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Version Overview

Avaya Communication Manager Releases

The following overview provides information on the most important features of previous releases of Avaya Communication Manager.

The current available version is Communication Manager 5.2.

Communication Manager 5.2

• Available since May 2009

• Optimized chief/secretary functions

• Enhanced switching functionalities (return to same agent)

• Integration of numerous SIP features: capacity, SIP direct media, SRTP

• Enhancements of station lock feature

• Communication Manager Messaging as integrated messaging solution

• Support of new hardware: S8300 D Server, Media Gateway G430, S8400 as ESS Server, Processor Ethernet with duplex servers (S87er series)

Communication Manager 5.1

• Released in June 2008

Communication Manager 5.0

• Released in January 2008

• Cost-efficient SIP-based telephony for small and medium-sized companies

• Future-oriented, standard-based and convergent solution

• Variety of SIP phones available

• Comprehensive Avaya SES functionality and stateful server duplication

• Support of SIP trunking

• Improved SIP mobility features

• Support of SIP Contact Center

• Support of IP phones Avaya 1600 / one-X Deskphone Value Edition

• Support of new hardware: G450 Media Gateway, S8730 Media Server

Communication Manager 4.0

• Released in March 2007

• Business continuity: dial number plan remains in the network transparently during network breakdowns

• Higher scalability

• Higher security, easier security management

• Converged Network Analyzer (CNA)

• Improvements of performance features and functionalities

• Support of new hardware: Avaya IG 550 Integrated Gateway for Juniper J4350/J6350 router, S8720 Media Server XL version

Communication Manager 3.1

• Released in February 2006

Communication Manager 3.0

• Released in June 2005

• Meeting Exchange – Standard Edition

• Inter-Gateway Alternate Routing (IGAR)

• Local storage of annoucements and music to reduce network traffic

• Converged Network Analyzer (CNA)

• Improvements of performance features and functionalities

• Support of IP phones Avaya 96xx / one-X Deskphones

• Support of new hardware: Avaya S8400 and S8720 Media Server, TN2602AP IP media resource duplication, ESS Enterprise Survivable Server, S8500 LSP Local Spare Processor, G250 Media Gateway

Communication Manager 2.2

• Released in January 2005

Communication Manager 2.1

• Released in June 2004

Communication Manager 2.0

• Released in August 2003

• Higher capacities

• Call Admission Control

• Bandwidth management

MultiVantage 1.1

• Released in November 2002

MultiVantage 1.0

• Released in May 2002

• Local Spare Processor (LSP) for Avaya Media Server S8300

• EC500, Release 4

• IP phones of Avaya series 46xx

• IP phones of Avaya series 24xx

• Support of new hardware: Avaya S8300 and S8700 Media Server

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