Common Elements for SIP message routing Tasks

On the Main tab, click

Local Traffic

Profiles

Message Routing

SIP

.

The SIP session profiles list screen opens.

On the Main tab, click

iApps

Application Services

Applications LX

.

The Application Service List screen opens.

On the Main tab, click

iApps

Package Management LX

.

The Package Management LX screen opens.

Click

Import

.

For the

File Name

setting, click

Browse

to navigate to the SIP Configuration Wizard RPM package, and then click

Open

to upload the package.

The SIP Configuration Wizard RPM package is named

sipConfigurationWizard-xx.x.x-x.xx.x.xxx.noarch.rpm

.

Click

Upload

.

The SIP Configuration Wizard RPM package uploads to the Applications Service List screen.

Click

Create

.

The new SIP Session profile screen opens.

Click the name of a SIP application.

The default iApps LX SIP application is

SIP Configuration

.

In the SIP Configuration Wizard, click the General Configuration tab.

The General Configuration screen opens.

In the

Application Name

field, type a unique name for the SIP application.

For the inbound, outbound, and wildcard virtual servers, complete the following steps.

In the

Virtual Server Name

field, type a unique name for the virtual server.

A virtual server name cannot include special characters.

In the

Virtual Server IP

field, type the IP address for the virtual server.

In the

Netmask

field, type a value for the netmask.

In the

Port

field, type a value for the ingress port for the virtual server.

From the

Type

list, select a type of virtual server:

SIP

or

RTP (forward)

.

RTP (forward)

uses fastL4 functionality and requires no pool.

From the

Client Protocol

list, select a client-side protocol:

UDP

or

TCP

.

In the

Egress Port

field, type the egress port for the virtual server.

From the

Destination

list, select a destination:

Destination	Description
Pool	Load balances traffic across pool members. When configuring a SIP ALG, do not configure a Port Block Allocation (PBA) translation LSN pool with a zombie timeout. Configuring a SIP ALG with an LSN pool that uses PBA mode with a zombie timeout can stop media translations.
Route by URI	Routes messages based on the URI (forwards messages to the IP address of the domain SIP proxy server associated with the Request-URI) in the SIP header. Resolves Name Authority Pointer (NAPTR) resource records.
Forward	For a wildcard virtual server using RTP, routes messages using the Transport Destination IP Address of the message. No pool is required.

Click

More Options

.

In the

Vlan List

list, select a VLAN for the virtual server, for example, internal, external, or HA.

For a Route by URI destination, in the DNS Pool Members area, type an IP address and port number.

You cannot configure a wildcard DNS pool member.

Click the plus (

+

) button to add another DNS pool member.

You must configure a DNS pool member IP address and port number before you can add another DNS pool member.

Select the

Session Persistence

check box to enable session persistence.

Select the

Insert Via Header

check box to insert a top Via Header at the egress side of the flow, after the SIP_REQUEST_SEND event.

Select the

Honor Via Header

check box to honor a Via header that was inserted by a system other than the BIG-IP system.

Select the

Insert Record-Route Header

check box to insert a record-route header, that is, the local-IP address and port of the flow the system uses to forward the message.

Select the

Honor Route Header

check box to honor a Route header that was inserted by a system other than the BIG-IP system.

From the

SNAT

list, select the one of the options:

none

.

automap

.

snatpool

.

In the IP address field, type an IP address.

Click the plus (

+

) button to add an IP address, as necessary.

For a Pool destination, in the Destination Pool Members area, type an IP address and port number.

You cannot configure a wildcard destination pool member.

Click the plus (

+

) button to add another destination pool member.

You must configure a destination pool member IP address and port number before you can add another destination pool member.

Click

Add Application

to configure an additional SIP application, as necessary.

In the SIP Configuration Wizard, click the Transformation tab.

The Transformation screen opens.

On the Transformation tab, click the Templates tab.

The Templates screen opens.

Click

Add Template

.

In the

templatex

field, type a name for the template.

Click

Add

to open Conditions and Actions fields and controls.

The Conditions and Actions fields and controls open.

In the Conditions areas, from the

Header

list, select a header.

From the

Expression

list, select an expression.

In the

Value

field, type a value.

To configure an additional header, click the plus (+) button.

In the Actions area, from the

Operation

list, select an operation.

From the

Header

list, select a header.

In the

Value

field, type a value.

To configure an additional operation, click the plus (+) button.

Click

More Options

.

In the

Description

field, type a description for the template.

Click

Add

to configure additional Conditions and Actions, as necessary.

On the Transformation tab, click the Transformations tab.

The Transformations screen opens.

Click

Add Template

to configure an additional SIP template, as necessary.

On the Transformation tab, click the Transformation tab.

The Transformation screen opens.

Click

Add Application

.

If multiple applications are configured, select an application name from the application list.

Click

Add

.

From the

Virtual Server

list, select a virtual server.

In the

Select Template(s)

field, select one or more templates to assign to the virtual server.

Select the check box for each configured virtual server that you want to enable.

Click

Enable

.

In the SIP Configuration Wizard, click the Logging tab.

The Logging screen opens.

In the Messages to Log area, select the check box for each request to log.

