3.5 2N® SIM Star System

Product Purpose

2N^® SIM Star offers:

• Central administration for all of your SIM cards.
• Central and safe location for all of your SIM cards.
• Elimination of SIM card replacement costs for GSM/UMTS gateway locations.
• High capacity for your SIM cards due to extensive scalability.
• Simple integration in your existing IP solution due to standard Ethernet interface connection.

2N^® SIM Star Key Components

• CPU-SIM Client – the card converts data from/to the GSM/UMTS card on the Ethernet interface.
• SIM Star GSM/UMTS board – a card designed for the 2N^® StarGate / BlueTower gateway. This card replaces the existing GSM/UMTS cards in the respective gateway. The new solution enables connection to the SIM Client card.
• SIM board – includes as many as 32 SIM cards, converts data from/to the Ethernet interface.
• SIM board box – a 3U rack designed for up to 18 SIM boards. The SIM box works as a traditional Ethernet switch that provides comfortable connection and storage of SIM boards.
• 2N^® SIM Star Server – a rack-mounted PC that provides seamless integration of the system and allocates the GSM/UMTS module SIM cards according to the user-defined rules. 2N^® SIM Star Server includes a web interface for easy and user-friendly system configuration and control.

SIM Client Configuration

The SIM Client service is launched automatically upon the CPU start and need not be configured. As the service uses the same IP address / acess name / password as the CPU, you have to know these data before configuring 2N^® SIM Star Server. For additional information refer to the 2N^® SIM Star User Manual.

The SIM Client communicates with the other 2N^® SIM Star parts via an Ethernet interface and using the following IP ports:

Remember to activate and correctly set the SIM Client process to ensure a proper function of the gateway in the 2N^® SIM Star system.

The 2N^® SIM Star system takes over some features from the basic CPU system. For additional information refer to the 2N^® SIM Star User Manual.