Avaya Communication Server 2100

The Avaya Communication Server 2100 or CS-2100 (former name Succession softswitch)
in computer networking, telecomunications and IP telephony is a carrier grade

Carrier grade

In telecommunication, a "carrier grade" or "carrier class" refers to a system, or a hardware or software component that is extremely reliable, well tested and proven in its capabilities...

, IP soft switch or VoIP server solution for large campus and geographically dispersed large enterprises. The CS-2100 has built-in redundancy in all core components and functions as a pure IP telephony solution or as a hybrid solution with both Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and IP endpoints. The CS-2100 has a centralized management and administration interface, to allow core and remote system OA&M

OA&M

Operations, administration and management or operations, administration and maintenance is a general term used to describe the processes, activities, tools, standards, etc involved with operating, administering, managing and maintaining any system...

 to reduced operating costs. The Communication Server 2100 can scale from 8000 to 200,000 ports; 100,000 simultaneous calls and 2.4 Million Busy Hour Call Completions (BHCC). The system is an Innovative Communications Alliance

Innovative Communications Alliance

The Innovative Communications Alliance is a telecommunications alliance between Microsoft and Nortel, created in July 2006, to co-develop, integrate, market, sell, and support unified communications products...

 (ICA) compliant product.

The CS-2100 Unified Communications

Unified communications

Unified communications is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging , presence information, telephony , video conferencing, data sharing , call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified...

 capabilities including web collaboration, presence-enabled call handling, directory services, instant messaging, and audio/video conferencing.

The operating system of the CS 2100 is Carrier Grade Linux

Carrier Grade Linux

Carrier Grade Linux is a set of specifications which detail standards of availability, scalability, manageability, and service response characteristics which must be met in order for Linux to be considered "carrier grade"...

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Supported Protocols

• G.711
  G.711
  G.711 is an ITU-T standard for audio companding. It is primarily used in telephony. The standard was released for usage in 1972. Its formal name is Pulse code modulation of voice frequencies. It is required standard in many technologies, for example in H.320 and H.323 specifications. It can also...
  
  
• G.729
  G.729
  G.729 is an audio data compression algorithm for voice that compresses digital voice in packets of 10 milliseconds duration. It is officially described as Coding of speech at 8 kbit/s using conjugate-structure algebraic code-excited linear prediction .Because of its low bandwidth requirements,...
  
  
• G.729a
• H.323
  H.323
  H.323 is a recommendation from the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector that defines the protocols to provide audio-visual communication sessions on any packet network...
  
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• T.120
  T.120
  T.120 is an ITU-T recommendation that describes a series of communication and application protocols and services that provide support for real-time, multipoint data communications...
  
  
• Q.931
  Q.931
  ITU-T Recommendation Q.931 is ISDN's connection control protocol, roughly comparable to TCP in the Internet Protocol stack. Q.931 doesn't provide flow control or perform retransmission, since the underlying layers are assumed to be reliable and the circuit-oriented nature of ISDN allocates...
  
  
• 802.1d
• 802.1p
• 802.1Q
• 802.3
• SNMP
  Simple Network Management Protocol
  Simple Network Management Protocol is an "Internet-standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks. Devices that typically support SNMP include routers, switches, servers, workstations, printers, modem racks, and more." It is used mostly in network management systems to monitor...
  
  
• FAX – Group 3
• FAX – Group 4
• T.38
  T.38
  T.38 is an ITU recommendation for allowing transmission of fax over IP networks in real time.- History :The T.38 fax relay standard was devised in 1998 as a way to permit faxes to be transported across IP networks between existing Group 3 fax terminals. T.4 and related fax standards were published...
  
  
• IP Precedence
• Differentiated
• RSVP Services
• RTP
  Real-time Transport Protocol
  The Real-time Transport Protocol defines a standardized packet format for delivering audio and video over IP networks. RTP is used extensively in communication and entertainment systems that involve streaming media, such as telephony, video teleconference applications, television services and...
  
  
• RTCP
• Policy Based Routing
  Policy-based routing
  In computer networking, policy-based routing is a technique used to make routing decisions based on policies set by the network administrator....
  
