Introduction; Product Overview; Typographical Conventions - AudioCodes Mediant 4000 SBC User Manual

CHAPTER 1 Introduction
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Introduction

This User's Manual describes how to configure and manage your AudioCodes Mediant 4000 SBC
(hereafter, referred to as device).

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:
■ SIP trunking
■ Hosted PBX & UC as a Service
■ IP contact centers
■ Remote and mobile worker support
■ SIP mediation between UC and IP-PBX systems
■ Residential VoIP

Typographical Conventions

This document uses the following typographical conventions to convey information:
Convention
Text enclosed by a
single apostrophe
'...'
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Table 1-1: Typographical Conventions
Description
Indicates Web interface parameters.
Indicates one of the following Web-based
management interface elements:
■ A button
■ A selectable value
■ The navigational path to a Web page
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Example
From the 'Debug Level'
drop-down list, select
Basic.
Click the Add button.