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Avaya Communication Manager Acronym List

Term Description
ACL Access Control List; one way to achieve QoS in data networks that enable Layer 4 techniques

ACM Avaya Communication Manager; latest name for software; see ACP

ACP Avaya Call Processing; Definity call processing ported to a rack mountable solution and running over a LINUX
operating system instead of the proprietary Definity OS.; now referred to as MultiVantage

AEEA, AEA Avaya Efficient Encryption Algorithm, a proprietary algorithm adapted from RC4 to support RTP packet transport.
It is very efficient and consumes about 2% of available processing power

AES Advanced Encryption Standard; 128 block cipher algorithm used by Avaya on its control channels; its efficiency
rating is about 25% of processing power

AIM Avaya Integrated Management; new name for VisAbility network management suite for ACM on a data network

AIW Avaya Installation Wizard; available for some Linux-based servers

Anywhere Allows IP SoftPhone users to use any Windows application to initiate a phone call
Dialer

ASA *Avaya Site Administration, formerly known as Definity Site Administration; now part of Avaya IM

ASG Access Security Gateway; part of Avaya MV system that may be used to control all access to MV servers; al l other
security systems are disabled, such as Kerberos, RSA

BUPS Backup Power Supply

Cajun Name of Avaya data switches, including Ethernet, ATM, and IP routers; also refers to an internal switch architecture

CCMS Channel Control Message Set; Avaya proprietary protocol supporting communicaiton between circuit packs and
MultiVnatage

CESoIP Circuit Emulation Service Over IP; to be intorudced with later versiions of Crossfire

Chum Channel User Manager; part of the core of MV software used to support ISDN and IP trunking; internal use only

CIDR Classless InterDomain Routing, pronounced cider. Another way of handling IP addresses that yields better
utilization of the 32 bit addresses

CLI Command Line Itnerface; normal mode of interaction in Unix-based systems from an SAT

CLAN Circuit pack where TCP/IP conversions are done for Definity platforms, signaling for IP endpoints, and downloads
of firmware are managed

CM Communication Manager; Avaya call processing software and associated product bundles

COGS Cost of Goods Sold; marker to identify embedded costs of hardware and frmware in a system

Console Shortened name for Network Management Console; Avayas net mgmt suite of products, formerly MSNM

COTS Commercial Off The Shelf; usually applies to availability of Pentium server systems

CPO Converged enterprise solutions Profile Offering; new name for releases of software, firmware, and hardware
coordinated across platforms
Term Description
CVSA *Cajun View Stand Alone; Avayas network management system for Cajun switches; now

CWY1 DSP that does analog to codec conversion for voice mail

DAJ1

DAPI Definity API; object-orineted API enabling applications to monitor events, inject stimuli, and access switch data
(available only for Avaya personnel)

DCP Digital Communicatons Protocol; Avaya proprietary protocol to support endpoint-circuit pack communications

Definity Feature using Integrated Directory to enable you to see every name and extension assigned to telephony endpoints
Directory administered in the system

DMI Digital Multiplexed Interface

DSP Digital Signal Processors

DupInt

ECC External Communications Controller; old term used during development of G700 and S8700; now referred to as
EMS;

EMS External Media Server; refers to MultiVantage running on S8700 server as referenced from a G700 environment

ESRAS Enhanced Secure Remote Access Services;

ESS Enterprise Survivable Server; S8500 marketing term

FEP Front End Processors; circuit packs that assist MV in delivering specialized services to distribute the load. Packs
included are CLAN, Prowler, IPSI, G700 gateway.

FQDN Fully Qaulified Domain Name; in personabc@avaya.com the avaya.com is fully qualified because public
routers and email servers are able to find it, whereas personabc@dr is not fully qualified for external use

FTP File Transfer Protocol; standard application layer function in TCP/IP; used by Avaya for remote access, upgrades,
etc.

G600 New name for IP600 rack mountable cabinet when it is used in S8700 IP Connect

G350 Marketing name for the Boxster gateway; scaled down version of G700 gateway;

G650 Enhanced Rack Mount Cabinet; Improved version of G600 with new power supplies and 14 slots

G700 Name for Chawk cabinet; can hold 4 media modules to customize endpoint services; is Aavayas IP PBX; 19 Rack
mountable; also called Media Gateway

GAM Global Alarm Manager; part of Linux-based server platform maintenance subsystem

GBE Giga Bit Ethernet

GMM Global maintenance manager;

Guitar Internal reference to the Cajun Switchs architecture that has 4 GPS ports

H.323 International umbrella standard that defines, among other things, how data endpoints can support multimedia
traffic, such as voice; protocols required are specified.

