Connecting Duplication Cables; Collocated Media Servers; Separated Media Servers; Configuring A Second Media Server - Avaya S8700 Installation Instructions Manual

Connecting duplication cables

Connecting duplication cables
How you connect the duplication cables depends on whether the media servers are installed in the same
room or in separate locations. The S8700 Media Servers can be located up to 6 miles (10 kilometers)
apart.

Collocated media servers

Connect the crossover CAT5 cable and fiber optic cable between the 2 media servers. For a connectivity
guide, see Getting Started with the Avaya S8700 Media Server with an Avaya G650 Media

Separated media servers

When S8700 media servers are located greater than 100 meters but less than 10 kilometers apart they are
considered to be separated. The connectivity for this arrangement will be custom engineered. For an
overview of separated servers and Center Stage Switch, please see the job aid entitled
Separation—Avaya S8700 Media

Configuring a second media server

Both media servers come with a blank hard drive and a bootable CD-ROM with Red Hat Linux 8.0
operating system and Release 2.0 of Communication Manager on it.
The procedure for installing the software on a new media server requires that you format the blank hard
drive using a CD that contains the operating system and release 2.0 of Avaya Communication Manager.
This installation also requires the license and Avaya authentication files.
The procedures for this installation are in

Connecting UPS Ethernet cables to an Ethernet switch

Connect the CAT5 straight-through cables from the UPSs' SNMP modules to the next available port on
the customer's network. Make sure you are plugged into the correct port on the SNMP module. Check the
documentation that comes with the SNMP module.
For a connectivity guide, see
Media Gateway.
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Getting Started with the Avaya S8700 Media Server with an Avaya G650
Installing the Avaya S8700 Media Server with an Avaya G650 Media Gateway
Configuring the media server
Gateway.
Server and CSS
on page 34.
December 2003