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Avaya Media Gateways support voice traffic and signaling traffic that is routed between
circuit-switched networks and packet-switched networks. The Gateways support all the
applications and adjuncts that can be used with the Avaya DEFINITY Enterprise
Communications Servers (DEFINITY ECS). These Gateways work with standards- based data
networks and easily connect with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
Communication Manager is extensible to IP, digital and analog telephones, and wireless
business solutions. Avaya Communication Devices work with the full feature set of
Communication Manager to help enterprises be more productive by providing anytime,
anywhere access to maximize business continuity.
Avaya Communication Manager
Avaya Communication Manager provides user and system management functionality, intelligent
call routing, application integration and extensibility, and enterprise communications networking.
Communication Manager operates on Avaya Media Servers, and on the existing family of
DEFINITY servers. For more information on the Avaya Application Solutions related features of
Communication Manager, see
The following additional resource provides even more details on Communication Manager:
www.avaya.com/
Avaya Media Servers
An Avaya Media Server provides centralized, enterprise-class call processing. This call
processing can be distributed across a multi-protocol network (including IP) to support a highly
diversified network architecture that consists of headquarters, branch, remote, small, and home
offices.
Linux-based servers
The Avaya S8300, S8500 and S8700-series are Linux-based Media Servers. These servers
support:
Distributed IP Networking and centralized call processing across multi-service networks
Dual server design with hot fail-over
Redundant LAN Interfaces and remote survivable call processing
For more information on the architecture and the functionality of the Media Servers, see:
Hardware Guide for Avaya Communications Manager
Call
processing.
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