Configuring the 4300T

Configuration Guide For Enterprise Video Applications

A typical 4300T installation for enterprise video applications is depicted in the diagram below. In this scenario, the 4300Ts are used to connect all of the video endpoints to the Gatekeeper. The video endpoints should be configured to point to the LAN address of the 4300T as the Gatekeeper and the 4300T will proxy RAS and call setup messages to the Gatekeeper.

Headquarters

 

 

 

 

PC

H.323

Application

Softswitch

PC

PC

Gatekeeper

Server

NMS

 

 

PSTN

IP Phone

5300-S5300-E

Gateway

IP Phone

IP Phone

Aggregation Router

IP

PSTNPSTN

Network

 

T-1/E-1

NxT-1/E-1

Branch Office

 

Aggregation

Company B

 

 

Router

 

 

4300T

 

5300-E

 

H.323

 

Gateway

H.323

Endpoint

 

 

 

Gateway

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC

IP Phone

Laptop

 

IP Phone

 

 

 

EM009A

The 4300T is installed at the private/public IP address boundary and provides the following functions:

WAN/LAN IP routing.

Traffic shaping and priority queuing to guarantee high quality video traffic. These mechanisms protect video and data traffic from contending for the same network resources to guarantee low latency and the highest

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4300T specifications

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