There are several different ways to deploy the Avaya Aura® Media Server. For a high-level list of Avaya Aura® Media Server deployment tasks, see Avaya Aura Media Server deployment checklist. For more detailed information about deploying the Avaya Aura® Media Server Open Virtual Appliance (OVA), see Deploying and Updating Avaya Media Server using VMware® in the Virtualized Environment.

Do not configure Avaya Aura® Media Server associated to the Avaya Breeze® platform application in an N+1 Load Sharing cluster. If redundancy or High Availability of Avaya Aura® Media Server is required, use the 1+1 High Availability cluster configuration.

The following sections lead you through the steps to configure Avaya Aura® Media Server for use with Avaya Breeze® platform after the Avaya Aura® Media Server OVA is deployed.

You must clear the Convert Recordings to Base64 check box on Avaya Aura® Media Server. This setting enables files to be stored unencoded on the remote HTTP location. You can find this check box by navigating to Home System Configuration Media Processing Advanced Settings. This setting also helps in file transfer performance.