SBC Software Edition (SWe) Architecture

The 

  (SWe) is the industry’s first software-based Session Border Controller (SBC) architected to deliver unlimited scalability with the same advanced features and functionality of the . The  is a virtual appliance that can be hosted on Intel Server running the VMware ESXi platform. The following figure shows solution architecture of hosted on Intel Server running VMware ESXi as depicted below.

The complete

solution consists of the following components:

Customer Provided:

• Hardware—Memory, CPU, network cards, and disk drives.
• Hypervisor—A thin layer of software that runs on top of the hardware. The hypervisor gives each Virtual Machine (VM) a dedicated view of the hardware.
• Virtual Machine (VM)—Either Vmware ESXi operating system hosted on Hypervisor. The VM appears to the user as a separate physical computer. The VM shares physical resources with other virtual machines.

 SBC SWe Software:

The 

appears to users as an independent with its own network identity, user authorization and authentication capabilities, as well as configuration and data.

The 

application is deployable in the following environments as either a stand-alone (dedicated stand-alone appliance) or Embedded (as part of an existing hardware platform):

• In a private cloud: The 
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  application resides on a private virtualized cloud, whereby new instances can be instantiated as more capacity is needed.
• In a public cloud: The 
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  image is available to an enterprise wanting to deploy 
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  as part of building a virtual public cloud.
• On a dedicated server: The 
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  application exists on COTS hardware rather than a proprietary platform.

The 

targets small to large session count deployments (25 to unlimited). These capacities make this product particularly well suited for small to large enterprises and service providers. Refer to For VMware for additional details.

For a description of the basic 

configuration objects, refer to SBC Core Application Architecture.

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