540 / Link StatusModular ICS 6.0 Installer Guide P0992638 03Link StatusFractional PRIWhen you purchase PRI from your service provider, you canrequest the number of B-channels that are allocated for you touse. For example, you may want to use only 12 B-channelsinstead of 23 B-channels. If this is your situation, you shoulddisable all the B-channels that you do not need.It is recommended that the number of lines that aredeprovisioned on a DTI card (configured as PRI) be the sameas the number of B-channels that are disabled. For examplewhen B-channels 13-23 are disabled, you should deprovisionlines 13 to 23.Start with the display showing Maintenance1. Press ≠. System version displays.2. Press ‘ until you find Link status.3. Press ≠. Cards on KSU displays.4. Press ≠. Cd1-KSU: PRI displays.5. Press ≠. B channeldisplays.6. Press ≠. You can view the status of the PRIchannel, for example: PRI:B01 Idle.Note: When the display shows PRI:B01 Near, it means thatthe channel has been disabled by Norstar.When the display shows PRI:B01 Far, it means thatthe channel has been disabled by the CO.7. Press Enable or Disable key to change the setting for thechannel or press ‘ to move to the nextB-channel.
