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Dual Ethernet Port

Overview

You can configure the second Ethernet port on the
CSP Matrix Series 3 Card I/O card to separate the SIP signaling traffic from the host application control traffic. Dialogic recommends that you have the host-to-CSP traffic carried on Ethernet port A and the SIP signaling traffic carried on the Ethernet port B.

The BOOTP server is required to configure Ethernet port B.

Description

The additional information is carried in the vendor specific area of the BOOTP response. You modify the BOOTP configuration to include new entries to carry the IP Address, Gateway IP Address, and Subnet Mask for the second physical Ethernet port.

Configuring the second Ethernet port is optional but if you enter an IP Address for Ethernet port B you must enter an associated Subnet Mask.

Important! Although a gateway IP Address may be configured for both Port A and Port B, only one is utilized. If two gateway IP addresses are configured, one for Port A and one for Port B the one specified for Port A will be used. Therefore, Dialogic recommends that you configure only one gateway IP Address and that it be on Port B.

If you do not configure the second Ethernet port, it is internally set to the same values configured for the first Ethernet port.

Configuring

For the associated procedure, refer to Configuring Dual Ethernet Ports on IP Signaling and CSP Matrix Series 3 Cards in the Application Development chapter in the Developer Guide: Overview.

The protocol used in most local area PC networks. Typically, most Ethernet networks support data transmission speeds up to 10 Mbps, but 100 Mbps is also possible.
Session-Initiation Protocol. A signaling protocol used for establishing sessions in an IP network. A session could be a simple, two-way telephone call, or it could be a collaborative multi-media conference session.
Boot protocol for TCP/IP
Internet Protocol. Part of the TCP/IP family of protocols used to route messages and tracks the addresses of nodes.
A device that translates calls between an IP network and another network, typically the PSTN.
A 32-bit address, used in IP routing, which includes a Network address identifier assigned by a central authority and a Host ID (an end station identifier assigned by a LAN administrator).
The bits of an Internet Protocol (IP) address used for a subnetwork.
The point in the Excel platform where a DS0 connects to a network. Also known as a "socket."