HiPath 8000:

The Open Unified-Communication Solution

- ETF 22 januar 2007
Nikola Knežević
Technical Consultant
Cisco Certified Network Professional
Siemens Enterprise Communications

HiPath 8000
Communications Unlimited

Copyright © Siemens AG 2006. All rights reserved.

How to Deploy in Your Network

Premise-Based Hardware Model

Expensive, Disparate Voice Networking
Comm. Platform
with Applications
Multiple Interconnected PBX

Distributed Applications Voice Network
Nodes, Meshed Networks,
User Licenses Tied to Sites,
Proprietary Hardware =
Management Nightmare

Mobile Workers

Data Data
Center Center

IP Data
Applications Applications Center

SIP Softswitch Located in Any IP

Data Center, Users Located

Anywhere IP Goes, Automatic Survivable
IT Deployment Model
Registration and Relocation, Media Gateways
(PBX Migration)
WiFi

Web Services Architecture
Data Center
Network-Wide Licenses = Standard
Voice- Enabled
Router Hosted System




Carrier-Class Reliability, Security, Scale
Concurrent User License
Management Dream
Open, Standards-Based

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HiPath 8000 – Support for Applications and Business
Process Integration - Open Interfaces Everywhere

Business Support Processes

WebSphere Applications
SAP
with Presence

Your Messaging – Presence –

Business Xpressions OpenScape
Process Productivity – Contact Center
ComAssistant S

Infrastructure Mobile
Media Presence
Servers Networked
HiPath HiPath
8000 8000s
Gateways
SIP Phones
SIP Border Proxy
Network Clients
Management / CAC
PBXs, IP PBXs
Attendant

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HiPath 8000
- None Stop operation solution

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Nonstop operation
- HiPath 8000 node separation

Guarantee nonstop operation

even in case of catastrophe as
floods, fire…

Separation of nodes will
guarantee nonstop operation

All database entries as current
calls and CDR are still remaining

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 HiPath 8000 node separation
- non stop operation even in case of catastrophe

Phones will register at separate nodes

In case of node failure, phones will
use other server for call setup

Advantage:

Non stop operation

No loss of

Active calls

and data (CDR)

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Nonstop operation
- Database in the HiPath 8000

Applications
Node 1 Node 2 Applications

E
R
DBAL
U DBAL
IL
FA

Primary
Primary Watch Dog Secondary
DB Secondary DB
Watch Dog

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Security?

Most attacks originate from within the

Enterprise network!

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 Traffic Separation (VLANs) and Filtering
Web Browsers
Management iNMC Access
External Client to HiPath
INTERNET HiPath Assistant
Users
SIP-aware 8000 CORBA/
HTTPS Billing
SBC JAVA
Server
Mass
Provisioning iNMC iSMC/
Server iSSC
SIP Utility
Server

SNMP SOAP HTTPS FTP

CLI
DMZ FTP

External SIP
Phone/Client

Media SIP/SIPQ SIPQ

HiPath 4000
e.g., HG3540
RG8700 Gateways

ISDN
MGCP CSTA SIP SIP SIP PRI

HTTPS PSTN Legacy

Phones
IP Unity CAP Server Servers and
Media w/Com-
Server Assistant Web Workpoints
Browser

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External Users

HiPath 8000

SoftClient

NAT
LAN/WAN

Hotel SIP-aware
SBC
RG8700
SMG
trunks
PSTN

ISP ISP

PSTN
Cable/DSL subscribers

NAT

Home “The HiPath 8000 also sailed through the NAT

traversal that had stumped the ...”
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HiPath 8000 Migration
- on the way to a HiPath 8000 solution

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 HiPath 8000
How Many Users? Where Can They Be?

