
9-6 Installing the EC 11 to Meridian 1 Option 11 switch interface
Determining the number of MGate cards needed
Standard 1.0 Option 11 EC Installation and Maintenance Guide November 1999
Determining the number of MGate cards needed
Determining the
number of MGate
cards for an Option 11
switch
The number of physical channels on your system determines
the number of MGate cards needed in the Option 11 switch.
The physical channels may be configured for voice or
multimedia use.
Each network loop cable connects to the Option 11 switch
through a separate MGate card. An MGate card can handle as
many as 16 voice circuits. Each MGate card connects to the
EC 11 through a port on a Utility card in node 1 or node 2.
An Option 11 switch can have as many as three MGate cards,
which provide the network loop interface. All MGate cards
must reside in the same Option 11 cabinet (up to three in the
main cabinet, two in the first expansion cabinet, or three in
the second expansion cabinet) with NLI cables of the same
length. This corresponds to 48 voice circuits terminated on
three ports on utility cards in the EC 11.
For every 16 voice channels, you need
• one MGate card in the Option 11 switch
• one network loop cable
• one port on a Utility card in the EC 11
ATTENTION
All MGate cards must reside in the same Option 11
cabinet and all NLI cables must be of the same length.
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