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Chapter 2

SS7 Software Installation

2.1 Before Starting Installation
2.2 General Installation Steps
2.2.1 Installing the Base/Device Driver Package
2.2.2 Installing the SS7 MTP and Optional Software Packages
The SS7 distribution CD-ROM consists of the following components.

These software packages are distributed on a single CD-ROM. The following subsections describe the procedures for installing these software packages.

2.1 Before Starting Installation

Before you begin the software installation process you must have the following information available for each TX ISA communications processor in your system:

2.2 General Installation Steps

The following installation steps are required, regardless of the target operating system.

  1. Install the TX Base/Device Driver package.

    

  2. Install the SS7 MTP package.
    

    

  3. Install any optional SS7 software components (SCCP layer, TCAP layer, ISUP layer, and/or TUP layer).
    

    

  4. Reboot the system to start the device driver.
    







2.2.1	 Installing the Base/Device Driver Package





The Base/Device Driver package must be installed before any of the SS7 software packages. The exact procedure for installing and configuring the TX device driver varies for each supported operating system. See the Installation Instructions in the SS7 CD-ROM sleeve for information on the installation of the Base/Device driver package for your operating system.






2.2.2	 Installing the SS7 MTP and Optional Software Packages





The MTP layer should be the first SS7 package installed after the Base/Device Driver package has been installed. Again, the exact procedure for installing and configuring SS7 software packages varies for each supported operating system. 



Once the MTP layer is installed, any of the other optional SS7 software packages may be installed at any time and in any order. It is not necessary to reboot your system after installing any of the SS7 software packages. The system only needs to be rebooted after installing the Base/Device Driver package or after modifying the device driver configuration.



Once started, the installation procedure for all the SS7 packages is self-explanatory. No SS7 configuration information is required at installation time. The installation process simply copies the necessary files for each package - board executables, API libraries, configuration and management utilities, sample configuration files, and sample applications - to the appropriate location on the target system.


 







WARNING:







If you are installing a new release over an existing installation and you have modified any of the sample configuration files or sample applications for any of the SS7 layers, please make sure they have been renamed, moved to another directory, or otherwise adequately backed up before starting the new installation. These files may be overwritten without warning by the new release installation.


























 
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