Mitel MIVOICE OFFICE 250, Installation And Administration Manual

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Installing the Processing Server (PS-1)
This section identifies the parts and processes, and describes the procedures for installing the
optional Processing Server (PS-1). The PS-1 can be deployed using one of two methods:
1. as dedicated hardware
2. as a virtual appliance (vApp)
About the PS-1
As a dedicated hardware component, the PS-1 is a Linux server that connects through a local area
network (LAN) to the HX Controller or CS Controller Base Server and provides call processing power
for the expanded-capacity system. For a functional description, see “Processing Server
Characteristics (Physical PS-1)” on page 1-90 . For technical descriptions see the Specifications
chapter and “Network Environment Requirements” on page 1-307 .
VMware recently introduced the vApp, a software solution optimized for the cloud Operating System
(OS). A vApp is a logical entity composed of one or more virtual machines, which can be managed
as a unit. The vApp specifies and encapsulates components of an application (such as the PS-1)
as well as the operational policies and service levels associated with it. The vApp gives application
owners (such as Mitel) a standard way to describe operational policies for an application, which the
cloud OS can consistently interpret and run. The vApp is a broad category of virtual applications
that are built by independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators, value-added resellers,
and on-site IT administrators. See “Installing the Virtual Processing Server (vPS-1)“ on page 205
for details about installing the PS-1 as a vApp.
By providing additional call processing power, the PS-1 (or vPS-1) allows the system to adequately
support more phones than the Base Server chassis in stand-alone mode. vPS-1 performance will
not to be any different to that of the Physical PS-1. The intention is to allow deployment onto a virtual
machine, but not to achieve more BHCC, or extra resources, or to allow more phones to be
connected.
Keyboards connected to a Physical PS-1 and keyboards used through a vSphere console will use
U.S. keyboard mappings. If you are using a keyboard from a different region, be aware that some
characters received at the PS-1 will not match what was pressed on the keyboard. The preference
is to use an ssh connection to a PS-1 to enter or change values that depend on specific characters
(for example changing a password or entering a command).
See the
MiVoice Office 250 Engineering Guidelines
for details on when a PS-1 (or vPS-1) might be
needed.
Essential PS-1 BIOS Settings
The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) settings of the PS-1 have been customized to control
specifically the way the PS-1 software interacts with system hardware. Because the default BIOS
settings have been modified to allow the system to operate, the BIOS settings must remain as they
came from the factory.