Cisco Unified Border Element

Data Sheets and Product Information

Data Sheets

• Cisco Unified Border Element Version 14 Data Sheet 15-Mar-2021

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

• English

  • 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 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

Q&A

• Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) for Microsoft Phone System FAQ 20-Nov-2020 (PDF - 96 KB)

Reference

Command References

• 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

• 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 Cisco Unified Border Element High Availability Using HSRP 25-Feb-2021
• Integration Guide: CUBE, Office 365 (Outlook), and Call Manager (CUCM) 28-May-2020
• Configure SIP Recording (SIPREC) on CUBE 22-Apr-2020
• Configure SIP TLS Between CUCM-CUBE/CUBE-SBC With CA Signed Certificates 21-Apr-2020
• Deploy Diagnostic Signatures on CUBE in Webex Calling Deployments 27-Jan-2020
• Configure and Troubleshoot DNS Lookup on CUBE 17-Jul-2019
• Configure Options Ping Between CUCM and CUBE 06-Feb-2019
• Troubleshoot Common Scenarios in Outbound Dialer of UCCX 08-Nov-2018
• 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 and Troubleshoot SIP Binding with Dialer Interface and Dynamic IP on CUBE 24-Aug-2018
• Configure SIP TLS between CUCM-CUBE/CUBE-SBC 14-Sep-2017
• Configure Voice Security Feature with CUBE and CUCM 13-Sep-2017
• Configure and Troubleshoot Multiple Pattern Support and Groups in Dial-Peers on CUBE 07-Sep-2015
• SIP TLS and SRTP-RTP internetworking on CUBE using IOS CA 03-Sep-2015
• CUCM to CUBE Integration Configuration Example 22-Jan-2014

Configuration Guides

• Cisco IOS XE Release 16.3.1 & Later

  • Cisco Unified Border Element Configuration Guide 16-Aug-2020
  • Cisco Unified Border Element Feature Roadmap, Cisco IOS XE Denali 16 18-Sep-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 23-Sep-2020
• CDR Accounting for Cisco IOS Voice Gateways 17-Sep-2019

Maintain and Operate

Maintain and Operate TechNotes

• MMoH through CUBE Operation, Configuration, and Troubleshoot Guide 12-Sep-2013
• Voice Source-Group Feature 04-Sep-2013

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting TechNotes

• SIP Profiles on CUBE Enterprise Common Use Cases 04-Nov-2020
• Configure Debug Collection for Unified Border Element (CUBE) and Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) Gateways 15-Jan-2020
• 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
• NAT in VoIP 23-May-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
• Voice Source-Group Feature 04-Sep-2013
• Duplicate c= Lines in SDP Cause Intermittent One-way Audio with Various ITSP(s) 26-Apr-2013
• CUBE 9.0 Local Transcoding Interface (LTI) 28-Nov-2012

Literature

Presentations

• IOS-XE sizing deck for CUBE, vCUBE, and Media Proxy 03-Feb-2021 (PDF - 2 MB)

White Papers

• 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)
• Best Practices When Implementing SIP Trunks for PSTN Access White Paper 14-Apr-2014