10 Getting started
First step
Assemble all tools and documentation required to configure your SMB
network. See "SMB Preconfiguration checklist" (page 12).
Second step
Determine which reference topologies and interconnected topologies most
closely resemble your unique solution.
Then read the following sections of this guide for more detail:
•
"New products" (page 13)
• "Existing products" (page 15)
•
"Reference topologies and assumptions" (page 18)
The reference topologies do not represent a definitive solution for your
network but do offer detailed procedures that can provide a guideline for
your implementation.
•
"IP addressing for SMB devices and DHCP" (page 19)
•
"Installing the Business Element Manager" (page 21)
Stand-alone SMB sites
If your requirement is
• solely for data connectivity with no requirement for voice solutions, then
configure your site based on the "Smaller converged site (Greenfield
and infrastructure replacement)—reference topology 2" (page 37).
•
IP or traditional telephony or both, and data connectivity, then configure
your site based on the "Smaller converged site (Greenfield and
infrastructure replacement)—reference topology 2" (page 37).
•
IP or traditional telephony or both, and data connectivity, and Guest
Access application service, then configure your site based on the
"Converged small site (mixed-vendor environment)—reference topology
1" (page 23).
Linked SMB sites
Linked SMB sites offer two main types of solutions:
•
IP trunk linked sites
•
main and remote linked sites
In IP trunk linked site scenarios, both sites have a BCM telephony call
server and hence are independent. An H.323 IP trunk links the sites for
harmonized private dialing plans through branch office virtual private
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