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About This Guide
Document Objectives
This guide describes how to install and use CiscoWorks2000 Voice Manager (CVM) 2.0.
Document Audience
This document is written for network administrators who configure and manage voice ports and create and modify dial plans on any of the following voice-enabled Cisco routers:
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Cisco 2600 series
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Cisco 3600 series
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Cisco 1700 series
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Cisco MC3810 multiservice access concentrators
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Cisco AS5300 series universal access server
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Cisco 7200/7500 series
Document Organization
This document is organized as follows:
Terms Used in This Guide
E&M
Ear and mouth (or recEive and transMit)—Signaling technique for two-wire and four-wire interfaces between the central office and a PBX.
FXO
Foreign Exchange Office—Interface that connects local calls to a PSTN central office or PBX over a standard.
FXS
Foreign Exchange Station—Interface that connects directly to a standard telephone, fax machine, or similar device over a standard RJ-11 modular telephone cable, and supplies ringing voltage, dial tone, and similar signals to it.
Local Dial Plan
A software object that ties together a voice port and the telephone number of a device attached to the port. Also called POTS (plain old telephone service) dial plan and local dial peer.
PBX
Private Branch Exchange—Private telephone switching system.
POTS Dial Plan
A software object that ties together a voice port and the telephone number of a device attached to the port (also called local dial plan and local dial peer).
QoS
Quality of service—Measure of the reliability of voice over IP connections.
RASIP
RAS means Registration, Admission, and Status. The RASIP is the IP address used in local and remote zones on a gatekeeper.
VoATM
Voice over Asynchronous Transfer Mode—Feature that carries voice traffic, such as telephone calls and faxes, over an ATM network simultaneously with data traffic.
Voice Network Module
A network module that installs in a slot in a router, converts telephone voice signals into a form that can be transmitted over an IP network, and provides one or two slots for voice interface cards.
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol—Feature that carries voice traffic, such as telephone calls and faxes, over an IP network, simultaneously with data traffic.
VoIP Dial Peer
A software object that ties together an IP address and a telephone number at a remote site reached over the IP network (also called remote dial peer).
VoFR
Voice over Frame Relay—Feature that carries voice traffic, such as telephone calls and faxes, over a Frame Relay network, simultaneously with data traffic.
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