Oracle SBC Configuration and Administration (OCI) Ed 3

Course Introduction

• Objectives
• Audience and Course Duration
• Course
• Hands-on Practices
• Summary

SBC Hardware

• Objectives
• SBC Platforms
• Platforms and Software Products – AP 1100
• Acme Packet 1100 Hardware Characteristics
• Acme Packet 1100 Platform
• Acme Packet 1100 Network Interfaces
• Platforms and Software Products – AP 3900
• Acme Packet 3900 Hardware Characteristics
• Acme Packet 3900 Platform
• Acme Packet 3900 Network Interfaces
• Platforms and Software Products – AP 3950 & AP 4900
• Acme Packet 3950 & 4900 Hardware Characteristics
• Acme Packet 3950 & 4900 Platform
• Acme Packet 3950 & 4900 Network Interfaces
• Platforms and Software Products – AP 4600
• Acme Packet 4600 Hardware Characteristics
• Acme Packet 4600 Platform
• Acme Packet 4600 Network Interfaces
• Platforms and Software Products – AP 6300 & AP6350
• Acme Packet 6300 & 6350 Hardware Characteristics
• Acme Packet 6300 & 6350 Platform
• Acme Packet 6300 & 6350 Network Interfaces
• Summary

Session Initiation Protocol Essentials

• Objectives
• Components of a Session
• Session Initiation Protocol RFCs
• Session Initiation Protocol Characteristics
• Basic SIP Entities: User Agent (UA)
• Basic SIP Entities: Servers
• SIP Messages
• SIP Message Parts
• SIP Requests (Methods)
• SIP Responses
• Looking at the INVITE Message
• The INVITE Message Essentials
• Responses to the INVITE Message
• Basic SIP Call
• Media Setup
• SDP (RFC 4566) Offer and Answer
• Transactions and Dialogs
• RFC 3261 Says:
• Address of Record (AOR)
• User Registration
• Practice
• Topic: Using SIP Proxies
• SIP Proxy Function
• A Common Scenario (a)
• A Common Scenario (b)
• Not all of Alice’s days are lucky
• A Closer Look
• A Complete Scenario Example (a)
• A Complete Scenario Example (b)
• How a Stateless Proxy Works
• How a Transaction-Stateful Proxy Works
• How a Dialog-Stateful Proxy Works
• All Proxy Types Example
• Proxy versus B2BUA (a)
• Proxy versus B2BUA (b)
• Topology Information Hiding by B2BUA
• Summary

Introduction to Session Border Controllers

• Objectives
• Terminology
• Session Border Controllers
• Integrated Signaling and Media Control
• SBC Functions
• Operating System Functions and Services
• Where Are SBCs Located?
• Release Naming Conventions
• Summary

SBC Setup

• Objectives
• Boot Process
• Boot-Parameters (bootparam) Example
• ACLI Modes
• Setting up the User Mode Password
• Setting up the Super-User Mode Password
• Product Setup (SBC or E-SBC)
• Configuring Initial Settings (E-SBC)
• Configuring SBC Initial Settings (E-SBC)
• Running setup if SBC/E-SBC has Existing Configurations
• Verifying Setup & Configuring entitlements – ACLI
• Verifying Setup & Configuring entitlements – ACLI
• Verifying Setup & Configuring entitlements – GUI
• Mapping Interfaces to MAC Addresses (Virtual Only)
• Swapping Interfaces for MAC Address Adjustment (virtual only)
• Viewing CPU Core Assignments (Virtual only)
• Practice
• Summary

Initial Configuration

• Objectives
• Connecting to the SBC for Management
• ACLI Modes
• Sample Screen (Superuser Mode)
• Sample Screen (Configuration Mode)
• ACLI Features (1 of 2)
• ACLI Features (2 of 2)
• File System – General Structure
• Some Common Commands – ACLI
• Accessing the GUI
• Configuration Assistant Operations
• Dashboard Tab
• Configuration Tab
• Monitor & Trace Tab
• Widgets Tab
• System Tab
• Some Common Commands – GUI
• Practice
• Configuration Wheel (Branches & Elements)
• Configuration Element Attributes
• Configuration Elements Example
• To Boot or Not to Boot Configuration Changes
• Handling Configuration Elements
• Creating a New Configuration Element
• Creating a New Configuration Element – GUI
• Viewing and Editing an Existing Element
• Viewing an Existing Element – GUI
• Editing an Existing Element – GUI
• Copy – Paste-Config
• Copy – GUI
• Deleting a Configuration Element
• Deleting a Configuration Element – GUI
• Discard – GUI
• The done Command
• The done Command – Error 409
• The ok Command
• What’s Next?
• Exiting Configuration Mode
• The verify-config Command
• The verify-config Command – GUI
• Saving and Activating Configurations
• Saving and Activating Configuration – GUI
• The Complete Workflow
• Practice
• Configuration Backup/Restore
• Where are Configurations Stored?
• Configuration Version – GUI
• General
• The backup Command
• The restore Command
• Commands and Actions
• Configuration Backup- GUI
• Configuration Restore – GUI
• Practice
• Beginning from the Beginning
• Deleting The Configuration – delete-config
• The Global System Settings
• Configuring SIP Monitoring
• Practice
• Summary

