Document Outline

• Publication history
• Contents
• About this document
  • About this guide
    • How to use this guide
  • Product overview
  • Skills you need
    • Nortel product knowledge
    • Telecommunications experience
    • Data networking knowledge
  • Conventions used in this guide
    • Precautionary messages
    • Instructions for selecting menu options
    • Instructions for displaying property sheets
    • PBX terminology
  • Related information products
    • Printed documents
    • CD-ROM
• Remote Gateway 9150 description
  • Product introduction
    • Remote Gateway 9150 hardware description
    • Add-on modules description
    • Connection options
  • Operational characteristics
    • System security
    • Trunk connections
    • 64K (56K) dynamic adaptation
    • Bandwidth allocation
    • Connection types
    • Minimum call duration timer
    • Idle timer
    • How the timers work to control ISDN costs
  • How the Remote Gateway 9150 unit works
    • Outgoing call process
    • Incoming call process
    • Bridge Port
    • Host controlled call mode
    • Locally controlled call mode
    • QoS Transitioning Technology
    • Call scenario 1: host-controlled—internal corporate call
    • Call scenario 2: host-controlled—external corporate call
    • Call scenario 3: locally controlled mode—local call
  • Telephones
    • Supported digital telephone sets
    • M2000 series (M3310, and M3820 European models) and M39xx series digital telephone set model and ...
    • M39xx series digital telephone set accessory compatibility
    • Supported telephone modules
    • Computer telephony integration (CTI) applications
    • Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) applications
    • Voice over IP features
    • QoS Transitioning Technology
    • Port management
    • Station priority
    • Connection bandwidth
    • Local calling
    • Online/offline table
    • Other supported features
    • Communications system and software requirements
    • Supported Codecs
  • Administration software
    • Administration PC connection options
    • Remote Gateway 9100 Series Configuration Manager
    • Command line interface
• Planning for Remote Gateway 9150 unit installation
  • Installation checklist
  • Physical environment
    • Space
    • Temperature and humidity
    • Mounting options
    • Connections
    • Cables included with the Remote Gateway 9150 unit
    • Cables you must supply yourself
  • Network considerations
    • IP addressing and routing
    • QoS
    • Numbering plans
    • Call blocking
  • Administration PC
    • Connection options
    • Windows PC requirements
    • Optivity Telephony Manager and Configuration Manager
  • Trunk connection management
    • QoS Transitioning Technology
    • Online/offline schedule
    • Changing the online/offline mode
    • Trunk bandwidth allocation
  • Station configuration
    • RLC settings
    • Remote Gateway 9150 unit settings
  • Security
    • Toll fraud
    • Data network security
    • System configuration
  • Planning for future growth
    • Adding DSP modules
    • Adding trunk interface modules
    • Maximum configurations
  • Deployment options
    • Port and station assignment
    • Implementing PSTN mode
    • Implementing Voice over IP mode
    • Implementing Remote Gateway 9150 units behind Network Address Translation (NAT) routers
    • Implementing QoS Transitioning Technology
  • Planning the configuration
    • Data entry form completion sequence
    • Station assignments and configuration
    • ISDN BRI information
    • IP addresses
    • Connection link between the RLC and the Remote Gateway 9150 unit information
    • Online/offline schedule
    • Trunk configuration information
    • Numbering plan
• Installing the Remote Gateway 9150 unit
  • General safety
    • Precautionary messages
    • Safety precautions
  • Required installation tools
    • Required tools for hardware installation
    • Required tools for software installation or upgrade
  • Unpacking and inspecting the equipment
  • Removing and replacing the Remote Gateway 9150 unit cover
  • Installing trunk interface or DSP application modules
    • Determining when to install trunk interface or DSP application modules
    • Determining where to install the modules
    • Installing trunk interface or DSP application modules
    • Removing trunk interface or DSP application modules
  • Installing the Remote Gateway 9150 unit
    • Choosing a suitable location
    • Installing the Remote Gateway 9150 unit on a desk
    • Installing the Remote Gateway 9150 unit on the wall
    • Installing the Remote Gateway 9150 unit in a rack
  • Connecting the Remote Gateway 9150 unit
    • Cables you must provide
    • Connector and pin-out reference
    • More information
    • Remote Gateway 9150 unit connection panel
    • Attaching the cables to Remote Gateway 9150 unit
    • Connecting the Remote Gateway 9150 unit to the network
  • Powering up the Remote Gateway 9150 unit
    • Power-up self-test
    • LED indicator test sequence
  • Installing the Configuration Manager software
  • Using the Configuration Wizard to perform initial configuration
    • What you can configure with the Configuration Wizard
    • Starting Configuration Manager
    • Establishing a serial connection
    • Performing configuration with the Configuration Wizard
  • Testing the network connections
    • Verifying telephone network connectivity
• Using Configuration Manager
  • What is Configuration Manager?
