Avaya IP Office 8.1 Product Description page 79

Differences Between IP Office Server Edition Multi-Site Solution and IP Office
Legacy SCN Multi-Site Solution
Feature
Topology
Administration
Licensing
SSL VPN
O/G Call Routing
I/C Call Routing
Time
System directory
Fax transport
SIP Trunk Direct
Media to remote
device across SCN
Phone Resilience
Admin
Hunt Groups
SoftConsole
IP Phones with no
default user
Add/remove node
Offline device
Product Description
IP Office 8.1
IPO SCN
Freeform
Star, mesh, chain
SCN trunks anywhere.
Limited centralized (SCN
Manager)
Distributed
Separate independent
access
Complex, no default
assistance
Complex, no default
assistance
Freeform/complex
Freeform/complex
IP Office T.38 fax transport
across SCN
None
Freeform/complex
Freeform
Up to 4 per IP Office
Not resilient
Manual
Cannot be managed
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Server Edition Multi-
Server Edition Comments
Site
Single or double star. Restricted topology allows
No additional SCN many optimizations.
trunks Other H.323 trunk types still
allowed
Fully centralized Consolidated mode for full
(Server Edition centralization. Non-
Manager) consolidated mode for
freeform per device
configuration
Central pool All common licenses
centralized
Some still distributed
All administered centrally
Integrated access via Allows remote solution
Server Edition (SE) management behind Services
Manager VPN Gateway
Simplified SE Manager and default
routes allow simpler O/G call
routing
Simplified Common ICRs allow simpler
I/C call routing and resilience
Simplified by default, Primary Server acts as
can still be freeform solution time server by
default
Simplified by default, Primary Server acts as
can still be freeform solution directory server by
default
G.711 fax transport No need to configure codec
across SCN sets to enforce; G.711 fax
transport used automatically
Direct media supported Includes SIP Info and RFC
to remote H.323 and IP 2833 support
DECT endpoints
Simplified SE Manager admin allows
only Primary and/or
Secondary to act as phone
backup server
Hunt groups only on Performance optimized for
primary VMPro location (also on
Primary)
Automatic resilience when
secondary present
Overcomes SoftConsole
limitations
Up to 10 on Primary Overcomes SoftConsole IP
connectivity and SCN
limitations
Resilient Allows hot desk phones to be
resilient
Integrated via SE Auto population of Multi-Site
Manager links and common
configuration
Managed via SE Includes online/offline
Manager synchronization
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