Avaya S8500 Job Aid page 2

Job Aid: Manual Backup Servers for S8500 or S8700 Media Servers—R2.0 or later
What is an MBS?
What is an MBS?
An MBS adds a survivability option to those that already exist for Avaya's media servers. An MBS is a
media server (S8500) or pair of media servers (S8700/S8710) with identical license files and translations
in a non-call-processing state. The MBS becomes available through the customer's manual intervention
to control port networks (PNs) when a major outage takes place, such as when the primary server(s)
malfunction directly or when the channel connectivity over the LAN, WAN, or MAN, and possibly port
network connectivity is severed.
The MBS supports
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S8500, S8700, or S8710 IP Connect configuration
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S8700 or S8710 Multi-Connect configuration using:
— Center Stage Switch (CSS)
— Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
MBS does not support the Direct Connect configuration on an S8500, S8700, or S8710 Media Server.
In the supported Multi-Connect configurations, careful consideration needs to be given to deploying
IPSI-controlled PNs. To be under MBS control, the PN needs IPSI or EI connectivity that may be
different than when under the control of the primary media server(s).
For a typical S8500 Media Server installation, see
2. For a typical S8700 or S8710 Media Server installation, see
configuration, on page 3.
Figure 1: Sample S8500 MBS configuration
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Figure 1, Sample S8500 MBS configuration,
Figure 2, Sample S8700 or S8710 MBS
Manual Backup Servers for S8500 or S8700 Media Servers
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Issue 2 June 2004