SBC 5400

Designed for communications service providers and large enterprises, the SBC 5400 is a powerful, compact
and purpose-built SBC for the multimedia communications of today and tomorrow. With the ability to scalefrom 2GB to 10GB of multimedia traffic, the Ribbon SBC 5400 provides all of the features you need in an
SBC today—robust network security, sophisticated routing and policy management, overload controls,
SIP normalization—plus the features you’ll need tomorrow, such as IPv4-IPv6 interworking, multi-modal
communication, built-in media transcoding, and assured performance and scale under heavy traffic. As akey component of Ribbon’s award-winning SBC Core platform family, the SBC 5400 meets all of the security,scalability, availability, and management requirements of service providers and large enterprises.
System CapabilitiesSessions•
75,000 simultaneous sessions•
Up to 40,000 transcoded sessions  •Up to 32,000 H.323 sessions•RTCP sessions scale 1:1 with RTP sessions•
Up to 32,000 recording sessions•20,000 Trunk groups•
2000 VLANs
Call Set-Up•
Call setup maximum rate: 700 cps•
Call latency= 30ms (@ 450 cps, 90% fall into this category)
Registrations•
Maximum new registrations/sec: 1,250•
Maximum refreshes/sec: 5,000•
Total registered end point support: 600,000; up to 600,000
NAT’d end points•
Maximum surrogate registrations: 256,000
Encryption•
Maximum number of TLS sessions: 375,000•
TLS setup rate: 500/sec•
IPsec (IKE) setup rate: 150/sec•
Maximum # SRTP call legs: 150,000

Media Services••

Transcoding G.711, G.726, G.729A/B, G.723, iLBC, G.722,G.722.1, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, EVRC/EVRC0, EVRCB/EVRCB0, Opus, SILK, EVS, Linear PCM (16 bits)
Codec pass through

Data Sheet•••••••••••••G.711 fallback for fax and modem calls
T.38 version 0/3 to G.711 interworking (transcoding)
VAD, Silence Suppression, Dynamic Jitter Buffer, Fax/ Modem
Detection, DTMF/Tone Relay/RFC2833/RFC4733 interworking
NAT/NAPT on media
Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) - MSRP B2BUA  
and MSRP-CEMADTMF Trigger Detection and Notification
Generic audio codec relayTones & Announcements
Local Ring Back Tone (LRBT) support with centralized PSX
Policy ServerRTP inactivity monitoring
Supported video codecs: H.264 AVC, H.264 SVC, H.263+,
H.261, VP8
Support up to 4 simultaneous SIPREC recordings persession
T.140 Text over Internet Protocol (ToIP) to/from Baudot
interworking for TTY/TDD (Telecommunications Device forthe Deaf) equipment support

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Redundancy•••

Protocol Support

1:1 redundant systems for service availability
1:1 redundant management/control ports
1:1 redundant media ports

Management Capabilities•••••••••••

Graphical based wizards for ease of configuration
Secure embedded web-based management GUI
Ribbon CLI
Centralized support by Ribbon Insight EMSREST API
SNMP V2/V3 status and statistics
Local logging of events, alarms, traps, and call traces
Ribbon DSI Level 0 support for storing CDRs, RADIUS
accounting records
Live Software Update (LSWU)
Real time streaming of RTCP statistics for Ribbon Analytics
APIs for call notification event and call termination

Signaling•
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Back to Back User Agent (B2BUA)
SIP, SIP-I/SIP-T, SIP/H.323, Ribbon gateway to gateway
protocolSIP protocol normalization/protocol repair, SIP message
manipulation (SMM)
NAT/NAPT on signaling
Binary floor control protocol (BFCP), Far-end camera
control (FECC)SIP over WebSocketSecurity••••••

Session aware firewall, topology hiding
Line rate DoS/ DDoS and rogue RTP protection
Line rate malformed packet protection
TLS, IPSec (IKE v1/v2, ESP tunnel/transport mode) for
signaling encryption
Secure RTP/RTCP for media encryption
Support for STIR/SHAKEN Caller ID Authentication andVerification

Configuration
SBC 5400 - No DSP Cards
SBC 5400 +1 DSP20
SBC 5400 +1 DSP25
SBC 5400 +2 DSP25
SBC 5400 +3 DSP25
SBC 5400 +4 DSP25

