Polycom 7000 manual External H.323 SBC, Column Description

Device Management

External H.323 SBC

On the External H.323 SBC page, you can add or remove H.323 SBCs (session border controllers) that the system can use to reach endpoints outside the enterprise network via prefix-based dialing (Polycom VBP appliances are supported). In an H.323 environment, H.323 SBCs regulate access across the firewall.

This is a supercluster-wide configuration.

Note: SBC configuration

Only H.323 SBCs are added to the External H.323 SBC page. SIP SBCs are configured as SIP peers (see External SIP Peer) and/or on a per-site basis (see Edit Site Dialog).

H.323 SBCs that are added to the External H.323 SBC page are reached by prefix-based dialing (rule 4 of the default dial plan; see The Default Dial Plan and Suggestions for Modifications).

SBCs to be reached by a dial rule using the Resolve to IP address action (rule 6 of the default dial plan) are configured on a per-site basis (see Edit Site Dialog).

In general, H.323 SBCs should be configured on a per-site basis, so that calls to endpoints outside the enterprise network are routed to the SBC assigned to the originating site.

There are three reasons to configure an H.323 SBC on the External H.323 SBC page:

●To create a prefix service that allows dialing through the specific SBC by prefix. An SBC configured on this page must have a prefix or prefix range assigned to it and can only be reached by dialing its prefix(es).

●To define a postliminary script to be applied when dialing through the specific SBC.

●For bandwidth management.

The Polycom RealPresence DMA system is capable of performing call admission control (CAC) while processing an LRQ from a neighbor gatekeeper. This allows the system to reject the call for resource or policy reasons early in the setup process (in response to the LRQ), rather than waiting until later in the call setup.

In order to perform early CAC, the Polycom RealPresence DMA system must know the caller’s media address, which isn’t provided in the LRQ and is unknowable for an ordinary gatekeeper. If the gatekeeper is also an SBC, however, it proxies the media. The Polycom RealPresence DMA system can assume that its media address is the same as its signaling address, and proceed with early CAC. The Polycom RealPresence DMA system performs early CAC only in response to LRQs received from SBCs configured on the External H.323 SBC page.

The following table describes the fields in the list.

Column	Description
Name	The name of the SBC.
Description	Brief description of the SBC.
Address	Host name or IP address of the SBC.
Prefix Range	The dial string prefix(es) assigned to this SBC.
	If your dial plan uses the Dial services by prefix dial rule (in the default dial
	plan) to route calls to services, all dial strings beginning with an assigned
	prefix are forwarded to this SBC for resolution.
Enabled	Indicates whether the system is using the SBC.
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