Provisioning CIC's
Provisioning CICs is achieved through the Circuit Group object under the SS7 Channel Group object. There are a couple of different ways of provisioning the SS7 CICs. For additional information on the functionality below, refer to the SS7 - CIC topic. The functionality below The procedures are described below.
Provisioning a Single CIC
The procedure below assumes SS7 has already been configured and is at the point of being able to process SS7 calls.
Within the Web GUI, click on the SS7 Circuit Group object pane that is configured under the SS7 Channel Group pane. The object pane will display all the DS-1's and DS-0's configured in this SS7 Circuit Group.
In the Object Table tab at the bottom of the Web GUI page, click on the CIC to be provisioned. A new screen will appear displaying the CIC selected as displayed below.
To provision the selected CIC, either click on one of the buttons within the object pane or right click on the span within the object table and select one of the functions from the list that appears. These two methods are displayed above.
Provisioning a Range of CICs
To provision a range of CICs, follow the procedure below.
Within the Object Table Tab at the bottom of the SS7 CIC object is a list of CICs within that channel group. Highlight the 1st CIC in the range of CICs to be provisioned.
Hold down the <SHIFT> key on the keyboard and select the last CIC in the range of CICs to be provisioned. All the CICs between these two selections will automatically be selected.
Right Click anywhere within the highlighted area and a list of provisioning options will appear. Select the desired operation to perform on all the selected CICs. The desired operation will now occur on all the CICs selected. Refer to screen capture below where CIC ID's 1 - 5 were selected and are to be brought Out Of Service.
OPTIONAL: The selection of the CICs can also be achieved in a random pattern as well as a range of CICs. Highlight the first CIC to be provisioned. Hold down the <Ctrl> key on the keyboard and click on a second CIC anywhere in the list. This will highlight both CICs. Right Click and select one of the provisioning operations and that operation will occur on both CICs selected. This can be done with multiple CICs.
Below is a table describing the functions of each of the selections.
Selection | Description |
In Service | Bring a CIC into service from an Out of Service State. |
Out of Service | Take a CIC Out of Service. |
Maintenance Block | Initiate a Maintenance Block on a specific CIC or range of CIC's. Calls will not be processed on a CIC put into Maintenance Block Mode. Any calls that are on that circuit will be brought to an idle state gracefully. Any calls on that CIC will be allowed to continue until call is released. |
Maintenance Unblock | Unblock a CIC or range of CIC's from the Maintenance Block state. |
Reset | Reset a CIC. |
Circuit Query Message | Send a CQM (Circuit Query Message) to query for the CIC state. The CQM and CQR (Circuit Query Request) is printed in the Call Tracing. Can query only one CIC at a time. Cannot query a range of CICs. |
Continuity Check Request | Initiate a Continuity Test (COT Test). The result will appear in the Manual COT Test Results Column. Used for troubleshooting a circuit. |
Graceful Out Of Service | Bring CIC or range of CIC's Out of Service Gracefully. Allow any calls to be released before bringing CIC to an idle state. |