5 Agent Configuration

Agent configurations specify the hops by which the Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker (OECB) defines routes. Network architects select agents to identify and delineate between key logical and/or physical locations in the overall network topology. Mapping out agent topology can also identify logical or physical locations that would benefit from an agent. Agents are usually physical devices, such as proxies, SBCs, PBXs and gateways. But agents can also be logical entities, including domain names.

You can configure agents with:

• Location definition
• Context
• Translation mode
• Inbound and outbound manipulation rules
• Traffic constraints

The last two bullets are particularly impactful when the agent is the first hop in a route, but are applicable to agents multiple hops from the OECB.