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BCM50 Installation and Maintenance Guide
• Small system rackmount shelf: A shelf designed for mounting up to four BCM50 units into a
standard 19-inch equipment rack. An optional patch panel is available, which provides RJ-45
connectors for all BCM50 main unit trunk and station interfaces. The patch panel includes a
terminal block to connect the auxiliary equipment.
BCM50 features
BCM50 supports the complete range of IP telephony features offered by existing BCM products.
You enable the following features by entering the appropriate keycodes (no additional hardware is
required):
• VoIP Gateway (H.323): Up to 12 VoIP trunks
• VoIP Telephony Clients: Up to 32 VoIP Telephony clients, supporting the range of Nortel
IP Phones.
BCM50 applications
BCM50 also supports many of the high-value applications provided on the existing BCM
platforms.
You enable applications by entering the appropriate keycodes (no additional hardware is required).
Some applications are:
• Voice Messaging for standard voice mail and auto-attendant features
• Unified Messaging providing integrated voice mail management between voice mail and
common e-mail applications
• Fax Suite providing support for attached analog fax devices
• Voice Networking features
• LAN (computer telephony engine) CTE
