Nortel NN10265-111 - Manuals

Page 3 - Finding the latest updates on the Nortel web site

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Finding the latest updates on the Nortel web site The content of this documentation was current at the time the product was released. To check for updates to the latest documentation and software for MCS 5100, click one of the...

Page 5 - How to get help; Getting help from the Nortel web site; download software, documentation, and product bulletins; Getting help over the phone from a Nortel Solutions Center

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 How to get help This section explains how to get help for Nortel products and services. Getting help from the Nortel web site The best way to get technical support for Nortel products is from the Nortel Technical Support web s...

Page 6 - Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing Code

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 6 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing Code To access some Nortel Technical Solutions Centers, you can use an Express Routing Code (ERC) to quickly route your call to a specialist in you...

Page 7 - Overview; How this chapter is organized; This chapter is organized as follows:; Functional description

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Overview How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • Functional description on page 7 • Hardware on page 8 • Software on page 12 • Operations, administration, and management on page 12 • Interfaces on...

Page 8 - Figure 1, Network component topology, on page 8; Figure 1 Network component topology; Hardware

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 8 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 1, Network component topology, on page 8 is a graphical depiction of the RTP Media Portal’s position in a single-network MCS solution. Figure 1 Network component topology Hardware The RTP Media Porta...

Page 9 - The chassis logical Domains are not internet Domains.; Domain A

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 9 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 dividing the chassis shelf into two half-shelves consisting of 8-slots each. Note: The chassis logical Domains are not internet Domains. Rather, the term is used to identify Side A and Side B of the chassis. Other terms used...

Page 10 - Motorola chassis CPX8216T - front view, on page 10; Figure 3 Motorola chassis CPX8216T - front view; A rear view of the CPX8216T is shown in

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 10 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 to left (1-16). A front view of the CPX8216T is shown in Figure 3, Motorola chassis CPX8216T - front view, on page 10 . Figure 3 Motorola chassis CPX8216T - front view A rear view of the CPX8216T is shown ...

Page 11 - Figure 4 Motorola chassis CPX8216T - back view

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 11 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 4 Motorola chassis CPX8216T - back view Within the CPX8216T dual 8-slot architecture, each logical Domain in the chassis contains a dedicated host card (with an associated transition module in the rear), a slot dedic...

Page 12 - Software; Maintenance; Operations, administration, and management

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 12 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Each logical Domain, and therefore each RTP Media Portal, consists of the following hardware components: • a single CPV5370 Intel processor board (the host card) with 1 GB memory, a SCSI input/output (I/O)...

Page 13 - Figure 5, OAM interoperability, on page 13; Figure 5 OAM interoperability; For additional information, please refer to; Interfaces; Protocols; Media Portal Control Protocol, used to control messages; RTP

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 13 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 components in the system and administrative access to OAM functions (including fault and configuration management). RTP Media Portal OAM data is stored on both the Management Module and the database. The Management Module s...

Page 14 - TCP; , Transmission Control Protocol, communicates configuration,; Network interfaces; Figure 6; RTP Media Portal

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 14 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 • TCP , Transmission Control Protocol, communicates configuration, performance data, logs, and alarms (OAM data) between the RTP Media Portal and the Management Module. Network interfaces The RTP Media Por...

Page 15 - Host CPU; As shown in; Network; RTP Media

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 15 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 7 RTP Media Portal operational interface - single-network deployment Host CPU As shown in Figure 8, Control and OAM interface - CPV5370 Host card and RTP Media Portal, on page 16 , the Rear Transition Module for the ...

Page 16 - These Ethernet connections carry the following:; Media blades; Figure 9, Media stream; Front Main; MCP Service; Protected MCS

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 16 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 8 Control and OAM interface - CPV5370 Host card and RTP Media Portal These Ethernet connections carry the following: • MPCP control messages to communicate with the SIP Application Module. • Operati...

Page 17 - MCPN765 Front Main Board; Protected

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 17 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 illustrates media stream interfaces in a dual-network deployment between a Protected MCS Network and Public Network. Figure 9 Media stream interface – MCPN765 Media Blade to RTP Media Portal A Media Blade in the RTP Media P...

