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CHAPTER 5. MANAGING TRUNKS AND SPANS 5-3
BETA DOCUMENT - PRELIMINARY & CONFIDENTIAL
Adding trunks
This chapter contains instructions for adding new trunks of each type, as follows:
n “Adding an analog trunk” on page 5-10
n “Adding a digital Robbed Bit T1 span” on page 5-13
n “Adding a digital ISDN or CAS span” on page 5-17
n “Adding an Internet span” on page 5-21
Before you perform the steps in each section of this chapter, make sure you have
installed and configured the Dialogic boards and drivers that are necessary to
support your trunks. See Strata CS Installation & Maintenance Manual for
instructions.
As long as the Dialogic boards and drivers have been properly installed and
configured, you can start using a trunk as soon as you add it according to the
instructions in this chapter. Note that if you add a trunk in the Administrator
before it is physically installed or configured, the trunk has a status of “Not
Installed” in the Device Monitor.
Naming trunks
Give your trunks names that convey important information about them, so that
you can identify trunks quickly and easily. Information to use in a trunk name
includes:
n The telephone number of an analog trunk
n The IP address of an Internet trunk
n The name of the digital or Internet span to which the trunk belongs
Monitoring trunks
For instructions on how to monitor the activity on a trunk, enable or disable a
digital trunk, or restart a trunk that is experiencing problems, see “Using the
Device Monitor” on page 11-3.
Deleting trunks
Deleting a trunk removes it from your Strata CS system configuration, but does
not affect the telephone line or hardware, or the trunk license.
Although you can delete a single analog trunk, you cannot delete a T1, E1, or
Internet trunk from the span it belongs to. If you must permanently remove a
digital line, you must delete the entire span. To disable an individual trunk in a
span temporarily, edit the trunk and uncheck the options for receiving inbound
and placing outbound calls.