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Page 3 - Overview; How this chapter is organized

3 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Overview How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • “Functional description” on page 3 • “Hardware” on page 4 • “Software update maintenance loads” on page 7 • “OAM&P strategy”...

Page 4 - Figure 1 Network Component Interoperability

4 Overview NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Figure 1 Network Component Interoperability The clouds in the diagram represent two distinct networks. The Private Network cloud interacts with the Public Network cloud throu...

Page 5 - Figure 2 Card slots for the two different domains

Overview 5 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential An RTP Media Portal occupies a single chassis domain (side) on a CPX8216T. Therefore, a single CPX8216T can host two RTP Media Portal components (one in chassis Domain A, the other in chassis Domain...

Page 6 - Hot Swap Controller and Bridge (HSC) module; Figure 3 Motorola chassis CPX8216T

6 Overview NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential dedicated to the Motorola Hot Swap Controller (HSC), and the remaining six slots can be populated with peripheral resource cards (Input/Output cards with an associated transi...

Page 7 - Software update maintenance loads

Overview 7 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Software update maintenance loads Information on updating software loads for the RTP Media Portal are covered in “Upgrades” on page 13. OAM&P strategy The OAM&P strategy for the system is to...

Page 8 - Figure 4 RTP Media Portal interfaces

8 Overview NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Figure 4 RTP Media Portal interfaces Network InterfacesThe Host CPU card provides the signaling and OAM data interface to/from the Private Network. Each I/O card (commonly re...

Page 9 - Figure 5 Signaling and OAM interface - CPV5370 Host CPU; COM2 port for connection to a terminal server and local monitor.

Overview 9 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Figure 5 Signaling and OAM interface - CPV5370 Host CPU The rear transition module for the CP5370 Host Central Processing Unit (CPU) card contains the following: • COM2 port for connection to a term...

Page 10 - Figure 6 MCPN765 Media stream interface

10 Overview NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Network interfaces on each of the Input/Output cards (MCPN765) in the RTP Media Portal provide a path for media streams to/from the Private Network and Public Network. Figur...

Page 11 - Relays media packets between end points.

Overview 11 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential The RTP Media Portal uses the following input/output (I/O) cards: • MCPN765 front card • TM-PIMC-0101 rear transition module The transition module contains two, 10/100 BaseT Ethernet connections fo...

Page 13 - Upgrades; RTP Media Portal software upgrade

13 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Upgrades How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • “OAM&P strategy” on page 13 — “RTP Media Portal software upgrade” on page 13 • “Task flows” on page 14 — “Shutdown the RTP ...

Page 14 - Note 1: Software loads are encrypted for security reasons.; Task flows; From the System Management Console:; Shutdown the RTP Media Portal component; From the System Management Console

14 Upgrades NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential reboots the Peripheral CPUs. When the RTP Media Portal recovers from the reset, it is running (UNLOCKED) with the upgraded software. Note: It is possible to update one RTP M...

Page 15 - Update a software load; Figure 7 Updating the RTP Media Portal from the menu tree

Upgrades 15 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Update a software load The following procedure describes how to update a load for the RTP Media Portal component: From the System Management Console 1 Select the RTP Media Portal Server, select Com...

Page 16 - Figure 8 Updating the RTP Media Portal from the pull-down menu

16 Upgrades NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Figure 8 Updating the RTP Media Portal from the pull-down menu After selecting Update, the following window appears: Figure 9 The update window, retrieving the load list

Page 17 - You can only do an update from one version to another.; Figure 10 Load list for updating; Once the update is complete, the following window appears:

Upgrades 17 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential 2 You can only do an update from one version to another. Note: The currently deployed software load will not appear in the load list. Figure 10 Load list for updating 3 Select the load version that...

Page 18 - Figure 11 Successful update dialog box

Page 19 - Fault management; Fault tolerance

19 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Fault management How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • “Network fault management strategy” on page 19 — “Fault tolerance” on page 19 — “RTP Media Portal Alarms” on page 22 — ...

Page 20 - Fault management procedures

20 Fault management NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential whenever a failure condition occurs on the Active SIP Application Module. • Idle Session Detection — enables the RTP Media Portal to detect and recover media resourc...

