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Administration Tool and Access Summary

A variety of tools are used to access the different elements of the S8300 Media Server and G700 Media Gateway solution. A summary of key tools and their access methods is shown in Table 3.

A particular tool or access method may be preferred by one audience or another. This section is designed to provide a quick reference for accessing whatever tool you might need to perform a specific task, whether you are co-located with the G700 Media Gateway or accessing it remotely.

Table 3. Administration tool and access-method summary�
Component
Task
Tool
Access methods
Media Gateway components:
Initial configuration: typically done by on-site Services technician or dealer partner


AvayaTM Layer 2 Switching Processor
- Set IP addresses for master and stack devices
- Set IP route
- Layer 2 Switching Processor command line interface (CLI)
- direct serial connection to Console port of the stack master for Media Gateway or Layer 2 Switching Processor
Media Gateway Processor (MGP), VoIP engine, and optional VoIP Media Modules
- Set IP address for MGP
- Set IP address for VoIP engine on MGP board
- Set IP addresses for VoIP Media Modules, if present
- Set IP address for routing/networking for both G700 and stack master, if present
- MGP CLI
- session to MGP CLI from Layer 2 Switching Processor CLI
S8300 Media Server
- Configure Media Server
- install license and call-processing software
- do verification testing
- S8300 Media Server Web Interface
- direct Ethernet connection to the Services interface on S8300 Media Server
- After installation, Ethernet connection over corporate LAN
Media Gateway and software components:
Ongoing administration and maintenance: typically done remotely by system administrator, Services technician or dealer partner
- MGP CLI
- Device Manager
- direct connection to Console port with serial cable
- Ethernet connection over LAN
- direct connection to Services port with crossover cable
Layer 2 Switching Processor
- Update configuration as needed
- Layer 2 Switching Processor CLI
- Device Manager
- Ethernet connection over corporate LAN
- direct connection to Media Gateway or Layer 2 Switching Processor
Media Gateway Processor (MGP), VoIP engine and Media Modules
- Update configuration as needed
- Synchronize Media Gateway
- MGP CLI
- Device Manager
- Ethernet connection over corporate LAN
- direct connection to Console port of Layer 2 Switching Processor and session to MGP
- remote PPP access to S8300 and telnet to MGP
S8300 Media Server
- Backup and restore data
- Check server health
- Update Media Server software and configuration as needed
- synchronize G700 Media Gateway as needed
- S8300 Media Server Web Interface
- Ethernet connection over corporate LAN
- direct connection to the S8300 Media Server Services Ethernet interface
- remote PPP access
MultiVantageTM software
- ongoing administration and maintenance of telephony features
- Avaya Site Administration
- System Access Terminal (SAT)
- launch Avaya Site Administration from desktop
- telnet to S8300 Media Server IP address and port 5023 to reach the SAT (Example: telnet 192.168.1.23 5023)
- access SAT from CLI, Avaya Site Administration, or ProvVision program


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