Select the

All Requests

check box to log all of the requests in the requests list.

In the Messages to Log area, select the check box for each response to log.

Select the

All Responses

check box to log all of the responses in the responses list.

In the

Apply logging to following Virtual Servers

setting, click the arrow to select the virtual servers to which you want to apply logging.

In the Headers to log area, select the headers to log.

Select the

Log all Headers

check box to log all headers in the headers list.

To log additional headers excluded from the Headers to log area, in the Custom Headers area, click the arrow in the

Select Headers

field, and then click each header that you want to log.

In the Log Destination area, click the arrow to select a log destination.

In the SIP Configuration Wizard, click the Headers tab.

The Headers screen opens.

To create a header, either:

Click

Add

, and type the header value in the field.

Select the check box for a header, click

Duplicate

, and modify the copied header value.

To modify a header, type a modified header value in the applicable header field.

To delete a header, select the check box for the header, and click

Delete

.

On the Main tab, click

Carrier Grade NAT

ALG Profiles

SIP

SIP Session

.

The SIP Session profiles list screen opens.

From the

Parent Profile

list, select

sipsession-alg

.

The SIP Session profile screen refreshes, showing default SIP session ALG profile settings.

Click

Create

.

The New SIP Session Profile screen opens.

In the

Name

field, type a unique name for the SIP session profile.

Select the

Custom

check box.

In the

Maximum Message Size (bytes)

field, type the maximum SIP message size that the system accepts.

In the

Maximum Message Header Count

field, type the maximum number of header fields that the system allows in a SIP message.

In the

Maximum Message Header Size (bytes)

field, type the maximum size in bytes that the system allows for a SIP message header.

Select the

Generate Response on Failure

check box to send failure response messages when the system drops a SIP request.

Select the

Maximum Forwards Check

check box to check the

max-forward

header field.

Clear the

Maximum Forwards Check

check box.

Select the

Honor Via

check box to honor a Via header that was inserted by a system other than the BIG-IP system.

Clear the

Honor Via

check box.

Select the

Insert Via Header

check box to insert a top Via Header at the egress side of the flow, after the

SIP_REQUEST_SEND

event.

Clear the

Insert Via Header

check box.

Select the

Do Not Connect Back

check box to establish a connection to a request originator, to deliver a response when the connection no longer exists.

In the

Custom Via

field, type a value to use, when the

Insert Via Header

check box is selected, in the

sent-by

field of the Via header.

Select the

Loop Detection

check box to check for request loops.

If you select the

Loop Detection

check box, you must also select the

Insert Via Header

check box, and provide a value for the

Custom Via

setting.

Select the

Insert Record Route Header

check box to insert a

record-route

header, specifically the local IP address and port of the flow that the system uses to forward the message.

Select the

SIP Firewall

check box to enable the SIP Security settings, configured in the DoS Profile of Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM), to apply to the virtual servers that use this profile.

In the Persistence area, select the

Custom

check box.

From the

Persist Key

list, select a persistence key to use. The options are:

Call-ID	Persistence is based on the value in the Call-ID header field in the SIP message.
Src-Addr	Persistence is based on a custom key specified in an iRule.
Custom	Persistence is based on the originating IP Address in the SIP message.

From the

Persist Type

list, select the type of the persistence that the system uses. The options are:

Session	The system uses the SIP session database to store persistence data. No hash is applied.
None	Persistence is disabled.

In the

Persist Timeout (seconds)

field, type the number of seconds that a persistence entry lasts.

On the menu bar, click

Transport Config

.

The New Transport Config screen opens.

Click

Create

.

In the

Name

field, type a unique name for the transport config.

For the

Profiles

setting, select a profile from the

Available

list, and move it to the

Selected

list.

For the

Profiles

setting, move both a transport protocol profile (TCP, UDP, or SCTP) and a SIP session profile from the

Available

list to the

Selected

list.

You can associate only one protocol profile and one SIP session profile with each transport config.

For the

iRules

setting, select an iRule from the

Available

list, and move it to the

Selected

list.

In the

Source Port

field, type the number of the port this transport config uses to connect to the servers on your network.

From the

Source Address Translation

list, select an option to define how this transport config implements selective and intelligent source address translation. The default is

None

.

Option	Description
Auto Map	The system uses the self IP addresses of BIG-IP devices as the translation addresses.
SNAT	The system uses the specified SNAT pool for source address translation.
None	The system does not translate source addresses.

On the menu bar, click

Peers

.

The Peers list screen opens.

Click

Create

.

The New Peers screen opens.

In the

Name

field, type a unique name for the peer.

In the

Description

field, type a description of the peer.

From the

Connection Mode

list, specify how connections are limited for this peer. The options are:

Option	Description
Per Blade	The number of connections to this peer is per blade on a VIPRION system.
Per Peer	The number of connections to this peer is per peer.
Per TMM	The number of connections to this peer is per TMM on the BIG-IP system.
Per Client	The number of connections to a remote host is per client connection.

From the

Pool

list, select the pool of servers to which the system load balances SIP messages.

If you configure only one peer on this BIG-IP system, ensure that you select a pool with only one member.