H.248 International standard for how gateways can pass stimulus-based traffic information to a gateway controller
(MultiVantage in our case)

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Term Description
HAP Hiigh Availability Platform; software built by Avaya on top of commercially available operating systems to support
MV to give it reliability, robustness, error management, maintenance, etc;
HDTG Hugh Density Trunk Gateway; first application for the Carrera platform
HPOV Hewlett Packards OpenView network management product line
I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit. A simple protocol carried over a 2-wire bus. Used as a low-cost, low-performance interface
to a multitude of peripherals.

ICC S8300 Internal Communications Controller; media module in G700 that contains MultiVantage; Same meida
module may be installed as an LSP, the only distinction being the licensing files

IM Instant Messaging

IM Integrated Management; newest name for Avaya Network Management suite of applications and device managers

IPSI IP Switch Interface; a circuit pack similar in function to the EI but for an IP switch fabric

IP600 DefinityOne placed in a 19 rack mountable chassis

Klog_d Kernel in Linux log file

LAX *related to licensing fie

LAG Link Aggregate Grouping; refers to architecture of Cajun switches

LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol;

LicSvr License Server; runs on MV Linux-based servers as a service under Linux. It has a file and serial numbers used to
validate use of MV as the application loads

Linux Unix-based operating system writeen originally by Linus Torvalds of Finland; base operating system for new
MultiVantage platforms

Log Manager Application associated with IP SoftPhone to enable examination and editing of call records

LSP Local Survivable Processor; brings MultiVantage to a distributed platform in a special version of ICC that can keep
the remote gateway up running MultiVantage if the ECC goes down or cannot be contacted

MCM MV Configuration Manager; part of AIM

MFPM MV Fault and Performance Manager; part of AIM

MG Media Gateway; specific standards term, also an Avaya generic term of different meaning

MGC Media Gateway Controller; H.248 terminology

MGP Media Gateway Processor; integral hardware/firmware part of G700 cabinet system

MIB Management Information Base; a database-like collection of variables maintained by devices in a data network
which can be queeried using SNMP-compliant applications.

ML MultiLayer; used to describe data switches that are capable of cell, frame, or datagram switching activities
depending on the Layer of the OSI model where the packet resides

MM Media Module; funtionality of Definity circuit packs in card form for horizontal placement in rack mountable
solution G700 box

MMM Media Module Manager; provides arch angel functionality in G700 deployments

MSNM MultiService Network Management; formerly known as Cajun View. Mgmt suite for the data products, now part of
AIM; now known as Network Management Console

MultiVantage Name for Avaya Communication Manager, aka Definity software, plus all the associated hardware and
Term Description
configurations. MV includes Linux servers, data switches, Linux software and ACM software and endpoints

MVCS MultiVantage Connector Service; new development work of which SIP is a part

MWI Message Wiaiting Indicator; how a messaging system tells a SIP phone to turn its message lampand perhaps provide
additional minimal information as well.
NAT Network Address Translation; conversion between IP addresses used internal to an organization and public IP
addresses. NAT is often used at a firewall to prevent public access

NAPT Network Address Port Translation; moves the issue up to Layer 4 to look at port numbers

NCE Network Control Element

NMSI Network Management System Integration;

NNM Network Node Manager; part of HP OpenView network management system; AIMs MSNM is it counterpart

NTP Network Time Protocol defined in RFC1305

Octaplane 8Gbps link between any Cajun based box; Ethernet switches, routers, and G700 all have octaplane capability

OPTIM Off Premise Telephony Integration with MultiVantage; new name for EC500

P330 Cajun layer 2 switch

P333MF Cajun Layer 3 and 4 switch supporting multi protocols and functions

P333R Cajun layer 3 router with mulitple advanced router configuration capabilities

PhoneBook Card file application available with IP SoftPhone that can be used in combination with other MV features, such as
Caller ID,

PoE Power Over Ethernet; IEEE*802.3af standard

QoS Quality of Service; generic term that refers to guaranteed levels of service for specific traffic types. QoS can be
obtained using various protocols, such as IEEE802.1p.D and Q, TOS field in IP header when redefined as
Differentiated Services; RSVP as specified in Integrated Services. QoS parameters can be administered in ACM in
endpoints and in the system, but they rely on QoS being implemented in the data network

RFA Remote Feature Activation; permits the TSO or Avaya to remotely update features on customer systems and update
their license files

Rma

RMB Remote Maintenance Board; new design for supporting traditional and non-traditional Avaya maintenance

RMC Rack Mountable Carrier; new name for CMC cabinet when deployed with CONTRY processor circuit pack
(DefinityONE) and CLAn and Prowler boards as standard offerings. Known as G600 in SeaGUll

