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Software Modules That You Can License

For software modules, you must provide the chassis serial number from the CSP backplane. After the software module is enabled, it is available to all system hardware. The exception is SCCP/TCAP, which is licensed for each active SS7 card or redundant card pair.

You can license the following software modules:

SS7 User Part Licenses

SCCP/TCAP

To enable SCCP/TCAP you must purchase a license for each active SS7 card.

For each CSP chassis, if the number of SS7 cards or card pairs configured to run the SCCP/TCAP stack exceeds the number licensed, the SS7 Stack Configure message (0x005C) is NACKed with the response status value Software Module Still Locked (0x007F).

TUP

To enable TUP on the SS7 card, you must purchase one license per chassis.

ISUP

To enable ISUP on the SS7 card, you must purchase one license per chassis.

IUP

To enable IUP on the SS7 card, you must purchase one license per chassis.

Message Sequence

The following is the message sequence to configure licensing for SS7 User Parts:

1. Product License Download (0x0079)

2. Product License Download ACK (0x0079)

3. SS7 Signaling Stack Configure (0x005C)

4. SS7 Signaling Stack Configure ACK (0x005C)

SS7 Virtual Channels

You can purchase licenses for up to 10,000 CICs, in 2,000 CIC increments.

IN and Wireless

Beginning with Release 8.2.2 CI, Dialogic licenses IN and Wireless protocol stacks on the host. You cannot use IN without TCAP, so you must also purchase a TCAP license to enable SCCP/TCAP.

As mentioned above, to enable SCCP/TCAP on the SS7 card, you must download one license per active SS7 card, even if the CSP was previously licensed for SCCP/TCAP. The IN/Wireless Codec license keys and the SCCP/TCAP licenses are generated together and must be used together.

Wireless keys and SCCP/TCAP licenses require the following information:

• Host ID

• Chassis ID

• Number of Active SS7 cards

• Specific IN and Wireless protocols (one or more of the following: GSMMAP, CAMEL, ANSI-41, WIN, INAP)

For each CSP chassis, if the number of SS7 cards or card pairs configured to run the SCCP/TCAP stack exceeds the number licensed, the SS7 Stack Configure message (0x005C) is NACKed with the response status value Software Module Still Locked (0x007F).

SIP

To enable SIP on the Matrix Controller card, you must purchase one license per chassis.

Call Agent

To use the Call Agent feature, you must configure virtual IP channels in the CSP.

The licensing of virtual channels, based on the CSP chassis serial number, can be from an initial 2,000 channels up to a maximum of 10,000 channels at 2,000 channel increments. To enable more than 2,000 virtual channels you require at least two licenses, one to enable the initial virtual 2,000 channels, and a second license to incrementally increase to greater than 2,000 virtual channels.

Refer to Virtual IP Channels in the Developer’s Guide: Internet Protocols for more information.

You also must license SIP software to use the Call Agent feature.

The RFC 2833 Parser is a separately licensed feature that is bundled with the Call Agent feature.

QSIG

To enable QSIG/PSS1 Basic Call Signaling, you must purchase one

license per chassis.

ISDN LAPD

To enable ISDN LAPD you must purchase one license per chassis.

V5.2

To enable V5.2 you must purchase one license per chassis.

Resource Points on the DSP-2 Card

The DSP Series 2 card uses a pooling scheme for dynamically allocating resources, through Resource Points. Resource Point licensing provides the DSP Series 2 with flexibility, scalability, and redundancy. The total available Resource Points used for Tone Reception, Conferencing, and File Playback/Record are managed as a resource pool.

When you insert the card in the chassis, the Resource Points are reported to the Matrix Controller card and added to the pool. Each function type has associated licensing per channel, measured in Resource Points.

Refer to DSP Resource Points for more information.

SwitchKit

SwitchKit licenses are available for single-node and multi-node CSP configurations. Both types of licenses are matched to the chassis IDs of each node in the CSP. SwitchKit applications can connect to any LLC that is running with a valid software license. Independent software licenses are not required for SwitchKit applications.

Refer to SwitchKit Software Licensing in the SwitchKit Installation and Maintenance Guide.

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See Signaling System Number Seven.
Telephone User Part
See Integrated Services Digital Network User Part.
Positive acknowledgment to a message
See Circuit Identification Codes.
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A computer, attached to the Excel platform through an RS-232 or Ethernet link, from which you run the telecommunications application that controls the Excel platform.
American National Standards Institute. ANSI administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system for the
telecommunications industry. More details on these standards may be
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Session-Initiation Protocol. A signaling protocol used for establishing sessions in an IP network. A session could be a simple, two-way telephone call, or it could be a collaborative multi-media conference session.
Internet Protocol. Part of the TCP/IP family of protocols used to route messages and tracks the addresses of nodes.
See Integrated Services Digital Network.
Link Access Protocol (Procedure) – D channel (ISDN)
Digital Signal Processor