Lucent Technologies 101-1620-005 User Manual

Octel Unified Messenger Concepts & Planning Guide

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Sizing the hardware for Octel Unified Messenger involves the following 
steps:

1.

Designing the voice mail domain structure for the organization.

2.

Calculating the number of voice ports required.

3.

Calculating the number of OMD voice servers needed.

4.

Designing fax server and voice server communication.

5.

Evaluating the additional load on Microsoft Exchange.

6.

Evaluating the additional network traffic that must be handled.