCS components, or dispersed
remotely to provide geographic proximity.
The two network interfaces of the host blade (eth0 and eth1) are
grouped together as a redundant pair. These two interfaces are
connected to different switch units. For the Media Blades, only one of
the available network interface (NET2, eth1) is utilized. In order to
provide high availability in this simplex mode, one half of the Media
Blades are connected to switch unit 0, and the other half to switch unit
1.
A single-network deployment is shown Figure 36 on page 88 .