Page 18 - Address and Port Discovery (APD) for obscured media endpoints.; References

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 18 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 The Rear Transition Module contains two, 10/100 BaseT Ethernet connections for RTP/RTCP/UDP media streams. Each Media Blade (pair of MCPN765 and TM-PIMC-0101 cards) performs the following functions: • Conn...

Page 19 - Maintenance updates; MCS 5100 System Management

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Maintenance updates How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • Functional description on page 19 • Operations, administration, and management on page 19 • Maintenance update tasks on page 20 — Shut d...

Page 20 - Maintenance update tasks; CAUTION

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 20 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 active media sessions present. When this occurs, it is safe to proceed with the upgrade without affecting service. If an upgrade fails during the initial stages, a rollback to the previous load is performe...

Page 21 - From the System Management Console; Shut down the RTP Media Portal component; MCS; can also launch the shutdown command by selecting; Shutdown

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 21 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 followed when updating a software load for the RTP Media Portal component. From the System Management Console 1 Shut down the RTP Media Portal component. For details, please refer to Shut down the RTP Media Portal component...

Page 22 - Figure 10 RTP Portal Shutdown; A confirmation window appears. Click on the; Yes; button to; Figure 11 RTP Portal Shutdown confirmation

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 22 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 10 RTP Portal Shutdown 3 A confirmation window appears. Click on the Yes button to continue. Figure 11 RTP Portal Shutdown confirmation 4 The RTP Media Portal component shuts down gracefully and eve...

Page 23 - Update the RTP Media Portal component; Updates (both upgrades and downgrades) to network; Update; command may require substantial time to complete execution.; Figure 12 Update from the pop-up menu

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 23 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Update the RTP Media Portal component The following procedure describes how to update a load for the RTP Media Portal component. Note: Updates (both upgrades and downgrades) to network components must be performed in a spec...

Page 24 - Figure 13 Update from the Configuration menu

Page 25 - Figure 14 Load list for updating; Configuration tabs and properties on page 47; Apply

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 25 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 3 The Load List window appears. The window only shows software loads suitable for the RTP Media Portal component type, since this is the component type being updated. Figure 14 Load list for updating 4 Select the load versi...

Page 27 - Full release upgrades; for more

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Full release upgrades How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • Functional description on page 27 • Tools and utilities on page 27 • Operations, administration, and management on page 27 • Upgrade t...

Page 28 - Upgrade tasks; From the System Management Console and terminal window

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 28 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 active media sessions present. When this occurs, it is safe to proceed with the upgrade without affecting service. If an upgrade fails during the initial stages, a rollback to the previous load is performe...

Page 29 - Perform the upgrade. For details, refer to; Shutdown the target RTP Media Portal component; may also choose the shutdown command from the pull-down; Operations

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 29 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 3 Perform the upgrade. For details, refer to Upgrade the RTP Media Portal component on page 30 . 4 Deploy the upgraded RTP Media Portal. For details, refer to Deploy the RTP Media Portal component on page 31 . Shutdown the ...

Page 30 - Figure 16 RTP Portal Shutdown confirmation; Delete; From a terminal window; root; on the target RTP Media Portal.

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 30 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 16 RTP Portal Shutdown confirmation 4 The RTP Media Portal component shuts down gracefully and eventually goes into a LOCKED state when the last active media session ends (as seen in the General Inf...

Page 31 - cd; Components

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 31 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 cd <Enter> 7 Dismount the CD. umount /mnt/cdrom <Enter> 8 Eject the upgrade CD from the CD-ROM. eject <Enter> 9 Remove the upgrade CD from the CD-ROM. 10 Repeat step 2 through step 9 for each upgrade CD. 1...

Page 32 - Figure 17 Add from the pop-up menu

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 32 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 17 Add from the pop-up menu Note, you may also launch the add command from the pull-down Configuration menu.

Page 33 - Figure 18 Add from the Configuration menu; After; Figure 19 Load list for adding

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 33 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 18 Add from the Configuration menu After Add > Component is selected, you must wait for the load list to retrieve. 3 The Load List window appears with all available component loads (except for those components alr...

