SBC SWe Edge – Virtualized SoftwareIntelligent Edge™ – Highly Available Enterprise Session BorderControl Software
Organizations are rapidly adopting cloud communications whether it be contact centers, Unified
Communications as a Service (UCaaS) such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom Phone, Webex, Google
Voice or SIP Trunks to connect premises PBX equipment. Ribbon’s Session Border Controller
Software Edition Edge (SBC SWe Edge), is highly available, virtualized software that provides
market leading security for real-time communications.
The SBC SWe Edge has an extremely compact footprint that makes it easy to deploy and configure in almost any
environment, be it a white box server at the edge, a shared server in a data center, a virtual machine in a private cloud,or Azure or AWS public clouds. It can be deployed in High Availability (HA) configurations for enhanced resiliency.
The SBC SWe Edge protects communications infrastructure from Denial of Service (DoS)/Distributed DOS (DDoS) attacks, maintains privacy, encrypts calls, and interworks with awide variety of third-party SIP and legacy voice infrastructure devices/services, all whileproviding reliable, scalable performance that ensures maximum uptime and service
availability. SBC SWe Edge is deployable on Microsoft® Hyper-V®, VMware® vSphere®
Hypervisor and Linux® KVM.
Ribbon has been working closely with Microsoft for more than a decade so it should comeas no surprise that the SBC SWe Edge is Microsoft certified for Microsoft Direct Routing
and supports Microsoft Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA).
The SBC SWe Edge is also certified with Zoom Phone, Webex Local Gateway, Google VoiceSIP Link, Cisco BroadSoft, Yealink, Poly and is tested with many other popular contact
centers, and communications products.

Key Capabilities•Secure signaling, media, and management•

Robust media processing including SILK & OPUS••

Certified for Popular
Cloud Solutions

Capabilities

SBC SWe Edge

Maximum Concurrent Calls

300 to 1200

High Availability (HA) Configuration Options

Maximum Calls with Media Services(including SILK & OPUS high-fidelity voice)95 to 1200

Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed DoS (DDoS)
attack prevention

Maximum Encrypted Calls

300 to 1200

•Easy Configuration Wizard

High Availability (HA) Configuration Option√Call Recording Support (SIPREC)√•

Centralized management via Ribbon ApplicationManagement Platform (RAMP)

Multiple Licensing Options√

Microsoft SBA Support√•

Support for redundant SIP trunks

Session Resiliency√•

Microsoft Phone System emergency calling support(E911, ELIN) and Microsoft SBA support

Note: Ribbon’s SBC SWe Edge can be deployed on virtual machines and in
public cloud environments (Azure and AWS). Ribbon’s SBC 1000 and SBC 2000
appliances are also available, sharing the same software.

•30-day trial license with permanent option avaialable•

Available in the Azure Marketplace via Quick Launch•

Available in AWS via AWS CloudFormation Template1
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Part of an Industry Leading Portfolio of Real-time Security Solutions - from Ribbon Communications
The SBC SWe Edge virtualized deployment represents one element of Ribbon’s security portfolio. SBC SWe
Edge can also be deployed in the AWS or Azure clouds. Ribbon’s SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 share the same
software as the SBC SWe Edge, offering an appliance-based alternative for organizations that desire ahardware-based deployment or that need analog or TDM ports for integration.
Ribbon has a proven track record of deployments in over 1,000 of the world’s leading communications
service providers. In fact, there is a good chance that your communications service provider is already a
Ribbon customer.

Built-in Tools for Rapid Deployment
Ribbon has made it easy for enterprise or managed service providers to deploy an SBC SWe Edge
instance. The SBC SWe Edge includes a built-in Easy Configuration Wizard that is prepopulated withsought-after PBXs, cloud UC services, and service provider configurations, making deployments as simple
as point and click. It’s also easy to test the solution prior to purchase, a 30-day trial license is enabled bydefault. Most importantly, the SBC SWe Edge has been successfully deployed tens of thousands of times
to secure communications for organizations of all sizes, across the globe.

Centrally Managed from Ribbon Application Management Platform (RAMP)
Ribbon SBC SWe Edge is centrally managed via the Ribbon Application Managment
Platform (RAMP). RAMP provides streamlined access to SBC SWe Edge management
interfaces and simplified access to cross location centralized reporting. The RAMP
platform manages heterogenous deployments of SBC SWe Edge instances in data
centers or public cloud. Customers can rationalize far-flung networks, monitor
performance and quickly remediate issues to improve experiences and reduce costs.

