Installation guide

Introduction

PortaUM can potentially run on most modern UNIX operating systems

(FreeBSD, Linux, Sun Solaris), assuming these are equipped with basic

items such as an ANSI C compiler. However, it might be difficult for an

inexperienced system administrator to install and configure the operating

system in such a way as to suit all of the requirements and provide the

best performance. Installing all the prerequisite software (libraries, Perl

modules, etc.) might also be a time-consuming task, with a high risk of

making some hard-to-trace error.

The PortaUM JumpStart installation CD provides a quick and seamless

way to perform a complete server installation from scratch, in less than 15

minutes. It contains installation media for FreeBSD 6.3, with all the

necessary packages and PortaUM itself.

The installation wizard uses a text-mode GUI. Use the arrow keys to

change your selection, Tab to move between fields, and Enter to confirm

a choice.

Hardware and Software Requirements

NOTE: If you wish to perform testing to determine whether PortaSwitch can be

installed on a specific server, please use the “Hardware Compatibility” CD provided by

PortaOne.

You can download the CD image from:

http://portaone.com/resources/hw_test/HardwareCompatibilityCD.iso

Burn it to a CD using any CD-writing program, then boot up from this

CD. The PortaSwitch test utility will detect if all of the required

components (e.g. network interface) are available and supported by

FreeBSD.

NOTE: Should you decide to use a Cisco gateway for processing UM calls, please note

that PortaUM requires a dedicated Cisco AS 5300/5350.

Cisco Requirements

• 128M RAM, 64M flash, E1 or T1 voice ports, and a sufficient

number of DSPs. IOS 12.3.6a (or another from the 12.3 branch).

• AS5300 comes with 4 or 8 T1/E1's. You will not need more than

four of them because of the DSP resource limitation for AS5300.

• For a T1 configuration, the maximum voice resource will be 96,

and 120 for E1.