Avaya Aura Virtualized Environment permits any VMware user to install Avaya Aura collaboration features directly onto their virtualized server infrastructure. It offers another method for any enterprise to move to Avaya Aura Release 6.2. Avaya will now supply any core application either as a hardware appliance (installed and tested on an Avaya provided server) or as a software OVA (virtual appliance) solution compatible with VMware vCenter. Solutions for: • Avaya Aura users wanting to upgrade to latest release with reduced server infrastructure • Avaya Aura customers needing to expand their system utilizing a virtualized server platform or combining server and virtualized server solutions • Greenfield UC customers, with VMware strategy for data center expansion, and requiring the latest UC collaboration solutions for mobility and video Avaya Aura on VMware, a flexible deployment option for all Avaya Aura core applications such as: • Avaya Aura® Communication Manager • Avaya Aura® Session Manager • Avaya Aura® System Manager • Avaya Aura® Presence Services • Avaya Aura® Application Enablement Services • Avaya Aura® Agile Communication Environment (ACE) • Avaya Aura® Utility Services • WebLM • Secure Access Link For more info, contact us at www.voxns.com

1. Advantages of
UC Virtualization Avaya Aura®
with Avaya
Avaya Aura on VMware
Virtualized Environment
Provides full Avaya UC services
on customer provided hardware Industry leading Avaya Aura®
• Easy expansion of existing Unified Communications applications
Avaya Aura installations to installable as VMware virtual machines
extend scale and features
• Migration to latest release
level without additional Real-time applications and Avaya UC collaboration within a virtualized
server arrangement while meeting all
Avaya appliances the virtualized network
requirements for true real-time performance.
• Support for legacy equipment as Virtualization of any enterprise’s server
well as SIP based infrastructure infrastructure offers benefits in hardware
Avaya Aura Virtualized Environment
consolidation and system management.
• Mobile Collaboration solution on
The network environment is changing, the Traditionally Avaya Aura has been sold as an
virtual machines for extended
model for server infrastructure is becoming individual appliance, servers tested and
remote worker features
one of not just better utilization of hardware programmed by Avaya, installed within
Flexible deployment options but also sharing the hardware over multiple customer’s networks to offer excellent
individual applications. However, even collaboration capabilities and business
• Avaya Aura UC applications in
with the benefits, moving real-time advantages. Avaya Aura Virtualized
multiple formats: software
communications to virtualized servers can Environment (Avaya Aura VE) offers another
only, hardware appliances,
offer performance restrictions. Many deployment option for UC users. For existing
turn-key ‘cloud’ enabler
enterprises have delayed consolidating their customers that have a VMware IT infrastructure
• VMware architecture enables Avaya Aura VE provides an opportunity to
communication servers because of real-time
managed movement of Avaya upgrade to the next release level of
issues. Avaya provides a major step forward
Aura apps as VMs for collaboration using their own VMware
in the virtualization of the communications
maintenance, administration, infrastructure. For customers who need to add
environment with the integration of real-time
support, traffic, emergencies more capacity or application interfaces, Avaya
Avaya Aura® applications and VMware*
Management/Reliability virtualized server architecture. Aura apps on VMware permit flexible solutions
to expansion of Avaya Aura Communication
• Avaya Aura applications
Manager or Application Enablement Services.
support survivable core, Avaya Aura provides one of
And for customers who want to migrate to the
software duplication, and the leading UC collaboration
latest collaboration solutions such as the Avaya
VMware High Availability solutions for the midsize and Flare® Experience or Avaya Aura Conferencing
• Avaya Secure Access Link large enterprise 7 but hesitated, Avaya Aura VE will provide a
(SAL) supported as a virtual Avaya Aura Unified Communications (UC) hardware efficient, simplified solution for
machine provides on-demand, solutions enable mobile and video upgrading to the latest Avaya Aura release and
high speed, secure SSL link for collaboration for the enterprise. The benefits adding the latest Avaya Aura capabilities.
