Introduction; Product Overview - AudioCodes Mediant 4000 SBC User Manual

User's Manual
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Introduction

This User's Manual describes how to configure and manage your AudioCodes product
(hereafter, referred to as device). This document is intended for the professional person
responsible for installing, configuring and managing the device.
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Product Overview

AudioCodes Mediant 4000 Session Border Controller (SBC), hereafter referred to as
device, is a mid-to-high scale capacity member of AudioCodes' field-proven hardware-
based SBC product family, designed to offer enterprises and service providers a reliable
and scalable SBC solution. The device supports wide-ranging SIP interoperability,
delivering service assurance and enabling scalable, reliable and secured connectivity
between different VoIP networks.
The device provides a perfect solution for enterprises and large organizations such as
contact centers, large data centers, hosted service providers and government institutions
where security, reliability and high performance are critical.
The device includes comprehensive media security and SIP normalization capabilities. It
offers full interoperability with an extensive list of IP-PBXs, unified communications
solutions and SIP trunking provider networks.
The device provides robust protection for the IP communications infrastructure, preventing
fraud and service theft and guarding against cyber-attacks and other service impacting
events.
The device offers active/standby high availability and maintains high voice quality to deliver
reliable enterprise VoIP communications. Advanced call routing mechanisms, network
voice quality monitoring and branch survivability capabilities result in minimum
communications downtime.
The device can be used for the following applications:
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SIP trunking
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Hosted PBX & UC as a Service
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IP contact centers
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Remote and mobile worker support
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SIP mediation between UC and IP-PBX systems
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Residential VoIP
Note:
Version 7.2
For maximum call capacity figures, see ''Channel Capacity'' on page 923.
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1. Introduction
Mediant 4000 SBC