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Nortel notes special cable made like one. In this case, the pairs swapped. As an example, you can it to work?
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though, you will use a T1 crossover cable use the white/blue pair for pins 1 & 2, the The Nortel T1 crossover cable is just
By Phil Ruffin
that you can purchase, or you can make white/orange pair for pins 4 & 5, split the a standard T1 crossover cable, not to
QI’m connecting my Nortel system to another one yourself. While an Ethernet crossover white/green pair for pins 3 & 6, and use the be confused with an Ethernet crossover
system using T1 connections, but I’m told I cableswapspins1&2withpins3&6,a white/brown pair for pins 7 & 8. Then you cable. You will use an adapter to convert
need to use a crossover cable. Is this a special Nortel T1 crossover cable swaps pins 1 & 2 with would have the white/blue pair at the other the D-connector from the T1 card to an
cable or can I just order a crossover cable and expect
pins 4 & 5. For best results, you should end on pins 4 & 5, and the white/orange Ethernet-like jack. The connecting cable is
use a twisted pair in the cable for each of
pair on pins 1 & 2. The other wires would
usually a standard Ethernet patch cord or
remain the same.
QIs there a good way to keep track of the num-
bers that aren’t in use in the PBX? Some num-
bers are available for use and others need to be
reserved for a while after someone leaves. I’d like
to know how to show in the PBX whether I can use
them or not.
That’s a really good idea. I think every-
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one would benefit from having several
pools of numbers reserved—perhaps avail-
able DID numbers, hold until a certain date,
and non-DID numbers. It’s too bad Nortel
didn’t think of that. You can use third-party
software, of course, that manages the num-
bers well, but other than assigning phantom
TNs for each of the numbers and labeling
them, I don’t see anything.
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ten numbers beginning with 4431, all 100 higher productivity for your business and a significant reduction in
numbers beginning with 444, and all 1,000 the overall TCO. Further value-add features such as Fax-to-email,
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I’ve been taking courses in Cisco Unified provide SMBs with functionality that has so far been only available
Call Manager, and that was one thing it on larger UC solutions.
does very well. By creating several special
Calling Search Spaces, you can reserve
directory numbers for a variety of special The Vodia® mini PBX supports up to 20 IP phones with a capacity of  Full featured IP PBX
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ing the Calling Search Spaces and putting Vodia® mini allows it to support a large range of compatible IP Low power consumption
all the numbers inside them, but even that devices and services including Video equipment, SIP trunks and PSTN 
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to manage.
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If anyone else has a method that works phones further enables Vodia® mini to provide seamless integration  Failover or primary PBX
well, please chime in and join the discus- in a multitude of deployment scenarios.
sion. Besides the email address or comment
box alongside this article, you can tweet
me @PhilRuf. Use #NortelNotes with your
Deploy the Vodia® mini as the primary PBX, for expanding a larger
PBX, or as a failover device in the case of a power failure.
tweet.
Q
It seems olike all the companies I deal with are
getting rid of their Nortel (now Avaya) systems
and moving to IP-based systems. What system do
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ou recommend for companies who have been using
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Aeortel for years?
I don’t think I should use this column
for expressing such opinions. I can say
that I’m currently taking Cisco classes to
ilearn the system for my own benefit and
the benefit of my company. That said, I’m 617-399-8147
not sure I conuld properly justify any system
frecommendations over another. It boils www.vodia.com | sales@vodia.com
down to what a company needs and how
oa particular phone system addresses those
needs. Of course, Nortel systems are still
rsupported by Avaya, and should be fine
for several years. Changing to any other
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