detailed data logging and for customers are obvious — Avaya Aura
audits with extensive provides better business collaboration, better More choices for adding
customer control mechanisms mobility solutions, better video UC – Flexible deployment
and policy capabilities. communications, better Bring Your Own
Avaya Aura is offered as an appliance,
Device (BYOD) — UC communications
installed and tested by Avaya and with Avaya
designed to accelerate any business. The
Aura Virtualized Environment now is also
Avaya Collaborative Cloud™ is designed to
available as a vAppliance for VMware. Existing
address the move of UC applications from a
as well as new customers can choose their
private network to an enterprise wide ‘cloud’
preferred deployment options. Both choices
solution. Avaya Aura on VMware is an
provide full Avaya Aura® features and
important step in building the Collaborative
collaboration solutions, intelligent options to
Cloud. Avaya Aura VE offers the advantages of
accelerate any business.
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2. The flexibility of a virtualized environment with
expanded management solutions
Avaya Aura® System Manager for VMware provides the same rich features and quality and is the
Avaya Aura
same as the appliance version with all administration, management and installation interfaces
applications for necessary for Avaya Aura.
VMware
Any Avaya Aura application for VMware can be installed by downloading the Avaya Aura
• Avaya Aura® Communication
application OVA files (Avaya Aura app plus Linux OS) using the Product Licensing and
Manager
Delivery System (PLDS). The VMware management system, vCenter, can be used to install the
• Avaya Aura® Session Manager Avaya Aura vAppliances onto the VMware virtualized servers. Each OVA files contains:
• Avaya Aura® System Manager • Application software and operating system
• Avaya Aura® Presence Services • Pre-installed VMware tools for deployment on VMware ESXi 5.0
• Avaya Aura® Application • Preset configuration details for:
Enablement Services »»RAM, CPU, and storage reservations
• Avaya Aura® Agile »»NIC
Communication Environment »»other resource settings
(ACE)
Avaya Aura Virtualized Environment is a flexible deployment option made available to offer
• Avaya Aura® Utility Services
Avaya Aura UC real time collaboration to any enterprise. Avaya will continue to offer the server
• WebLM based solution for Avaya Aura in addition to the VMware compatible vAppliance approach. And
• Secure Access Link if needed with specific Avaya Aura installations, the two deployment options can be combined,
mixing server applications and virtualized applications for a complete UC installation.
(Future)
• Avaya Aura® Messaging Avaya Aura Virtualized Environment Use Cases
• Avaya Aura® Conferencing Avaya Aura supported by VMware offers several advantages to both existing Avaya
• Avaya Client Enablement customers and potential UC users. Costs for expanding UC collaboration can be reduced,
Services more flexible options can be offered in terms of software, appliance or complete turn-key
solutions and hosted alternatives are made more economical while still offering enterprise
• Avaya Session Border
level features.
Controller Advanced
for Enterprise
Expansion and upgrade of existing Avaya Aura installations
• Reduced footprint expansion of Avaya Aura applications
• Cost effective upgrades for mobile and video collaboration features
• Core platforms migration to support latest Avaya Conferencing and Avaya Messaging solutions
Virtualized turn-key solution for private and public hosted UC
• Complete solution with virtualized server supporting UC, storage and networking
• Simple deployment of UC for enterprise expansion, cloud based collaboration
UCaaS for public hosting of full UC capabilities
About Avaya
• Cost effective model for providing Avaya Aura collaboration in hosted model
Avaya is a global
provider of business • Virtualization reduces hardware requirement, enhance reliability and redundancy options
collaboration and
communications Learn More
solutions, providing For more information about Avaya Aura Virtualized Environment, contact your
unified communications, Avaya Account Manager or Avaya Authorized Partner. Or visit us on avaya.com.
contact centers,
networking and related
services to companies
Avaya Aura® core applications take a major step forward in the
of all sizes around
deployment of real time collaboration with the integration of
the world. For more
VMware virtualized server architecture.
information please visit
www.avaya.com.
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