Users – Up to 100,000 Users per HiPath 8000

Special Compact Version for 300–5,000 Users

Virtually Unlimited Total User Community
Locations – Users Can Be Located Anywhere Your IP Network Can Reach

HQ, Branch Offices, Remote Offices, Work-at-Home, Mobile Users

Automatic Registration

User Licensing Network-Wide, Not Tied to Individual Sites
Active-Active Mode (Not Worker-Standby)

True Carrier-Class Reliability – Proven in Service

No Loss of Calls or Billing Data on Failures

Overload Performance Exceeds Carrier Expectations
Emergency-Standby Servers

Optional Edge System – Provides Call Control for Remote Groups of Users
If the Network to the Main HiPath 8000 Is Ever Lost

Automatic Recovery to Main Server

Optional Emergency-Standby System – Located in a Different Site – Warm Standby
System to Take Over If the Main System or Total Network Access Ever Goes Down

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Assistant screen view (1)

Web Client Speed-dial list

Managing calls Shows personal address book

Team View Journal

Displays status of the Displays "Missed Calls",
Executive telephone "Incoming Calls" and
Answer or forward "Outgoing Calls".
calls can be answered and
forwarded

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 Typical Voice network installation
- TDM based

Location with HiPath 4000

Mixed PBX Landscape and Applications
Location with Location with
Siemens/3rd Party 3rd party PBX 3rd party PBX

All PBX are networked
on TDM base

Not all users have
access to applications

Remote locations and Remote
Teleworker Location
Teleworker connected
via PSTN/ISDN

HiPath 4000 Location Locations with

w/o Applications HiPath 4000 and Applications

HiPath 4000 3rd party PBX 3rd party optiPoints HiPath HiPath HiPath Routed Voice HiPath 8000
phones ProCenter Xpressions ComAssistant Network GW
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 Typical Voice network installation
- TDM based, partially IP networked

Replace branch TDM

connections to IP

Main PBX network
connection replaced by
IP

Migrate some TDM
Phones to IP

HiPath 4000 3rd party PBX 3rd party optiPoints HiPath HiPath HiPath Routed Voice HiPath 8000
phones ProCenter Xpressions ComAssistant Network GW
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 Migration to HiPath 8000
- Test and partial migration

Test installation: HiPath 8000 in lab and testing

Move HiPath 8000 to datacenter

Connect 3rd party PBX via voice GW
to HiPath 8000 solution

Replace 3rd party PBX by
Voice GW and SIP Phones

Replace remote and homeworker
TDM Phones w SIP Phones
Advantage:

HiPath 8000 solution is
well known

VoIP DataCenter set up

Remote locations
connected to company

HiPath 4000 3rd party PBX IP optiPoints HiPath HiPath HiPath Routed Voice HiPath 8000
w/ HG 3540 Phones ProCenter Xpressions ComAssistant Network GW
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Siemens Product Awards
HiPath 8000

2006 Market Leadership in Enterprise

Telephony in Europe Award
Frost & Sullivan
2006 Technology Awards
InfoWorld – Best IP PBX
(“Set the standard for SIP support”)
2005 Rated “Very Good”
InfoWorld SIP PBX Bakeoff
(Rated Highest of all systems tested)
2005 Technology Leadership Award
Frost & Sullivan
2004 Communications Solutions Product
of the Year
Communications Solutions Magazine
2004 Innovation Award
TMC Labs
2004 Best of Interop
NetWorld+Interop
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HiPath 8000
- What Makes the HiPath 8000 Unique

The Most Reliable and Best Architected SIP Solution – World

Wide

Data Center Integration – SOA / Web Services Architecture Plus
Support for Major Integration Standards

Advanced Functionality

Comprehensive Enterprise Feature Set

Support for Presence and Advanced Conferencing and
Collaboration Applications

Open – Standards-Based Hardware and Full Siemens
and 3rd Party Best-of-Breed Application Support

Investment Protection

Full Spectrum of Remote Gateways and Use of Siemens Real-
Time IP Systems as Survivable Media Gateways

Multi-Vendor PBX and Carrier Network Interoperability

Industry’s Only Comprehensive Migration Strategy

Lowest TCO – Best ROI

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 LifeWorks
Making Life
Easier.
Making Life Work.

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