Edge 8000 Series Product Overview

The

provides a highly scalable 10GB multi-tenant Ethernet router with rich layer 3 routing, tunneling, and switching features, plus full-featured Session Border Controller functionality.

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About the Ribbon Edge 8000

Formerly, a ​Session Border Controller​ (​SBC​) served as a network element deployed to protect​ ​SIP​-based Voice over Internet Protocol​ (VoIP) networks. ​Early deployments of SBCs were focused on the borders between two service provider networks in a peering environment. This role has now expanded to include significant deployments between a service provider's access network and a backbone network to provide service to residential and/or enterprise customers. ​

The

product is the newest, high-performance member of

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's line of services gateway routers that combines security, routing, switching, and 10 Gbps WAN interfaces with next-generation voice and data services where the combination of broadband connectivity and advanced threat mitigation capabilities are required. By consolidating fast, highly available routing, security, and next-generation SBC capabilities in a single Multi-Service Edge (MSE) device, enterprises can remove network complexity, protect and prioritize resources, and improve user and application experience while lowering the total cost of ownership.

Available Models

The

consists of two models:

• Edge 8100, a highly scalable Ethernet SBC and data router.
  
• Edge 8300, a high-capacity mixed SBC, analog, and data router. Can be deployed in pairs for High Availability.

Features

The Edge 8300 model includes all the capabilities of the 8100, plus integrates analog endpoints – FXS, FXO, and T1/E1 PRI – to support Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) calls with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) calls. The 8300 provides any-to-any connectivity between analog and SIP devices, enabling branch offices to migrate analog phones to SIP-based networks and to communicate seamlessly with Ribbon Session Border Controllers. For an application of SIP to SIP calls only (no analog calls), a pair of Edge 8300 devices can optionally be deployed for High Availability (HA) voice call protection.

Every

device provides a full-fledged 10GB L3 router. Every

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device also supports up to two Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). The VNFs will support third party applications, like NGFW or SD-WAN, to enhance the overall device utility and to act as a service insertion platform.

Currently the

supports the application as an onboard VNF application. By consolidating fast, highly available routing, security, and next-generation VNF capabilities in a single device, enterprises can remove network complexity and protect network resources.

With the

VNF onboard, the qualifies to function as a Microsoft Virtual Survivable Branch Appliance (vSBA). With vSBA, when a customer site using Direct Routing to connect to a Microsoft Phone System experiences an external internet outage, the intranet inside the branch remains fully functional: users connect to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) through the

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function of the

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device.

Session Border Controller (SBC) resident inside the

device to provide PSTN connectivity." Refer to xxx for more information about

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SBA.

All

devices integrate with Ribbon RAMP. RAMP offers single sign-on capability for all of an enterprise's devices registered with RAMP. Additionally, RAMP collects and displays the traps of all

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devices registered with RAMP.

User Interfaces

The

platform offers several user interfaces for configuring, operating and maintaining the device. The following table summarizes the use of each interface.

Edge 8000 User Interfaces

Licensing

Placing an Order

When you order an

device from

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, the ordering system prompts you to select different platform characteristics, such as:

• the type of power supply (single AC, dual AC, or dual DC)
• the routing bandwidth (2.5, 5, or 10 Gbps bi-directional throughput)
• for the 8300 model, the number of physical FXS and FXO ports (either 24 FXS ports, or 22FXS ports and 2 FXO ports)

In addition, the system prompts you to select different SWe Edge VNF characteristics:

• Choose between four available SWe Edge software feature packs, which offer different levels of transcoding, encryption, in-band media services, and RTP media manipulation
• Choose the number of concurrent call sessions, in packages of 100, 25, 10, and 5 (Example: order a 100 service pack and a 25 service pack for a total of 125 concurrent sessions)
• For the 8300 model, optionally select a High Availability feature that protects SIP to SIP calls for a pair of 8300 units (excludes support for circuit-switched calls)

The High Availability feature is an option when you order a pair of Edge 8300 units. High Availability offers the same SWe Edge software feature packs and concurrent call sessions as a stand-alone unit, but adds redundancy between the two units for in-call protection of SIP to SIP calls. (The HA feature does not support the gateway function of FXS, FXO, and PRI calling.) 

Receiving the Unit(s)

Based on the selections you order,

authorizes up to three product licenses – Analog, Router, and – as described in the following table:

License Types

ships your

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unit with the appropriate Analog and Router licenses installed and activated. No additional action is required for those licenses.

The SWe Edge license requires additional steps to install the license, based on a license key

sends when you place the order. Refer to License Management for SBC SWe Edge license installation instructions.

Later Upgrading

You can later scale your device with an upgrade order based on the MAC address of the device. An upgrade order allows you to increase the data throughput of your router function, expand your SWe Edge software features, and add concurrent call sessions to match the capacity needs of your growing network. Refer to License Management for Router and SBC SWe Edge license installation instructions.

In summary, the three types of product licenses – Analog, Router, and

– can be initially ordered and later upgraded as follows:

License Ordering and Upgrading Options

Customer Documentation

The 

reuses and 6WIND software.

At times you will be directed to other existing

customer documentation where a complete documentation suite describes all the features and functions of a particular product. Customers familiar with the product, for instance, will recognize many familiar features now available on the .

Refer to Related Documents for links to the documentation suites applicable to the

product.