Introduction; Product Overview; Typographical Conventions - AudioCodes Mediant 500L 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.
1.1

Product Overview

The Mediant 500L Gateway and Enterprise Session Border Controller (hereafter referred to
as device) is a member of AudioCodes family of enterprise session border controllers (E-
SBC), enabling connectivity and security between small medium businesses (SMB) and
service providers' VoIP networks. The device provides voice-over-IP (VoIP) SBC
functionality. The device offers enhanced dialing plans and voice routing capabilities along
with SIP-to-SIP mediation, allowing enterprises to implement SIP Trunking services and IP-
based Unified Communications.
The device is designed as a secured VoIP platform. A fully featured enterprise-class SBC
provides 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
PBX and/or IP PBX to any service provider; and service assurance for service quality and
manageability.
The device offers call survivability solutions, ensuring service continuity to enterprises
served by a centralized SIP-based IP-Centrex server or branch offices of distributed
enterprises. Call survivability enables internal office communication between SIP clients in
the case of disconnection from the centralized SIP IP-Centrex server or IP-PBX.
The device supports the following interfaces:
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Four Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports
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Up to four ISDN BRI port interfaces, supporting up to eight voice channels as well as
PSTN fallback
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Up to four FXS port interfaces and up to four FXO port interfaces.
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One USB port for optional, USB storage services

Serial console port (RJ-45) for device management
The device supports local and remote management through various management
platforms such as an HTTP/S-based Web server, a command-line interface (CLI), SNMP,
and serial (RS-232).
Note:
1.2

Typographical Conventions

This document uses the following typographical conventions to convey information:
Convention
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For maximum call capacity figures, see ''Channel Capacity'' on page 1255.
Table 1-1: Typographical Conventions
Used for the following Web
interface elements:
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Example
Click the Add button.
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