Managing PRI gateways
VoIP PRI gateways seamlessly connect your legacy telephony infrastructure, made up of PRI (T1, E1) or BRI lines, to IP networks. Businesses with legacy phone equipment (such as a TDM PBX) can use PRI gateways to connect to SIP trunking services without having to spend money altering their current network infrastructure.
The FortiVoice FVG-GT01 and GT02 gateways can be auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit once they connect to it. You can also manually add gateways to be managed by the FortiVoice unit.
This topic includes:
Viewing and adding gateways
To view the list of added GT01/02 gateways, go to Managed System > Gateway > PRI Gateway.
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GUI field |
Description |
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Apply configuration |
Select a gateway from the list and click this option to apply the FortiVoice FXS gateway configuration file to this gateway and reboot the gateway immediately. |
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View configuration |
Select a gateway from the list and click this option to display the configuration file applied to this gateway. |
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Unmanaged Gateway |
Click to display the gateways auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit. For more information, see Viewing unmanaged gateways. |
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Fetch Device Info |
Select a branch FortiVoice unit from the list and click this option to retrieve its information. |
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Upgrade |
Select a gateway and select this option to upgrade it now or later. |
To add a gateway
- Go to Managed System > Gateway > PRI Gateway.
- Click New and do the following:
GUI field
Description
Name
Enter a unique name for the gateway.
Enable
Select to activate the gateway if required.
Display name
The name displaying on the gateway, such as ABC Company Gateway.
Hostname/IP address
Enter the hostname or IP address of the gateway.
- Get device information: Click to get the serial number, device type, and MAC address of the gateway.
- Connect Device: Click to go to the Web GUI of the gateway.
Admin user name
Enter the user name for logging into the gateway.
Admin password
Enter the password for logging into the gateway.
Serial number
The serial number of the gateway.
Type
Select the gateway brand and model.
MAC address
Enter the MAC address of the gateway.
Description
Enter any comments for the gateway.
- Click Create.
Creating multiple trunk gateways
A GT01/02 gateway has 1 span (PRI port). By default, the single span is mapped to one trunk. However, you may reassign the span to multiple trunks if required. Before adding any span to a trunk, you need to free the span in the default trunk accordingly.
After creating a trunk gateway, you can manually add it into the dial plan to make it work. For more information, see Configuring inbound dial plans and Configuring outbound dial plans.
To add a trunk gateway
- Go to Managed System > Gateway > PRI Gateway.
- Select a gateway for which you want to add a trunk and click Edit.
- Click Manage trunk.
- Double click the default gateway.
- For Span, move the span to the Available field.
- Click OK.
- Click New and do the following:
GUI field
Description
Trunk gateway
Enter a unique name for the gateway.
Enabled
Select to activate the trunk gateway if required.
Type
Select PRI for the trunk gateway.
Display name
The name displaying on the trunk gateway, such as ABC Trunk.
Main number
Enter the main number assigned to this trunk gateway. If you just have DIDs and no main number, you can select one of the DIDs as the main number.
Edit span
Select the span to be modified.
Span
Move the span to the Selected field to assign it to the trunk gateway.
Gateway device
Select the gateway for which the trunk is created.
Gateway SIP address
Enter the SIP address of the gateway.
A SIP address is what you get when you register for a SIP account.
Gateway SIP port
Enter the port number for the gateway. It is either 5060 or 5061.
Caller ID modification
Select to allow caller ID modification configurations. You can associate multiple caller ID modification configurations with a dial plan. For more information on caller ID modification, see “Modifying caller IDs”.
Description
Enter any comments for the trunk.
- Click Create.