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H.323 Peering is an important building block for SBC Core H.323 service provisioning. It represents a static H.323 interworking element.

During the H.323 carrier peering deployment, each H.323 peer is identified by the IP address of the peering VoIP network elements. There are only limited numbers of the peering VoIP network elements involved. It is also possible that a single gateway owned by the peering carrier and the SBC counter-part acts as the single point of peering for the deployment.


An asterisk * indicates that a field is mandatory.

Prerequisite

You can use the default Address Context or create a new Address Context in the Navigator.

 Prerequisites for the workflow H.323 peering are:

  • Address context
  • IP Interface group
  • IP Interface

Workflow

This section provides a high-level understanding of H.323 Peer Provisioning. The peering workflow is as follows:

H323 Peer Provisioning Flow

The following procedure shows the provisioning flow of the H.323 peering.

Step 1: Set up the Zone

Perform the following tasks to set up the Zone.

Start

  1. Navigate to Configuration > Configuration Wizards >  H323 Peering > Zone
  2. In the Address Context drop-down list, select the address context.
  3. Select the Zone from the drop-down list.  
  4. Select Next.
  5. To create a new Zone, select Create New Zone next to the Zone drop-down box, and enter the following details:
    • Zone Name
    • DNS Group
    • Zone Id
  6. Select Save.

Note

For more information on creating Zone, refer to System Provisioning - Zone.

Step 2: Add a H323 Signaling Port (Optional)

Note

You can skip this step, if not required.

If you do not need to add an H323 Signaling Port, select Skip to skip this step.

If you do need to add an H323 Signaling Port:

Start

  1. Complete the mandatory fields:
    • Index
    • H225IP Address
  2. Make a selection from the following mandatory drop-down menus:
    • IP Interface Group Name
  3. Complete the following optional fields, if needed:
    • Port Number
    • DSCP Value
    • H245IP Address
  4. Make a selection from the following optional drop-down menus, if needed:
    • Mode
    • State
  5. Select Next  to proceed.

Step 3: Add a H323 Trunk Group

Perform the following tasks to add an H.323 Trunk Group.

Start

  1. Enter the H323 Trunk Group Name.
  2. Enter the details of the following:
    • Policy
    • Packet Outage
    • Call Reservation
    • Cac
    • Qoe
    • Services
    • Media
    • Call Routing
    • Ingress IP Prefix 

  3. Select Next .
    A dialog will open.

  4. Select Yes to create more H323 Trunk Groups, or select No to proceed.

Step 4: Add an IP Peer (Optional)

Note

You can skip this step, if not required.

If you do not need to add an IP Peer, select Skip to skip this step.

If you need to add an IP Peer Signaling Port, add an IP Peer:

Start

  1. Expand IP Peer.
  2. Enter the IP Peer details (Mandatory fields).
  3. Select Next to proceed.
    A dialog will open.
  4. Select Yes to add more IP Peers, and select No to proceed.

Step 5: Finish and Save

To complete the process on the final screen:

Start

  1. Select Finish and Save. 
  2. Select OK from the resultant dialog to exit.