Edge 8000 Family
Edge 8000 Improves Local Access to Cloud-Based Business Applications
Overview
A cost-effective platform that delivers:
• Robust Session Border Controller (SBC) option to protect communications traffic
• Gateway options for telecom connectivity (T1/E1 and analog lines/stations)
• A high-performance, full-featured, multi-tenant, data router with up to 10 Gbps of throughput
• High Availability (HA) option for SBC services and integration with Teams Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA)
• Option RedHat OS variants of Edge 8300 & 8500 for FIPS 140-3 compliance
• Hardware choices for both cost-effective and highly resilient deployment options
Session Border Controller Services
The Edge 8000 includes software space (VNF) to deploy Ribbon’s best-in-class SBC SWe Edge, providing best-in-class communications security. The Edge 8000 deployed with SBC SWe Edge software delivers:
• Voice security (topology hiding, encryption, protection against Denial-of-Service attacks, and more).
• High Availability (HA) deployment option
• Interoperability with leading PBXs, cloud UC services, cloud contact center services, SIP endpoints, and SIP Trunking providers.
• Certification with Microsoft Teams, Zoom Phone, Webex, Google Voice, and many other platforms.
• Integration with Microsoft Teams Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA).
• Advanced call routing features such as Active Directory/LDAP server routing integration and onboard call forking.
• Powerful interoperability services including media transcoding and SIP header manipulation.
The SBC supports up to 1,000 (Edge 8100/ 8300) or 2,000 (Edge 8500) concurrent calls (SIP sessions), enough for 5,000 registered users. SBC services are incrementally licensed, making them cost-effective for very small deployments with seamless scalability to larger environments.
The Edge 8000 includes an intuitive user interface for the SBC SWe Edge, including ready-made templates for popular platforms and telecom providers.