Page 34 - progress screen appears while it deploys

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 34 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 5 You will be prompted to configure the RTP Media Portal. For a description of these tabs and properties, please refer to Configuring and managing the RTP Media Portal component on page 43 . 6 After enteri...

Page 35 - Fault management; Network fault management; Management; Fault tolerance; Dynamic Pool Registration

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Fault management How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • Network fault management on page 35 — Fault tolerance on page 35 — Fault management procedures on page 37 — RTP Media Portal alarms on page...

Page 37 - Fault management procedures; Figure 20 Example of viewing alarm information

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 37 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 service, if offers the remaining available capacity on the Media Blades for the processing of new sessions. Fault management procedures Alarm surveillance The following procedure lists steps to obtain information regarding ...

Page 38 - Clearing an alarm; Alarm Browser; RTP Media Portal alarms; Alarm and Log Reference

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 38 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Clearing an alarm The following procedure lists steps to clear an alarm. From the System Management Console 1 In the System tree, select the appropriate RTP Media Portal. component. 2 From the pull-down To...

Page 39 - Clearing the RTP103 Alarm (Best Blade Selection); Informational and communication logs; communication logs begin with one (RTP; Host Recovery-Mode Initiated

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 39 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Clearing the RTP103 Alarm (Best Blade Selection) 1 Verify that you can log in to the media blade from the host card. If successful, the MCP Service Network connection is OK. 2 Once you are logged in to the media blade, veri...

Page 40 - , RTP914, generated whenever an audit is

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 40 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 communications. No action is required. An associated alarm is raised for each Media Blade which does not respond. • Blade Recovery-Mode Initiated , RTP909, indicates that the Host CPU was able to re-establ...

Page 41 - , RTP118, generated whenever an attempt to

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 41 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 • Failed to Send Signal , RTP118, generated whenever an attempt to dispatch an outgoing signal fails. No action is required. • Failed to Reboot IO Exception , RTP919, generated whenever a request for reboot of the system fa...

Page 43 - Configuration management; Tools and utilities; MCS 5100 System Management Console User Guide; Configuring and managing the RTP Media Portal component

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Configuration management How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • Tools and utilities on page 43 • Configuring and managing the RTP Media Portal component on page 43 — Deploying the RTP Media Porta...

Page 44 - Deploying the RTP Media Portal server; MCS 5100 System Management Console; Adding the RTP Media Portal component; shows the RTP Media Portal; under the; Figure 21 Add from the pop-up menu; You may also launch the add command from the

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 44 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Deploying the RTP Media Portal server For information regarding how to deploy and configure an RTP Media Portal server, please refer to MCS 5100 System Management Console User Guide (NN10273-111) . Adding ...

Page 45 - Figure 22 Add from the Configuration menu; Figure 23 Load list for adding; progress screen appears while it deploys.

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 45 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 22 Add from the Configuration menu After Add > Component is selected, you must wait for the load list to retrieve. 3 The Load List window appears with all available component loads (except for those components alr...

Page 46 - Query

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 46 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 7 When deployment completes, and information dialog message appears to indicate that the action was successful. Querying or modifying RTP Media Portal configuration properties Use the following procedure t...

Page 47 - to shutdown and eventually lock the; Modify; Modify the properties as required and click; OK; information on the configuration properties, please refer to; Configuration tabs and properties

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 47 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 a Right-click the root level RTP Media Portal component and click Shutdown to shutdown and eventually lock the component so configuration properties can be modified . Note: After completing the shutdown, the RTP Media Porta...

Page 48 - Figure 26 System Output Manager tab; Send to File

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 48 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 26 System Output Manager tab The following table details the configurable properties of the System Output Manager tab. The following figures show the configurable properties of the RTP Media Portal ...

Page 51 - Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 1 of 8); Call Legs

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 51 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 29 RTP Media Portal tab (3 of 3) The following table details the configurable properties of the RTP Media Portal tab. Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 1 of 8) Configuration property Format ...

