Maintenance Overview; The G350 With A Media Server System; Integration With Your Network System - Avaya G350 Maintenance Manual

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Maintenance overview

This chapter introduces the Avaya G350 Media Gateway system architecture, and presents an overview
of the maintenance strategy for the media gateway and its components.

The G350 with a Media Server system

The G350 with an S8300, S8500, or S8700 Media Server is a family of components that seamlessly
delivers a business's voice, fax, and messaging capabilities over an IP network. The value of the G350
system is that it provides a standards-based, IP communications infrastructure that enables Avaya to
lower customers' total cost of ownership. The G350 system provides applications to the edge of the
network, high reliability for critical applications, and multi-service networking with feature transparency.
The G350 with a Media Server infrastructure is comprised of three modular elements: Media Gateways,
Media Servers, and Software.

Integration with your network system

The G350 with a Media Server incorporates the following features that help it fit easily into your system:
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It is built around open IP standards (H.248 and H.323).
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It integrates traditional circuit-switched interfaces (analog stations, analog trunks, FAX,
multifunction digital stations, T1/E1 trunking, ISDN-BRI and PRI, etc.) and IP-switched
interfaces (IP telephones, IP trunking). This integration allows the user to evolve easily from the
current circuit-switched telephony infrastructures to next generation IP infrastructures.
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It integrates standard LAN switching capabilities, including Power over Ethernet, and IP routing
capabilities with support for WAN technologies like E1/T1 leased lines, PPP, frame relay, USP,
and VPN over DSL (using external appliances).
For an overview of the Avaya G350 Media Gateway system, refer to Overview of the Avaya G350 Media
Gateway, 555-245-201.
For introductory information about the S8300 Media Server or the Avaya G350 Media Gateway
hardware, refer to the Hardware Guide for Avaya Communication Manager, 555-233-200.
For information on network assessment and readiness testing, refer to Administration for Network
Connectivity for Avaya Communication Manager, 555-233-504.
Maintenance of the Avaya G350 Media Gateway
June 2004
Maintenance overview
The G350 with a Media Server system
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