Networking Legends w/ T1 lines

[30362]

Does anyone know of any resources I can find out there on the Internet or any how-to guides for networking Legend systems?

I have 4 sites that I want to connect but my hub site has maxxed out the number of 100D cards you can support in 3 carriers. I have 3 100D cards in my hub site, 1 is for my PRI and the other two are T1 connections to 2 of the 3 other sites, is there a way I can combine the 2 T1's coming into my hub site into 1 100D card so I can add the last site to the now empty 100D?

I have an Adtran Atlas 550 that allows some pretty snazzy dial-plan configuration and digit manipulation but am not sure how the Legends communicate via the T1 - is it just via digits? If so I am guessing I can just combine 2 T1's in the Atlas and then change the dial plan setup on the hub site Legend?

 

[ScoTTeL]

What about using tie using 400 E&M cards? How many tie trunks do you have between each facility? I would think you could combine the two sites via your service provider. Have them combine 12 trunks to one site and 12 to the other on one T into your facility. Then do the routing programming.

Anyone know limitations to Magix? Maybe upgrading processor to CKE5 with Magix 2.2 would allow four 100D's. Not sure!

I think working with your provider to combine tie trunks into one T1 would be best.

Maybe your unit can take two incoming T's and stack the channels to one outgoing. I would think this would also work. Again the routing programming would be the kicker.

Just guessing! Never tried that before. I only have one client that is loaded with 3 T's.

 

[30362]

My hub site has 3 carriers and they are already full, switching circuit packs and renumbering has always been a chore in the past since all the stations then get screwed up so 400EM cards are not really and option.

I know I can't upgrade to Magix based on the phone sets I am running...

I could combine the T1 trunks pretty easily with my Atlas 550, I can combine various DS0's from different T1's into a single robbed-bit T1 output but I am unsure about the programming on the Legend since I have never done any.

My big question is about normal T1 tie-lines between Legends, do they route based on digits and if so do they simply pass those digits out that circuit pack or do they do something else with the digits once they are determined to be at a different location?

 

[gregarican]

Check the Avaya website and you'll see the Networking Reference guide. Once you go through it you'll see it's not to bad. I have something similar to what you're looking to hook up.

We have a Legend going out through an Atlas 550 on one end and the other end has a Magix with an INA board. The extension ranges at either site are included in the Non Local UDP. That's how calls are routed. The lines between sites are pooled. Check Avaya's site for the specifics...