Avaya conducted thorough Solution Verification (SV) testing for all the features available in the Branch deployment options and for IP Office interoperability with CS 1000 and major Avaya Aura® components. Once the SV testing was complete, Avaya Solution and Interoperability (SIL) teams also re-tested features, interoperability, failover, and deployment to ensure solution stability and resolve any remaining issues.

This topic describes the Avaya Solution and Interoperability test strategy for the IP Office Branch solution in distributed, mixed, and centralized enviroments connected to the Avaya Aura® infrastructure. Avaya did not conduct any separate tests as part of this solution for stand-alone IP Office branch deployments. Stand-alone IP Office branches operate in the same way as the standard IP Office system.

The goal of the Avaya Solution and Interoperability tests conducted was to achieve solution stability for:

• Installation, configuration, and maintenance
• Feature functionality in all test conditions as well as in standard and stretched network conditions
• Failover and failback scenarios