Tag: admin
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Oracle SBC – Admin Task – Marking packets for QoS
Oracle SBCs allows QoS marking to apply a set of TOS/DiffServ mechanisms that enable you to provide better service for selected network. In this entry we will work in overriding the packets for SIP messages received in the external realm to be marked with 46. First thing is creating a media policy that will help…
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Oracle SBC – Admin Task – NATting with SPL
Oracle SBCs provide multiple ways to implement NAT when behind a firewall but in this entry we will work in implement this in a an easy way using SPL (SBC Programming Language). In our hypothetical scenario where we can find a firewall in front of the SBC in the “External” side: We will apply the…
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Oracle SBC – Admin Task – Enabling external authentication
Oracle SBCs comes with two local factory accounts for access: user and admin which are authenticated locally, but Net-Net OS offers to have users authenticated using RADIUS or TACACS+. Having different accounts authenticated via external authentication actually help to have a better record on changes made which actually can be found in cli.audit.log, for example:…
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Oracle SBC – Admin Task – Creating certificate requests
In a previous entry web administration was enabled but the basic configuration was set where only http (an insecure protocol) was the only protocol running, in this and the next entry we will work in enabling a secure http web administration (https). This is the current configuration set in the Oracle SBC used in this…
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Avaya System Manager – Admin Task – Signing certificate requests with SMGR CA
Avaya System Manager comes with a Certificate Authority that can be used to integrate Avaya solutions and manage certificates. In this entry we will work to sign the Certificate Request created in the Oracle SBC in the previous entry. Lets start accessing the certificate authority menu Services -> Security -> Certificates -> Authority: A new…
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Oracle SBC – Admin Task – Loading signed certificate requests
In the previous entries, a certificate request was generated in the Oracle SBC and signed using the Certificate Authority in the Avaya System Manager, now we will work in load the signed certificate, create the proper configuration and apply it into the Oracle SBC. Open the certificate file downloaded from Avaya System Manager and copy…
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Oracle SBC – Admin Task – Redundancy config
Let’s work in this new entry creating a Oracle SBC solution in High Availability (HA) in our virtual environment. To accomplish this, we will need to start using 2 additional network interfaces that are specific and dedicated to being used as redundancy connections between the Oracle SBCs allowing the processes and sessions to synchronize. This…
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Avaya Session Manager – Troubleshooting – Certificate renewal
In the last few days, we have received multiple emails from Avaya for alarm OP_MMTC20048 in our Session Manager 8.x, this is the information included in the email: After verifying the System Manager those alarms can be found in (as shown in the image below) Services -> Events -> Logs -> Log Viewer Then applying…
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Oracle Operations Monitor – Admin task – High Availability configuration
Oracle Operations Monitor can be implemented in High Availability, this is achieved setting up two Mediation Engines, working as Master/Slave. One important aspect using high availability is keep the configuration of the master and slave servers synchronized. With the new REST API, you can utilize a simple bash script to download the configuration from the…
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Avaya SBCE – Admin task – Hotfix installation
Avaya SBCEs requires patches and hotfixes to be applied regularly. In this entry lets document the procdure to install a hotfix in a Avaya SBCE 8.1.3 Its important to mention that: the procedure is similar for the EMS and SBCE devices. root access is required as to stop services and execute the script always start…
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Avaya SBCE – Admin tasks – Upgrade 8.1.0 to 8.1.2 in VMWare
The following procedure was applied to Upgrade Avaya SBCE solution from 8.1.0 to 8.1.2 One key note using this procedure is that the current VMs were not upgraded, new VMs were deployed (maintaining old VMs were turned off and keep just in case rollback is required). In the next entry we will work in a…
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Oracle SBC – Admin Task – SIP REFER Method Call Transfer
Oracle SBCs can be used to integrate different solutions and making changes in its behavior and the way it processes specific SIP methods. In this entry we will review a scenario where a transfer needs to be implemented in order to have a correct integration with different elements in the network. This is a graphical…
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Avaya SBCE – Admin tasks – Upgrade 8.1.3.0 to 8.1.3.1 in VMWare
In a previous entry an upgrade to Avaya SBCE solution was implemented migrating the backup from the current (old) to new VMs. In this entry an upgrade will be implemented but using the same production VMs. Its important to mention that this upgrade will take more time to be implemented and more time to be…
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Avaya Diagnostic Server – Admin tasks – Backup
Creating a backup for any device in the network is important. ADS has its own automatic process to create scheduled backups and upload it to a remote server. The most important part is having an SFTP server running and accessible from the ADS IP address. To implement the automatic backup of ADS expand Configuration menu…
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Avaya Diagnostic Server – Migrate ADS v3.3 to v4.0 Export/Import Managed Devices
Migrate from ADS v3.3 to v4.0 can be implemented using Export/Import Managed Devices in the web portals. In the current ADS 3.3 use the option Export, this will create a CSV file with all the managed devices Deploy the OVA for version 4.0 (this deploy will only install the OS required to run ADS). Change…