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A licensable flag determines whether premium features are available. Until the flag is set to true (enabled), the following premium features will be unavailable:

 

Prior to Release to 4.1.1, Sonus as a courtesy in limited situations, installed supplementary licenses on the customer's behalf. This practice ended in May 2015.

 

This section describes the licensing process on the SBC Edge system. 

The SBC Edge is delivered with standard functions. For additional SBC Edge features and suplementary services (which are not available as standard functions of the SBC Edge), you must obtain software licenses purchased from Sonus. Once obtained, you receive instructions for accessing the licensing portal. Through the portal, you enter the SBC serial number and generate a license, which you then install on the SBC Edge (Refer to Installing Licenses). This process also applies to license upgrades/expansions.

For details on how to obtain a license, refer to Sonus SBC 1000-2000 Download Center.

 

Feature/Supplementary Services Licenses - Available License Types

An SBC 1000 Module or SBC 2000 line card requires a license to enable ports for use on the node.

 

Feature licenses enable features or supplementary services not available as standard functions on the SBC Edge, such as increased SIP to SIP sessions or enabling physical ports on the FXS, FXO, BRI and DS1 hardware modules/line cards. See below for a list of available feature licenses.

 

SBC 1000/2000 Features/Supplementary Services

TypeLicense IDDescription
SBC 1000













SBC-1K-LIC100REG100 licenses supporting Registrar feature
SBC-1K-LIC10SIP10 sessions supporting SIP↔SIP functionality
SBC-1K-LIC25SIP25 SIP↔SIP sessions
SBC-1K-LIC5SIP5 SIP↔SIP sessions
SBC-1K-LIC-BRI4 BRI ports on the SBC 1000
SBC-1K-LIC-BSURVLocal Survivability with Broadworks on the SBC 1000
SBC-1K-LIC-CCPEApplies Custom Configuration on the SBC 1000
SBC-1K-LIC-FORKSBC Call Forking, up to 8 destinations
SBC-1K-LIC-FXS4 FXS ports on the SBC 1000
SBC-1K-LIC-RBAResilient Branch Appliance (RBA) function for Microsoft Lync at Branch Office
SBC-1K-LIC-ROUTGOSPF IP Routing Protocol on SBC 1000
SBC-1K-LIC-FXO4 FXO ports on the SBC 1000
SBC-1K-LIC-T1E11 T1/E1 port on the SBC 1000
SBC-1K-LIC-VIDEOVideo support on the SBC 1000
SBC-1K-LIC-WBGSMAMR-WB use on the SBC 1000
SBC 2000











SBC-2K-LIC100REG100 licenses for Registrar functionality
SBC-2K-LIC100SIP100 SIP↔SIP sessions, plus transcoding
SBC-2K-LIC10SIP10 SIP↔SIP sessions, plus transcoding
SBC-2K-LIC25SIP25 sessions of SIP to SIP and enables transcoding
SBC-2K-LIC5SIP5 sessions of SIP to SIP and enables transcoding
SBC-2K-LIC-BSURVLocal Survivability with Broadworks on the SBC 2000
SBC-2K-LIC-CCPECustom Configuration ability on the SBC 2000
SBC-2K-LIC-FORKSBC Call Forking, up to 8 destinations
SBC-2K-LIC-RBAResilient Branch Appliance (RBA) function for Microsoft Lync at Branch Office
SBC-2K-LIC-ROUTGOSPF IP Routing Protocol on SBC 2000
SBC-2K-LIC-T1E11 T1E1 port on the SBC 2000
SBC-2K-LIC-VIDEOVideo support on the SBC 2000
SBC-2K-LIC-WBGSMAMR-WB use on the SBC 2000
SBC 1000/2000
 

SBC-1K2K-LYNC10-LIC

Microsoft Lync 2010 SBA (Survivable Branch Appliance) License. Applicable to both SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 devices with ASM Module

  • Execution of the Lync 2010 SBA requires a Windows Server 2008 R2 OS license. Please confirm the availability of the OS license; if the OS license is not available, please also acquire a SBC-1K2K-WIN08-LIC license. Refer to Skype for Business - Best Practice Downgrade to Lync 2010 SBA.
  • The SBC-1K2K-LYNC10-LIC part is a physical license (document and/or license label) only. No license key is generated.
SBC-1K2K-LYNC13-LIC

Microsoft Lync 2013 SBA (Survivable Branch Appliance) License. Applicable to both SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 devices with ASM Module.

  • Execution of the Lync 2013 SBA requires either a Windows Server 2008 R2 OS license or a Windows Server 2012 R2 OS license. An SBC 1000/2000 device with an ASM always includes a licensed copy of one of these two operating systems, no OS availability check is required.
  • The SBC-1K2K-LYNC13-LIC part is a physical license (document and/or license label) only. No license key is generated.
SBC-1K2K-SKYPE-LICMicrosoft Skype for Business 2015 SBA (Survivable Branch Appliance) License. Applicable to both SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 Devices with ASM Module.
  • Execution of Microsoft Skype for Business SBA requires a Windows Server 2012 R2 OS license. Please confirm the availability of the OS license; if the OS license is not available, please also acquire a SBC-1K2K-WIN12-LIC license. Refer to Skype for Business - Best Practice Upgrade to Skype for Business 2015 SBA.
  • The SBC-1K2K-SKYPE-LIC part is a physical license (document and/or license label) only. No license key is generated.
SBC-1K2K-WIN08-LICMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 R2 License. Applicable to both SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 Devices with ASM Module.
SBC-1K2K-WIN12-LICMicrosoft Windows Server 2012 License. Applicable to both SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 Devices with ASM Module.
SBC SWe Lite Trial

