Four-Wire Trunks (MVX-A16 card and CAT-5 cables)

Select one of the Configurations by selecting the down arrow in the configuration field at the bottom of the screen.  Open up the Matrix Hardware screen, then select the MVX card where the trunks are to be configured.

1.  Configure the required ports as Trunks.

2.  Save the configuration, then switch to the second configuration.

3.  Open Matrix Hardware screen for this configuration and configure the required ports as Trunks.

4.  Select ‘My Systems’ link and ensure that the required systems layout is open The systems layout should be automatically updated with the trunk information on both frames. The trunks have been added to the bottom of each frame and the port number should be shown.

Apply changes to the frame when done.

Fiber trunking (E-FIB card and fiber cable)

Fiber trunking requires fiber cards (E-FIB) to be installed in the matrices and configured in ECS under ‘Matrix Hardware’. Fiber trunked systems are normally connected in a ring configuration as described in the system manual and must be connected in sequence.  For example, if four matrices are to be connected together using fiber trunks the system numbers (specified in ‘My Systems’) must start at 1 and be sequential i.e. 1, 2, 3, and 4. The IP addresses allocated to the systems must also be sequential and incrementing to match the system numbers. If any four-wire trunked systems are connected to the fiber systems they should be given higher numbers and their IP addresses should be above the address range of the fiber linked systems.

Apply changes to the frame when done.

Basic Trunking information:

Open