Chapter 1: System Features; Introduction - Avaya CS700 Administration And Maintenance

Chapter 1: System Features

Includes system configuration, audioconferencing, and hardware features. This chapter also
describes client applications supported by the system and provides an overview of the different
ways conferees gain access to conferences.

Introduction

The CS700/CS780 Conferencing Server is a scalable, multi-featured audioconferencing system
designed to support a variety of audioconferencing requirements including:
Control of large conferences from a single user interface.
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Dynamic allocation of unused ports to form new conferences.
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Conference support (up to 100,000 ports) across geographically distributed CS700/
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CS780.
Web-based conference scheduling and management and data conferencing support.
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Specified-interval and ad hoc conference scheduling options.
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T1, E1, T1-ISDN, T3 CAS, and T3-ISDN network interface support.
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Operator assisted conferences and security code
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Flex conferencing allows service providers to set up and implement a mixture of
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predefined call flows.
This chapter is organized as follows:
System Configuration Overview
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configurations.
Audioconferencing Features
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supported by the system.
SNMPv2 Management Support
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components.
Conference Call Modes
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access to conferences and introduces terminology used and concepts referred to
throughout this manual.
Hardware Features
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components.
on page 16 illustrates representative system feature
on page 16 describes audioconference features and services
on page 24 describes the system's SNMP management
on page 25 describes the different ways in which conferees gain
on page 27 describes standard and optional system hardware
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