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3 Using the Gatekeeper
The Gatekeeper is used by H.323 terminals, Gateways and MCUs. These devices register
with the Gatekeeper and the Gatekeeper then provides address translation and controls
access to the network.
3.1 System Administration
To configure and monitor the TANDBERG Gatekeeper you can either use the web interface
or a command line interface. The command line interface is available over SSH and Telnet, or
through the serial port. The interface is the same using all three access methods.
To enter commands you should start a session and login with username ‘admin’ and your
password.
The interface groups information in different commands
xstatus Provides a read only interface to determine the current status of
the system. Information such as current calls and registrations
is available through this command group.
xconfiguration
A read/write interface to set system configuration data such as
IP address and subnet.
xcommand A miscellaneous group of commands for setting information or
obtaining it.
xhistory Provides historical information about calls and registrations.
xfeedback An event interface, providing information about calls and
registrations.
A command reference is given in section 5, Configuring the Gatekeeper.
3.2 Registration
Before an endpoint can use the Gatekeeper it must register with the Gatekeeper. There are
two ways an endpoint can register:
Automatically.
Manually by specifying the IP address of the Gatekeeper.
You can disable automatic registration on the Gatekeeper. See auto discovery in section 5.2
for more information.
When registering, the endpoint registers with one or more of the following:
One or more H.323 IDs.
One or more E.164 aliases.
One or more services.
Users on other registered endpoints can then call the endpoint by using the H.323 ID, a URI,
an E.164 alias, or one of the services.
Consult the endpoint documentation for information on how to configure it with a Gatekeeper.
The Gatekeeper can be configured to only accept registrations from particular endpoints. See
section 3.7, Registration Control for details.