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The following section is only applicable to the DSC 8000, the DSC SWe (on MA-RMS), the Signaling Platform 2000 (SP2000), and the virtual SP2000 (on MA-RMS).
Before you create and provision an Annex A Signaling Channel, make sure that the T1/E1/J1 interface (port) is set to one of the following:
For more information about configuring the T1/E1/J1 interface, refer to Configuring IO Cards and the SS7 Interfaces.
Make sure that the local and remote SS7 port is set to the same T1/E1/J1 interface type. Otherwise, the system does not function as expected.
After you created and configured the Annex A Signaling Channel, you can provision the Annex A links at MTP3 (refer to Configuring Annex A Links).
Before you create HSL Annex A Signaling Channel, make sure that you selected the link combinations you want to have on your system (refer to Configuring Link Capabilities for I/O Cards ).
Click LICENSED in the HSL AnnexA Selection screen.
Click Create.
After creating an Annex A Signaling Channel (see the preceding procedure),you must map this channel to a port on the I/O card.
The baud rate for the HSL Annex A Signaling Channel is automatically determined when you define whether the channel has a T1 or E1 interface. The T1_D4 and T1 ESF interfaces have a 1.5 Mbp/s baud rate and the E1 and E_CRC4 interfaces have a 2.0 Mbp/s baud rate.
Click the required HSL Annex A Channel.
After you completed provisioning the HSL Annex A Signaling Channel, configure the required Annex A links (refer to Configuring Annex A Links).
Logging attributes for HSL Annex A Signaling Channels and links are configured at MTP3 (refer to Configuring Annex A Links). However, you may view the logging setup for the HSL Annex A Signaling Channel using MTP2.