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Cisco IOS Release 12.0(7)T
Prerequisites
Before you can configure your Cisco AS5800 to use Voice over IP, you must first:
• Install a version of the Cisco IOS software that supports DSPWare 3.1.7 specific to the Cisco
AS5800 (for example, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(4)XL or Cisco IOS Release 12.0(7)T).
• Establish a working IP network. For more information about configuring IP, refer to the
“IP Overview,” “Configuring IP Addressing,” and “Configuring IP Services” chapters in the
Cisco IOS 12.0 Network Protocols Configuration Guide, Part 1.
• Complete basic configuration for the AS5800. This includes, as a minimum, the following tasks:
— Configure a host name and password for the AS5800
— Configure the Fast Ethernet interface of your AS5800 so that it can be recognized as a device
on the Ethernet LAN
— Configure the AS5800 interfaces for ISDN PRI lines
— Configure the ISDN D channels for each ISDN PRI line
— Configure the AS5800 interfaces for T1 CAS lines
— Configure the ISDN D channels for each T1 CAS PRI line
For more information about any of the these configuration tasks, refer to the Cisco AS5800
Universal Access Server Software Installation and Configuration Guide, which shipped with
your Cisco AS5800 and is available on the document CD-ROM.
• Install the VFC into the appropriate slot of your Cisco AS5800 universal access server. Each VFC
can hold up to 16 digital signal processor modules (DSPMs), enabling processing for up to 192
voice channels. For more information about the physical characteristics of the VFCs or DSPMs,
or how to install them, refer to Installing Voice over IP Feature Cards in Cisco AS5800 Universal
Access Servers document that shipped with your VFC and is available online.
• Complete your company’s dial plan.
• Establish a working telephony network based on your company’s dial plan.