From the

Transport Config

list, select the transport config that defines how the BIG-IP system communicates with the servers on your network.

In the

Number of Connections

field, type the number of allowed connections between the BIG-IP system and the servers in the selected pool.

In the

Ratio

field, type the ratio assigned to this peer for use within a static route.

On the menu bar, click

Static Routes

.

The Static Routes list screen opens.

Click

Create

.

The New Route screen opens.

In the

Name

field, type a unique name for the static route.

In the

Request URI

field, type the value found in the request-uri of a SIP message that the system matches when routing a message.

In the

From URI

field, type the value found in the

From

field of a SIP message that the system matches when routing a message.

In the

To URI

field, type the value found in the

To

field of a SIP message that the system matches when routing a message.

From the

Virtual Server

list, select the virtual server from which the system receives client requests for this static route.

If you do not select a virtual server, the system uses this static route to route SIP messages originating from any client.

From the

Peer Selection Mode

field, select how the system selects the Peer to route a SIP message to:

Option	Description
Ratio	Peer selection is based on the ratio that is set for each peer in the Selected list.
Sequential	Peer selection is based on the order of the peers in the Selected list.

For the

Peers

setting, move the peers that define the servers to which the system load balances SIP messages from the

Available

list to the

Selected

list.

On the Main tab, click

Carrier Grade NAT

ALG Profiles

SIP

SIP Router

.

The SIP Router profiles list screen opens.

From the

Parent Profile

list, select

siprouter-alg

.

The SIP Router profile screen refreshes, showing default SIP router ALG profile settings, including the

Operation Mode

set to

Application Level Gateway

.

On the menu bar, click

Router Profiles

.

The Router Profiles list screen opens.

Click

Create

.

The New Router Profiles screen opens.

In the

Name

field, type a unique name for the router profile.

In the Settings area, select the

Custom

check box.

From the

Operation Mode

list, select

Load Balancing

.

From the

Operation Mode

list, select

Application Level Gateway

.

To use connection mirroring, configure the

Traffic Group

setting.

Clear the

Inherit traffic group from current partition / path

check box.

From the list, select a traffic group, such as,

traffic-group-1

.

Changing traffic groups, with Connection Mirroring enabled, drops all mirrored connections and loses all persistence data. If you change traffic groups, mirroring must restart.

The traffic group for the virtual address and mirrored attribute are overwritten by the attached router profile.

Select the

Connection Mirroring

check box.

For connection mirroring to properly function, this device must be a member of a device group.

In the

Mirrored Message Sweeper Interval

field, type the milliseconds for the frequency of the mirrored message sweeper.

In the Session Timeout (seconds) area, select the

Custom

check box.

In the

Transaction Timeout

field, type the maximum number of seconds the system allows for a transaction, that is, the time between a request and response.

In the

Maximum Session Timeout

field, type the maximum duration (in seconds) that a call remains active.

In the

Dialog Establishment Timeout

field, type a value for the INVITE transaction timeout.

In the Media Proxy area, select the

Custom

check box.

In the

Maximum Media Sessions

field, type the maximum number of media sessions allowed per call.

In the

Media Inactivity Timeout (seconds)

field, type the maximum duration (in seconds) that a media flow is active with no RTP packets.

In the Registration area, select the

Custom

check box.

In the

Maximum Registrations

field, type the maximum number of registrations allowed.

In the

Maximum Registrations Per Subscriber

field, type the maximum number of registrations per subscriber.

In the

Concurrent Sessions Per Subscriber

field, type the maximum number of concurrent outgoing calls allowed per subscriber.

In the

Registrations Timeout (seconds)

field, type the maximum duration (in seconds) that a registration entry remains active.

Clear the

Non Register Subscriber Callout

check box to prevent non-registered subscribers from making calls without a prior REGISTER message.

In the Log Settings area, select the

Custom

check box.

From the

Log Publisher

list, select the log publisher that the BIG-IP system uses to send log messages to a specified destination.

If you configure a log publisher, you must also configure a Logging Profile.

If you configure a log publisher to use multiple logging destinations, then, by default, all logging destinations must be available in order to log to each destination. Unless all logging destinations are available, no logging can occur. If you want to log to the available logging destinations when one or more destinations become unavailable, you must set the

logpublisher.atomic

db variable to

false

.

From the

Logging Profile

list, select the logging profile that the BIG-IP system uses to configure logging options for various ALG events.

If you configure a Logging Profile, you must also configure a Log Publisher.

On the Main tab, click

Carrier Grade NAT

Virtual Servers

Virtual Server List

.

The Virtual Server List screen opens.

Click

Create

.

The New Virtual Server screen opens.

In the

Name

field, type a unique name for the virtual server.

In the

Description

field, type a description for the virtual server.

From the

Type

list, select

Message Routing

.

From the

Configuration

list, select

Advanced

.

From the

Application Protocol

list, select

SIP

.

From the

Session Profile

list, select a SIP session ALG profile.

From the

Router Profile

list, select a SIP router ALG profile.

From the

Source Address Translation

list, select

LSN

.

From the

LSN Pool

list, select an LSN pool.

Click

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.

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