Connections - Add a connection

To add a new connection, click on the + Add connection button in the upper right corner of the Connections page.  In the Add connection dialog box, enter the name of the connection.  Optionally, you can add one or more Tags and an Address to associate to the connection.  Click on the Continue button. 

A Connection Created Successfully popup message will appear for a couple of seconds and you will then be presented with the Inbound Update Connection page.  This is where you will add the inbound trunks and configure all the settings related to the inbound Connection.  Note: you will most like need to scroll down to view the entire page.

Click on the + Add Trunk button to create the first inbound trunk.  An inbound trunk is a uni-directional connection from the Peeredge Orchestrator to the customer IP PBX or SBC.

Select the SIP protocol for the Trunk (UDP is common on private connections and TLS 1.2 is common when using Internet connectivity).

Select the Trunk type.

From the Location drop-down, select the location of the Peeredge Orchestrator to build the trunk to. All available locations are listed in the drop-down field.

From the Zone drop-down, select the Orchestrator zone the trunk will use.  A zone is a logical VRF or routing instance associated with an Orchestrator. All available zones for the selected location are listed in the drop-down field. 

From the Orchestrator select the Orchestrator IP Address used for SIP signaling.  All available IP addresses / FQDNs will be for the selected location and zone will be listed in the drop-down field.

In the IP Address / FQDN field (assumes the IP / FQDN trunk type is selected), enter the IP address of FQDN of the customer IP PBX or SBC.

In the Port field (assumes the IP / FQDN trunk type is selected), enter the UDP/TCP/TLS port for the connection to the customer IP PBX or SBC.   Typically 5060 is used for UDP and TCP and 5061 is used for TLS.

If the Registration Trunk type is selected then enter the username and password to use for the registration in the username and password fields.

Click the Add Trunk button to add the trunk.

Repeat these steps until all trunks for the inbound connection are added.

When multiple trunks are configured for the Inbound connection, a hunting method must be selected.  The Load Balance method evenly distribute inbound calls to the customer across all configured and active trunks.  The weighted method will distribute inbound calls based on the relative weight (number) assigned to trunk group.  For example, if the first trunk has a weight of 50 and the second and third trunks have a weight of 25 each, then the first trunk will receive appropriately 50% of all inbound calls and the second and third trunks will each receive 25% of all inbound calls.  The failover method provides a customer-defined priority listing of trunks to send inbound calls to.  The trunk a with a lower number has a higher priority.  When using the Weighted and Failover method, the trunks will need to be edited to add the weight or failover priority.

Configure all the required options for the inbound connection and when finished click on the Next step button to configured outbound trunks.  

TIP:  Perform a key word search of the 46 Labs Knowledge base for detailed explanations for each option.

Repeat the same process explained above to create one or more trunks for the outbound connection.  The purpose of the outbound connection is to identify the source IP addresses and source ports of all the customer IP PBXs or SBCs used by the connection.  For UDP trunks the source port is typically 5060 and for TCP and TLS trunks the source port MUST BE set to 1.  1 represents any source port (TCP and TLS trunk use random source ports). For the Orchestrator to accept an outbound connection (SIP Invite from the customer) the SIP protocol, source IP address, source port, Orchestrator IP address and Orchestrator port must exactly match the values configured in the outbound connection.