
Administering Media Servers
Administering Media Servers
Administrator’s Guide for Avaya Communication Manager
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November 2003
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Administering Media Servers
Administering Media Servers
This chapter describes how to administer an Avaya S8700 Media Server and an Avaya G700 Media
Gateway and the Avaya S8300 Media Server. It is targeted for system administrators after the product is
installed and tested. In a converged network where voice and data are both sent over a corporate local
area network (LAN), this configuration can provide primary or standby telephony and
communications-processing capabilities.
Users should have broad data networking experience with data products and technology to best
understand this product. An in-depth knowledge of the call-processing engine of Avaya Communication
Manager and of the Avaya P330 switches is also recommended.
Overview
To set up and maintain your S8300 Media Server with a G700 Media Gateway, you need to administer:
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the G700 Media Gateway and its internal processors, typically using the P330 Device Manager
web-based tool or a command-line interface (CLI)
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the S8300 Media Server using the S8300 Media Server Web Interface
•
call-processing features using Avaya Communication Manager
For details on administration access methods, tools, and alternatives, see Welcome to the Avaya S8300
Media Server and Avaya G700 Media Gateway. Documents mentioned in this chapter are available on the
Avaya website:
http://www.avaya.com/support
G700 Media Gateway administration
The hardware elements of the G700 Media Gateway are summarized in this section. For details on any of
these hardware components or on different configurations, see the Hardware Guide for Avaya
Communication Manager.
G700 Media Gateway physical design
(For S8300 and S8700 Media Servers) The G700 Media Gateway is a19-inch, rack-mount design similar
to other Avaya P330 hardware. The media gateway can be a member of a P330 stack of Layer 2 or 3
devices, reside in a stack of other media gateways, or operate as a standalone unit.
Figure 55, The G700
Media Gateway (front view),
on page 476 shows the front of the media gateway.