innovaphone Licensing Model
14| innovaphone Licensing Model
innovaphone
The different functionalities of the innovaphone PBX are ac-
tivated by appropriate licenses. The combination of individual
licenses enables the right solution to be put together for every
individual project of any size. Licenses are managed in the
my.innovaphone web portal, enabling licenses to be conven-
iently activated and bound to particular hardware at any time.
Port License
The functionality of the innovaphone PBX is activated by
port licenses. The licenses can be ordered and installed indi-
vidually as needed. Port licenses are based on the number of
ports on the installed PBX. A port license is needed for every
object, for all devices which are registered to accept telepho-
ne calls.
A port is a PBX object, which serves to register devices.
These are either internal devices for PBX subscribers (users,
executives) or outside lines (trunk, gateway) to the public net-
work. The port license incorporates a good discounting sy-
stem. The license costs continue to sink the higher the num-
ber of subscribers. The first twenty licenses are dealt with in
a different way. They are especially good value in order to fa-
cilitate entry to small systems.
The port license includes all the innovaphone PBX features
including call diversion, call forward, call completion on busy,
or no answer, 3 party conference, park call, group functions
and partner functions as well as displaying status and sending
text messages. Furthermore, it is possible to run a second te-
lephone under the same registration on one license. A combi-
nation of an IP telephone and a DECT telephone has proven
useful for staff who move away from their desks.
The license for the Unified Communications client, myPBX,
is also included. Calls can be handled conveniently using the
web application on the computer, partners can be displayed,
messages sent and own status set.
Mobility license
As an option, the innovaphone PBX can be extended by a
mobility module which makes it possible to integrate mobile
phones in to the PBX. Mobile phones can thus be integrated
easily into the PBX making use of the PBX features. The mo-
bile phone is then recognised as an internal subscriber by the
PBX and the CTI software, which hast o be installed separa-
tely.
Communication costs are much easier to control by integra-
ting mobile telephones into the innovaphone PBX, as calls on
mobiles are connected over the fixed line network. A separa-
te server is not necessary as the mobility solution is fully inte-
grated in the innovaphone PBX.
The mobility license allows a mobile phone to be used as a
PBX subscriber in parallel.
IPVA license
IPVA is one variation of the innovaphone PBX software
which is installed as a virtual appliance in a VMware environ-
ment. VMware enables several virtual servers to be set-up on
one hardware platform. Complex systems with a variable
number of PBX entities can thus be installed and managed.
IPVA provides the perfect basis for telephone system hosters.
The solution is particularly attractive for newcomers to the
market as solutions can be extended from small scenarios,
with low initial investment, to scenarios of any size. One IPVA
license is needed for each installed PBX port license.
Standby license
It makes sense to setup redundant systems for a failover
especially when several PBX installations are spread across
multiple locations. In this case, the central PBX (master) can
immediately take on the functionality of the local PBX without
loss, should there be a failure. The number of standby licen-
ses has to be equivalent to the number of installed port licen-
ses.
Releasing licenses
From version 8, it is possible to release a license bound to
a piece of hardware in order to bind it to another hardware.
However, this is not the case for hardware based licenses
such as ISDN interface licenses, DSP channel licenses, a/b li-
censes, gatekeeper licenses and IPVA licenses.
