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AudioCodes Technical Advantage for
Microsoft Unified Communications
© 2007 AudioCodes Ltd.
All rights reserved.
AudioCodes and Microsoft
• Long standing technical alliance
– Support for VoIP gateways SIP interfacing has been developed with
AudioCodes Mediant 2000
• Marketing partnership
– AudioCodes MediaPacks were the only
gateways chosen for the “OCS Ignite Roadshow”
– Global train-the-trainer tour in Q2/07 in
San Francisco, Toronto, London, Amsterdam,
Singapore and Sydney
– Replicated locally in territories
• Dependability and trust
– AudioCodes gateways are the only gateways used within Microsoft IT for
OCS deployment
Overview
• AudioCodes comprehensive set of Media Gateways are the natural
selection
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Perfect gateway size for every mission, from small to very high scale, from Basic (Plan B)
to Hybrid and Advanced (Plan A).
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Top voice quality, stability and manageability
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Deployment freedom around the world thanks to homologations and certifications
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Feature richness and flexibility for deployment options
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Scalability and flexibility
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Security and resiliency
• Backed by a well established, financially stable, global company
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Global 24x7 support
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Professional services and network planning consulting services
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Next day availability through a global chain of distributors
Supported Gateways
• AudioCodes provides a full range of gateway types as defined
by Microsoft
– Basic (Plan B) – Requires an external server with Mediation Server
• Mediant 1000, 2000
• MediaPack range (2-24 ports FXS and FXO)
– Hybrid Gateways – Mediation Server hosted internally in the gateway
• Mediant 1000, 2000
– Advanced (Plan A) – All Mediation Server capabilities implement by gateway
including DSP level support for Real Time Audio (RTA) codec*
* Planned for 2008
Microsoft Labeling
• Gateways for Microsoft
Unified Communications
installations are uniquely
labeled
Mediant 2000
Basic, Hybrid and Advanced*
MediaPack
Basic
Mediant 1000
Basic, Hybrid and Advanced*
* Planned for 2008
Homologations and Certifications
• Mediant and MediaPack are homologated worldwide
enabling connectivity to PSTN
• Enabling migration path towards pure OCS deployment
Scalability
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Biggest range and highest scalability of Media Gateways for every customer
size
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Low end demo kit
• MediaPack 114/2FXS/2FXO and MediaPack 118/4FXS/4FXO
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Entry level and Mid Range
• Mediant 1000 with up to 4 E1/T1, plus a mix of up to 20 BRI, FXS, FXO in a single 1U chassis
• Supports “Hybrid Gateway” configuration with hosted Mediation Server on internal CPU for up to
16 active channels (fractional E1/T1 or BRI, FXS, FXO)
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High Level
• Mediant 2000 with up to 16 E1/T1 in a single 1U chassis
• Supports “Hybrid Gateway” configuration with hosted Mediation Server on
internal CPU for up to 4 fully functional E1/T1
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High End
• Mediant 3000 with up to 63 E1/84 T1 in a single 2U chassis*
• Mediant 8000 with up to 240 E1/ T1 in a single 12U chassis*
– All with uniform protocol support and capabilities
Highest
Scale
In Market
* Formal certification pending
Scalability
Hybrid Gateways
• Mediant 1000 Hybrid
– fractional E1/T1 interfaces (up to 16 channels),
as well as 8 BRI (16 calls) and 16 FXO
interfaces
• Mediant 2000 Hybrid
– Up to 4 E1/T1 (120 concurrent RTA sessions)
Advanced Topologies
• Mediant 1000 is the only Gateway certified by Microsoft
that supports E1/T1, BRI, FXO, FXO interfaces in a
single 1U chassis
– Can operate concurrently
– Same chassis supports various modules so customers can grow from
FXO/BRI interfaces to E1/T1 interfaces without changing field
equipment
• Facilitates deployments in advanced network topologies
– Example (1) – Connecting to both OCS & Exchange at the same time
– Example (2) – Fax adapters for OCS
– Example (3) – Drop & Insert configuration
Advanced Topologies (1)
OCS and Exchange in the same network
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AudioCodes gateways can simultaneously operate with OCS and Exchange
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Enables OpEx reduction by using a single gateway
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Enables PBX users and
OCS users to connect to
the Exchange Server and
use the Unified Messaging
capabilities
Advanced Topologies (2)
Enabling Fax services on OCS
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OCS does not provide native support for connectivity of Fax machines
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AudioCodes gateways (Mediant 1000 and MediaPack) enable existing Fax
machines at the enterprise to remain active
– Using the advanced dialing plans, it is possible to continue
regular usage of the Faxes
Advanced Topologies (3)
Using Gateways to reduce PSTN connections
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Connecting the PBX to the OCS requires a dedicated trunk for
interfacing the gateway, and an additional trunk for preserving PSTN
connectivity
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AudioCodes gateways enable connectivity in a
“Drop and Insert” configuration
eliminating the need for an
additional costly trunk on the PBX
Advanced Gateway capabilities
• Native support for
– PSTN to SIP mapping (PRI, CAS)
– SIP TLS , TCP
– sRTP
– Full SIP redundancy options
– Full load sharing options using DNS , SRV , round robin (also internal DNS tables)