Easily spot issues across thousands of instances

Easy to use configuration wizard

PSTN
AccessVoIP
FirewallNAT/DHCP

WAN
Resiliency

Back-upCall Server

Call Recording
Support

Voice Quality
Monitor

The Ribbon SBC SWe Edge is fully virtualized software that provides acomprehensive solution to secure and manage communications

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Features and Capabilities

SpecificationsSecurity•••••••••••TLS (Transaction Layer Security) for signaling encryption - TLS 1.3 (RFC 5246)
Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) & Control Protocol (SRTCP) for media and media control encryption (RFC 3711)
Multiple unique X.509 public key certificates/PKCS #12 files (up to 11)
Wildcard certificate support
Topology hiding; user privacy
Prevention of Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed DoS (DDoS) attacks
Traffic separation (VLAN interface separation)
Malformed packet protection
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
IPsec VPN tunnel
NAT/NAPT and port forwarding; NAT traversal

Protocol Support••••••••SIP (RFC 3261) over UDP, TCP, TLS
RTP/RTCP/RTCP-XR (RFC 3550, 3551, 3611)
RTP/RTCP multiplexing over single UDP port (RFC 5761)
IPv4, IPv6, and IPv4/IPv6 interworking
DHCP server & client (RFC 2131)
Network Address Translation – NAT (RFC 2663)
SNMPv2c, SNMPv3
HTTPSMedia Services•••••••••

G.711, G.722, G.722.2 (AMR-WB), G.723.1, G.726 (32 kbps), G.729A/B (8 kbps), T.38, SILK-NB/WB media encodingVideo interworking
Session Recording Protocol support - SIPREC (RFC 7866)
DTMF support: RFC 4733, inband DTMF, SIP INFO (RFC 2833)
Voice Activity Detection (VAD)
G.168 Echo cancellation with standard 128 ms tail length
Comfort noise generation and packet loss concealment
Music on hold
RTP inactivity monitoring (inactive call detection)

Quality of Service (QoS)•••••Bandwidth management
Call Admission Control (CAC) to deny inappropriate calls
P-time mediation for rate limiting
Per-call statistics
Diffserv/DSCP marking

Routing/Policy•••••••

Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE), full and lite support (RFC 8445)
Azure® and on-premises Active Directory®/LDAP-based call routing
Least cost, time of day and quality-based routing
On-board call forking (up to eight end points)
Supplementary services: call hold, call transfer (blind & assisted) and call forward
SIP routing based on source and destination IP address or Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)ITSP E911 support; 911 call preemption

Management Capabilities•••••••••••

Single, secure, web-based GUI with real-time port monitoring
Easy Configuration Wizard, for quick provisioning between- SIP trunks, SIP phones, SIP PBXs (e.g. Avaya® Aura® or Cisco® Unified Communications Manager)- Microsoft Direct Routing- Integrated support for Microsoft Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA)
Centralized management from Ribbon Application Management Platform (RAMP)
REST-based programmatic interface to remotely manage multiple SBCs
SNMP v2c/v3 for comprehensive network management using third-party management systems
Configuration backup and restore; upload from one site to another
CDR reporting and local logging for troubleshooting
Free Ribbon LX syslog server and log parser tool available
Configurable for secure Syslog over TLS
Authentication: local user (username/password), Active Directory®, RADIUS••••••

Supports Microsoft Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) via an additional, integrated, virtual instance
SILK-NB, SILK-WB codec support for improved Microsoft Teams user experience
Enhanced 911 (E911) and Emergency Location Identification Number (ELIN) Gateway Support
Media Bypass and Local Media Optimization supportSimplified migration from on-premises Skype for Business Server to Microsoft Teams
Support for multiple tenant-related Direct Routing deployments with Microsoft partners/PSTN carriers

Certified SBC for Microsoft Phone
System & Direct Routing (Teams)

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Features and Capabilities Specifications
Site Survivability••••

Virtual Machine System
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Virtual Machine System
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Virtual Survivable Branch Appliance(vSBA) Instance Requirements

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IP route redundancy to UC provider, in case of ISP or router failure
PSTN fallback in case of WAN failure
Built-in SIP registrar for site survivability for SIP clients including Yealink® Teams and Poly® UC phones and conference
bridgesMultiple Spanning Tree Protocol, to prevent routing loops
CPU: 1, 2, 4, or 10 virtual CPUs (vCPU) processing recommended on a second-generation Intel® Core™ or Intel® Xeon®
processor
Memory: 1, 1.5, or 2.5 GB RAM
Hard Disk Drive (HDD): 5 GB
Virtual Network Interface Cards (vNIC): Minimum 2 vNICs in operation
Supported Virtual Machine Environments: MicrosoftHyper-V®• VMware® vSphere® Hypervisor (ESXi) Version 5.5 orabove, Linux® KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
Delivers up to 30 Calls Per Second (CPS) for deployments with 4 or more vCPU•

CPU: Minimum of 4 virtual CPUs (vCPU) on a second-generation Intel® Core™ or Intel® Xeon® processor
Memory: Minimum of 4 GB of RAM
Hard Disk Drive (HDD): 5 GB
Virtual Network Interface Cards (vNIC): Minimum 3 to maximum of 5 vNICs
Supported Virtual Machine Environments: VMware® vSphere® Hypervisor (ESXi) Version 5.5 or above, Linux® KVM(Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
Delivers up to 30 Calls Per Second (CPS) for deployments with 4 or more vCPU•••••

CPU: Minimum of 4 virtual CPUs (vCPU) on a second-generation Intel® Core™ or Intel® Xeon® processor
Memory: Minimum of 8 GB of RAM
Hard Disk Drive (HDD): Minimum of 80 GB (includes logging)
Virtual Network Interface Cards (vNIC): Minimum of 3 vNICs
Supported Virtual Machine Environments: Windows 2019 Server VM

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