Provisioning Interfaces

• Objectives
• Configuration Wheel (Branches & Elements)
• Configuration Element View
• Logical Binding
• The phy-interface in General
• The phy-interface Configuration Element (1 of 2)
• The phy-interface Configuration Element (2 of 2)
• The phy-interface Configuration Element – GUI
• The network-interface in General
• Important Aspect
• The network-interface Configuration Element – Main Parameters
• The network-interface Configuration Element – GUI
• Interfaces’ Default Behavior
• Enabling Management Protocols
• Enabling Management Protocols – GUI
• Note – Removing ssh-address
• Interfaces Status Check – ACLI
• Lookup Table – show nat in-tabular
• Interfaces Status Check – GUI
• Lookup Table – show nat in-tabular – GUI
• Practices
• Summary

Signaling & Media Services

• Objectives
• What Is a Realm?
• Realm Bridging
• Peering Model
• Access-Backbone Model
• Configuration Wheel (Branches & Elements)
• Configuration Element View – realm-config
• Creating a Realm Configuration Element
• Creating a Realm – GUI
• Configuration Elements View
• Practice
• Configuration Wheel (Branches & Elements)
• The media-manager-config Element
• The media-manager-config Element – GUI
• Media Proxy Function
• Media Packets Path (Conceptual View)
• The steering-pool Configuration Element
• How Is Media Steered to the SBC?
• Configuring steering-pool Element
• Configuring steering-pool Element – GUI
• Configuration Element View
• Call Admission Control Based on steering-pools
• Example: steering-pools and Sessions
• Practice
• Configuration Wheel (Branches & Elements)
• The sip-config Element
• The sip-config Element – GUI
• SIP Edge Proxy Function
• Edge Proxy – sip-interface
• Signaling Packets Path (Conceptual View)
• Configuring sip-interface Element
• Configuring sip-interface Element – GUI
• Configuration Element View
• Practice
• Summary

Routing, Session Agents & Access Control

• Objectives
• Routing
• Policy-Based Realm Bridging (PBRB) in Peering Environment
• Configuration Wheel (Branches & Elements)
• The local-policy Element
• The local-policy Configuration Element
• The local-policy Element – GUI
• Routing Decision
• Example 1 – local-policy Configuration
• Example 2 – local-policy Configuration
• Example 3 – local-policy Configuration
• Example 4 – local-policy Configuration
• Basic Configuration Elements for a Peering Environment
• Quiz 1
• Quiz 2
• Practice
• Configuration Wheel (Branches & Elements)
• Configuration Element
• Session Agent: General
• Session Agents in Peering Environment
• Configuring The session-agent Element
• Configuring The session-agent Element – GUI
• Session Agent Groups
• Configuring The session-group (SAG) Element
• Configuring The session-group (SAG) Element – GUI
• addr-prefix and allow-anonymous
• SIP Peering Common Settings
• Access Control – Scenario 1
• Access Control – Scenario 2
• Quiz 3
• Practice
• Summary

Header Manipulation Rules (HMR)

• Objectives
• What is Translation?
• Translation “For Dummies”
• Configuration Wheel (Branches & Elements)
• Terminology
• Header Manipulation Rules: General
• The sip-manipulation Configuration Element
• Where Are HMRs Performed?
• The header-rule Parameters and Logic
• header-rule Examples
• The element-rule Logic
• Referencing Elements in a Header
• Example of parameter-name in a SIP Header
• Example: The Need for an Element Rule
• Example: The Solution
• Configuring sip-manipulation – GUI
• Applying Rule Sets
• Quiz 1
• Header Manipulation Rules In A Policy-Based Realm Bridging (PBRB) –
• Peering Environment
• Configuration Element
• Example: Applying HMRs
• Quiz 2
• Practice
• Summary

Configuring High Availability

• Objectives
• Configuration Wheel (Branches & Elements)
• Architecture
• Operation
• Alarm Subsystem Components
• High Availability Terminology
• Review of the Key Points
• Quiz 1
• Cluster Operational Addresses
• Cluster Utility Addresses
• Events Triggering Failover
• Cluster Failover and Transparency
• Example of Cluster Addresses
• Selecting Virtual MAC Addresses (physical SBCs)
• Finding Out Virtual MAC Addresses (virtual SBCs)
• The Logic Behind The Configuration
• High Availability Configuration Elements (1 of 2)
• High Availability Configuration Elements (2 of 2)
• Quiz 2
• Assumptions
• High Availability Configuration Workflow
• Steps 1 to 3
• Step 4a: Cabling the Cluster (physical SBCs)
• Step 4b: Synchronizing SBCs’ time (NTP sync)
• Step 5: Configuring the Primary SBC
• Step 5a: Configuring Virtual MAC (physical SBC)
• Step 5a: Configuring Virtual MAC (virtual SBC)
• Step 5b: Configuring Utility Addresses
• Step 5c: Defining a Secondary Gateway
• Step 5d: Configuring wancom1 and wancom2 phy-Interfaces
• Step 5e: Control Interface Configuration Guidelines
• Step 5e: Adding wancom1,2 Network Interfaces
• Step 5f: Configuring the redundancy Element
• Step 5fa: Configuring the peers Sub-Element
• Step 5fb: Configuring the destinations Sub-Element
• Quiz 3
• Secondary Node Preparation Workflow
• Configure Target Name and IP Address (wancom0)
• Configure Passwords , Setup Product, Entitlements and Verify Features
• Acquiring Configuration and Rebooting
• Node States
• The show health Command
• Manual Switchover
• Summary