About This Guide

This guide accompanies HP OpenCall SS7 3.1 on Linux.

Purpose

The guide is intended for operators concerned with the installation, configuration, monitoring and maintenance of an HP OpenCall SS7 platform and SS7 signaling hardware.

Refer to this guide for help with:

installing the software
configuring the platform
configuring the SS7 network
starting and stopping the platform
validating the platform
monitoring, managing and maintaining the platform
upgrading the platform license
installing and maintaining TSU/TSC signaling hardware
configuring the platform’s TSU/TSC hardware and software
expanding the platform.

Contents and Structure

The contents and structure of this guide are as follows:

Chapter	Contents
Chapter 1 “Preparing for HP OpenCall SS7”	Details the hardware and software pre-requisites that must be in place before the procedures in this guide can be used. Also describes the operating conditions of the platform and provides a guide to installing a platform from scratch.
Chapter 2 “Installing the HP OpenCall SS7 Software”	Describes now to install the HP OpenCall SS7 software.
Chapter 3 “Configuring the Platform”	Describes how to perform the initial configuration of the platform and start it up.
Chapter 4 “Configuring the SS7 Network”	Describes how to configure the SS7 network from the platform.
Chapter 5 “Validating the Platform ”	Provides procedures for validating the High Availability of the platform and the operation of SNMP traps.
Chapter 6 “Managing and Monitoring the Platform”	Provides a number of procedures concerned with monitoring, managing and maintaining the platform.
Chapter 7 “Upgrading the Platform License”	Describes how to upgrade your HP OpenCall SS7 platform license.
Chapter 8 “Installing a TSU”	Provides procedures for installing a new Telecom Signaling Unit (TSU) and its associated Telecom Signaling Cards (TSCs).
Chapter 9 “Maintaining TSU/TSC Hardware”	Describes the maintenance procedures for TSUs and in-system TSCs, including common procedures that are referenced from other procedures in this guide.
Chapter 10 “Configuring TSU/TSC Hardware”	Describes how to configure TSUs, TSCs and LAN cards.
Chapter 12 “Updating TSCs and SS7 Links ”	Details how to update the SS7 link capacity of the platform.
Chapter 11 “Expanding Platform Processing Capability”	Describes how you can expand the processing capability of your platform without changing the hardware.
Chapter 13 “Expanding Your Platform: Adding a Back End”	Describes how to add a back-end computer dedicated to application processing.
Appendix A “Tools Catalog”	Contains a tools reference that lists and describes the tools that are available with HP OpenCall SS7.
Appendix B “Telecom Signaling Cards (J3527A and J3528A)”	Contains a detailed description of Telecom Signaling Cards (TSCs).
Appendix C “Telecom Signaling Units (J3401A)”	Contains a detailed description of the Telecom Signaling Unit (TSU) which can be used to the accommodate TSCs.
Appendix D “Configuring the Application Guardian”	Describes how to configure PIC/AG.

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Purpose

Contents and Structure