Howdy all! 
It's been awhile since I have been on here... But I am trying to find out some info about avaya with respect to establishing an "ip trunk" to an IVR (asterisk server).
From my reading... This is pretty straight forward and I found the docs on how to setup Avaya -> Asterisk with respect ot h323 and configs.
However... I am hearing that the PBX may require a "card" in order to allow it to connect.
Am I understanding correctly that the Avaya PBX needs a seperate card for each IP address it provides an h323 ip trunk to? That just doesn't sound right.
From an IP perspective I would assume that a "circuit pack" is required to provide an ethernet connection to the avaya PBX... However once connected that ONE card should be able to communicate ethernet to several different endpoints.
I know that today our PBX provides virtual trunks to two other PBX's in another state... And I am curious what hardware is required to simply have avaya provide a virtual ip trunk to a local asterisk box.
Of course this is something I need an answer for like yesterday... So any help is greatly appreciated.
BTW.. I know I could connect my asterisk box to the avaya enablement services. However this would be the LONG route to a trunk. Do the 8500's or 8700's provide h323 connections?
Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question... but I am a CTI developer, not a PBX admin.
Thanks all! And best wishes to team and families.
==Zowwie
It's been awhile since I have been on here... But I am trying to find out some info about avaya with respect to establishing an "ip trunk" to an IVR (asterisk server).
From my reading... This is pretty straight forward and I found the docs on how to setup Avaya -> Asterisk with respect ot h323 and configs.
However... I am hearing that the PBX may require a "card" in order to allow it to connect.
Am I understanding correctly that the Avaya PBX needs a seperate card for each IP address it provides an h323 ip trunk to? That just doesn't sound right.
From an IP perspective I would assume that a "circuit pack" is required to provide an ethernet connection to the avaya PBX... However once connected that ONE card should be able to communicate ethernet to several different endpoints.
I know that today our PBX provides virtual trunks to two other PBX's in another state... And I am curious what hardware is required to simply have avaya provide a virtual ip trunk to a local asterisk box.
Of course this is something I need an answer for like yesterday... So any help is greatly appreciated.
BTW.. I know I could connect my asterisk box to the avaya enablement services. However this would be the LONG route to a trunk.
Do the 8500's or 8700's provide h323 connections?Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question... but I am a CTI developer, not a PBX admin.
Thanks all!
And best wishes to team and families.==Zowwie