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MAS installation
Dedicated deployment
In a dedicated deployment scenario, each application is deployed on its own MAS pair to the maximum capacity of that single application. However, for the most efficient use of resources, a combination of dedicated deployment and multi application deployment is required.
Co-resident deployment
In a co-resident deployment, up to five MAS applications (Meet-Me, Ad Hoc, Music on Hold, Announcements, and Unified Communications) can be deployed on the same MAS duplex.
If you choose a co-resident deployment, you must stay within the engineered capacity limits for that co-resident deployment. You cannot, for example, expand the capacity for Meet Me and balance that by reducing Unified Communications capacity. If you require additional application capacity, you can add an additional MAS pair and deploy a dedicated service to accommodate the additional capacity requirements for that service. For example, if you currently have a combination five deployment, and you require additional Meet Me capacity, you can purchase additional Meet Me licenses and servers and deploy a dedicated Meet Me server cluster to handle the increased capacity.
The available co-resident deployment options are defined in the following sections.
Co-resident Application Deployment (including Meet Me)
In a Co-resident Application Deployment (excluding Meet Me), all five MAS applications are deployed on the same MAS pair.
Co-resident Application Deployment (excluding Meet Me)
In a Co-resident Application Deployment (including Meet Me), Ad Hoc, Music on Hold, Announcements, and Unified Communications are deployed on one MAS pair and a separate MAS pair is dedicated to Meet Me Conferencing.
Maintenance Releases
The MAS is updated or downgraded using executable installers (DVDs). To update the MAS to the latest maintenance release, you must obtain the latest maintenance release DVD and install the software. To downgrade to an earlier maintenance release, you must run the installer on desired maintenance release DVD. For the procedures to update and downgrade maintenance releases, see Nortel Media Application Server 6.0 for AS 5300 Installation (NN44470-300).
Nortel Media Application Server 6.0 for AS 5300
Fundamentals
NN44470-100 01.01 Standard
Release 6.0 03 June 2008