 

 

 

 

SBC-SWELITE-TRIAL

SBC SWe Lite trial license to evaluate the SBC SWe Lite in a non-production lab environment. This license includes:

  • 5 complimentary SIP↔SIP signaling sessions
  • 3 media sessions with media manipulation (transcoding, encryption)
  • 5 SIP device registrations

Please note that an SBC SWe Lite instance with an active trial license cannot be applied to a production deployment and is not subject to any services, maintenance or support from Sonus. Trial-license enabled features (such as 5 complimentary SIP↔SIP signaling sessions and so on) are deactivated upon the application of other SBC SWe Lite feature licenses listed below. For more information, review SBC SWe Lite Trial Offer.

SBC SWe LiteSBC-SWELITE-BASESBC SWe Lite software and base license. This part is required to undertake download of the SBC SWe Lite software and to acknowledge licensing terms and conditions.

SBC SWe Lite Production

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SBC-SWELITE-LIC5SP

5 SBC SWe Lite SIP signaling and media sessions, Including encryption and transcoding

SBC-SWELITE-LIC5SG

5 SBC SWe Lite SIP signaling sessions; does not include media manipulation (transcoding, encryption)

SBC-SWELITE-LIC5ME

5 SBC SWe Lite media sessions; adds media manipulation (transcoding, encryption) to signaling session

SBC-SWELITE-LIC10SP

10 SBC SWe Lite SIP signaling and media sessions, Including encryption and transcoding

SBC-SWELITE-LIC10SG

10 SBC SWe Lite SIP signaling sessions; does not include media manipulation (transcoding, encryption)

SBC-SWELITE-LIC10ME

10 SBC SWe Lite media sessions; adds media manipulation (transcoding, encryption) to signaling session

SBC-SWELITE-LIC25SP

25 SBC SWe Lite SIP signaling and media sessions, Including encryption and transcoding

SBC-SWELITE-LIC25SG

25 SBC SWe Lite SIP signaling sessions; does not include media manipulation (transcoding, encryption)

SBC-SWELITE-LIC25ME

25 SBC SWe Lite media sessions; adds media manipulation (transcoding, encryption) to signaling session

SBC-SWELITE-LIC-RG

100 SIP Registrations with SBC SWe Lite SIP Registrar

SBC-SWELITE-LICFRK

Call Forking functionality, up to 8 Destinations within a Single SBC SWe Lite instance

SBC-SWELITE-LICBSV

Local Survivability with Broadworks on a Single SBC SWe Lite instance

SBC-SWELITE-LIC-AR

AMR-WB use on a Single SBC SWe Lite instance

 

SBC 1000 Gateway Premium Feature Licenses

Sonus is pleased to offer the SBC 1000 in basic gateway configurations to address cost-sensitive and basic TDM ↔ IP deployments. By offering the SBC 1000 in a gateway configuration, Sonus provides you with the flexibility to select the most cost-effective session border controller solution for your network.

Premium Features

To support the cost sensitive deployments, a subset of SBC features ("Premium Features") are initially deactivated. This includes the following features that are activated through feature/supplementary service license:

Premium Features Deactivated Within SBC 1000 Gateways

Premium
Feature		Complementary Feature/Supplementary Service License Ignored by the SBC 1000 Gateway
SIP CallsSBC-1K-LIC10SIP, SBC-1K-LIC25SIP, or SBC-1K-LIC5SIP

SIP Registrations

SBC-1K-LIC100REG

Forking

SBC-1K-LIC-FORK
SBAN/A

Active Directory

N/A

transcoding

N/A

OSPF

SBC-1K-LIC-ROUTG

RIP

SBC-1K-LIC-ROUTG

IPsec

SBC-1K-LIC-RBA

RBA

SBC-1K-LIC-RBA

QoE

N/A

BroadSoft Subscriber

SBC-1K-LIC-BSURV

AMR-WB

SBC-1K-LIC-WBGSM

Video Passthrough 

SBC-1K-LIC-VIDEO
SIP VQ ReportingSBC-1K2K-NECTAR-PROMO or SBC-1K2K-NECTAR-LIC

Premium Feature Flag Licenses Available for SBC 1000 Gateway Configurations

Sonus offers SBC 1000 Gateway customers an option to "top-up" the gateway to a comparable standard SBC configuration. With the top-up, the device will activate all premium features that do not require a feature/supplementary service license; furthermore, the device will also accept and no longer ignore any feature/supplementary service licenses. To top-up an SBC 1000 gateway, please purchase and apply the appropriate Premium Feature Flag License listed in the following table.

Premium Feature Flag Licenses Available for SBC 1000 Gateway Configurations

TypeLicenseDescription
SBC 1000

SBC-1K-LIC-P-GWUPG

Top-up license for SBC 1000 Gateway with PRI ports. Required before premium features (including SIP ↔ SIP) can be licensed and enabled. 
SBC-1K-LIC-B-GWUPGTop-up license for SBC 1000 Gateway with BRI ports. Required before premium features (including SIP↔SIP) can be licensed and enabled. 

 

Contact Sonus Sales for more information about licensed features and hardware modules.

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