SIP Proxy Server Configuration

Configure SIP Proxy Server

Procedure

Step 1

Log in to Operations Console and click Device Management > SIP Proxy Server.

Step 2

Click Add New to add a new SIP Proxy server or click Use As Template to use the existing SIP Proxy server from the list of available SIP Proxy servers.

Step 3

Click the following tabs and modify the default values of fields, if required:

  1. General. See General Settings.

  2. Device Pool. See Add or Remove Device From Device Pool. For information on Device Pool, see Device Pool.

Step 4

Click Save.

SIP Proxy Server Settings

General Settings

To configure the general settings of SIP Proxy server, on the General tab, enter or modify the field values, as listed in the following table:

Table 1. SIP Proxy Server General Tab Configuration Settings

Field

Description

Default

Range

Restart Required

General

IP Address

The IP address of a SIP Proxy server.

None

Valid IP address

Not Applicable

Hostname

The host name of the SIP Proxy server.

None

Valid DNS name includes uppercase and lowercase letters, the numbers 0 through 9, and a dash.

Not Applicable

Device Type

The type of proxy server.

Note

 

Depending on the option selected, the Enable Serviceability fields change. See the Enable Serviceability options for details.

Cisco Unified SIP Proxy

Cisco Unified SIP Proxy and Cisco Unified Presence.

Not Applicable

Description

The description of the SIP Proxy server.

None

Up to 1,024 characters.

Not Applicable

Device Admin URL

The Administration URL of SIP Proxy server.

None

A valid URL.

Note

 

The user interface (UI) validates the URL for syntax errors. However, it cannot validate a URL for website existence.

Not Applicable

Enable Serviceability

Enable Serviceability

Check this check box to enable serviceability for SIP Proxy server.

Not Applicable

Unchecked

Not Applicable

Username

The username required to log in to the proxy server Serviceability.

Valid names containing uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters, period, dash and underscore.

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Port

The port on which Serviceability is configured on the SIP Proxy.

1 to 65535

8443

Not Applicable

(For Device Type: Cisco Unified SIP Proxy)

User Password

Enter a password. This is the first level of authentication for IOS.

Valid names containing uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters, period, dash and underscore.

Valid names containing uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters, period, dash and underscore.

Not Applicable

Enable Password

The password required to log in to SIP Proxy Serviceability. This is the second level of authentication for IOS.

Must be same as password on the SIP Proxy.

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

(For Device Type: Cisco Unified SIP Presence)

Password

Enter a password.

Valid names containing uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters, period, dash and underscore.

Valid names containing uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters, period, dash and underscore.

Not Applicable

Confirm Password

The password required to log in to SIP Proxy Serviceability.

Must be same as password on the SIP Proxy.

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Configuration

If only a single SIP Proxy Server is needed for outbound call routing from the Call Server, choose the SIP Proxy configuration when configuring the SIP Service. In the Unified CVP Operations Console Server, configure the following:

  • Add a SIP Proxy Server and specify the IP address of the server.

Under the Call Server SIP Service settings, configure the following:

  • Enable Outbound Proxy = True

  • Use DNS SRV type query = False

  • Outbound Proxy Host = SIP Proxy Server configured above

When using multiple SIP Proxy Servers for outbound redundancy from the Call Server, configure the SIP Proxy with a DNS name and configure DNS SRV records in order to reach the SIP Proxy Servers. The DNS SRV records can exist on an external DNS Server, or they can be configured in a local DNS SRV record on each CVP server. In the OAMP Console, configure the following:

  • Add a SIP Proxy Server and specify DNS name of the server.

Under SIP Service configuration, configure the following:

  • Enable Outbound Proxy = True

  • Use DNS SRV type query = True

    The DNS SRV record should then be configured with the list of SIP Proxy Servers.

To configure the Local DNS SRV record on each server, under the SIP service configuration, check Resolve SRV records locally.

To use a server group for redundant Proxy Servers:

  1. Select resolve SRV records locally and enter the name of the server group for the outbound proxy domain name.

  2. Under System > Server Groups, create a new server group with two proxy servers that have priority 1 and 2.

  3. Deploy the server group configuration to the Call Server.