  
• Committed Access Rate
• MGCP
• H.225.0
  H.225.0
  H.225.0 is part of the H.323 family of telecommunication protocols.The main objective of H.225.0 is the definition of messages and procedures for:* Call Signaling: establish, control and end an H.323 call...
  
  
• H.245
  H.245
  H.245 is a control channel protocol used with[in] e.g. H.323 and H.324 communication sessions, and involves the line transmission of non-telephone signals. It also offers the possibility to be tunneled within H.225.0 call signaling messages...
  
  
• TCP/IP
• UDP/IP
• DHCP
  Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a network configuration protocol for hosts on Internet Protocol networks. Computers that are connected to IP networks must be configured before they can communicate with other hosts. The most essential information needed is an IP address, and a default...
  
  
• DCL
• DNS
  Domain name system
  The Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...
  
  
• LDAP
• 802.3af
• NAT
  Network address translation
  In computer networking, network address translation is the process of modifying IP address information in IP packet headers while in transit across a traffic routing device....
  
  

Scalability

• Stations:
  • 125,000 IP phones
  • 150,000 analog telephones
  • 125,000 digital telephones
  • 179,025 SIP phones
• Trunks:
  • 200,000 IP trunks
  • 50,025 digital trunks
  • 32,000 analog trunks
  • 200,000 SS7 trunks
  • 200,000 SIP trunks
• Other:
  • 4,093 H.323 gateways
  • 112,000 nodes per host
  • 99,999 ACD agents

Telephones Supported

• Analog Sets
  • All
• Digital Sets
  • M2000 series sets
  • M3900 series sets
• Centrex
  • M5000 series sets
  • M8009
  • M9216
  • M9316CW
  • M9417CW
  • PowerTouch Series
• IP Sets
  • IP Phone 2000 Series
  • IP Audio Conferencing Phone 2033
  • IP Phone 1100 Series
• SIP Phones
  • LG-Nortel IP Phone 6800 Series
  • IP Phone 1120E
  • IP Phone 1140E
    Nortel IP Phone 1140E
    Avaya IP Phone 1140E in telecommunications is a desktop IP client manufactured by Avaya for unified communications. The phone can operate on the SIP or UNIStim protocols. The SIP firmware supports presence selection and notification along with secure instant messaging...
    
    
  • Third party SIP Phones
• IP Phone accessories
  • Key Expansion Module for 1100 Series
  • Expansion Module for 2000 Series
  • Mobile USB Headset Adapter
• Soft Clients
  • Multimedia PC Client
  • Multimedia Web Client
  • Multimedia Wireless Client
  • Office Communicator Client
  • IP Softphone m6350
• Wireless Phones
  • WLAN Handset 2210
  • WLAN Handset 2211
  • WLAN Handset 2212

See also

• Nortel
  Nortel
  Nortel Networks Corporation, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and sometimes known simply as Nortel, was a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada...
  
  
• Avaya
  Avaya
  Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
  
  
• Microsoft Office Communications Server
• Application Server 5300 (AS5300)
  Nortel Application Server 5300
  The Avaya Aura Application Server 5300 or Avaya Aura AS5300 in telecommunication and computer networking is a secure Unified Communications system designed and manufactured by Avaya...
  
  
• Microsoft Office Communicator
• LG-Nortel IP Phone 8540
• Nortel Secure Router 4134
  Nortel Secure Router 4134
  The Avaya Secure Router 4134 in telecommunications and computer networking technologies is a device manufactured by Avaya that combines the functions of WAN Routing, stateful firewall security, Ethernet switching, IP telephony, and Microsoft mediation into one device...
  
  
• List of Microsoft - Nortel (ICA) products

External links

• Large Enterprise IP PBX - Avaya Communication Server 2100 -Retrieved 28 July 2011
• Networks Communication Server 2100: IP Telephony Solution for Large Enterprises -Broken
• SILVER AWARD: Nortel Communications Server 1000/2100 =Retrieved 28 July 2011
• Unified Communications Solution — Converged Office integrates Nortel Communications Server Portfolio and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 -Broken