Page 52 - Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 2 of 8)

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 52 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 RTP Portal IP Type: String Range: 7-15 characters Default: 0.0.0.0 MCP Service Network IP Address of the RTP Media Portal Host. Identifies a specific Host. Note: This value must be unique. AppSvr IP Type: ...

Page 53 - Polltimer Delay; Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 3 of 8)

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 53 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Polltimer Delay Type: String Range: 0-65535 Default: 20000 milliseconds Time span (in milliseconds) required for startup and initialization of the Media Blades. The Host waits this period of time before attempting to contac...

Page 54 - Net1 Netmask; Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 4 of 8)

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 54 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Net1 Netmask Type: IP address Range: N/A Default: 255.255.255.0 (Used for the Media Blades, not for the host card.) The Net1 Netmask is the netmask used for routing on the network that is reachable by the ...

Page 55 - Idle Session Audit Period; Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 5 of 8)

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 55 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Idle Session Audit Period Type: String Range: 0-3600000 Default: 300000 (ms) The period of the audit that runs to detect idle media sessions on the media blade. Long Idle Duration Type: String Range: 0-65535 Default: 24 Thi...

Page 56 - Activate IP Failover; Note; in description; Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 6 of 8)

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 56 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Activate IP Failover Type: Boolean Range: true/false Default: true Enables the RTP Media Portal Host to monitor the status of the MCP Service Network Interface and react accordingly. This basic capability ...

Page 57 - Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 7 of 8)

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 57 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Net1 Media IP Type: IP Address Range: 7-15 characters Default: 0.0.0.0 The Net1 Media IP address of this particular media blade. Repeated for each media blade. Net2 Media IP Type: IP Address Range: 7-15 characters Default: ...

Page 58 - InsertPortalWhenAnyBFW; Table 2 RTP Media Portal tab configurable properties (Sheet 8 of 8)

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 58 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 InsertPortalWhenAnyBFW Type: Boolean Range: true/false Default: false If set to false, a RTP Media Portal is not used for calls when two Firewall clients are in the same Domain. If set to true, a RTP Media...

Page 59 - Accounting management; For more information on accounting, please refer to

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Accounting management Functional description The RTP Media Portal does not perform accounting management. However, an indication that an RTP Media Portal component was used during a session is provided in the accounting record...

Page 61 - Performance management

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Performance management Functional description RTP Media Portal performance is monitored through the System Management Console by viewing Operational Measurements (OMs). For more information on RTP Media Portal OMs and the view...

Page 63 - Security and administration; Security overview; Network level security functions

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Security and administration How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • Security overview on page 63 — Network level security functions on page 63 — RTP Media Portal component level security functions...

Page 64 - Port randomization; Table 2, RTP Media Portal tab; NAPT function

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 64 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Port randomization When the RTP Media Portal is deployed, each Media Blade is configured with a pool of ports containing a specific number of ports in a specific range based on configuration data (“Number ...

Page 65 - Packet filter/firewall; User administration

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 65 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Packet filter/firewall As packets are received, the RTP Media Portal analyzes each packet to ensure the following: • The data format is RTP/RTCP/UDP, as indicated by the session description. All other packet types are disca...

Page 67 - Appendix A: Backup and recovery; Backup and restore; Prerequisites; Live 100Mbps Ethernet connection.

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Appendix A: Backup and recovery How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • Backup and restore on page 67 — Prerequisites on page 67 — Duration on page 68 — Remote tape drive set up on page 69 — Backu...

Page 68 - Linux Recovery CD

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 68 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Auto Negotiate so that they too will respond in full duplex mode. Failure to set the mode to full duplex will result in restore times that are ten times normal. • For restore operation, server address info...

Page 69 - Remote tape drive set up; From the terminal server; sysadmin

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 69 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 operation. Use Unix commands to determine the size of the following partitions: • / • /boot • /var • /IMS • /usr Backup requires approximately 20 minutes per GB when using a USB tape drive, and approximately eight minutes p...

Page 70 - Backup to remote tape drive; Remote tape

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 70 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 rsh -l sysadmin <Tape_Server_IP> df -k <Enter> where <Tape_Server_IP> is the IP address of the remote host with the tape drive. 6 Output appears on screen, indicating the target system is...

