
Mitel Networks 5700 VFA Administrator’s Guide 1-1
1WELCOME TO 5700 VOICE FIRST
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Congratulations on your entry into the revolutionary world of Mitel Networks
5700 Voice First Application (5700 VFA). The 5700 VFA centralizes the
management of Video over IP communication within an enterprise-wide network.
1.1 About the 5700 VFA Server
The 5700 VFA provides centralized videoconferencing management services for
corporate networks running on IP. It transfers many adminstration and
configuration tasks from the individual computers, called end points, to the
network, where they belong.
The 5700 VFA provides the following services:
q H.323 Revision 2-compliant Gatekeeper functions, including login and
security:
— Auto-discovery and registration of nodes, such as videoconferencing end
points, gateways, MCUs and their respective services.
— Address translation of IP addresses, H.323 aliases, E.164 numbers, e-mail
addresses and URLs.
q Status monitoring of network videoconferencing activity
q Call Accounting
q Supplementary IP Telephony services, such as Call Forwarding, Pickup and
Hunting Groups
q Expansion of point-to-point videoconferences to multipoint sessions (ad-hoc
conferencing)
q Search capabilities for nodes in zones managed by other 5700 VFAs and
gatekeepers.
q Simplified gateway and MCU dialing for registered end points
q Control of the usage of gateway and MCU services by registered users
q Bandwidth management for allocating available bandwidth to registered nodes
q Compatibility with external online directory services (LDAP)
q Integrated Videoconferencing Bridge (VCB) - optional.
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