Map a Session Manager to a Session Border Controller

You can map one or more session managers to an ESBC to provide redundancy and load balancing.

  • Note the private realm and IP address of the session manager and the public realm and SIP interface IP address of the session border controller that you want to map.

Map the private IP address of the session manager to the public SIP interface IP address of the ESBC.

  1. From the command line, type configure terminal, and press ENTER.
  2. Type session-router, and press ENTER.
  3. Type http-alg, and press ENTER.
    The system displays a numbered list of configured HTTP-Application Layer Gateway (ALG) objects.
  4. Type the number of the HTTP-ALG object that you want to edit.
    The system displays the configuration values for the selected object.
  5. Type session-manager-mapping, and press ENTER.
    The system displays a numbered list of configured HTTP-Application Layer Gateway (ALG) objects.
  6. Type session-manager <IP address>, and press ENTER.
  7. Type public-interface. and press ENTER.
  8. Type ip-address <SBC public SIP IP address>, and press ENTER.
  9. Type nat-address <public-facing NAT device address>, and press ENTER.
  10. Type sip-port <port for SIP calls>, and press ENTER.
  11. Type sip-transport-protocol <UDP, TCP, TLS>, and press ENTER.
  12. Type done, and press ENTER.
  13. Type exit, and press ENTER.
  14. Type done, and press ENTER.
  15. Type exit, and press ENTER.
  16. Type done, and press ENTER.
  17. Type show http-public-interface, and press ENTER
    The system displays the public interface values.
  18. Type Done, and press ENTER to save the public interface values.
  19. Exit, Save, and Activate the configuration.