Introduction; Overview - AudioCodes Mediant 800B Installation And Maintenance Manual

Installation and Maintenance Manual
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Introduction

This document provides step-by-step instructions on installing and configuring AudioCodes
Direct Routing Survivable Branch Appliances (DR-SBA) application running on AudioCodes
Mediant 800/Mediant 1000 SBA or as Virtual Appliance DR-SBA with Mediant VE/CE SBC.
Note: This document is applicable to Teams only.
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Overview

Mediant SBA (referred to as the device in this document) is an essential element for
multi/single-site deployments of Teams and is fully certified by Microsoft. the device
provides branch/HQ office Site (HQ/branch) voice calling resiliency, during Wide Area
Network (WAN) failure scenarios where loss of connectivity occurs with Teams Cloud
Service. During survivability, the device maintains local call connectivity call (Dial a Number)
among Microsoft Teams users located at the site and provide call connectivity between the
users and the PSTN (SIP/E1/T1 Trunk or FXS/O) during a WAN failure (E1/T1 if interfaces
are ordered with the device).
Figure 1-1: DR-SBA at Branch Office in Teams Environment
AudioCodes offer the follow devices:
Mediant 800B DR-SBA
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Mediant 800C DR-SBA
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Mediant 1000B DR-SBA
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Virtual Appliance DR-SBA
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Mediant 800B, Mediant 800C and Mediant 1000B are 1U chassis, providing Microsoft Teams
resiliency as well as optional, PSTN Gateway and Session Border Controller (SBC)
capabilities. It also provides optional, direct connectivity to Analog Devices through
customer-ordered Foreign exchange Station (FXS) port interfaces.
The device provides an embedded, Web-based management tool called SBA Management
Interface, for installing and configuring the SBA functionality. The tool also provides a setup
wizard, which allows for quick-and-easy initial SBA installation.
AudioCodes can also offer UMP solution to manage the Users Teams Policies (as Teams
Branch Survivability Policy) as well as LifeCycle management.
The SBA application is installed on a generic single-board computer module housed in the
device chassis. The module name is Open Solution Network (OSN) and enables hosting of
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1. Introduction
Microsoft Teams