Lucent Technologies Medical Alarms Release 3 Version 8 User Manual

Table of Contents

CentreVu® Call Management System

Release 3 Version 8

High Availability Connectivity, Upgrade and Administration

CentreVu

CMS R3V8 High Availability

Connectivity, Upgrade and Administration

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1-1

Supported Definity Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1-2

Supported CMS Platform Combinations . . . . . . . . . .

1-2

Required and Optional Software . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1-3

Special Upgrade Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1-4

General Roles and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . .

1-4

Customer-Specific Roles and Responsibilities . . . . . . . .

1-5

CentreVu CMS Helplines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1-6

Customer Support for U.S. and Canada . . . . . . . . .

1-6

Customer and Technician Support Outside of U.S. and Canada .

1-6

Technician Support for U.S. and Canada . . . . . . . . .

1-6

Connecting HA Servers to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-1

Server Switch-Over Options . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-1

Basic Configuration Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-2

Connecting Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-3

Planning for LAN Switch Links . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-3

Connecting to the Definity Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-5

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-5

LAN Connectivity Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-5

Ethernet Ports on a CMS Computer. . . . . . . . . . .

2-5