The Embedded Survivable Remote solution supports survivable local call processing and SIP routing for a branch when the connection with the core site fails. Branch Session Manager provides a SIP-enabled branch survivability solution. When the core Session Manager is unreachable, SIP phones receive Communication Manager features from Avaya Aura® that is installed on the Embedded Survivable Remote server. Branch Session Manager provides services to the SIP endpoints when the connection with the core site is fails.