Avaya S8700 Overview Manual page 12

11 Overview of the Avaya S8700 Media Server for IP Connect Configurations
S8700 IP Connect Reliability
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Description of Connection
4 Services Interface – An S8700 media server's dedicated Ethernet
connection to a laptop. This link is active only during on-site
administration or maintenance, and the services interface can link to the
non-active server through a Telnet session.
5 Connection from the servers to the Ethernet switch.
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Ethernet Switch – A device that provides for port multiplication by
having more than one network segment. In an IP Connect environment,
the Ethernet switch should support 802.1 ip/Q, VLAN and 10-/100-Mbps.
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UPS units – Two required.
8 Port Network – Optional configuration of media gateways that provides
increased switch capacity.
9 IPSI - A circuit pack transports control messages over IP. This IPSI
circuit pack is used so the S8700 Media Server can communicate with the
PNs.
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Customer's LAN.
May 2003