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Note

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

Visual First Call Setup is an EMA based tool that guides you through the procedure of configuring the SBC for processing calls in an experimental setup.

Use the Visual First Call Setup tool to configure the SBC for processing low volume of calls. The most typical use case is testing a new feature of the SBC in an experimental/laboratory set up, under light to moderate levels of traffic. Sonus recommends using other standard procedures for configuring SBCs for production deployments.

Note

The Visual First Call Setup tool is a guided procedure - it maintains the order of actions that needs to be performed. You are not allowed to skip one or more actions (forward or backward).

 

Note
  • While using this tool, try not to navigate other EMA objects or windows, as a disrupted workflow results in configuration that are out of synchronization. If you want to navigate to the other EMA objects, ensure that the configuration element on which you are working is completely configured and saved.
  • You may navigate to other EMA objects and configure objects that are independent of objects on the active window.
  • You must avoid creating any object through EMA and CLI that are related to the active window.
Note - Limitation

Visual First Call Setup offers limited functionality in terms of real-time update of the configuration status of the 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 circular green button adjacent to the object instead of red.

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 is displayed.

Visual First Call Setup - View as Diagram

 

Banner

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.

Provision the SBC for Basic SIP Peering

 

View

There are two options to view the entire consolidated configuration:

  • View as Diagram (default)
  • View as Table

View as Diagram/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 see the consolidated configuration in tabular form, select View as Table:

Visual First Call Setup - View as Table

Note

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.

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



  • Except 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.

    (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.

  • 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

To Configure Customer Network

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to Customer Network > PBX.

    PBX

  2. The Edit PBX dialog box is displayed.

    Edit PBX

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

     

To Configure Carrier Network

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to Carrier Network > Carrier.

    Carrier

  2. The Edit Carrier dialog box is displayed.

    Edit Carrier

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

 

To Configure <CE Name>

To Configure Internal/Core/Trusted Side

To Configure IP Interface Group

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to IP Interface Group.

    IP Interface Group

  2. The Edit IP Interface Group dialog box is displayed.

    Edit IP Interface Group

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.
To Configure IP Interface

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to IP Interface.

    IP Interface

  2. The Edit Media IP Interface dialog box is displayed.

    Edit Media IP Interface

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

To Configure Static Route

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to Static Route.

    Static Route

  2. The Edit Static Route dialog box is displayed.

    Edit Static Route

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

To Configure Zone

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to Zone.

    Zone

  2. The Edit Zone dialog box is displayed.

    Edit Zone

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.
To Configure SIP Trunk Group

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to SIP Trunk Group.

    SIP Trunk Group

  2. The Edit SIP Trunk Group dialog box is displayed.

    Edit SIP Trunk Group

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.
To Configure SIP Signaling Port

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to SIP Signaling Port.

    SIP Signaling Port

  2. The Edit SIP Signaling Port dialog box is displayed.

    Edit SIP Signaling Port

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.
To Configure IP Peer

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to IP Peer.

    IP Peer

  2. The Edit IP Peer dialog box is displayed.

    Edit IP Peer

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

To Configure External/Carrier/Untrusted Side

To Configure IP Interface Group

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to IP Interface Group.

    IP Interface Group

  2. The Edit IP Interface Group dialog box is displayed.

    Edit IP Interface Group

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.
To Configure Media IP Interface

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to Media IP Interface.

    Media IP Interface

  2. The Edit Media IP Interface dialog box is displayed.

    Edit Media IP Interface

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

    Note - 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. 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.

To Configure Static Route

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to Static Route.

    Static Route

  2. The Edit Static Route dialog box is displayed.

    Edit Static Route

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

To Configure Zone

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to Zone.

    Zone

  2. The Edit Zone dialog box is displayed.

    Edit Zone

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.
To Configure SIP Trunk Group

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to SIP Trunk Group.

    SIP Trunk Group

  2. The Edit SIP Trunk Group dialog box is displayed.

    Edit SIP Trunk Group

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.
To Configure SIP Signaling Port

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to SIP Signaling Port.

    SIP Signaling Port

  2. The Edit SIP Signaling Port dialog box is displayed.

    Edit SIP Signaling Port

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.
To Configure IP Peer

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to IP Peer.

    IP Peer

  2. The Edit IP Peer dialog box is displayed.

    Edit IP Peer

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

To Configure Routing

  1. Click the gear icon adjacent to Routing.

    IP Peer

  2. The Edit Routing dialog box is displayed.

    Edit Routing

  3. Enter values in the fields and click Save. To restore the fields to defaults, click Cancel.

 

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