[cisco-voip] Migration from Nortel

[Candese Perez]

Thanks everyone for the info. I believe the customer is running a CS1000.
I don't know that we have funds to purchase another product to extract the
existing configuration, but good to know the tools exist.



On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Matt Slaga (AM) <
matt.slaga at dimensiondata.com> wrote:

> If it is something you are willing to pay for, www.unimax.com has some
> very interesting products.  2nd Nature would be the product that would
> assist you.****
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> *From:* cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf
> Of *James Avalos
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 2:11 PM
> *To:* Candese Perez; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net VOIP
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Migration from Nortel****
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> I migrated about 5 Nortel sites to Cisco VoIP.  Depending on the migration
> path, it can be a chore.****
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> These were option 81C, 61C, and 11’s.    not sure what type of switch
> you’re working on.****
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> At the command prompt go into overlay 20, by typing  “LD 20” then return.*
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> Once in overlay 20, you’re going to type “prt” return,  then “dnb” return.
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> It should print out the dial plan for all configured devices.  You’re
> going to want to do a print capture with putty or procom or whatever,
> becase it’ll be a lot of data depending on the size of the switch/DB.****
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> For information on other aspects of the dial plan, you’ll probably have to
> go into different overlays.   For example, in Nortel speak a Route Patter
> is called a Distant Steering Code.  Those reside in some other overlay, as
> do CTI RoutePoints, which are called something else. ****
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> It’s been a good 10 years since I’ve worked on one of these, but if the OS
> hasn’t changed, this is where I’d start.  ****
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> You can probably find some cheatsheets on the internet these days.****
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> My experience as a Nortel systems administrator was strictly command
> line.  We never got into the GUI they introduced. It wasn’t all that good.
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> Keep in mind that Nortel segments where you can change and show the
> different parameters of a dial plan.  They are seldom found in one spot.
> You’ll have to learn to navigate them a little.  Assuming you’re over
> command line.****
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> Hope this helps some…****
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> -J****
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> *From:* cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net<cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net>]
> *On Behalf Of *Candese Perez
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:49 AM
> *To:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net VOIP
> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] Migration from Nortel****
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> Hello,
> I am assisting a customer with migration from a Nortel system to Cisco,
> and was looking for a way to pull their existing dial-plan/extension
> information from the Nortel. ****
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> Anyone have any experience with this?****
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> TIA****
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> Candese****
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> itevomcid ****
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