Avaya makes a sweeping announcement with Aura 6.0 with new or updated solutions for all categories. these solutions focus on new ways to collaborate and connect people in real time, simply and cost effectively. With this update Avaya have met their goal of integrating Nortel products and retiring older Avaya and Nortel products. Avaya also introduces a new version 6.0 of the enterprise level Communication Manager Software which now has several deployment options and which utilizes Session Manager for SIP routing. At the same time, Avaya cleans up some of the legacy products, announcing discintinuance of the Nortel Norstar Key System, the Avaya Partner ACS and earlier S8000 Servers.

Avaya Aura 6.0, in very general terms, aims to increase seurity, scalability and flexibility and provide common management across components and applications. Avaya cotinues to fold in virtualization technology across platforms to consolidate IT infrastructure.

Avaya Aura Communication Manager 6.0 - Whats New:

• Avaya Aura Communication Manager can now be deployed in one of three ways:
  
  • The System Platform
  • A Centralized Feature Server (SIP stations only; uses Session Manager to combine Avaya and other vendor systems into a centrally managed network)
  • An Evolution Server or traditional IP PBX deployment with support for mixed endpoints, including H.323, digital, analog endpoints that register with Communication Manager and SIP endpoints that register with Avaya’s Session Manager (in R6.0, Session Manager replaces the earlier SIP Enablement Services or SES).
• Avaya Aura Communication Manager R6.0 can run on one of three Avaya Linux-based servers: the S8300D Server, the S8510 Server and the latest S8800 Server (Simplex and Duplex versions) which has improved processing over earlier S8000 Servers and which is the base platform for other Avaya applications (i.e. the S8800 Server protects hardware investments going forward). Avaya has phased out earlier S8000 Servers, including the S8300C, S8400, S8500, S8720 and S8730, so R6.0 software is not available for these earlier servers. The S8510 Server was discontinued for new sales in February 2010, but can be upgraded to support Communication Manager R6.0. The S8800 Server Simplex is similar in scalability to the S8510 Server; the S8800 Server Duplex is similar in scalability to the S8730 Server.
• In terms of new telephone devices, Avaya has extended and improved the 9600 series with some new IP Deskphones: 9608 (8-line), 9611G (3.5-inch color display, integrated gigabit and USB interface) and 9621G and 9641G with 4.3-inch color touch-screen, integrated gigabit, USB interface and wideband speaker. The original 1600 Series is no longer sold as of August 2010 in favor of localized versions (16xx-I) that incorporate an LCD with white backlight and wider language support. There are also two new digital phones with native administration: the 1408 for lighter telephone usage (similar to the Avaya 2410 digital phone), and the 1416 for receptionists, assistants and managers (similar to the Avaya 2420). As announced earlier this year, Avaya will continue to offer the Nortel 1100 and 1200 SIP phones since these can connect to Avaya Aura via the Session Manager.

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