
AT&T IP Flexible Reach
Nortel BCM450 Release 1.0 SIP Configuration Guide
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4.3.1 Failover to Secondary AT&T IP Border Element (IPBE)
Backup to a secondary AT&T IP Border Elements is supported on the BCM450
using the SIP “OPTIONS” keep-alive approach. The BCM450 will send SIP
“OPTIONS” messages to the AT&T IPBEs listed in the Outbound Proxy Table and
send VoIP calls based on whether or not the BCM450 receives a SIP response
from the IPBEs and the Load-balancing Weight values set for each entry.
Figure 12: Outbound Proxy Table for failover to secondary AT&T IPBEs
A Load-balancing weight value of 0 means the IPBE is used as last resort. Any
non-zero number value indicates the ratio of calls (the specific IPBE’s load-
balancing weight to sum of all IPBE’s load-balancing weights) the BCM450 will
send out to each IPBE. In this example, the BCM450 will send 1 call for every 1
call made (in essence, all calls) to the IPBE with IP address 135.25.29.135 and
use 135.25.29.79 IPBE as backup.
Additionally, the AT&T IP Flexible Reach service will send incoming calls to the
BCM450 from multiple IP Border Elements. The BCM450 will accept calls from
any Border Element without additional configuration.
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