  • Starting and viewing Configuration Manager
  • Configuration Manager description
    • Parts of the Configuration Manager screen
    • Menu Bar
    • System tree
    • Property sheets
    • Drop down boxes
    • Check boxes
    • Option buttons
    • Scroll boxes
    • Scroll bars
    • Command buttons
  • Using online Help
  • Configuration files description
    • Configuration Manager: File operations diagram
    • Types of files
    • Configuration Manager: File operations description
  • Working with configuration files
    • When to use the Configuration Manager file operations
    • Creating a configuration file on the PC
    • Opening a configuration file
    • Uploading a configuration to a unit
    • Downloading a configuration from a unit
  • Selecting the device type for offline configuration
  • Logging on to a unit
    • Connection types
    • Default logon ID and password
    • Connection history
    • Auto logoff
    • Logging on to a unit using the connection history
    • Logging on to a unit using Telnet
    • Logging on to a unit using the serial port
  • Logging off of the unit
  • Using the Remote Connection command
  • Performing a system restart or shutdown
    • When to perform a restart or shutdown
  • Closing Configuration Manager
  • Uninstalling the Configuration Manager software
• Configuring the Remote Gateway 9150 unit
  • 9150 System configuration
    • NLP
    • Emergency service programmability
    • Configuring the Remote Gateway 9150 system settings
  • International tones support
    • Configuring International Tones
  • IP configuration
    • Configuring the IP addresses
    • IP Configuration field descriptions
    • Prioritizing voice traffic over shared networks
  • RLC connection configuration
    • Configuring the RLC connection information
    • PSTN connection configuration
    • Security level configuration
  • 9150 port configuration
    • Configuring stations
    • Bridge Ports
    • Analog port
    • Configuring a fax station
    • Configuring the fax port
  • BRI configuration
    • Remote Gateway 9150 ISDN BRI Interface information— for Norway and Sweden only
    • ISDN Line Type
    • Automatic TEIs (Terminal Endpoint Identifiers)
    • Entering the BRI settings
  • Trunk group configuration
    • Trunks
    • Primary trunk on the Remote Gateway 9150 unit
    • Trunk groups
    • Trunk access codes
    • ISDN configuration
    • European ISDN
    • National ISDN
    • Configuring trunk groups
  • DSP configuration
    • Module identification
    • Device configuration
    • Configuring DSPs
  • Auto upgrade configuration
    • Configuring automatic upgrade
  • Syslog configuration
    • Configuring syslog functionality
  • Station configuration
    • Bridge Ports
    • Call processing capabilities and station settings
    • Call appearance keys
    • MCR keys increase DSP requirements
    • Private lines
    • Calling permissions and restrictions
    • ATA- and MCA-equipped stations and bandwidth requirements
• Using Remote Gateway 9150 stations
  • Modes of operation
    • Host-controlled mode
    • Locally controlled mode
    • Relationship between host-controlled and locally controlled modes
    • Online mode
    • Offline mode
    • Why offline mode is important
    • What controls the online and offline modes
  • Placing and receiving calls
    • Receiving incoming calls
    • Methods for placing outgoing calls
    • Placing host-controlled calls
    • Placing outgoing locally controlled calls
    • Calling another station at your site
  • Indicator updates
    • Host-controlled indicator updates
    • Locally controlled indicator updates
  • Display messages
    • Message descriptions
  • Telephone features operation
    • Emergency service calls
    • Hold
    • Call Waiting
    • Call Transfer
    • Conference
    • Call Forward
    • Paging
  • Going online and offline
    • Using the SPRE code to put all stations into online mode
    • Using the SPRE code to put all stations into offline mode
    • Overriding an automatic offline event from the host PBX
• Administration
  • Changing the administration password
    • Changing the Configuration Manager password
    • Changing the Remote Gateway 9150 unit password
  • Creating a backup configuration file
    • Storing backup configuration files
    • Creating the backup file
  • Restoring the configuration
    • Before you begin
    • Uploading a configuration file over the IP network
  • Display logs
    • Viewing display logs
    • Printing the display logs to a file
    • Changing the size of Remote Gateway 9150 unit logs
    • Clearing logs
  • Statistics screens
    • Trunk Connection Statistics
    • Bandwidth Connection Statistics
    • Caller Info Statistics
    • Hardware Statistics
    • DSP Statistics
    • Ethernet Interface Statistics
    • BRI Information Statistics
    • Local Call Statistics
    • Remote Call Statistics
    • Device Information Statistics
    • ISDN Module Information Statistics
    • Network Statistics
    • PSTN Error Statistics
  • Verifying the firmware and software version
    • Verifying the software version
    • Verifying the firmware version
    • Determining the current firmware and software versions
  • Obtaining the latest upgrade file
    • Types of upgrades
    • Downloading the upgrade file
  • Performing a firmware upgrade
    • Manual firmware upgrade
    • When to perform a firmware upgrade
    • About firmware upgrades and configuration files
    • Before you begin
    • Upgrading the Remote Gateway 9150 unit firmware
    • Automatic or scheduled firmware upgrade
    • Self-contained firmware upgrade
  • Performing a software upgrade
    • Upgrading the Configuration Manager software
• Troubleshooting
  • Before you begin
    • Identifying why a problem occurred
  • Remote Gateway 9150 unit LED indicators
    • What to do if the LEDs do not display correctly
  • Digital telephone set
    • Symptoms descriptions
  • Device connectivity
    • Symptom descriptions
  • Software problems
    • Symptom descriptions
  • Using Configuration Manager PING
    • Performing a Configuration Manager PING
    • Unsuccessful PING options
  • Syslog testing
    • Performing Syslog testing
  • Alarms and alerts
  • Responding to a catastrophic failure
    • Inoperative hardware
  • Repair and warranty information
    • Canada
    • United States
    • Europe
    • Asia/Pacific
    • CALA
• Planning forms
  • Overview
    • Network planning
    • Remote Gateway 9150 forms
    • Data entry form completion sequence
  • Completing the Remote Gateway 9150 forms
• Sample configuration files
  • Example of a network
    • Sample configuration printouts
    • Configuration recommendation
    • Network diagram
  • Voice port configuration on the Meridian 1 PBX
  • Data port configuration on the Meridian 1 PBX
  • RLC configuration
  • Remote Gateway 9150 unit configuration
• Pin-out tables for connections
  • TELCO 1 connector pin-out table
  • TELCO 2 connector pin-out table
  • Ethernet connector pin-out table
  • Admin (serial) connector pin-out table
  • Power connector pin-out table
• Display log definitions
  • Display logs
• Glossary
• Fields index
• Index