Nortel Networks Circuit Card 311 - Manual (Page 126)

126 NT1R20 Off-Premise Station Analog Line card
The OPS analog line card uses only eight of the 30 available timeslots for
its eight line interfaces. The OPS analog line card can be configured in
software to format PCM data in the µ-law or A-law conventions.
Maintenance communication
Maintenance communication is the exchange of control and status data
between line or trunk cards and the CPU. Maintenance data is transported
through the card LAN link.
The card LAN link supports the following functions on the NT1R20 OPS
analog line card:
• polling
• reporting of self-test status
• CPU initiated card reset
• reporting of card ID (card type and hardware vintage)
• reporting of firmware version
• reporting of line interface unit configuration
• enabling/disabling of the DS-30X network loop busy
• reporting of card status
Maintenance communications
Maintenance communications is the exchange of control and status data
between line or trunk cards and the CPU. Maintenance data is transported
via the card LAN link.
The card LAN link supports the following functions on the OPS analog line
card:
• polling
• reporting of self-test status
• CPU initiated card reset
• reporting of card ID (card type and hardware vintage)
• reporting of firmware version
• reporting of line interface unit configuration
• enabling/disabling of the DS-30X network loop busy
• reporting of card status
Maintenance communication
Maintenance communication is the exchange of control and status data
between line or trunk cards and the CS 1000 CPU. Maintenance data is
transported through the card LAN link.
Nortel Communication Server 1000
Circuit Card Reference
NN43001-311 01.04 Standard
Release 5.0 23 May 2008
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