AudioCodes Mediant 4000 Quick Manual

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Mediant 4000 Enterprise Session Border Controller
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About this Guide
Thank you for purchasing AudioCodes Mediant 4000 Enterprise Session Border Controller (E-SBC).
This quick guide is designed to provide you with basic information on how to initially connect to your Mediant
4000 E-SBC and change its IP address to suit your network addressing scheme. Once you have established
communication with the Mediant 4000 E-SBC, you can configure it as required in your deployment. You can
refer to related documents listed at the end of this guide for detailed hardware installation and configuration.
Before you start, please read the safety instructions provided in the Installation Manual which can be
downloaded from AudioCodes Web site at http://www.audiocodes.com/library.
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System Overview
AudioCodes' Mediant 4000 E-SBC is a member of AudioCodes family of Enterprise Session Border Controllers,
enabling voice-over-IP (VoIP) connectivity and security between the Enterprise and Internet Telephony
Service Provider (ITSP) networks. The Mediant 4000 E-SBC is a fully featured enterprise-class SBC, providing
a secured voice network deployment based on a Back-to-Back User Agent (B2BUA) implementation. The
SBC functionality provides perimeter defense for protecting the Enterprise from malicious VoIP attacks;
mediation for allowing the connection of any IP PBX to any service provider; and service assurance for
service quality and manageability.
The Mediant 4000 E-SBC also provides a call "survivability" feature with Local Mode survivability, maintaining
service continuity to Enterprises served by centralized SIP-based IP Centrex servers, or branch offices of
distributed enterprises. Local Mode enables internal office communication between SIP clients in the case of
disconnection from the centralized IP Centrex server or IP PBX.
The Mediant 4000 E-SBC offers the following redundancy features:
• 1+1 High Availability, deploying two Mediant 4000 E-SBC devices where both are connected to the same
broadcast domain/s.
• 1+1 LAN interface redundancy through its eight 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports. These ports are
grouped in pairs, where one port is active and the other standby.
• 1+1 Power load-sharing and redundancy through its two Power Supply modules.
3 Verifying Package Contents
Ensure that the Mediant 4000 E-SBC package is shipped with the following items:
• Two AC power cables
• Four anti-slide bumpers for desktop installation
• Serial interface cable adaptor
If any items are missing or damaged, please contact your AudioCodes sales representative.
Mediant 4000 Enterprise Session Border Controller
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Physical Description
The Mediant 4000 E-SBC front panel is shown below and described in the subsequent table:
Item Description
1 Fan Tray module with a schematic on its front panel showing the chassis' slot numbers.
2 Power Supply module No. 2.
3 Power Supply module No. 1.
4 Slots 1-2, shown covered with blank AMC modules for unused AMC slots. These slots house the
optional, customer-ordered Media Processing Module (MPM).
For ordering the MPM, contact your AudioCodes representative.
5 Slots 3-4 covered with blank AMC modules for unused AMC slots.
Note: If you purchased this device in a previous release, these slots may be occupied by the
E-SBC CPU AMC module. If this is the case and you subsequently purchased the MPM, you must
relocate the E-SBC module to slots 5-6 (item 6 in the illustration above).
6 Slots 5-6 with E-SBC CPU AMC module (referred to as the E-SBC module), providing the CPU and
the following interfaces:
• Eight 1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet) LAN ports. The LAN ports operate in pairs, where one
port is active and the other standby, providing 1+1 LAN redundancy. These ports support half-
and full-duplex modes, auto-negotiation, straight-through or crossover cable detection.
• RS-232 port (IOIO) for serial communication with a computer.
• Reset pinhole button (//): To reset the Mediant 4000 E-SBC, press the button for at least 1
second, but no longer than 10 seconds. To reset to factory defaults, press the button for at
least 11 seconds, but no longer than 20 seconds.
Note: If you purchased this device in a previous release, the E-SBC module is housed in slots
3-4. If this is the case and you subsequently purchased the MPM, you must relocate the E-SBC
module to slots 5-6.
7 Slots 7-8 covered with blank AMC modules for unused AMC slots.
Mediant 4000 Enterprise Session Border Controller
The Mediant 4000 E-SBC rear panel is shown below and described in the subsequent table:
Item Description
1 AC power supply inlet (100-240V~2.5A, 50-60 Hz) for Power Supply module No. 1.
2 AC power supply inlet (100-240V~2.5A, 50-60 Hz) for Power Supply module No. 2.
3 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) socket.
4 Protective earthing screw.
5 Assigning an IP Address to the Mediant 4000 E-SBC
The Mediant 4000 E-SBC includes an embedded Web server (Web interface), providing a user-friendly
graphical user interface (GUI) for Web-based configuration. The default management and voice IP network
address is used to initially access this Web interface and can be changed if necessary to suit the network
addressing scheme in which the Mediant 4000 E-SBC is deployed. In addition, the eight LAN ports on the
E-SBC module operate in pairs (groups) for providing 1+1 LAN redundancy, where one serves as the active
port while the other as standby. Each LAN port pair can be connected to a different LAN subnet, enabling
the Mediant 4000 E-SBC to bridge the VoIP traffic between subnets. The procedure below describes how to
change this default management IP address to suit your network addressing scheme.
To assign an IP address to the Mediant 4000 E-SBC:
1. Connect one of the LAN ports on the E-SBC module directly to the network interface on your
computer, using a straight-through Ethernet cable.
LAN Port on
E-SBC Module
Straight-Through RJ-45
Ethernet Cable
PC
Mediant 4000 Enterprise Session Border Controller
2. Change the IP address and subnet mask of your computer to correspond with the default IP
address and subnet mask of the Mediant 4000 E-SBC (192.168.0.2 with subnet mask
255.255.255.0).
3. On your computer, open a standard Web browser, and then in the URL address field, enter the
Mediant 4000 E-SBC default IP address 192.168.0.2; the Web Login screen appears,
prompting you to log in with your login credentials:
4. Log in with the default, case-sensitive user name ("Admin") and password ("Admin"), and then
click Login; the Web interface appears, displaying the Home page.
5. Open the Physical Ports Settings page (Configuration tab > VoIP menu > Network > Physical
Ports Table):
6. Modify the required physical ports settings, by selecting the 'Index' button corresponding to the
port and then clicking Edit. You can configure the port Native VLAN ID and duplex mode, as well
as provide a brief description of the port. The displayed string value in the 'Port' column
represents the corresponding physical port on the E-SBC module, as displayed below: