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To CUBE or not to CUBE

AbteenZ
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Hello All,

So I've been assigned this new project to troubleshoot a sip trunk problem when the voice calls drop sometimes or the users hear undersea sounds.

They've been told that there is a CUBE in between the CUCM which is old (8.5) and the SIP trunk.

But it is not a cube because the command mode border-element has not been entered in voice service voip settings. ( Correct me if I'm wrong)

My question is first this is not a CUBE and is doing the task. What would be the difference and benefit of enabling the CUBE feature on this router.

I've read a lot about CUBE but can not differentiate between this config and a CUBE.

Second question is where should I start my troubleshooting process for the SIP problem?

This is the configuration from the VoIP router which is a 2811 ISR with IOS version Version 12.4(13r)T11.

urrent configuration : 8388 bytes
!
version 15.1
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
service sequence-numbers
!
hostname ind-cube-rt1
!
boot-start-marker
boot system flash:c2800nm-ipvoice_ivs-mz.151-4.M10.bin
boot-end-marker
!
!
no logging queue-limit
logging buffered 1000000
no logging rate-limit
no logging console
no logging monitor
enable secret 5 X
!
aaa new-model
!
!

!
aaa authentication login default group radius local
aaa authentication login console-auth local
aaa authentication login http-auth group radius local
aaa authorization exec default group radius none
aaa authorization exec http-auth group radius none
!
!
!
!
!
aaa session-id common
clock timezone pst -8 0
clock summer-time pdt recurring
!
ip source-route
!
!
ip cef
!
!
!
no ipv6 cef
multilink bundle-name authenticated
!
!
!
!
!
!
voice service voip
 media flow-around
 allow-connections sip to sip
 no supplementary-service h450.2
 no supplementary-service h450.3
 supplementary-service h450.12
 fax protocol t38 version 0 ls-redundancy 0 hs-redundancy 0 fallback pass-through g711ulaw
 sip
  bind control source-interface FastEthernet0/0
  bind media source-interface FastEthernet0/0
  asserted-id pai
  privacy pstn
  no anat
  midcall-signaling passthru
  sip-profiles 1
!
voice class codec 1
 codec preference 2 g711ulaw
!
voice class sip-profiles 1
 request ANY sip-header User-Agent modify ".*" "User-Agent: Customer's CUBE/IOS-15.1(2)T1"
 response ANY sip-header Server modify ".*" "Server: Customer's CUBE/IOS-15.1(2)T1"
!
voice class sip-profiles 67
 request INVITE sip-header From modify "(.*@).*(>.*)" "\1caciqueinc.com\2"
 request REINVITE sip-header From modify "(.*@).*(>.*)" "\1caciqueinc.com\2"
 request INVITE sip-header Privacy add "Privacy: id"
 request REINVITE sip-header Privacy add "Privacy: id"
 request INVITE sip-header P-Asserted-Identity modify "(.*@).*(>.*)" "\1caciqueinc.com\2"
 request REINVITE sip-header P-Asserted-Identity modify "(.*@).*(>.*)" "\1caciqueinc.com\2"
!
voice class sip-profiles 91
!
voice class sip-profiles 13
!
!
voice iec syslog
!
!
voice translation-rule 1
 rule 1 /^9011/ /011/
!
voice translation-rule 9
 rule 1 /^9/ //
!
voice translation-rule 10
 rule 1 /.*\(..........\)/ /\1/
!
voice translation-rule 67
 rule 1 /^\*67/ //
!
voice translation-rule 91
 rule 1 /^91/ //
!
!
voice translation-profile Last10
 translate called 10
!
voice translation-profile Strip-*67
 translate called 67
!
voice translation-profile Strip-9
 translate called 9
!
voice translation-profile Strip-9011
 translate called 1
!
voice translation-profile Strip-91
 translate called 91
!
voice translation-profile Strip-92
 translate called 92
!
!
voice-card 0
 dspfarm
 dsp services dspfarm
!
!
!
license udi pid CISCO2811
archive
 log config
  hidekeys
username admin privilege 15 secret 5 X
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
 ip address X.X.X.X 255.255.255.0
 ip helper-address X.X.X.X
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
 no ip address
 shutdown
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
!
router eigrp 100
 network 172.17.100.0 0.0.0.255
 no eigrp log-neighbor-changes
!
ip forward-protocol nd
!
!
ip http server
ip http authentication aaa login-authentication http-auth
ip http authentication aaa exec-authorization http-auth
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 X.X.X.X
!
ip radius source-interface FastEthernet0/0
logging trap debugging

!

!