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IPv4, IPv6, IPv4/IPv6 interworking
SSH, SRTP
SNMP, NETCONF, RESTCONF
HTTP/HTTPSRTP/RTCP
UDP, TCP
DNS, ENUM
WebRTCDTLS - SRTP
ICE - STUN

Routing/Policy
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Embedded policy/routing engine
Centralized support with Ribbon PSX using DIAMETER+
Screening, blocking, routing, presentation, call type filters
Route prioritization
Leading digit routing, International routing, URI-based routing
Digit/parameter manipulation
E911 support, Priority Call handling
Survivable service for SIP clients when primary SIP Registrar
is unavailable
Routing based on Active Directory lookup
Call forking

Certifications••••

Microsoft Teams Direct Routing including media bypassand Local Media Optimization (LMO)
BroadSoft BroadWorks Platform
Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2

Quality of Service (QoS)•••

Bandwidth managementCall admission control (CAC) per
trunk group, per zone
Per call statistics
TOS/ COS packet marking

Packet Network Time Source•Network Time Protocol (NTP) per RFC-1708

AC Low Line (W)AC High Line (W)DC (W)

Minimum: 90 Vrms
Nominal: 100-120 Vrms
Maximum: 140 Vrms

Minimum: 180 Vrms
Nominal: 200-240 Vrms
Maximum: 264 Vrms

Minimum: 40 Vdc
Nominal: 48 Vdc
Maximum: 60 Vdc

Amps
5.7
5.9
6.4
7.2
7.8
8.5

Amps
2.9
3.0
3.2
3.6
3.9
4.2

Watts
512
533
576
644
702
761

Watts
516
537
582
647
702
763

Amps
12.6
13.0
14.0
14.9
17.0
17.3

Table 1.Estimated Power Consumption (all power measurements taken with fans running high)2 Data Sheet

Watts
502
520
559594678692

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Hardware Specifications

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Rear Panel•Management Ports: Four 1GB/100Mbps Ethernet RJ-45 Ports•Media Ports, choice of:Four 1 Gbps Ethernet fiber or copper via SFP
Two 10 Gbps Ethernet fiber ports•
High Availability Ports: Two 1 Gbps Ethernet multimodefiber via SFP•
Single Field Service port with RJ45 connector•Locator LED•
Single serial craft DB9 port

DC Power Option•Peak Consumption: 17.3 A

Front Panel•
Status Indicators Front Panel LEDs:PowerStatus
Active/Standby
Major/Minor AlarmLocatorMemory•
32 Gbytes

Operating Altitude•
6,000 Feet•
1,800 Meters
Heat Dissipation•
Fully-Populated Maximum:
1000 Watts
3410 BTU per Hour•
Replaceable Filter
Weight Maximum Fully Populated•
50 lbs. (22.68 kg)

DSP Expansion•
Four modular DSP slots for DSP25 cards
Chassis•2U, rack mount•
Inches: 17.5” Wide x 3.5” High x 21” Deep•
Centimeters: 44.5 Wide x 8.8 High x 53.3 Deep
•Optional mounting brackets for 19” or 23” rack
Chassis Mounting Options:•19” or 23” Adjustable Brackets
Storage•
512 Gbytes of Solid State Drive (SSD) storage
AC Power Option•RMS Input Voltage•
Minimum 90 VAC

Nominal 100-240 VAC
Maximum 264 VAC
RMS Current
5.6A
Input Frequency
Minimum 47 Hz
Nominal 50/60 Hz
Maximum 63 Hz

Environmental•
5 to 40º C Operating -5 to 55º C Short Term•
5 to 90% Non-Condensing Operating Humidity

Regulatory ComplianceCentral Office Standards•
DC Systems – SR-3580 NEBS Level 3
GR-1089-CORE
GR-63-CORE•
AC Systems – SR-3580 NEBS Level 3
GR-1089-CORE
GR-63-CORE

About Ribbon
Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) delivers communications software, IP and optical networking solutions to service providers,enterprises and critical infrastructure sectors globally. We engage deeply with our customers, helping them modernize their networks forimproved competitive positioning and business outcomes in today’s smart, always-on and data-hungry world. Our innovative, end-to-end
solutions portfolio delivers unparalleled scale, performance, and agility, including core to edge software-centric solutions, cloud-nativeoffers, leading-edge security and analytics tools, along with IP and optical networking solutions for 5G. We maintain a keen focus on ourcommitments to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters, offering an annual Sustainability Report to our stakeholders. Tolearn more about Ribbon, please visit rbbn.com.

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