
Avaya Media Processing Server Series System Reference Manual
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Overview of the Avaya Media Processing Server System
The Avaya Media Processing Server (MPS) Series products comprise hardware and
software to create a call and web-based processing environment. These systems
integrate the call processing environment with speech, telephony, data
communications, and transaction processing functions. The platform is based on the
Avaya Telephony Media Server (TMS) which provides high phone port densities and
increased user flexibility and extensibility. The basic TMS assembly provides
resources for telephony media management including switching/bridging, digital
signal processing, voice and data memory, and network interfaces. A variety of
interactive voice processing applications are accommodated, from simple information
delivery services to complex multimedia (voice/fax/data/web) call processing
implementations with local databases, multiple services, and transaction processing
functions.
The MPS system supports a wide selection of telephony and host computer
connectivity interfaces for easy integration into an existing data-
processing/communications environment. It also includes a set of easy to use object-
oriented Graphical User Interface (GUI) tools. These tools are used for:
• application and vocabulary development
• system configuration, control, and monitoring
• collection and reporting of statistical data
• access to on-line documentation and its concurrent implementations
The application development environment provides a totally graphical environment
for the entire application life cycle, and also allows typically phone-line applications
to be ported over to Internet-based Web usage. The PeriProducer GUI is the suggested
tool of choice for application development. The PeriWeb package allows these phone
line applications to be run as interactive World Wide Web apps.
The MPS systems employ industry standards and distributed processing in an open
architecture, allowing plug-in integration of future technological developments. In
addition, networking elements of the MPS support multiple LAN/WAN interfaces,
providing an environment ready for distributed computing.
This chapter of the Avaya Media Processing Server Series System Reference Manual
presents an overall view of the MPS hardware and software, describes the software
processes responsible for operations, and provides a series of diagrams that illustrate
both hardware and software relationships.
Base System Configuration on page 64, documents the process of getting the MPS
system up and running, identifies the individual configuration files, details some of
the newer processes, and describes the directory structure of the operating
environment and predefined environment variables.
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