You can use the following options to deploy Avaya Aura® Device Services:
As a software-only application that you can install on your own RHEL 9.6 physical servers or virtual machines.
For software-only deployments, Avaya Aura® Device Services supports the following virtual environments:
VMware
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
As an Avaya-provided, application-specific RHEL 9.6 OVA that you can install in the VMware virtual environment. This option also includes installing Avaya Aura® Device Services on Avaya Solutions Platform 130 Release 6.0 or Release 7.0.
All deployment options support deploying Avaya Aura® Device Services in environments with Avaya Aura® environment or without Avaya Aura®. The initial virtual machine setup procedures are the same for environments with and without Avaya Aura®.
Important:
Avaya Aura® Device Services is an entitlement, so it does not require any licenses.
For installing Avaya Aura® Device Services as an Avaya-provided OVA, see Chapter Initial setup for OVA deployments.
For installing Avaya Aura® Device Services as a software-only application in VMware virtualization environment, see Chapter Initial setup for software-only VMware deployments.
For installing Avaya Aura® Device Services as a software-only application in AWS environment, see Chapter Initial setup for software-only deployments on Amazon Web Services.