Page 71 - Prepare system for restore

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 71 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 before proceeding with the restore. For more information, refer to Remote tape drive set up on page 69 . From the terminal server 1 Prepare the system for restore. For instructions, refer to Prepare system for restore on pa...

Page 72 - Figure 30 Enter BIOS Setup screen; Use the arrow keys to select; Boot Device Priority; the; Enter; key to display the Boot Device Selection menu.

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 72 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 30 Enter BIOS Setup screen 5 From the BIOS Setup Utility screen, use the arrow keys to move to the Boot menu. Figure 31 BIOS Setup: Boot menu 6 Use the arrow keys to select Boot Device Priority , th...

Page 80 - Prepare system for restore on; Error scenarios

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 80 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 mount /dev/sda6 /a <Enter>cd /a <Enter>restore rfv sysadmin@<tape_server_IP>:/dev/rmt/0cn <Enter>rm -f restoresymtable <Enter>cd .. <Enter>umount /dev/sda6 <Enter>...

Page 81 - Invalid IP address; command has been executed, an information message is; Connection to remote tape server is lost

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 81 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Invalid IP address If an invalid IP address is entered, an information message is displayed. Example output: /usr/local/bin/mcp_backup.pl 47.47.47.46 no answer from 47.47.47.46 10:22:27 ERROR: System, 47.47.47.46, could not...

Page 83 - Error installing USB tape drive; . Then type the command; Recovery; Replacement of CPU host card; BIOS configuration of the CPV5370 Host Card on page 90; Replacement of task processor; From the terminal device

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 83 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Mount volume 2then enter volume name (default: /dev/rmt/0cn) Mount volume 3then enter volume name (default: /dev/rmt/0cn) Read error while restoring ./me/loads/pool9/Files/B/UAS06.zip.bLfCbwYvd5YvveYtcontinue? [y n] nVerify...

Page 84 - Configure the MCPN765 Card. For more information, refer to; Complete the installation; Edit; menu to save the file and exit the editor.

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 84 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 2 Configure the MCPN765 Card. For more information, refer to Configuring the MCPN765 I/O Card on page 108 . 3 Complete the installation. For more information, refer to Complete the installation on page 84 ...

Page 85 - Floppy drives are installed in rear peripheral bay.

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Appendix B: RTP Media Portal installation How this chapter is organized This chapter is organized as follows: • Prerequisites on page 85 • Network deployment on page 87 • Installing RTP Media Portal on page 90 • Installing MCP...

Page 86 - IMPORTANT

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 86 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 to allow I/O blades to boot and mount their file systems over the network. The complete base system can be installed in approximately 30 minutes. IMPORTANT : The installation procedures must be followed se...

Page 87 - Network deployment; Single-network deployment

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 87 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 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 al...

Page 88 - unused; MCS VLAN; Media Portal

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 88 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 36 RTP Media Portal single-network deployment The below table details the usage of the physical port for single-network deployment. Failure to use the ports as described will result in a non-operati...

Page 89 - Public; MCP Service S; Unit; Public Subnet

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 89 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 two interfaces on the host are used in an active, standby mode and there is no interface redundancy on the media cards as each connects to a separate network. This configuration is depicted in Figure 37 on page 89 . Figure ...

Page 90 - Installing RTP Media Portal; BIOS configuration of the CPV5370 Host Card; From the terminal console

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 90 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Installing RTP Media Portal This section outlines steps to install the RTP Media Portal. From the terminal console 1 Establish BIOS settings for the CPV5370 Host Card. For details, refer to BIOS configurat...

Page 93 - From the terminal server

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 93 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 20 While the system is rebooting, quickly change the console connection from COM1 to COM2. Use the escape sequence <Esc><Shift>OQ to enter the BIOS set up screen again. If you do not see output on the terminal, ...

Page 96 - Figure 41 Red Hat: Formatting partitions; User linear; Type the boot arguments for LILO as follows:

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 96 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 41 Red Hat: Formatting partitions Completing the installation The following procedure includes instructions for completing the installation. From the terminal server 1 The LILO Configuration screen ...