Page 21 - Figure 12 Example of viewing alarm information

Fault management 21 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Figure 12 Example of viewing alarm information Clearing an alarm From the System Management Console 1 From the System Management Console, under the RTP Portal Components folder, highlight t...

Page 22 - RTP Media Portal Alarms; Clearing the RTP101 Alarm (Blade out of service)

22 Fault management NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential RTP Media Portal Alarms The following section details how to clear certain alarms that affect the RTP Media Portal. RTP Media Portal alarms are discussed in further ...

Page 23 - Clearing the RTP105 Alarm (Private Port Usage); Logs

Fault management 23 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential 2 If the alarm persists, the number of available ports per blade (card) and/or the number of blades (cards) in the system must be increased. To increase the number of ports or the number of...

Page 25 - Configuration management; This chapter is organized as follows:; Network strategy; Configuration procedures

25 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Configuration management How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • “Network strategy” on page 25 — “Configuration procedures” on page 25 — “Configuration tabs and properties” on ...

Page 26 - Figure 13 Adding the RTP Media Portal component; You will be prompted to choose a software load.; Figure 14 Software load list; You will be prompted to configure the RTP Media Portal.

26 Configuration management NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Figure 13 Adding the RTP Media Portal component 2 You will be prompted to choose a software load. Figure 14 Software load list 3 Select the desired software ...

Page 27 - Figure 15 Add successful dialog box

Configuration management 27 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential 6 Enter a label in the Service Component Name field at the bottom of the window and click Apply. 7 When deployment completes, there is a screen showing that the component was added ...

Page 28 - Table 1 System Output Manager tab configurable properties; Send to File

28 Configuration management NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential The following table details the configurable properties of the System Output Manager tab: The following figures show the configurable properties of the RTP M...

Page 33 - Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties; Call Legs

Configuration management 33 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential The following table details the configurable properties of the RTP Media Portal tab: Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties Configuration Property Format Description C...

Page 34 - Host Receive Port

34 Configuration management NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Discovery Probe Time Period Type: String Range: 0-3600000 Default: 60000 Controls the frequency (in milliseconds) of registration messages (RSIPs) sent from ...

Page 35 - Private Netmask

Configuration management 35 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Major Port Usage Alarm Level Type: Percent Range: 0-100 Default: 80 The percent usage at which the number of ports used on the public or private side of an RTP Media Portal (over al...

Page 36 - Long Idle Duration

36 Configuration management NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Chassis # Type: String Range: 0-255 Default: 1 Chassis identifier used to identify a specific CPX8216T chassis. This information is used by configuration scr...

Page 37 - Static RTP Ports

Configuration management 37 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Static RTP Ports Type: Boolean Range: true/false Default: false Boolean indicating whether the RTP Media Portal should perform static fixed port allocation/management, or dynamic ra...

Page 39 - Accounting management; Strategy

39 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Accounting management Strategy The RTP Media Portal does not perform any accounting management. For more information on accounting, see the MCP Accounting Module Basics.

Page 41 - Performance management

41 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Performance management Strategy RTP Media Portal performance is monitored through the System Management Console GUI by viewing Operational Measurements. Refer to the MCP System Management Console Basics for...

Page 43 - Security and Administration; Security strategy overview; Network level security functions

43 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Security and Administration How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • “Security strategy overview” on page 43 • “User administration” on page 45 Security strategy overview One fu...

Page 44 - RTP Media Portal component level security functions

44 Security and Administration NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential refer to Table 2, “RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties” on page 33. As multimedia sessions are initiated, a port is chosen from the port pool ass...

Page 45 - User administration

Security and Administration 45 Copyright © 2003, Nortel Networks MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Nortel Networks Confidential Packets that do not have a matching source/destination address are discarded and logged as potential problems. • the source/destination ports match the expected source/destinatio...

Page 48 - MCP RTP Media Portal; Basics

Succession Multimedia Communications Portfolio MCP RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © 2003 Nortel Networks,All Rights Reserved NORTEL NETWORKS CONFIDENTIAL: The information contained in this document is the property of Nortel Networks. Except as specifically authorized in writing by Nortel Networks...