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Nortel Communication Server 1000Nortel Communication Server 1000 Release 4.5
Signaling ServerInstallation and Configuration
Document Number: 553-3001-212Document Release: Standard 10.00Date: March 2007
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The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The statements, configurations, technical data, and recommendations in this document are believed to be accurate and reliable, but are presented without express or implied warranty. Users must take full responsibility for their applications of any products specified in this document. The information in this document is proprietary to Nortel Networks.
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Revision historyMarch 2007
Standard 10.00. This document is up-issued to reflect changes in content.
CR Q01468373(2):
updated the gkbackup.tar file content list in the Backing up the H.323 Gatekeeper database procedure in the H.323 Gatekeeper database
December 2006Standard 9.00. This document is up-issued to reflect changes in content.
CR Q01439642:
added a new procedure (Verifying the presence of an NRS) to the Upgrading from CS 1000 release 4.0 section of the Software upgrade and reconfiguration chapter
CR Q01468373(1):
changed the name of the Gatekeeper database backup file in the Backing up the H.323 Gatekeeper database procedure and the Copying the backed up H.323 database to the upgraded server procedure, from nrsback.tar to gkbackup.tar in the H.323 Gatekeeper database migration chapter
November 2006Standard 8.00. This document is up-issued to reflect changes in content.
CR Q014694590:

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addition of verbiage at the beginning of the Installing the software section in the Software installation and configuration chapter to indicate that 768 MB of RAM are required if the Signaling Server must support more than 382 H.323 virtual trunks
addition of verbiage at the beginning of the Upgrading the Signaling Server software procedure in the Software upgrade and reconfiguration chapter to indicate that 768 MB of RAM are required if the Signaling Server must support more than 382 H.323 virtual trunks
October 2006Standard 7.00. This document is up-issued to reflect changes in content.
CR Q01413666:
addition of appropriate instructions to establish FTP connections to the source and target Signaling Servers in the Uploading the database procedure in the H.323 Gatekeeper database migration section
July 2006Standard 6.00. This document is up-issued to reflect changes in content.
CR Q01382679:
addition of missing system display messages and procedure steps in the Upgrading Signaling Server software procedure found in the Software upgrade and reconfiguration section
repair of all textual procedure step references that were adversely affected by the addition of new procedure steps in the Upgrading Signaling Server software procedure found in the Software upgrade and reconfiguration section
CR Q01283452:
addition of rdsconvert command to the rdtools commands table found in the Command Line Interface (CLI) commands section
April 2006Standard 5.00. This document is up-issued for CR Q01273279, correcting the default login credentials for the Signaling Server on page 93.

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January 2006Standard 4.00. This document is upissued for CR Q01190789, with information on backing up the Gatekeeper database and storing it locally during a software upgrade.
August 2005Standard 3.00. This document is upissued to support Communication Server 1000 Release 4.5.
September 2004Standard 2.00. This document is upissued for Communication Server 1000 Release 4.0.
October 2003Standard 1.00. This document is a new NTP for Succession 3.0. It was created to support a restructuring of the Documentation Library, which resulted in the merging of multiple legacy NTPs. This new document consolidates information previously contained in the following documents:
Branch Office (553-3001-214)
IP Line: Description, Installation, and Operation (553-3001-365)
Large System: Planning and Engineering (553-3021-120)
Succession 1000 System: Overview (553-3031-010)
Succession 1000 System: Planning and Engineering (553-3031-120)
Succession 1000 System: Installation and Configuration (553-3031-210)
Succession 1000 System: Upgrade Procedures (553-3031-258)

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Contents
List of procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Applicable systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Conventions .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Related information .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Software applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Hardware description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Planning and engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Regulatory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Environmental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Scalability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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Branch offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Connecting and powering up the Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Upgrading the Signaling Server memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Signaling Server Software Install Tool . . . . . . . . . 61Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Signaling Server Software CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Software installation and configuration . . . . . . . . 65Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Before you begin .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing the software .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Unpacking Help files for Virtual Terminal Emulator .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Logging in to the Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Verifying a successful configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Testing the Leader Signaling Server .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Software upgrade and reconfiguration . . . . . . . . 95Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Upgrading from previous releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Upgrading the Signaling Server software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Reconfiguring the Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Reinstalling the previous relea

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