0x0009 Address Element TLV

Important! In the Address Element TLV, the Resource Attribute Configure message requires either the Expanded Span Channel AIB or the IP Address AIB, but not both. The Address Element Blocks TLV that follows can refer to either the Expanded Span/Channel AIB or to the IP Address AIB.

Use this TLV to address configuration to a specific channel. If you are changing the attributes of an existing connection, use the Channel address type (0x0D).

Important! This TLV is required for all attribute configuration except for Gateway Mode (Gateway Mode TLV, 0x01D0), which configures an entire IP Network Interface Series 2 card.

If you are pre-configuring the attributes on a VoIP module, use the IP Address type (0x3E).

The information in an AIB that follows the header, down to the data field. An AIB can have one or more Address Elements. AEs correspond to Span, Channel, and SS7 Link.

Tag-Length-Value block. A standardized block that allows data to inserted in a standard way into API messages.

Range of channels provided by T1 or E1 transmission service. A physical span is a group of channels taking up a single physical wire. A logical span is a group of channels taking up less than a single logical wire, or carried over more than one physical wire.

See Address Information Block.

Internet Protocol. Part of the TCP/IP family of protocols used to route messages and tracks the addresses of nodes.

A 32-bit address, used in IP routing, which includes a Network address identifier assigned by a central authority and a Host ID (an end station identifier assigned by a LAN administrator).

Most Significant Bit

Least Significant Bit

Voice over Internet Protocol. The delivery of voice information in digital form in discrete packets rather than in the traditional circuit-committed protocols of the public-switched telephone network (PSTN).

A device that translates calls between an IP network and another network, typically the PSTN.

Byte	Description
0, 1	Tag: Address Element (0x0009)
2, 3	Length: 0x0005
4	Value[0] AIB Type: 0x0D (Expanded Span/Channel)
5	Value[1] AIB Length (0x03)
6	Value[2] Logical Span (MSB)
7	Value[3] Logical Span (LSB)
8	Value[4] Channel

Byte	Description
0, 1	Tag: Address Element (0x0009)
2, 3	Length: 0x0006
4	Value: Data[0] AIB Type: 0x3E (IP Address)
5	Value: Data[1] AIB Length 0x04
6-9	Value: Data[2-5] IP Address (4 bytes)