Cisco Unified Border Element

Data Sheets and Product Information

Data Sheets

• Cisco Unified Border Element Version 14 Data Sheet 06-Jul-2022

End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices

• English

  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Perpetual Licensing for Cisco Unified Border Element Version 14 01-Feb-2022
  • End of Support for the H.323 call control features in Cisco IOS XE Software 27-May-2021
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Unified Border Element Version 12 Licenses 30-Oct-2020
  • Cisco IOS Unified Communications (RTU) Select Legacy Licensing Offers 15-Jun-2020
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) Classic Licensing Offers (RTU) 15-Mar-2019
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Select Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) Feature Licenses 18-Dec-2013
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco IOS H.323 Gatekeeper Licenses on ISR-G2 Routers 02-Aug-2013

• French - Canadian

  • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Perpetual Licensing for Cisco Unified Border Element Version 14 01-Feb-2022
  • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Unified Border Element Version 12 Licenses 30-Oct-2020
  • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco IOS Unified Communications (RTU) Select Legacy Licensing Offers 15-Jun-2020
  • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) Classic Licensing Offers (RTU) 15-Mar-2019

Security Notices

Bulletins

• End of Support for the H.323 call control features in Cisco IOS XE Software 27-May-2021

Reference

Command References

• Webex Managed Gateway Command Reference 27-Aug-2022
• Cisco IOS Voice Command Reference - T through Z 16-Aug-2020
• Cisco IOS Voice Command Reference - K through R 16-Aug-2020
• Cisco IOS Voice Command Reference - S commands 16-Aug-2020
• Cisco IOS Voice Command Reference - D through I 16-Aug-2020
• Cisco IOS Voice Command Reference - A through C 15-Aug-2020

Licensing Information

• Configure Smart Licensing on IOS-XE Platforms for CUBE 30-May-2022
• Open Source Used in CUBE, Unified CME, and Unified SRST - Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1 27-Mar-2019 (PDF - 794 KB)
• Open Source Used In Cisco Unified Border Element for Cisco IOS XE Everest Release 16.5.1 02-Feb-2017 (PDF - 753 KB)

Technical References

• Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE)-Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) Inter-Operability Best Practice Guide 21-Apr-2020 (PDF - 2 MB)

Configuration

Configuration Examples and TechNotes

• Configure SIP Local Gateway with Audio Codecs Only for WebEx Calling 17-Jun-2022
• Configure SIP TLS Between CUCM-CUBE/CUBE-SBC With CA Signed Certificates 21-Apr-2020
• Configure Options Ping Between CUCM and CUBE 06-Feb-2019
• Configure and Troubleshoot Enterprise CA (Third Party CA) Signed Certificates for SIP TLS and SRTP Between CUCM, IP Phones and CUBE 24-Aug-2018
• Configure SIP TLS between CUCM-CUBE/CUBE-SBC 14-Sep-2017
• CUCM to CUBE Integration Configuration Example 22-Jan-2014
• SIP Reliable Provisional Response on CUBE and CUCM Configuration Example 16-May-2013
• Unified Border Element ENUM Support Configuration Example 02-Jul-2009

Configuration Guides

• Cisco IOS XE Release 17.6.1 & Later

  • Cisco Unified Border Element IOS-XE Configuration Guide 26-Aug-2021
  • Cisco Unified Border Element Feature Roadmap, Cisco IOS XE Denali 16 18-Apr-2021

• Cisco IOS XE Release 16.3.1 Through Cisco IOS XE 17.5.1

  • Cisco Unified Border Element Configuration Guide 16-Aug-2020

• Cisco IOS Release 15 M&T

  • Cisco Unified Border Element Feature Roadmap, Cisco IOS Release 15M&T 03-Aug-2016
  • Nano Cisco Unified Border Element Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15M&T 31-Mar-2016
  • Cisco Unified Border Element H.323-to-SIP Internetworking Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15M&T 25-Nov-2015
  • Cisco Unified Border Element Protocol-Independent Features and Setup Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15M&T 25-Nov-2015
  • Cisco Unified Border Element SIP Support Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15M&T 14-Apr-2017
  • Configuration of SIP Trunking for PSTN Access (SIP-to-SIP) Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15M&T 25-Nov-2015

• Cisco IOS XE Release 3S

  • Cisco Unified Border Element (Enterprise) SIP Support Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S 01-Jul-2016
  • Cisco Unified Border Element (Enterprise) H.323-to-SIP Interworking Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S 02-Feb-2016
  • Enterprise Application Interoperability for H.323-to-SIP and SIP-to-SIP Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S 02-Jul-2020
  • Dial Peer Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S 21-Nov-2016
• Cisco Unified Communications Gateway Services API Guide 18-Dec-2021
• CDR Accounting for Cisco IOS Voice Gateways 17-Sep-2019

Maintain and Operate

Maintain and Operate TechNotes

• Voice Source-Group Feature 04-Sep-2013

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting TechNotes

• Troubleshoot busyout Dial-Peers on CUBE or IOS Voice Gateway after IOS Upgrades Are busyout 09-May-2022
• Configure Debug Collection for Unified Border Element (CUBE) and Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) Gateways 13-Aug-2021
• SIP Profiles on CUBE Enterprise Common Use Cases 23-Jul-2021
• NAT in VoIP 16-Jul-2021
• Voice Router Internal Call Disconnect Cause Code Table 14-Aug-2019
• RTP Source Validation in IOS and IOS-XE Voice Routers 02-May-2019
• Design Scalable SIP Trunk Solution with vCUSP and CUBE 22-Jan-2019
• Troubleshoot Session Refresh on CUBE 18-Oct-2018
• Troubleshoot CUBE SP Rejects Internal Call which is Fowarded to a PSTN Number 17-Jan-2018
• How to Get Packet Capture from VXML Gateway for Signal and Voice Analysis 24-Oct-2017
• In Depth Analysis of Ringback for all VoIP and Analog Protocols 22-Sep-2017
• DTMF Relay and Interworking on CUBE 15-Mar-2017
• Troubleshoot Fax Failures Due to Multiple M-Lines on the CUBE 24-Apr-2015
• MMoH through CUBE Operation, Configuration, and Troubleshoot Guide 12-Sep-2013
• Duplicate c= Lines in SDP Cause Intermittent One-way Audio with Various ITSP(s) 26-Apr-2013

Literature

Presentations

• IOS-XE sizing deck for CUBE, vCUBE, and Media Proxy 07-Nov-2022 (PDF - 912 KB)

White Papers

• Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) Management and Manageability Specification White Paper 06-Jul-2021
• Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) Management and Manageability Specification 14-Jan-2016
• The Surging Threat of Telephony Denial of Service Attacks 28-Oct-2014 (PDF - 1 MB)