Plan the Installation

In the following sections of this installation guide, you will be guided through the installation of several configurations. Before the S8300/S8700 Media Server with G700 Media Gateways solution is physically installed on the customer's site, several steps will already have been completed to assure that the actual installation will go smoothly:

• Sales personnel have verified that the product is suited to the customer's application.
• Planning and implementation personnel have conducted preliminary inspections of the site and of the other equipment to assure that the S8300/G700 solution will operate at its full potential.
• A data network readiness assessment has been completed to assure that the solution will function optimally within the customer's network.

Each of these processes have been documented before the installation. You should verify that you have all the necessary information before going to the site (see Appendix B: Checklists).