Chapter 2 Installing Hardware For The G700 Media Gateway And S8300 Media Server - Avaya G700 Installation And Upgrades

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Installing Hardware for the
G700 Media Gateway and
S8300 Media Server
The Avaya™ G700 Media Gateway is part of a family of components that provides data, voice, fax, and
messaging services over an IP network. Its standards-based IP communications infrastructure allows high
reliability of critical applications and multi-service networking with feature transparency. The G700 can be
controlled by an Avaya™ S8300 Media Server or an Avaya™ S8700 Media Server running Avaya™
Communication Manager. The G700 with a call controller converges the power of the Communication
Manager with the power of distributed switching from the Avaya P330 product line to support stackable,
redundant architectures.
Configurations using the G700 consist of three main elements: the G700 Media Gateway, the S8300 or
S8700 Media Server, and Avaya
This chapter is organized in two main sections:
Getting Started - Describes the G700 and S8300 components.
Installation and Cabling. - Provides hardware installation and cabling procedures.
Installation and Upgrades for G700 with S8300 or S8700
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