Adding Connections

The ARM enables network operators to configure connections between nodes.

To connect two nodes:
1. In the Network Map page, right-click the node from which to configure the connection and from the popup menu, click Add connection.

Alternatively, select the Drag connection option, or from the Actions drop-down, select Add connection.

2. Provide an intuitive name for the connection, to later facilitate user-friendly management in the ARM GUI.
3. Select the weight. Default: 50. Range: 1-100.
4. From the 'Transport Type' drop-down menu, select UDP (default), TCP or TLS.
5. From the 'Node-1' drop-down menu, select the name of the node and from the 'Routing Interface-1' drop-down menu, select its routing interface
6. From the 'Node-2' drop-down menu, select the name of the node and from the 'Routing Interface-2' drop-down menu, select its routing interface
7. Select and configure a corresponding name of an IP Group for each node. Default ‘Name’ options are taken from the SOURCE and DESTINATION interface IDs, for example, ARM_4.4_1.1, as displayed in the preceding figure.
8. From the ‘IP Profile’ drop-down | ‘Media realm’ drop-down, select an element that is used by or created by the Routing Server in the SBC.
If one of the IP Profile names exists in the SBC when adding or editing a connection, the connection will fail to be created.
'IP Profile' and 'Media Realm' are available from SBC versions 7.20A.258-0313, 7.20A.260-180 and 7.40A.005.
9. To define Advanced Conditions (quality-based routing), see Routing Settings.
10. Click OK; the connection is made.