!
!
control-plane
!
call threshold global total-calls low 1 high 70
!
!
!
mgcp profile default
!
sccp local FastEthernet0/0
sccp ccm X.X.X.X identifier 1 version 7.0
sccp ccm X.X.X.X identifier 2 version 7.0
sccp
!
sccp ccm group 1
 associate ccm 1 priority 1
 associate ccm 2 priority 2
 associate profile 30 register MTP01-123456
!
dspfarm profile 30 mtp
 description MTP04-123456
 codec g711ulaw
 maximum sessions software 1000
 associate application SCCP
!
dial-peer voice 2581 voip
 description SIPT outbound DP to CUCM PUBLISHER
 translation-profile outgoing Last10
 preference 1
 destination-pattern ^258[2-9]..[2-9]......$
 session protocol sipv2
 session target ipv4:X.X.X.X
 voice-class codec 1
 dtmf-relay rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 2584 voip
 description SIPT inbound DP for 258+10 Digit Dialing (pairs with 2581-2)
 session protocol sipv2
 incoming called-number ^258[2-9]..[2-9]......$
 voice-class codec 1
 dtmf-relay rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 674 voip
 description SIPT inbound DP for *67 Dialing (pairs with 671-2)
 session protocol sipv2
 incoming called-number *67[2-9]..[2-9]......$
 voice-class codec 1
 dtmf-relay sip-kpml rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 672 voip
 description SIPT outbound DP to Sprint (Fort Worth) (pairs with 674)
 translation-profile outgoing Strip-*67
 huntstop
 preference 2
 destination-pattern *67[2-9]..[2-9]......$
 session protocol sipv2
 session target ipv4:X.X.X.X
 voice-class codec 1
 voice-class sip profiles 67
 dtmf-relay rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 671 voip
 description SIPT outbound DP to Sprint (Chicago) (pairs with 674)
 translation-profile outgoing Strip-*67
 preference 1
 destination-pattern *67[2-9]..[2-9]......$
 session protocol sipv2
 session target ipv4:X.X.X.X
 voice-class codec 1
 voice-class sip profiles 67
 dtmf-relay rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 911 voip
 description SIPT outbound DP to Sprint (Chicago) (pairs with 914)
 translation-profile outgoing Strip-91
 preference 1
 destination-pattern ^91
 session protocol sipv2
 session target ipv4:X.X.X.X
 voice-class codec 1
 voice-class sip profiles 91
 dtmf-relay rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 914 voip
 description SIPT inbound DP from CUCM (pairs with 911-2)
 session protocol sipv2
 incoming called-number ^91
 voice-class codec 1
 dtmf-relay sip-kpml rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 915 voip
 description SIPT inbound DP from CUCM (pairs with 911-2)
 session protocol sipv2
 incoming called-number ^9
 voice-class codec 1
 dtmf-relay sip-kpml rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 912 voip
 description SIPT outbound DP to Sprint (Fort Worth) (pairs with 914)
 translation-profile outgoing Strip-91
 huntstop
 preference 2
 destination-pattern ^91
 session protocol sipv2
 session target ipv4:X.X.X.X
 voice-class codec 1
 voice-class sip profiles 91
 dtmf-relay rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 91 voip
 description SIPT outbound DP to Sprint (Fort Worth) (pairs with 914)
 translation-profile outgoing Strip-9
 huntstop
 preference 2
 destination-pattern ^9
 session protocol sipv2
 session target ipv4:X.X.X.X
 voice-class codec 1
 voice-class sip profiles 91
 dtmf-relay rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 2582 voip
 description SIPT outbound DP to CUCM PUBLISHER
 translation-profile outgoing Last10
 destination-pattern ^258[2-9]..[2-9]......$
 session protocol sipv2
 session target ipv4:X.X.X.X
 voice-class codec 1
 dtmf-relay rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 9120 voip
 description SIPT outbound DP to Sprint (Fort Worth) (pairs with 914)
 translation-profile outgoing Strip-9011
 huntstop
 preference 2
 destination-pattern ^9011
 session protocol sipv2
 session target ipv4:X.X.X.X
 voice-class codec 1
 voice-class sip options-ping 60
 voice-class sip profiles 91
 dtmf-relay rtp-nte
 no vad
!
dial-peer voice 9110 voip
 description SIPT outbound DP to Sprint (Chicago) (pairs with 914)
 translation-profile outgoing Strip-9011
 preference 1
 destination-pattern ^9011
 session protocol sipv2
 session target ipv4:X.X.X.X
 voice-class codec 1
 voice-class sip profiles 91
 dtmf-relay rtp-nte
 no vad
!
!
gateway
 timer receive-rtp 600
!
sip-ua
 no remote-party-id
 retry invite 2
 reason-header override
!
!
gatekeeper
 shutdown
!
!
!
line con 0
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
 exec-timeout 30 0
 privilege level 15
 transport input all
!
scheduler allocate 20000 1000
ntp server X.X.X.X
ntp server X.X.X.X
end

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Dennis Mink
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

The way I have always perceived it is that the mode border element command is pretty much only used as a way to enforce licensing. as opposed to a for instance a CME router, H323 or MGCP gateway.  As far as I know running the command would not provide any additional fucntionality running it purely as a SIP-SIP (CUBE) Gw.

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So you are telling that any gateways with a SIP-SIP connection is a CUBE?

Then if you can avoid that command, what's the goal of entering it???

Abtin,

yes, CUBE is very much a Cisco sales term more than anything else. Typically if you have an ISR that only does SIP and is used to sit in between you ITSP and CUCM, that is a CUBE/SIP-SIP  (ore even IP IP gateway).

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