Comparison of Avaya Aura SIP Enablement Services and Avaya Aura Session Manager 6.

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COMPAS ID 146997 January 20, 2011
Category General Capability Ability to Support Sequenced Applications Support for Multiple SIP Domains Central Management Platform Single location for end-point provisioning Performance Monitoring w Graphs, Memory, Temperature Reporting SIP Entity Performance Monitoring w Graphs Bulk Data Import of Users, Routing Maximum Number of 96xx SIP Phones Performance, Capacity Maximum Call Processing Maximum Number of Load Balancing Groups 96X0 SIP 96X1 SIP 46XX SIP 11XX SIP 12XX SIP One-X Communicator SIP Avaya 1000 Series Video Devices ADVD With Flare Experience 1603SW-I SIP Tested Third Party SIP Endpoints Denial of Service Protection Security Module (SIP Firewall) Signalling Overload Protection Dedicated SIP Signaling & Management NIC Black and White Access List Data Center Geo-Redundancy Service Architecture Redundancy Architecture NIC "Teaming" 802.3ad Dual Power Supplies w/Alarms Triple Simultaneous Endpoint Registrations RFC 5626 Branch Survivability Presence Integration Presence User Searching for Contacts based on Name, Number, Address, etc. Hardware Support Regular Expressions for Call Routing Numeric Pattern Matching (closest digit match) for Call Routing Ability to Add/Delete Digits for PAI Header (ingress/egress) Digit Manipulations on Request URI (for dial plans, displays, etc.) Security Module (SIP Firewall) Ability to route based on source (location) Ability to route based on SIP domain Alternate / Time of Day / Least Cost Routing SES 5.2.1 SP4 (Feb 2011) No No SES Edge (Master No No No No *4,500 SIP/TLS Per SES Home (S85xx/S88xx) S8300D - 450 Stations S8300C - 100 Stations ~20,000 BHCC 300 Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No Active-Standby 1+1 No No No No Included in SES - no PS Support Limited S8500B, S8500C, S8510, S8800, S8300C/D, HP DL370 Yes No No No No No No No SM 6.1 Yes Yes, 1000 Avaya Aura System Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Up to 100,000 SIP/TLS, 12,000 per SM with N+1 (10 SM instances total) 300,000 BHCC per SM instance 25,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Up to 10 Data Centers, GeoRedundant Active-Active N+1 Yes Yes Yes Yes - 250 Branches PS Supported Yes S8510, S8800 S8300D, Dell 610, HP DL370 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Management, Monitoring

Endpoints

Security

Redundancy, Reliability

Hardware

Routing

Comparison of Avaya Aura SIP Enablement Services and Avaya Aura Session Manager 6.X
COMPAS ID 146997 January 20, 2011
Category Capability Changes to To and From Fields Add/Remove/Translate Remote Party ID Header Add/Remove/Translate Diversion Header Configurable SIP response codes for entity routing behavior Support for alternate routes if primary is unreachable (alternate route policies) SES 5.2.1 SP4 (Feb 2011) No No No No No SM 6.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Comparison of Avaya Aura SIP Enablement Services and Avaya Aura Session Manager 6.X
COMPAS ID 146997 January 20, 2011
Category Capability Ability to Verify Routing Decision Process (via GUI) SIP Monitoring Options Health Checks and viewable SIP entity health state (Active/Reactive Checks) Configurable SIP Options Check & Intervals Advanced TLS Status, Registration Displays Administrative Ability to Configure SIP Timer B Third Party PBX Integration SIP Adaptations/Protocol Normalization SES 5.2.1 SP4 (Feb 2011) No No No No No Yes (limited) No SM 6.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (CM 5.2 or greater strongly recommended) Yes Yes Yes

Maintenance

Interoperability

Requires CM "classic" 5.1.2 or greater for direct No (CM 3.1.2 or greater - CM SIP connectivity (Note:SES is not supported 5.2.1 strongly recommended) with CM 6.0 or greater) Global SP SIP Compliance Program (GSSCP) No Reference Platform Replacement of Nortel NRS No Integration tested with the Avaya AuraTM Session Border Controller 6.0 Load Balancing Across SIP Application Servers No

Yes (Adjunct System / Round Yes (Statistical Load Balancing Robin) with weights and priorities)

Load Balancing

Load Balancing with DNS SRV Records - RFC 2782 Load Balancing based on patterns vs. literals (exact match) Dynamically add or remove SIP Application Servers from pool based on OPTIONS messages Voice Call Admission Control

No

Yes

No No No No No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Call Admission Control

Reporting

Call Admission Control With Voice/Video Sharing Call Admission Control With Voice/Video with Auto Downspeeding of Video BW CDR Capabilities

* For SES running on an S8500B/C with 96xx SIP endpoints 2,150 registered end-points per Home