To provide connectivity between the public switched telephone network (pstn) and the avaya meeting exchange enterprise s6800 conferencing server directly and via avaya sip enablement services – issue 1.0
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These Application Notes describe a compliance tested solution comprised of the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server communicating directly with the Avaya G860 Media Gateway and via Avaya SIP Enablement Services (SES). The Avaya G860 Media Gateway is utilized to enable connectivity between the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server (MX) and the PSTN.
These Application Notes describe a compliance tested solution comprised of the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server (MX), Avaya SIP Enablement Services (SES) and the Avaya G860 Media Gateway. The Avaya G860 Media Gateway is utilized to enable connectivity between the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server and the PSTN.
Services host mapping (Green Line) • RTP/UDP between the Avaya G860 Media Gateway and the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server (Blue line) 1.1. Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server The Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server comprises Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server for signalling and the RadiSys CMS 9000 Media Gateway for media processing.
DS1 facilities. The Avaya G860 Media Gateway is a carrier class product that supports up to 8000 channels of SIP VoIP telephony. It uses N+1 redundancy of media gateway, Ethernet switch, shelf controller, and power supply modules to achieve high availability in mission critical applications.
S6800 Conferencing Server This section describes the steps for configuring the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server to interoperate with the PSTN via the Avaya G860 Media Gateway. (see Figure 1). 3.1. Configure the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800...
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SIP User Agent(s) connecting to the Avaya Meeting Exchange S6800 Application Server, e.g., the Avaya G860 Media Gateway. This setting is necessary to enable Dial-Out from the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server to the PSTN via the Avaya G860 Media Gateway.
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Application Server to the PSTN via the Avaya G860 Media Gateway, edit the telnumToUri.tab file as follows: o Edit /usr/ipcb/config/telnumToUri.tab file with a text editor, o Add a line to the file to route outbound calls from the Avaya Meeting Exchange S6200 Server to the Avaya G860 Media Gateway: sip:$1@10.1.2.63:5061;transport=tls G860...
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Step Description 3.1.4 To configure the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server to utilize MPC resources on the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server, edit the processTable.cfg file as follows: o Edit the /usr/ipcb/config/processTable.cfg file with a text editor o Add an ipAddress for each corresponding procces name in this file.
3.2. Configure the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server The following steps describe the administrative procedures for configuring the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server to enable collaboration with the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server. See Section 8 for additional information regarding configuring the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server.
System (NFS) sharing between the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server and the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server. In this configuration, the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server will function as the NFS server. This will allow playback of audio conference(s) recorded on the RadiSys CMS- 9000 Media Server from the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server.
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• Edit the mediaServerInterface.cfg file with a text editor, e.g., vi. • Add a line to the file to assign the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server as the NFS server: o NFSServerIPAddress=192.168.36.12 Where 192.168.36.12 is the IP address assigned to the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server.
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RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server MPC in slot 2: • /var/ duqampc102(rw,async,no_root_squash) 3.3.5 Reboot the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server for changes to take effect. Note: Rebooting the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server is service impacting.
3.4. CBUTIL Utility The following steps provide examples of how to provision Scan Flow(Scheduled and Demand) conference call functions by utilizing the cbutil utility on the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server. Step Description 3.4.1 To map DNIS entries, run the cbutil utility on MX as follows: •...
Dial-In and Dial-Out access to audio conferencing for endpoints on the PSTN. Note: If any of the features displayed in the Avaya Bridge Talk screen captures are not present, contact an authorized Avaya sales representative to make the appropriate changes.
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3.5.2 Provision a dial list that is utilized for Dial-Out (e.g., Blast dial and Fast Dial) from the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server. • From the Avaya Bridge Talk Menu Bar, click Fast Dial New. RJ; Reviewed: Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes...
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Step Description 3.5.4 Provision a conference with Auto Blast enabled. • From the Avaya Bridge Talk Menu Bar, click View Conference Scheduler. 3.5.5 From the Conference Scheduler window that is displayed, click File Schedule Conference. RJ; Reviewed: Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes...
3.6. Configure the Avaya SIP Enablement Services (SES) The following steps describe the administrative procedures for configuring the Avaya SIP Enablement Services to enable collaboration with the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server and Avaya G860 Media Gateway using host mapping.
Services (see Figure 1). Configuration is performed using the EMS client GUI-based provisioning system, which is supported by the Microsoft Operating System. It is assumed that the Avaya G860 Media Gateway, EMS server, and EMS client have already been installed.
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From the main GUI provisioning screen that is displayed, locate the Regions List pane where logical/geographical regions are presented. Double-click on the appropriate row entry. Note: Media gateways, including Avaya G860 Media Gateway reside in logical/geographical regions. The icon shown on the right side of the screen can be clicked recursively to navigate from this screen or any successive screen back to a previous screen.
Step Description 4.1.1 From the media gateway list in the MGs List pane that is displayed: • Select the entry corresponding to the Avaya G860 Media Gateway to be configured. • Click on Properties. RJ; Reviewed: Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes...
[Not Shown] To confirm Lock, click Yes in the confirmation window that is displayed. Note: If there is a single TP6310 board in the Avaya G860 Media Gateway, locking this board removes it from service and is service impacting. RJ; Reviewed: Solution &...
4.3. Configure DS3/DS1 Trunking The following steps describe the administrative procedures for configuring the DS3 and constituent DS1 trunking between the Avaya G860 Media Gateway and the PSTN. • Configuring DS3 and DS1 Step Description 4.3.1 Administer settings for a DS3 trunk to enable connectivity to the PSTN as follows: •...
