User's Manual

Avaya Aura
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solution
Administering Avaya Video Conferencing Solution 6.0.1 Issue 2.1 April 15,
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Communication Manager administered as a feature server—provides
Communication Manager features to SIP endpoints only.
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Communication Manager administered as an evolution server—provides
Communication Manager features to both SIP and non-SIP endpoints.
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Presence—a service that conveys a person's ability and willingness to
communicate across a set of services, such as telephony and instant messaging.
● SIP or H.323 video endpoints—the desktop and conference room devices that deliver
audio and video.
What’s new in release 6.0
Avaya Aura
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is enhanced by new capabilities for video communications:
● New Communication Manager scalability to administer 18,000 video-capable IP endpoints,
10,666 concurrent H.323 video calls and 2000 concurrent SIP video calls
● Enhanced SIP-to-H.323 video gateway capability in Communication Manager configured
as an evolution server
● Support for the Avaya 1000-series SIP video conferencing endpoints
● Expanded video management to include a new video conference scheduling and endpoint
management capability for Avaya 1000-series video conferencing endpoints accessible
from System Manager, called Avaya Video Conferencing Manager
● Support for Avaya one-X
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Communicator 6.0 as a SIP video endpoint
● Support for Polycom H.323 video deployments on Polycom CMA configurations as well as
on Communication Manager configured as an evolution server.
Avaya Aura™ Conferencing
Avaya Aura™ Conferencing provides CIF video conferencing with voice-activated switching
that supports up to 16 video endpoints in a conference call that includes up to 300 audio users.
Avaya Aura™ Conferencing is a fully integrated audio and data conferencing solution that
consists of a number of components that provide booking engines, account management
utilities, data sharing functionality, billing outputs, directory server integration capabilities, and
audio management for all calls.
Conferencing is available in either a Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition. The Standard
Edition of Conferencing suits smaller deployments with the media server and the application
server residing on a single server. The Enterprise Edition of Conferencing suits larger, more
complex deployments, such as those with multiple application servers, a global distribution of
servers, and redundancy requirements. The Enterprise Edition of Conferencing also supports