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FortiVoice Phone System Administration Guide

Managing FXS gateways

Managing FXS gateways

The FortiVoice foreign exchange subscriber (FXS) gateway works in conjunction with the FortiVoice phone system to expand resources and support additional analog phone extensions. With the FXS gateway, you can connect your traditional analog phones and fax machines to a FortiVoice phone system.

FXS gateways can be auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit once they connect to it. You can also manually add gateways to be managed by the FortiVoice unit.

The supported Fortinet FXS gateway models are FortiVoice Gateways GS04 and GS16.

To deploy a FXS gateway

For detailed instructions about deploying an FXS gateway, see the FortiVoice FXS Gateway Deployment Guide.

To edit gateway extensions

A GS04 gateway has 4 FXS ports. Each port has an extension number.

A GS16 gateway has 16 FXS ports. Each port has an extension number.

For detailed instructions about editing a managed extension, see Modifying managed extensions.

To view and manage added GS04 and GS16 gateways

  1. Go to Managed System > Gateway > FXS Gateway.
  2. Select one of the following actions:

GUI field

Description

Actions

Apply configuration

Select a gateway from the list and click this option to apply the FortiVoice FXS gateway configuration file to this gateway and reboot the gateway immediately.

View configuration

Select a gateway from the list and click this option to display the configuration file applied to this gateway.

Unmanaged Gateway

Click to display the gateways auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit. For more information, see Viewing unmanaged gateways.

Fetch Device Info

Select a branch FortiVoice unit from the list and click this option to retrieve its information.

Upgrade

Now

Select a gateway and this option to upgrade it now.

Custom Time

Select a gateway and this option to upgrade it later.

Start Extension

Shows the start of the analog extension numbering for up to 1000 extensions.

Click the Edit icon to access the FXS Gateway start extension setting.

For more details about the FXS Gateway start extension setting, see Configuring FortiVoice options.

Managing FXS gateways

Managing FXS gateways

The FortiVoice foreign exchange subscriber (FXS) gateway works in conjunction with the FortiVoice phone system to expand resources and support additional analog phone extensions. With the FXS gateway, you can connect your traditional analog phones and fax machines to a FortiVoice phone system.

FXS gateways can be auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit once they connect to it. You can also manually add gateways to be managed by the FortiVoice unit.

The supported Fortinet FXS gateway models are FortiVoice Gateways GS04 and GS16.

To deploy a FXS gateway

For detailed instructions about deploying an FXS gateway, see the FortiVoice FXS Gateway Deployment Guide.

To edit gateway extensions

A GS04 gateway has 4 FXS ports. Each port has an extension number.

A GS16 gateway has 16 FXS ports. Each port has an extension number.

For detailed instructions about editing a managed extension, see Modifying managed extensions.

To view and manage added GS04 and GS16 gateways

  1. Go to Managed System > Gateway > FXS Gateway.
  2. Select one of the following actions:

GUI field

Description

Actions

Apply configuration

Select a gateway from the list and click this option to apply the FortiVoice FXS gateway configuration file to this gateway and reboot the gateway immediately.

View configuration

Select a gateway from the list and click this option to display the configuration file applied to this gateway.

Unmanaged Gateway

Click to display the gateways auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit. For more information, see Viewing unmanaged gateways.

Fetch Device Info

Select a branch FortiVoice unit from the list and click this option to retrieve its information.

Upgrade

Now

Select a gateway and this option to upgrade it now.

Custom Time

Select a gateway and this option to upgrade it later.

Start Extension

Shows the start of the analog extension numbering for up to 1000 extensions.

Click the Edit icon to access the FXS Gateway start extension setting.

For more details about the FXS Gateway start extension setting, see Configuring FortiVoice options.