RMON Remote MONitor; part of a network management system enabling control and status of a device from afar

RNMS Remote network Management Service

RSTP Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol; extension to 802.1 D; see 802.1w

S8300 New Name for Chawk when the ICC/LSP Media Module is installed in G700 slot 1

S8700 New Name for Linux servers; Multiconnect is the name for Stingray; IP Connect for SeaGull

SAC Send All Calls; sends incoming calls immediately to coverage without first ringing 3 times

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Term Description
SAT Systems Administration Terminal

SAT Security Auditing Tools; not an Avaya term, but one used in the industry for protecting data ntworking devices

Script Editor Feature of IP SoftPhone that enables the user to automate tasks, such as retrieval of records from the Phonebook
application to flash a caller ID on incoming calls

SCP Secure CoPy; part of SSH used by Avaya that replaces use of FTP, which is not secure

SCSI Small Computer Serial Interface; connector typed used between 2 S8700s for DUPINT function

SeS Secure eServices; connectivity between the customer equipment and Avaya Service Centers (TSO) and INADS

SFP Small Form-Factor, Pluggable. A specification for a new generation of modular transceivers. The devices are
designed for use with small form factor (SFF) connectors, and offer high speed and physical compactness. They are
hot-swappable.
SME Server Maintenance Engine; part of linux-based server platform maintenance

SMON Swith MONitor; part of AIM network management system specifically for data switches, that is an extension to
RMON

SMS System Management Server ???

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol; IETF standard for querying info from managed devices. The Manager
application queries the Agent application, which runs in the device of interest

SRA Secure Remote Access

SRRP Simple Redundancy Router Protocol; used in Cajun switches

SRTP Secure RTP. A profile of the Real-Time Transport Protocol, which can provide confidentiality, message
authentication, and replay protection to the RTP/RTCP traffic.

SeaGull Project that uses simplest Stingray technology with full IP bearer network implementation; S8700 IPConnect

SNTP Simple Netwwork Time PRotocol

SSH Secure Shell; a suite of programs that are a part of Linux that Avaya uses to protect access to its MV servers

Stingray The project to port ACP from Definity to a Linux /Pentium platform; sold as S8700 MultiConnect

SWIN Switch Integration ; Octel interface to various other platforms

SVN *Security Violation Notification; set by our security servers

Syslog_d *

TIE Terminal Interface Equipment. A private point-to-point circuit used to connect two voice facilities (or systems).

TIM Trunk Interface Module. The T-/E- carrier module in Carrera.

Timpani VoIP Engine in the Media Gateway

TLS Transport Layer Security. The TLS protocol provides communications privacy over the Internet. The protocol allows
client/server applications to communicate in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or
message forgery.

Transcoding *Conversion from a G.711 codec bearer stream to G.729 or G.723

UPC Uninterruptible Power Supply

Term Description
URI Uniform Resource Identifier; identifies a user or device to be a party to a session; personabc@avaya.com is
an example

USP Universal Serial Port; used for W AN access on data switches to either circuit pr packet networks

UTC Universal Time Coordinated; new name gives GMT in RFC1305

VAL Voice Announcement Over LAN circuit pack; contains about 1 hour of storage

VisAbility See AIM

VLAN Virtual LAN; technique for defining LANs not tied to physical topologies; required to do QoS in VoIP solutions

VLSPI *Virtual Line Signaling Protocol Interface

VMON VoIP quality of service network management MONitoring tool tht is part of AIM; VMON gives information specific
to MV and its operation and performance on a data network

VoIP Voice Over Internet Protocol; usually refers to handling of IP endpoints , rather than the infrastructure of the actual
cloud. VoIP can be carried over ATM clouds, Frame relay clouds, Ethernet clouds, or IP clouds

VoIP Engine Part of media gateway (G700) that handles the voice calls; requires Timpani chip

VRRP Virtual Redundancy Routing Protocol; used in Cajun switches

VSU VPN (Virtual Private Network) Service Unit

WSP WAN Spare Processor;

Xntp Linux Network Time Protocol

802.1af IEEE protocols to define how IP applicances are to be powered off the hub or switch

802.1D Spanning tree protocols that implement Layer 2 frame forwarding in LANs

802.1/p Priority processing capability for IEEE networks, such as Ethernet; now subsumed into the IEEE 802.1D standards
formally, but still persists in the industry

802.1/Q Support for Virtual Lans in IEEE networks; supports tagging that may be priority and/or VLAN IDs

802.1w Supports Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol as an addition to 802.1D

801.1x Network Access Control and authentication