AudioCodes E-SBC User Manual

CHAPTER45 License Key
Mediant 1000 Gateway & E-SBC | User's Manual
● No configuration is required on the device; OVOC controls the allocation/de-
allocation of its resource pool to the managed devices. For more information on the
OVOC License Pool, refer to the OVOC User's Manual.
● The allocation/de-allocation of SBC licenses to standalone devices by the OVOC
license pool is service affecting and requires a device reset.
● If the device is restored to factory defaults, the SBC licenses allocated by the
OVOC license pool are removed and the SBC licenses from the locally installed
License Key are applied.
● If the device is allocated an SBC license by the OVOC license pool that exceeds
the maximum number of sessions that the device can support, the device sets the
number of sessions to its maximum supported.
● The Fixed License Pool cannot operate if the Floating License is used. Therefore,
make sure that the Floating License feature is disabled.
SBC Capacity Licenses from Floating License
The Floating License is a network-wide SBC capacity-related license that is dynamically shared
among multiple devices. The Floating License is initially ordered as a single license, which provides
a pool of the following SBC capacity resource types for all your deployed devices:
■ SBC sessions (media and signaling)
■ Signaling sessions
■ User registrations
■ Transcoding sessions
The Floating License allows you to 'pay as you grow' by eliminating the need to manually purchase
additional SBC licenses each time your capacity requirements increase. You initially purchase a
Floating License based on your estimated SBC capacity requirements. If you later experience
business growth and your devices use more SBC resources than specified by the Floating License,
you are billed for the additional resources.
The Floating License is managed by AudioCodes OVOC, which defines the devices using the
Floating License. These devices, once connected to OVOC, are "open" to use any capacity.
However, capacity is limited by the device's inherent maximum capacity support and by an optional
user-defined limit called Allocation Profile (discussed later in this section), which specifies the
capacity for each SBC license type.
The devices report their SBC resource consumption of each SBC license type to OVOC at fixed
intervals (typically, every five minutes). OVOC sends a report to AudioCodes Cloud License
Manager every 12 hours with all the SBC resource usage in the last 12 hours by the devices
participating in the Floating License. AudioCodes analyzes the resource consumption reports in the
Cloud License Manager on a monthly basis to check if your licensed capacity specified by the
Floating License has been exceeded. If the licensed capacity has been exceeded, AudioCodes
sends you a report detailing the excess capacity and requests that you purchase additional SBC
capacity for your Floating License. For more information on how this is calculated and for ordering
the Floating License, refer to the AudioCodes Fixed Pool and Floating Licenses document. To view
the Floating License report (SBC resource consumption) that the device sends OVOC, see Viewing
Floating License Reports on page881.
Connection between the SBC devices and OVOC is established over SNMP while functionality of
the Floating License service is managed over TCP/HTTPS REST.
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AudioCodes E-SBC Specifications

General

Brand	AudioCodes
Model	E-SBC
Category	Gateway
Language	English