Aura Core Components Implement Free Sample Questions

Avaya Aura Release 10.x explicitly introduces support for KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x as a supported alternative to VMware ESXi for virtualized deployments.

System Manager (SMGR) is the central management interface for the Avaya Aura Core. It handles user provisioning, configuration management for other components, and serves as the internal Certificate Authority (CA) for establishing trust across the solution.

AAMS provides software-based DSP resources for IP-to-IP transcoding, conferencing, and media processing, replacing the need for hardware DSPs in gateways for these functions.

AAMS acts as a media source for playing announcements, music-on-hold, and other audio files to endpoints, functioning similarly to a val board but purely software-based.

This is True. Utility Services is deprecated in Release 10. Functions like phone firmware file hosting, backup staging, and other utility functions are now handled by Avaya Aura Device Services (AADS) or directly via System Manager.

In the Avaya Aura architecture, SIP endpoints register to Session Manager. Communication Manager acts as a 'Feature Server' (Evolution Server), providing call features (transfer, conference, hunt groups) to those endpoints via SIP trunks.

ASP 130 (formerly Dell R640 based appliances) is a turnkey offer where Avaya provides the hardware, hypervisor (ESXi), and management, simplifying deployment compared to the VE (Virtual Environment) offer where the customer provides the infrastructure.

SMGR profiles (e.g., Profile 1, 2, 3) are sized based on the scale of the solution, specifically the total number of users (SIP/H.323) and devices to be managed. Profile 3 supports the highest capacity.

Session Manager requires a dedicated Management interface (eth0) configured during OVF deployment (or initial kickstart) to allow SMGR to manage it and for SSH access. This is separate from the Service/Security Module interface (eth2).

Simplex CM runs as a single VM and relies on hypervisor features (like VMware HA) for recovery if the host fails. Duplex CM consists of two active VMs (Active/Standby) with memory syncing, providing application-level high availability managed by CM itself.

CM connects to AAMS via a SIP signaling group. A common failure point is a mismatch between the SIP credentials (specifically the password) defined in the AAMS 'User Management' for the CM user and the password entered in the CM Signaling Group configuration.