Vertical Communications TeleVantage 7.5 - Manual (Page 12)

2-2 I NSTALLING I NTEL T ELEPHONY C OMPONENTS
Overview________________________________________________
This chapter compares the two methods for providing telephony resources for use by
TeleVantage to help you decide which approach best meets your needs.
Providing telephony resources for TeleVantage ________________
Your TeleVantage Server can be configured in one of two ways to provide the telephony
resources required by TeleVantage:
Q Intel® Dialogic® telephony hardware and software. Call and media processing
functions are performed by dedicated digital signal processors (DSPs) on telephony
boards installed in the TeleVantage Server.
Q Intel NetStructure™ Host Media Processing (Intel HMP) software. When installed
on the TeleVantage Server, Intel HMP software performs like an Intel Dialogic DM3
telephony board, but all media processing takes place on the Server PC processor and
memory. Intel HMP uses the Server’s network interface card (NIC) to provide IP
connectivity.
Important: You must choose one of these approaches for your TeleVantage Server. You
cannot combine Intel HMP software and Intel boards on the same Server. In the same network,
you can use Intel HMP on some TeleVantage Servers and Intel boards on other TeleVantage
Servers.