Specifications

126 Hardware Description and Reference for Avaya Communication Manager
Avaya G350 Media Gateway
The Avaya CM Branch Gateways (G250 and G350) form part of Avaya’s solution for extending
communication capabilities from the headquarters of an organization to all collaborative branch
locations. Avaya CM Branch Gateways help you provide the same high quality services to all
organization members regardless of their location.
Detailed description
The G350 is a high-performance converged telephony and networking device that sits in a small
branch location, providing all infrastructure needs in one box. These needs include telephone
exchange and data networking. The G350 is designed for use in an eight to 72 user
environment, aimed at branch offices with 16 to 40 stations. The G350 features a VoIP engine,
WAN router, and Power over Ethernet LAN switch, and provides full support for IP, DCP, and
analog telephones.
The G350 Media Gateway integrates seamlessly with the following Avaya media servers:
● S8700-series,
● S8500
● S8400, and
● S8300
These servers run Avaya Communication Manager call processing software to provide the
same top quality telephony services to the small branch office as to the headquarters of the
organization. The media server can be located at the headquarters and serve the G350
remotely.
The G350 can optionally house an internal Avaya S8300 media server as a local survivable
processor or as the main media server for stand-alone deployment. As an alternative to the
local survivable processor, the G350 can instead be configured for Standard Local Survivability
(SLS). See Survivability
on page 132.
In addition to advanced and comprehensive telephony services, the G350 provides full data
networking services, precluding the need for a WAN router or LAN switch.
The G350 is a modular device, adaptable to support different combinations of endpoint devices.
Pluggable media modules provide interfaces for different types of telephones and trunks. A
combination is selected to suit the needs of the branch.
A LAN media module with Ethernet ports that are PoE standard compliant provides support for
IP telephones as well as all other types of data devices. A range of telephony modules provides
full support for legacy equipment such as analog and digital telephones.
The G350 Media Gateway supports STRP media encryption.