{"id":227883,"date":"2017-01-25T09:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=227883"},"modified":"2017-01-25T10:16:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T15:16:40","slug":"what-separates-the-patton-sn5541-esbc-from-other-session-border-controllers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/what-separates-the-patton-sn5541-esbc-from-other-session-border-controllers\/","title":{"rendered":"What Separates the Patton SN5541 eSBC from other Session Border Controllers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"patton-logo\"<\/a>With the release of Patton’s SN5541 Enterprise Session Border Controller<\/a>, a few\u00a0questions arose for me. First, what is the benefit of having an ESBC and second, why does this product stand out amongst the rest?<\/p>\n

Well, I have the answers for you, but first, let’s discuss what and why you would want or need an ESBC.<\/p>\n

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What Does an ESBC Do?<\/h2>\n

An ESBC is deployed in the session layer and connects the enterprise communications infrastructure to the public Internet, session initiation protocol (SIP) trunk service providers and\/or private networks. It terminates and reassembles received communications to manage traffic while ensuring that the entire UC solution is secure. To help make this a little less technical think of it this way, an ESBC acts like the security guard and only allows those with the right credentials in.<\/p>\n

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The Advantages of Patton’s SN5541<\/h2>\n

So let’s get to it, what really separates the SN5541 from its competitors? Well, some of the key\u00a0differentiators are that it has an FXS long reach 10 km or 6.2 miles, that one line could be for each independent FXS port and it will still ring 3 phones at the end of that line, while also supporting all three different methods of message indication. It is also programmed with\u00a0Dual software image, allowing your device to have active and passive software image, which gives you the possibility to do an immediate switch from one software image to the other quickly without rebooting. This is beneficial to you because if one image fails over, there is a backup of the other image in place. Patton also included secure zero touch provisioning through HTTPS, which makes things easy and secure, saving you time and labor. The 5541<\/a> also includes PacketSmart (License Required), which is a very powerful network assessment & monitoring tool used to observe customer networks and live calls, identifying any LAN or WAN issues that affect VoIP call quality.<\/p>\n

\"sn5541\"SN5541 Features<\/a>:<\/p>\n