NTVQ01xx Media Card Page 829 of 894
Circuit Card Description and Installation
Hardware architecture
The Media Card comes in two versions: 8-port and 32-port.
Faceplate connectors and indicators
Figure 177 on page 830 shows the NTVQ01xx Media Card faceplate.
Reset switch
The reset switch on the faceplate manually resets the Media Card.
Status LED
The NTVQ01xx Media Card faceplate red LED indicates the following:
• the enabled/disabled status of the card
• the self-testing result during power up or card insertion into an
operational system
PC card slot
This slot accepts standard PC card flash cards, including ATA Flash cards
(3 Mbit/s to 170 Mbit/s). Nortel Networks supply PCM card adaptors which
enable compact flash cards to be used in this slot. This slot is used for
NTVQ01xx Media Card software upgrades, backing up announcements, and
additional storage.
Ethernet activity LEDs
The NTVQ01xx Media Card faceplate contains Ethernet activity LEDs for
each network.
Maintenance hex display
This is a four-digit LED-based hexadecimal display that provides the status
of the NTVQ01xx Media Card at all times. The hex display provides an
indication of fault conditions and the progress of PC card-based software
upgrades or backups. It also indicates the progress of the internal self-test in
the form of T:xx.