Important File Specifications; Caveats - Avaya S8700 Installing

212 Migrating to an Avaya™ S8700 Media Server with Avaya™ MCC1 or SCC1 Media Gateway
Connecting to the Customer's Network
• 10/100 Mb Ethernet interface, allowing announcement and firmware file portability over
your LAN (FTP server functions).
supports *.wav announcement files.
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Important file specifications

Voice Announcement over LAN (VAL) requires that announcement files are in the following
*.wav formats:
CCITT A-Law or CCITT µ -Law (mu-Law) companding format (do not use PCM)
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• 8-kHz sample rate
8-bit resolution (bits per sample)
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• Mono (channels = 1)
You must convert other wave (*.wav) file formats to those listed above. Telephone access
creates the correct file formats.

Caveats

Remember the following points when using the TN2501AP integrated announcement circuit
pack for the first time:
• Despite the feature name, announcements are not played over the LAN but can be
transferred to and from the TN2501AP circuit pack over the LAN.
• You cannot save or restore announcements to a TN2501AP circuit pack to or from
NOTE:
The P board suffix designation means the circuit pack is firmware-downloadable. For the
procedures go to "Installing the Avaya S8700 Media Server with G600 Media Gateway"
or "Installing the Avaya S8700 Media Server with MCC1 or SCC1 Media Gateway,"
Upgrade Selected Port Circuit Pack Firmware section, which is part of the Avaya™ S8300
and Avaya™ S8700 Media Server Library CD.
See the Hardware Guide for the Avaya™ Communication Manager for more information.
For information on installing a TN2501AP VAL circuit pack, go to "Installing the Avaya S8700
Media Server with G600 Media Gateway" or "Installing the Avaya S8700 Media Server with
MCC1 or SCC1 Media Gateway," Adding Hardware, Adding a TN2501AP VAL section, which
is part of the Avaya™ S8300 and Avaya™ S8700 Media Server Library CD.
— 31 playback ports (ports 2–32).
— a TN750C circuit pack
— flashcards
— tape
— magneto optical disks.
May 2003