[asterisk-users] Urgent question.

[Alex Balashov]

Well, right;  the problem is that this also drops the existing calls in 
progress.  :-)

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Philipp Kempgen wrote:

> Alex Balashov wrote:
>> Our provider gives us four PRIs as a trunk group hunt group.  Meaning, the
>> provider's switch will cycle through B channels in span 1, 2, 3, ... until
>> it finds one that is available.
>>
>> I have moved spans 2-4 onto another machine.  But we have one remaining
>> box with a PRI full of calls and I don't know what to do with them; the
>> box is failing, but dropping them by simply yanking the PRI is not
>> acceptable from a business POV.
>>
>> Sending Congestion() or Busy() in the dial plan wouldn't work because
>> the far-end switch would simply pass that onto the subscriber, rather
>> interpreting it to mean that the B channel is unavailable and it should
>> go on to other T1s in the trunk group.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> I think if you just pull the plug the PRI goes to red alarm and
> the provider will try one of your other PRIs for new incoming
> calls. Of course I don't know how your provider will handle this
> so don't trust me. :)
>
>
> Regards,
>  Philipp Kempgen
>
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