To administer Avaya Aura Communication Manager (CM) from Avaya Aura System Manager (SMGR), what is CM referred to when it is added?

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Options

• AFeature Server
• BApplication Server
• CManaged Element
• DSequenced Application

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  92% (54)
• D
  5% (3)

Explanation

When Communication Manager is added to Avaya Aura System Manager for administration, it is categorized as a Managed Element - this is the specific SMGR terminology for any network element (such as CM, Session Manager, or Gateways) that SMGR oversees and administers centrally. SMGR acts as the single pane of glass for managing all such elements across the Avaya Aura platform.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Feature Server - This is a CM deployment mode (vs. Evolution Server), not an SMGR administrative classification.
• B. Application Server - Not an Avaya Aura SMGR term; this is generic middleware terminology and doesn't map to how SMGR categorizes CM.
• D. Sequenced Application - This refers to how SIP applications are chained together in Session Manager's application sequences, an entirely different concept.

Memory tip: Think of SMGR as a manager overseeing its elements - anything it manages is a "Managed Element." If SMGR manages it, it's an ME. The word "managed" is literally in the job title of SMGR (System Manager), so what it controls = Managed Elements.

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