Parallel warehouses 1

[klmnop]

Hi folks,

I have dual S8700s at my main location, running CM 2.1.11, with a G350/S8300 at Warehouse A and IP phones at Warehouse B. The sites are connected via an MPLS network.

We are going to be moving from Warehouse A and B, to Warehouse C, in the next 6 months to a year. All three warehouses will need to be up and running at the same time, and at some point, Warehouses A and B will go away.

Can anyone provide some suggestions on how to provide phone service to Warehouse C, in a cost-effective manner?

Is the best solution renting a switch for Warehouse C, along with RTU? (Can I even get temporary RTU?).

My spare parts list consists of: a G350/S8300 (ordered by someone else from EBay, no RTU and not configured) and around 10 4620 IP phones.

We are probably a few years away from upgrading our main site (CM 2.1.11); if there are compelling reasons to perform the upgrade at this time, in order to make the warehouse move easier and to save money in the process, then that would be important to know as well.

Thanks in advance for any advice/suggestions.

 

[Mitch672]

Setup a WAN link from your Main S8700's location to Warhouse C, install up to 10 of your 4620 IP phones, and have them register to the main site.

You will need a DHCP server and a TFTP server setup at Warhouse C (they could be on the same server)

I atuomaticlly assume you are going to install a LAN / POE (Power Over Ethernet) switches in the new warhouse C, you probably need computers...

You can move the G350 when you consolidate your warehouses, to the new Warehouse C, and get some local dialtone to Warehouse C.



Mitch

AVAYA Certified Expert

 

[klmnop]

Thanks Mitch. That sounds reasonable. Two follow up questions, please.

1) Why the limitation of 10 4620 IP phones?

2) Is there any RTU involved in setting this up?

 

[Mitch672]

1) Because you said you had "10 4620 IP phones" available and

2) since you already own these phones, I would assume you have "10 station" RTU for them... if they where in use at one point.

Yes, you would need 10 station RTU availble to add this is,
it's on the "display capacity" form, "station & trunk RTU"


Mitch

AVAYA Certified Expert

 

[manfmmd]

I disagree about the DHCP and TFTP server being at Warehouse C. They can utilize the existing DHCP and TFTP servers wherever they are located as long as there is a valid route to get to them.

 

[klmnop]

Thanks all. As far as the TFTP server... so far, I have gotten away without having one. Which means, I think, that I have no firmware updates for my IP equipment? My network guys feel that a TFTP server is a security risk on the network.

 

[Mitch672]

your "security" guys are wrong. You can setup the TFTP server to be "outbound only" (meaning, it only gives you files, it does not accept them). Without a TFTP server on your LAN (somewhere), there is no way to update the firmware on the 46XX series IP phones.

Newer 4600 series phones (if they had firmware 2.7 or newer), where able to take an HTTP download, but, that is NOT the standard. The standard for 4600 series IP phones is TFTP, as it will always work.

AVAYA comes out with new firmware for a reason, most of the time is to to fix bugs or quirks, sometimes it is new features.

You can do a "list reg" on your switch and find out what firmware version most of your phones are running. The most recent 4621 firmware, for example is R2.9 SP1

You can check at:

https://support.avaya.com/japple/cs...ea&temp.productID=107755&temp.bucketID=108025

and

https://support.avaya.com/japple/cs...tID=107755&temp.bucketID=108025&PAGE=Document

Mitch

AVAYA Certified Expert

 

[klmnop]

Mitch -- thanks again!!!