– IPSec
– Multi VLAN option to separate management, control and Voice on different IP
address and VLAN
– Internal routing tables with alternative routing capabilities for complex network
scenarios
– Advanced digits manipulation for source and destination numbers
• Coming in the next release
– Support for VLAN per trunk group (for Voice separation) – Highly important for
hosted solution
Advanced Gateway capabilities (2)
• Stand-Alone Survivability (SAS) for enabling continued SIP
phone service in case of WAN failure
– SIP Phones register to SAS agent on AudioCodes
gateways
– In case of WAN failure, the SAS agent provides
basic dialing plan services until connection is restored
– Call to and from the PSTN are still available using the AudioCodes PSTN
interfaces
– Advanced dialing plans facilitate any type of call routing to be implemented
• EMS for managing a large distributed enterprise
deployment from a single IT operations center
IP to IP capabilities*
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Enabling connectivity of non-certified IP-PBX to OCS by
– Mapping SIP to SIP over TLS and TCP
– Converting RTP to SRTP
– Enabling
Office
Communications
Server 2007
• Full SIP redundancy options
• Full load sharing options using
DNS , SRV , round robin
(also internal DNS tables)
Mediant
1000/2000
– IPSec
– Internal routing tables with
alternative routing capabilities
for complex network scenarios
IP-PBX
– Advanced digits manipulation
for source and destination numbers
IP Phones
* Contact AudioCodes for availability
Modularity
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Mediant 1000 modularity enables mix & match of FXO,
FXS, BRI and E1/T1 interfaces in a single 1U gateway
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Mediant 2000 “pay-as-you-grow” enables savings on
initial CAPEX and easy remote upgradeability of
capacity
Mediant 2000
Mediant 1000
Security
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Support STUN, RADIUS
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Built-in firewall
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Provisioning
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Control
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HTTPS – over SSL
Web server Password management (existing)
Access and authentication using RADIUS server
SNMP with IPSec
Telnet over SSL
SSL certificate – User defined “subject name” for the TLS certificate
SIP over TLS
Bearer
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SRTP - RFC3711
High Availability, Resiliency and Scalability
• Integral high availability features
– Dual power supply configuration on Mediant 1000, 2000 and 3000
– Dual Ethernet
– Comprehensive set of features for alternative routing options to cope with
various limited service scenarios (PSTN connectivity error, IP layer failure,
and more)
– PSTN Fallback
• AudioCodes gateways enable field scalability
upgrades using a feature key
– Enables the network to grow without the need to send equipment or
personnel to the field
Configuration & Management
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AudioCodes Web Interface (HTTP/HTTPS) (full Chassis management)- Up to 5
simultaneous connections
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SNMP-based alarms for higher-level management system
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Syslog with flexible filters (for events, alarms and CDRs)
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RADIUS (for AAA)
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Telnet (over SSL) – Console
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CLI – for configuration and debugging (CLI user manual is now available)
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RS-232 - Console
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BootP/TFTP/FTP
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Performance monitoring: allows collecting and retrieving current and historical
performance data
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CLI support for management and debugging
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Full MIB support allows integration into existing management systems
Flexible Routing Tables
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Advanced routing tables for virtually any
specialized network configuration
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No “Hard coded” limitations
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Allows flexible translation and number
normalization
– From and To E.164 numbering format into
the PBX / key system and the PSTN
Flexible Routing Tables
Regular calls from location
#1 go out to the PSTN
X
In case of PBX 1 failure, the Mediant
automatically uses alternative route to
send the call to another Mediant at
location #2, and through there, out to
the PSTN via the local PBX at
location #2
Flexible Routing Tables
Regular calls from PSTN
arrive to OCS user trough
Mediant
X
In case of IP/Mediation/OCS failure,
the Mediant automatically uses
alternative route to re-route the call
back to PBX
Out-of-Box Configurability
• All parameters required to set up a network are web
configurable using an intuitive GUI
• Gateways are shipped with specialized management
screens for Microsoft Unified Communications, allowing
quick and simple configuration*
– Consolidates all the relevant parameters to step-by-step easy to follow
and intuitive screens
* Contact AudioCodes for availability
Perfect for Demo Rooms
and traveling Demo Kits
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The Mediant 1000 is a perfect equipment for demo rooms enabling
demonstration of all applicable interfaces including E1/T1, BRI, FXS and
FXO in a single chassis
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The MediaPack FXS/FXO are ideal for “traveling sales man” kit for onlocation demonstration of functionality
Thank You
For more information please visit
www.audiocodes.com/microsoft
© 2007 AudioCodes Ltd.
All rights reserved.