To facilitate monitoring and management of voice quality by the SBC Core and Ribbon Analytics, the SBC supports the following functionality to allow service providers to see discrete variations in voice quality, as well as monitor SLA and network operations.

  • Communicate with Ribbon Analytics
  • Report media quality statistics (RTP/RTCP) and DTMF packets to Ribbon Analytics using the Media Probe configuration

NOTE: Ribbon Protect is rebranded to Ribbon Analytics. Any references to 'Ribbon Protect' and 'Protect' in the SBC Core documentation apply to the Ribbon Analytics product.

To configure the System Media Probe feature, refer to System - Media - Media Probe.

Configure the Analytics feature as described below to establish communication with Ribbon Analytics.


Note

Ribbon Protect is rebranded to Ribbon Analytics. Any references to 'Ribbon Protect' and 'Protect' in the SBC Core documentation apply to the Ribbon Analytics product.


From the SBC main screen, go to All > System > Protect. The Protect window  displays.

Figure 1: System - Protect

Configure the following fields:

Table 1: System - Protect

ParameterLength/RangeDescription
Server Address 1-255 characters

Specify the DIG IP Address of the Analytics server.

Server Port 1-255 characters

Enter the Analytics server port number.

Cluster Name1-255 characters

The Ribbon Analytics cluster name, which is currently set to the static value of "default".

Make the required changes and click Save.



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