Cisco Expressway-C Subzone Pipes and Links Bandwidth Management Configuration From Scratch

Ensure the two domains hq.clcei.com and br.clcei.com are added to allow registrations using these domains.

Navigate to Configuration > Local Zone > Subzones and create a new subzone, configure the following parameters:

Name: hq-zone

Total bandwitdh available: Bandwidth restriction Unlimited

Create another subzone with the following parameters:

Name: br-zone

Total Bandwidth Available: Bandwidth Restriction Limited

Total bandwidth available: Total bandwidth limit (kbps) 128

Navigate to Configuration > Local Zone > Subzone membership rules, the first subzone membership rule should accept only a registered devices with the domain name hq.clcei.com. To match the domaine name, use the suffix.

Rule Name: hq-zone-endpoints

Type: Alias pattern match

Pattern type: Suffix

suffix: hq.clcei.com

Target Zone: hq-zone

State: Enabled

Create another subzone membership rule to accept only a registered devices with the domain name br.clcei.com.

Rule Name: br-zone-endpoints

Type: Alias pattern match

Pattern type: Suffix

suffix: br.clcei.com

Target Zone: br-zone

State: Enabled

Ensure that the Yate Clients are registered with SIP URI dave@hq.clcei.com and bob@br.clcei.com in the subzones hq-zone and br-zone respectively.

Call from dave@hq.clcei.com to bob@br.clcei.com.

Navigate to Status > Call and observe that the call is established.

Navigate to Configuration > Local Zone > Subzones and check the Bandwidth used 128 kpbs for both subzones.

Navigate to Configuration > Bandwidth > Pipes and add a new pipe with the following parameters:

Name: HQ-BR

Total bandwidth available: Bandwidth restriction Limited

Total bandwidth available: Total bandwidth limit (kbps) 64

Navigate to Configuration > Bandwidth > Links and configure a link between hq-zone and br-zone to use the pipe HQ-BR with the following parameters:

Name: HQ-BR

Node 1: hq-zone

Node 2: br-zone

Pipe 1: HQ-BR

Establish a call between dave@hq.clcei.com and bob@br.clcei.com.

In the links page, in the Link named HQ-BR observe the bandwidth 64 kbps being used for the call.

You can also verify on the subzones pages as shown below.

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