5Table of ContentsSummary Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 3Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................... 5List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................... 23List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................ 25About this guide ........................................................................................................................................... 26Audience............................................................................................................................................................... 26How to read this guide ......................................................................................................................................... 26Structure............................................................................................................................................................... 27Precautions ........................................................................................................................................................... 29Typographical conventions used in this document................................................................................................ 30General conventions .......................................................................................................................................30Mouse conventions .........................................................................................................................................31Service and support ...............................................................................................................................................31Patton support headquarters in the USA .........................................................................................................31Alternate Patton support for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) ..........................................................31Warranty Service and Returned Merchandise Authorizations (RMAs)...................................................................32Warranty coverage ..........................................................................................................................................32Returns for credit ......................................................................................................................................32Return for credit policy .............................................................................................................................32RMA numbers ................................................................................................................................................32Shipping instructions ................................................................................................................................321 System overview ............................................................................................................................................ 33Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................34SmartWare embedded software .............................................................................................................................35Applications...........................................................................................................................................................36Carrier networks .............................................................................................................................................36Enterprise networks ........................................................................................................................................37LAN telephony ...............................................................................................................................................382 Configuration concepts ................................................................................................................................. 39Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................40Contexts and Gateways..........................................................................................................................................41Context ...........................................................................................................................................................41Gateway ..........................................................................................................................................................41..............................................................................................................................................................................42Interfaces, Ports, and Bindings...............................................................................................................................42Interfaces ........................................................................................................................................................42Ports and circuits ............................................................................................................................................42Bindings ..........................................................................................................................................................42Profiles and Use commands...................................................................................................................................43Profiles ............................................................................................................................................................43
