
Hardware installation: Intelligent Peripheral Equipment module 4-23
Meridian MAX
Installation Guide
Product release 8
Cable rerouting for Option 21–81 CE/PE, IPE/IPE-E modules
In a standard configuration, the Meridian MAX IPE/IPE-E module can be
placed in any peripheral slot on the Option 21–81 CE/PE or IPE modules.
This is possible when the slots are fully cabled to accommodate 24 tip and
ring pairs per slot. If your system is running a software release prior to
Meridian 1 X11 Release 18, you need to reroute cables inside the CE/PE or
IPE module.
In the standard backplane configuration of the NT8D11 CE/PE and
NT8D37 IPE modules, using a software release prior to Meridian 1 X11
Release 18, some slots on the backplane are fully cabled to accommodate
24 tip and ring pairs (3 cable connectors). Most of the backplane slots,
however, accommodate 16 pairs (2 cable connectors). By adding and
reconfiguring cable ends in the backplane slots, 24 pairs can be connected
to each backplane slot. Once the rerouting process is done, the CE/PE or
IPE cabinet can support the Meridian MAX IPE/IPE-E module.
Note: When backplane slots are reconfigured for expanded cabling,
the labeling for NT8D11 CE/PE and NT8D37 IPE modules must be
changed at the MDF to reflect the change in the backplane slots.
Cables are designated by the letter of the I/O panel (A, B, C, and so forth)
where the 50-pin cable connector is attached. Each cable has three 20-pin
connectors (16 positions are used) designated 1, 2, or 3, which attach to the
backplane. Using the designations described, the backplane ends of the first
cable are referred to as A-1, A-2, and A-3.
The location of the cable connectors on the backplane are designated by the
slot number (L0 through L9 for NT8D11, L0 through L15 for NT8D37)
and the shroud row (1, 2, 3). Using these designations, the slot positions in
the first slot are referred to as L0-1, L0-2, and L0-3.
Cable rerouting for NT8D11 CE/PE module
In the standard seven-cable configuration for the backplane in the NT8D11
CE/PE module, cables D, G, and L are not used. Those cables are used in
the 10-cable fully expanded configuration.
Cabling for the first four PE slots can be expanded using one NT8D81AA
cable/filter assembly. Cabling for all of the PE slots can be expanded using
three NT8D81AA cable/filter assemblies.
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