Before deploying the product, ensure that you have the following knowledge, skills and tools.
Knowledge
Microsoft® Azure (Azure) setup
Avaya SBC setup
Windows® Operating System
Linux® Operating System
Skills
Ability to administer Azure and Avaya SBC.
Tools and utilities
To deploy the Avaya SBC software image and to configure the applications, you need the following tools and utilities:
A browser for accessing the Azure Management Console.
PuTTY, PuTTYgen, WinSCP, and WinZip.
Linux QEMU tools.
Important:
Avaya recommends that you use the Azure Command Line Interface (CLI) when deploying Avaya SBC with Azure. The setup of the management and data interfaces is critical and the CLI is the most reliable method.
Note:
The ASBC image supports only UEFI boot mode. Therefore, only Azure instance type gen 2 supports the deployment.
