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Number of IP Addresses per Call Leg Size

The number of call legs supported for a given number of IP Addresses on different SBC platforms are as follows:

  • SBC 7000, assuming UDP ports 4,000 through 64,444 are configured for media port usage - See table below.
  • SBC 5400 with 10GE interfaces - Supports a maximum of 75000 sessions, requiring 4 IP addresses per call leg.
  • SBC SWe - Supports a maximum of 64000 sessions, requiring 3 IP addresses per call leg.

For SBC 7000 media resource allocation scenarios, the SBC requires a minimum of 10 IP addresses configured to support 150,000 call legs (one Primary IP address plus 9 alternate IP addresses in non-VLAN configuration).


Number of IP Addresses Needed to Support Call Legs

Number of Call LegsNumber of IP
Addresses
150,00010
140,0009
130,0008
120,0007
110,0006
96,0005
80,0004
64,0003
45,0002
25,0001

For example, to use 100,000 call legs you must configure at least six (6) IP addresses because five IP addresses will only allow up to 96,000 call legs through the SBC.

The  SBC Core supports configuring up to 14 alternate media addresses. For more details, see Alternate Media IP Addresses Support.

Configuration Limits

The SBC 7000 supports a large number of configurable objects and is capable of supporting from a few very large customers to thousands of small customers. Important details about the provisioning system include:

  • Interactive provisioning of configuration objects (such as commands typed at the CLI or entered in the EMA or EMS) does not affect call handling or capacity.
  • Provisioning behavior does not depend on the number of existing entities. The addition of the 10,000th instance is roughly comparable to adding the 1st such instance.
Caution

Bulk or non-interactive provisioning may affect call handling. Operations such as sourcing a CLI script with many configuration commands (or even a few commands affecting particularly large objects) should only be done during a maintenance window or at non-busy-hour intervals. 

Provisioning Limits

SBC Core provisioning limits are shown in the following table.

Info

 The term '5xx0' represents SBC models 5100, 5200, 5110 and 5210.

SBC Provisioning Limits



Configuration Objects

Provisioning Limits


SBC 7000


SBC 5400


SBC 5xx0

SBC SWe
VM  Memory >= 10 GiB RAM
("small" profile)
VM  Memory ≥ 18 GiB RAM
("large" profile)
Address Contexts4,0002,0482,0481291,024
SIP Signaling Ports4,0002,0482,0481291,024
H.323 Signaling Ports2,0482,0482,048129129
SIP Trunk Groups

40,000

20,000

10,000

1,0245,000
H.323 Trunk Groups

2,048

2,048

2,048

129256
Gateway Trunks

128

128128

Maximum IP Trunk Groups
of All Signaling Types
40,00020,00010,0001,0245,000
Zones4,0002,0482,048129700
DNS Groups2,0482,0482,048129129
IP Interfaces4,0004,0004,0001292,048
IP Interfaces Groups4,0002,0482,0481291,024
IP Peers40,00020,00010,0001,0245,000
Alternate Media IP Addresses
(per LIF)
254254254254

254

IP Addresses8,192
4,096

IP ACLs50,000125,000217,8242 1,80032,8004
Dynamic Black List Entries4,0002,0001,000 100100
Enhanced DBL Profiles100
SIP Adaptor Profiles512512512256256
Tone Package Profiles2,048

Surrogate Registration Profiles

AoRs for Surrogate Registrations

256

10,000

SWe Traffic ProfilesRefer to SBC SWe Traffic Profiles for details.5


Footnotes

1 - Includes approximately 10,000 IP ACLs for signaling ports (2 x 4,000 SIP, 2,000 H323) and 100 IP ACLs for OAM. A maximum of 35,648 IP ACLs are allowed for users.

2 - Includes approximately 4,000 IP ACLs for signaling ports and 100 IP ACLs for OAM. A maximum of 11,232 (for SBC 51x0/52x0 series) and 17,824 (for SBC 5400) IP ACLs are allowed for users.

3 - The number of user-defined ACLs is 772.

4 - The number of user-defined ACLs is 628.

5 - The maximum VLANs supported on SR-IOV VF interface is 64, limiting the maximum number of IP interfaces on the SBC VM with an SR-IOV packet interface to 64. 

Info

One GiB (gibibyte) = 2^30  (1,073,741,824 bytes).


The time required to add an object to an existing configuration is immaterial (It takes much longer to actually type the command or complete the EMA/EMS fields). However, bulk loading of a large configuration from the CLI may take a substantial amount of time. 

Caution

See cautionary note above about the potential bulk configuration loading on call handling performance. 

While the SBC 7000 supports large limits on multiple types of configuration objects, a few typical usage scenarios exist. The length of time to bulk load a configuration depends on the size of the configuration. Consequently, four SBC Core profile classes are defined to give customers a rough idea for the bulk loading time relevant to their configuration:

  • 1K profile – comprised of 1,000 instances each of Address Contexts, Zones, IP Interface Groups, IP Interfaces, Signaling Ports, and Trunk Groups
  • 4K profile – comprised of 4,000 instances each of Address Contexts, Zones, IP Interface Groups, IP Interfaces, Signaling Ports, and Trunk Groups
  • 4K/10K profile – comprised of 4,093 instances of IP Interfaces, 2,048 instances each of Zones, Address Contexts, IP Interface Groups, SIP Signaling Ports, 10,000 IP Peer, and 10,000 IP Trunks (see Note below).
  • 4K/40K profile [SBC 7000 series only] – comprised of 4,000 instances each of Address Contexts, Zones, IP Interface Groups, IP Interfaces, Signaling Ports; and 40,000 Trunk Groups
Note

If both IPv4 and IPv6 are combined on every sipSigPort on an SBC 5200, the system limits the number of sipSigPorts to 1,980.

Maximum CLI Load Times

The following table lists the maximum CLI load times for the above profile classes.

Maximum CLI Load Times

Configuration ProfileMaximum CLI Load Time
1K2.5 hours

4K

4 hours
4K/10K3 hours
4/40K (7000 only)10 hours

For a system previously loaded with configuration, the start-up time also depends on the amount of configuration. The start-up time is considered the time from when the SBC application is started (by PM) to the time that the SBC is ready to accept calls.

Note that this start-up time is typically only relevant to standalone systems after an upgrade. For a HA system, the standby is activated to handle calls while the SBC is being started or restarted. 

Approximate Start-up Times for Standalone SBC

The following table lists the approximate start-up times for a standalone SBC based on its configuration profile:

Approximate Start-up Times for Standalone SBC

Configuration ProfileMaximum Time
to Service Ready
No configuration5 minutes
1K10 minutes
4K20 minutes
4K/10K22 minutes
4K/40K (7000 only)45 minutes


OpenStack Cloud Configuration Elements

The following table presents the number of elements that can be configured in an OpenStack environment.

OpenStack Cloud Configuration

Configuration NameNumber of Elements

Address Contexts

149

SIP Signaling Ports

138

SIP Trunk Groups

5,000

Zones

150

IP Interfaces

150

IP Interface Groups

150

IP ACLs

148

IP-Peer

5,000

VLAN70