Introduction
Issue 1 — December 2002
DEFNETM.PDF R1.2
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Related Documents
For a list of related documents see the preface (“About This Document”) of Avaya
Computer Telephony Installation Guide (INSTALL.PDF).
MAPD Multi-Application Platform for DEFINITY ECS. The MAPD
resides in a DEFINITY ECS carrier. It serves as an ISDN
brouter of ASAI messages through a TCP “tunnel” via
10Base-T Ethernet. A menu-based application allows
OA&M for the DEFINITY LAN Gateway. MAPD provides
DLG functionality; it can run in DLG mode, act as a CVLAN
server, or do both simultaneously.
NIC Network Interface Card. A circuit board residing in the
Tserver that provides an interface to the DEFINITY LAN
Gateway or to the local area network (LAN) with Tserver
clients.
NT machine A general name for any one of the following Windows NT
3.51 or 4.0 machines: NT Workstation, NT Server, NT
Backup Domain Controller, and NT Primary Domain
Controller.
PBX Driver A PBX-specific Dynamic Link Library (DLL) that receives
TSAPI messages from a Telephony Server, reformats them
into a set of messages understood by the PBX, and sends
the reformatted messages to the PBX over a CTI link.
Provided by the vendor supplying the PBX and CSTA
services for a switch. The G3PD is a PBX driver.
Telephony
Server
A server that has Telephony Services software installed.
More than one Telephony Server can exist on a LAN. See
Tserver.
TSAPI Telephony Services Application Programming Interface. The
interface used by applications to make telephony requests,
such as call control requests (make a call, transfer a call),
monitor requests (trace a call), or routing requests.
Tserver A program installed on a Windows NT, 4.0 (or higher) ;
Windows 2000 or Windows XP platform that provides
Telephony Services and receives TSAPI messages from
client and server applications. These messages are
checked for permissions and, if allowed, forwarded to the
PBX driver.