Page 98 - Figure 43 Red Hat: Network Configuration screen

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 98 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 43 Red Hat: Network Configuration screen 7 In the Device settings screen, accept the default setting and select OK to continue. Figure 44 Red Hat: Device settings screen 8 In the Time Zone Selection...

Page 99 - Figure 45 Red Hat: Time Zone Selection screen

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 99 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 45 Red Hat: Time Zone Selection screen 9 The next screen sets the root password. When prompted, enter the appropriate root password. Retype the password for confirmation and select OK to continue. Figure 46 Red Hat: ...

Page 100 - Figure 47 Red Hat: Add User screen; In the Authentication Configuration screen, verify the; Use; and; Enable MD5 password; check boxes

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 100 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Figure 47 Red Hat: Add User screen 11 In the Authentication Configuration screen, verify the Use Shadow Password and Enable MD5 password check boxes are selected. Select OK to continue. [*] Use Shadow Pas...

Page 102 - Tab

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 102 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 2 Insert the RTP Portal Install CD into the CD-ROM, and reboot the system by pressing the Reset button on the front of the Host CPU Card. 3 The system will reboot from the CD and begin executing the insta...

Page 103 - Installing the RTP Media

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 103 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 12 Move to the Exit menu to save changes and exit the BIOS set up. The system will reboot. 13 After the system reboots, press the Enter key to boot the default image. 14 After booting, the login prompt will appear on scree...

Page 104 - Installing MCPN765 cards; From a terminal device and the System Management Console; Setting up the MCPN765 I/O Card; From a terminal device; Esc

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 104 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Installing MCPN765 cards The following procedures outline instructions for adding MCPN765 I/O Cards in RTP Portal (Domain A). To add new I/O cards to Domain B, repeat these procedures. From a terminal dev...

Page 106 - niot; to access the Network boot settings.

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 106 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Memory Size Starting Address = 00000000? Memory Size Ending Address = 04000000? DRAM Speed in NANO Seconds = 8? ROM Bank A Access Speed (ns) = 90? ROM Bank B Access Speed (ns) = 120? DRAM Parity Enable [O...

Page 107 - reset

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 107 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 9 At the prompt, type reset to reboot the network once it completes the necessary self-tests. PPC6-Bug>reset Cold/Warm Reset [C,W] = C? Execute Local SCSI Bus Reset [Y,N] = N? Execute Local (CPU) Reset [Y,N] = N? y 10 R...

Page 108 - Configuring the MCPN765 I/O Card; Figure 50 RTP Portal Shutdown confirmation

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 108 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Configuring the MCPN765 I/O Card It is recommended the following procedure be completed during maintenance hours as it will require the RTP Media Portal to reboot, and be out of service for approximately ...

Page 109 - From the; tab to make the appropriate; Figure 51 RTP Media Portal tab

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics 109 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 If it is necessary to change the IP address, expand the RTP Portal options and right-click on RTP Portal to select Modify. From the RTP Media Portal tab to make the appropriate changes. Figure 51 RTP Media Portal tab No fu...

Page 111 - Appendix C: Basic call flows; As described in; Figure 52 Basic interoperability of components for a session

MCS 5100 RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Appendix C: Basic call flows As described in Protocols on page 13 , the RTP Media Portal component interfaces to the other network components using different protocols. These protocols are used to establish and manipulate medi...

Page 112 - Basic call without firewalls; shows the basic call flow for a client-to-client

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 112 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 The following sections provide some sample diagrams and descriptions of call flows to review the basic functionality of the RTP Media Portal component. Basic call without firewalls Figure 53, Basic call f...

Page 114 - Basic call with firewalls

NN10265-111 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 January 2006 114 Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 Basic call with firewalls Figure 54, Basic call flow using the RTP Media Portal (with obscured endpoints), on page 114 shows the basic call flow for a client-to-client call using an RTP Media Portal with ...

Page 118 - Multimedia Communication Server

Multimedia Communication Portfolio Multimedia Communication Server RTP Media Portal Basics Copyright © Nortel Networks Limited 2006 All Rights Reserved Information is subject to change without notice. Nortel Networks reserves the right to make changes in design or components as progress in engineeri...