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Note: Obtain configuration details regarding the setting required for this connection to the PSTN from the service provider. The entries for this trunk correspond to a T1 PRI connection between the Avaya G860 Media Gateway and the PSTN. RJ; Reviewed: Solution &...
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Note: Obtain configuration details regarding the setting required for this connection to the PSTN from the service provider. The entries for this trunk correspond to a T1 ISDN-PRI connection between the Avaya G860 Media Gateway and the PSTN. • Click on Apply.
4.4. Configure SIP and T1 Trunking The following steps describe the administrative procedures for configuring SIP and T1 trunking between the Avaya G860 Media Gateway and the Avaya Meeting Exchange S6800 Application Server. • Configuring Transport Protocol/Codecs between Avaya G860 Media...
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From the General Settings pane, in the SIP Protocol Definitions window that is displayed, administer settings to enable SIP connectivity with the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server as follows: • Set the SIP Destination Port and Transport Type to enable SIP-...
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4.4.4 Click on the Coders tab, under SIP Protocol to administer the codec preferences for this SIP trunk between the Avaya G860 Media Gateway and the Avaya Meeting Exchange S6800 Application Server. From the Sip Coder List pane that is displayed, click on the icon to add codec(s), ordered sequentially from most to least preferred.
Configuring Trunk Groups • Adding PRI trunk Group Step Description 4.5.1 Administer settings to assign profiles to the Avaya G860 Media Gateway’s T1 B- channels as follows: • Click on the Trunk Groups tab. • Click on the Trunk Group tab.
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Step Description 4.5.2 Administer settings for ISDN-PRI trunking between the Avaya G860 Media Gateway and the PSTN with the following parameters: • Enter All Trunks in the Name field. • Set the Trunk Group ID to 2. • Set the First Trunk ID to 1 (first T1 in the first T3) and the Last Trunk ID to 28;...
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46 B-channels spread over two physical DS1 connections between the Avaya G860 Media Gateway and the PSTN. Thus, if one DS1 goes out of service, service will not be impacted for call origination from the Avaya G860 Media Gateway.
IP address or with an FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name). When a call is routed through the Avaya G860 Media Gateway, the called and calling numbers are compared to the list of prefixes on the IP Routing Table (up to 50 prefixes can be configured).
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Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server from the PSTN. • Enter the IP address of the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server in the Dest Address field. • Click on Apply and then Close.
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Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server from the PSTN. • Enter the IP address of the Avaya SES Server in the Dest Address field. • Click on Apply and then Close. RJ; Reviewed: Solution &...
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• Source phone prefix. • Source IP address. The call is then sent to the Avaya G860 Media Gateway channels assigned to that trunk group. The specific channel, within a trunk group, that is assigned to accept the call is determined according to the trunk group’s channel selection mode which is defined in the provisioned Trunk Group Settings Table.
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• Enter an * in the Source Phone Prefix and Source Address fields to allow routing for any party dialling-out from the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server to the PSTN. • Enter the Trunk Group ID for the PRI trunk group provisioned in the Trunk Group ID field.
4.7 Configuring In-band DTMF and RFC2833 (Out-Of-band) in the Avaya G860 Media Gateway The following steps describe the configuration of In-Band DTMF and RFC2833 (Out-Of- Band) in the Avaya G860 Media gateway. • Board 9 DTMF settings Step Description 4.7.1 Board9->Protocol Settings->DTMF Settings Configuring In Band DTMF •...
4.8 Installing and Configuring Avaya Signed TLS Certificates on the Avaya G860 Media Gateway Installing and Configuring TLS certificates on the Avaya G860 Media gateway enables it to communicate with Avaya SIP Enablement Services and Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server using TLS •...
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Step Description To Configure the files on Avaya G860 Media Gateway • Click on the MG Status->Properties button and select MG Security Settings as displayed. • Configure the certificates as show below. Press Apply. • Connect to the Active SC board via telnet, SSH or RS-232 console.
5. Interoperability Compliance Testing 5.1. General Test Approach The general test approach was to place calls between the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6200 Application Server and the PSTN directly via the Avaya G860 Media Gateway and via Avaya SES utilizing the network configuration displayed in Figure 1.
RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server and the TP6310 board on the Avaya G860 Media Gateway • Verify that the DS3 and DS1 trunks are up on the Avaya G860 Media Gateway by verifying the icons for those entries on the Trunk & Channel Status screen are green •...
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Step Description Verify SIP connectivity between the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Application Server and the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server. Verify that the NFS server is mounted on the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server MPC sample configuration as follows: • Telnet to the RadiSys SCC console (192.168.36.14) and log in to access the SCC CLI with the appropriate credentials.
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G860 Media Gateway implies a bi-directional audio path, e.g., layer-3 connectivity in one direction may imply one-way audio. Verify bi-directional layer-3 connectivity between the MPC in slot 2 on the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server and the TP6310 board on the Avaya G860 Media Gateway as follows: •...
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6.1.3 Verify end to end signalling/media connectivity between the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server and the PSTN via the Avaya G860 Media Gateway. This is accomplished by placing calls to and from the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server. This step...
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Step Description 6.1.4 Verify ISDN Trunk & Channel Status on the Avaya G860 Media Gateway as follows: • Open a web browser and enter the following URL: • http://<IP address of the Active TP6310 board on the Avaya G860 Media Gateway >...
G860 Media Gateway. This solution enables connectivity between the Avaya Meeting Exchange Enterprise S6800 Conferencing Server directly with Avaya G860 Media Gateway and via the Avaya SIP Enablement Services. Two tests have failed refer Verification steps There is issue to note from testing. Codec G.711Alaw/Mu,G.726 and G.729 was used.
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