In this section:

Overview

Use the Monitoring Profile (associated with the signaling port) to configure the monitoring server, filters, header names, and select from the fixed set of information.

Note

The SBC captures encrypted and decrypted signaling packets of SIP over TLS at layer 2. The SIP PDUs (Protocol Data Units) are captured at the application layer and continuously streamed to the monitoring server. Configurable Headers are included in SIP PDUs to enable the monitoring server to decode SIP signaling properly. Headers have source and destination IP address/Port information along with additional information which is configurable – this information is needed by the monitoring server in order to correlate the stream received.

The packet is captured at ingress leg without SMM applied and with SMM applied on egress leg, which is essentially what is being sent on the wire. To lessen performance impact, all socket-management activities to the monitoring server use a separate SIPSM (SIP Signaling Monitor ) process receives all signaling packets from the SIP Signaling Gateway (SIPSG) and streams to the configurable external monitoring server either over UDP or TCP.

SIP Load Balancer (SLB): Enhanced Monitoring Interface

An enhanced monitoring interface on the SIP Load Balancer (SLB) is available on the SBC Cloud-Native Edition (CNe) and SBC SWe. The SLB is enhanced to stream TLS encrypted signaling packets as decrypted signaling packets to a downstream monitoring system.

SBC Cloud-Native Edition (CNe) specific configuration

On the SBC CNe, decrypted signals are sent by the SLB pod using only the PKT port. The MGMT port is not supported by the SBC CNe. As well, the monitoring profile for the SBC CNe only allows the "ip" type. The "mgmt" monitoring profile type is not configurable in the SBC CNe. Lastly, only the "IpInterfaceGroup" interface type is supported by the SBC CNe. The "MgmtInterfaceGroup" interface type is not supported by the SBC CNe.

On the SBC SWe, the enhanced monitoring interface is not affected by the limitations listed in the previous paragraph. 

To View Monitoring Profile

  1. To view the list of Monitoring Profiles, navigate to All > Profiles > Services > Monitoring Profile. The Monitoring Profile window displays, containing the table Monitoring Profile List.

  2. To edit, copy, or delete a Monitoring Profile, select the corresponding row from the table Monitoring Profile List using the radio button at the start of the row.

To Edit Selected Monitoring Profile

  1. To edit a Monitoring Profile, select a profile from the list.

  2. Modify the fields in the Edit Selected Monitoring Profile screen. For field descriptions, see this table.

  3. Click Save.

To Copy Selected Monitoring Profile

  1. To edit a Monitoring Profile, select a profile from the list.

  2. Click the Copy Monitoring Profile button. The Copy Selected Monitoring Profile screen displays.

  3. Modify the fields in the Copy Selected Monitoring Profile screen. For field descriptions, see this table.
  4. Click Save.

To Create New Monitoring Profile

  1. Click the +New Monitoring Profile button. The Create New Monitoring Profile screen displays.

  2. Enter values for the fields in the Create New Monitoring Profile screen.




    Table 1: Field Descriptions - Create New Monitoring Profile

    ParameterLength/RangeDefaultDescriptionM/O
    Name
    		1-24 charactersN/AThe name of the Monitoring Profile.M
    State
    		N/ADisabled

    Specifies the state of the Monitoring Profile.

    • Disabled (default)
    • Enabled
    		O
    Monitoring IP Address
    		N/AN/AIP address and port of the monitoring server.M
    Monitoring IP Port
    		0 - 65535N/APort of the monitoring server.M
    TransportN/AUDP

    Transport protocol used to send packets to the monitoring server.

    • UDP (default)
    • TCP
    		O
    TypeN/AMgmt

    Interface type supported by the monitoring server.

    • Mgmt (default)
    • IP
    		O
    Mgmt Interface Group
    		N/AN/AThe name of the Interface Group for the Mgmt IP.O
    Signaling Packets

    N/A

    		None

    Adds VLAN ID of the interface on which the monitored message is sent/received.

    • All
    • None (default)
    • TLS
    		O
    Header PresenceN/ADisabled

    Specifies if X header presence towards monitoring server is enabled or not.

    • Disabled (default)
    • Enabled
    		O

    Additional Information

    (displays only in edit and copy screens)

    		N/AN/AAny additional information to be sent to the monitoring server.O
  3. Click Save.

To Delete Selected Monitoring Profile

  1. To delete a Monitoring Profile, select it from the Monitoring Profile List table, and click the delete icon at the end of the selected row.
  2. Confirm the delete prompt.