Configuring office peers
If you have remote offices equipped with VoIP network, you can set up office peer trunks so that offices can call each other as if they are local extensions.
|
For the office peers to call each other, make sure that your FortiVoice unit and the peer office PBX are mutually registered with each other’s IP address and SIP port number. |
To view the list of office peer trunks, go to Trunk > Office Peer > Office Peer.
|
GUI field |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Fetch Office Directory |
Select a trunk and click this button to obtain the phone directory from this office peer. This option only works if the PBX of the remote office is a FortiVoice unit and Fetch directory (see Directory) is selected on the remote unit. You can view the directory by going to Monitor > Directory and selecting this office in the Locations field. For more information, see Viewing call directory. |
|
Enabled |
Select to activate this trunk. |
|
Name |
The name of the office peer. |
|
Display name |
Enter the name displaying on the extension. |
|
Type |
The type of the trunk. |
|
Server |
The domain name or IP address of the remote office’s PBX. For example, |
|
Port |
The port number for VoIP network on the remote office’s PBX. |
|
SIP Setting |
The SIP profile applied to this trunk. |
|
Status |
The status of the SIP trunk.
|
To set up a site to site office peer
- Go to Trunk > Office Peer > Office Peer.
- Click New.
- Under Office peer type, click Site to Site.
- If you want to change your local number pattern, click the Edit icon besideLocal/incoming digit patternto modify it.
- Review the basic New office peer information, click Next.
- Configure the following:
GUI field
Description
Name
Enter a name for the trunk.
Display name
Enter the name displaying on the extension.
Enable
Select to activate the trunk.
Peer Configuration
Remote Host/IP
Enter the domain name or IP address of the remote office’s PBX.
Port
Enter the port number for VoIP network on the remote office’s PBX.
Authentication
Optionally, you may configure to authenticate the peers.
Disable
If you do not need authentication for the office peer, select this option to disable it.
Symmetric
If you want to authenticate the PBXes forming the office peer trunk., enter the User name and Password. These Setting must be the same on both PBXes.
The PBX on each end will use the Setting to authenticate each other.
Asymmetric
If you want to authenticate incoming and outgoing calls, enter the Inbound user name, Outbound user name, and Password. These Setting must be the same on both PBXes forming the office peer trunk.
The PBX on each end will use the Setting to authenticate incoming and outgoing calls.
Outgoing digit pattern
Click the Edit icon if you want to modify the digit pattern of the outgoing dial plan for the local and peer offices.
Advanced
Local/incoming digit pattern
Click the Edit icon if you want to modify digit pattern of the local/incoming dial plan for the local and peer offices.
Call routing
Select the call routing plan as required.
Select this option and click Fetch now to obtain the phone directory from this office peer.
This option only works if the PBX of the remote office is a FortiVoice unit and the same option is selected on the remote unit.
You can view the directory by going to Monitor > Directory and selecting this office in the Office field. For more information, see Viewing call directory.
Share metric
Enter the hop count value for this FortiVoice unit to share phone directory with a peer office.
For example, if you enter 1, the directory can only be shared with the first peer office site designated on the routing table of this FortiVoice unit.
SIP Setting
Select the SIP profile for the trunk. You can edit the existing profile or click New to add a new one. For more information, see Configuring SIP profiles.
Max channel
Enter the maximum voice channels for the trunk.
This field accepts value in the range of 1-450 inclusive.
- Click Create.
After setting up the peer office, create outgoing and incoming dial plans for the local and peer offices. For more information, see Configuring Call Routing.