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Visual First Call Setup is not available for SBC Cloud environments.


The Visual First Call Setup configuration wizard is an EMA-based tool that guides you in configuring the SBC to process calls in a laboratory (non-production) environment under light to moderate levels of traffic. This wizard is not intended for configuring the SBC for production deployments.


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The Visual First Call Setup tool is a guided procedure - it maintains a predefined order of actions from start to finish. You cannot skip an action or go back to a previous action.

 

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Avoid navigating to other EMA objects or windows while using this tool to avoid a disrupted workflow resulting in an out-of-sync configuration. Before navigating to the other EMA objects, complete and save the configuration element on which you are presently working. Once you save the Visual First Call Setup configuration, you can then navigate to and configure other EMA or CLI objects, but avoid creating objects that are related to the configuration in your saved configuration.
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The Visual First Call Setup wizard does not include real-time updates of the configuration status of objects. If you configure an object using this tool, and then delete the configuration through EMA or CLI, the tool still reflects the configuration status as "configured" and displays the “Configuration Complete” green icon adjacent to the object rather than the expected red icon which indicates no configuration.

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The "Getting Started with the SBC" panel is automatically hidden once the "First Call Setup" completes. Go to "Dashboard Settings" to re-enable the panel. Refer to Home - Dashboard.


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Feature Overview - Description
Feature Overview - Description
To View Visual Call Setup

On the SBC main screen, navigate to Configuration > Configuration Wizards > Visual First Call Setup.

The Visual First Call Setup window opens.

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Visual First Call Setup - View as Diagram
Visual First Call Setup - View as Diagram
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1Visual First Call Setup - View as Diagram

 

Banner

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Provision the SBC for Basic SIP Peering
Provision the SBC for Basic SIP Peering
The banner Provision the SBC for Basic SIP Peering (at the top of the Visual First Call Setup window) displays information on the preliminaries of the configuration procedure. See Visual First Call Setup - View as Diagram for the banner.

View

There are two options to view the entire consolidated configuration:

  • View as Diagram (default)
  • View as Table

By default, the Visual First Call Setup window is displayed as a diagram as illustrated in the figure Visual First Call Setup - View as Diagram.

To view the consolidated configuration in tabular form, select View as Table:

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1Visual First Call Setup - View as Table

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The gear icon  is not displayed when the configuration is viewed as a table. The tabular presentation is suitable for viewing the configuration, but to configure the SBC using the Visual First Call Setup tool, switch to View as Diagram.


Special Case - Fresh Installation/Upgrade

If the SBC is not configured using the Visual First Call Setup tool, as in case of a freshly installed/upgraded SBC:

  • When viewed as diagram, instead of a green circle, a red circle is displayed beside each configuration element. For more information, see Provision the SBC for Basic SIP Peering.

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    1(Not Configured) Visual First Call Setup - View as Diagram



  • With the exception of Customer Network > PBX and Carrier Network > Carrier, all other configuration elements remain inactive; this is to ensure that the sequence of the configuration is maintained.

  • When viewed as table, the table is displayed only with fields but no values.

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    1(Not Configured) Visual First Call Setup - View as Table

Configuration Elements

Follow the Configuration Elements Hierarchy to configure the elements displayed in the Visual First Call Setup window.

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Configuration Elements Hierarchy
Configuration Elements Hierarchy

  • Customer Network
    • PBX

  • Carrier Network
    • Carrier

  • <CE Name>
    • Internal/Core/Trusted Side
      • IP Interface Group
        • IP Interface
      • Static Route
      • Zone
        • SIP Trunk Group
        • SIP Signaling Port
        • IP Peer
    • External/Carrier/Untrusted Side
      • IP Interface Group
        • IP Interface
      • Static Route
      • Zone
        • SIP Trunk Group
        • SIP Signaling Port
        • IP Peer
    • Routing

Configuring Elements

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Internal/Core/Trusted Side

To configure this element...Click the gear icon adjacent to:This dialog box will open.Next steps:Sample screen

Customer Network

Customer Network > PBX

Edit PBX 

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit PBX

Carrier Network

Carrier Network

Edit Carrier

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit Carrier

CE Internal/Core/Trusted Side - IP Interface GroupIP Interface GroupEdit IP Interface Group

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit IP Interface Group

CE Internal/Core/Trusted Side - IP InterfaceIP InterfaceEdit Media IP Interface

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit Media IP Interface

Static RouteStatic RouteEdit Static Route 

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit Static Route

ZoneZoneEdit Zone

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit Zone

SIP Trunk GroupSIP Trunk GroupEdit SIP Trunk Group

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit SIP Trunk Group

SIP Signaling PortSIP Signaling PortEdit SIP Signaling Port

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit SIP Signaling Port

IP PeerIP PeerEdit IP Peer

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit IP Peer

External/Carrier/Untrusted Side
To configure this element...Click the gear icon adjacent to:This dialog box will open.Next steps:Sample screen
IP Interface GroupIP Interface GroupEdit IP Interface Group

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit IP Interface Group

Media IP InterfaceMedia IP InterfaceEdit Media IP Interface

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit Media IP Interface

Static RouteStatic RouteEdit Static Route

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit Static Route

ZoneZoneEdit Zone

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit Zone

SIP Trunk GroupSIP Trunk GroupEdit SIP Trunk Group

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit SIP Trunk Group

SIP Signaling PortSIP Signaling PortEdit SIP Signaling Port

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit SIP Signaling Port

IP PeerIP PeerEdit IP Peer

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit IP Peer

RoutingRoutingEdit Routes

Enter values in the fields and then click Save.

To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

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1Edit Routing

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titleNote - Error Messages

While configuring various elements of the Visual First Call Setup tool, you may encounter error messages of two types:

  • Error messages that results from unacceptable values entered against the fields. These error messages are generated on the front-end of the EMA web application, and the Javascript code running on your browser displays such messages promptly.

  • Error messages you receive from the back-end of the EMA web application. A small web server runs on the SBC, which serves the EMA application over http/https protocol. Sometimes, the code running on the web server finds values that you enter against the fields as unacceptable due to constraints placed by the back-end logic, even if the values are within the bounds imposed by Sonus
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    . For example, if you set the field Port Name as pkt0 (displayed on the Edit Media IP Interface window) for both Internal (PBX) as well as External (Carrier) side of the setup, an error message is generated from the back-end and displayed on your browser.

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