General

The functionality that is available on the edge server.

View the functionality that the edge server is configured to support.

Access Methods

Discovery of federated partners, use of archiving disclaimer notification to federated users, and remote user access to Office Communications Server.

Enable federation with other domains outside of your organization.

Enable discovery of federation partners. This option can be used by itself or in conjunction with the configuration of the Allowand Blocktabs.

Enable sending of the archiving disclaimer notification to federated users.

Enable support for remote user access by authorized users.

Enable support for anonymous users joining meetings that are organized by users who are authorized to accept anonymous users.

Enable support for remote users to communicate with federated users who connect through the Access Edge Server. This setting is used when two Access Edge Servers are deployed, one that is dedicated to remote user access and one that is configured to support federation and public IM connectivity.

Edge Interfaces

Configuration of internal and external interfaces for edge servers, as well as the A/V authentication port.

For the internal interface of the edge server:

• Specify the IP address.
  
  
• Select a certificate for the internal IP address.
  
  

For the Access Edge Server:

• Specify the IP address for the external interface.
  
  
• Specify the external ports used for remote user access, and view the external port used for federation.
  
  
• Specify the internal SIP port.
  
  
• Select a certificate for the IP address of the external interface.
  
  

For the Web Conferencing Edge Server:

• Specify the IP address for the external interface.
  
  
• Specify the external data port.
  
  
• Specify the internal data port.
  
  
• Select a certificate for the IP address of the external interface.
  
  

For the A/V Edge Server:

• Specify the IP address, FQDN, TCP port, and media port range for the external interface.
  
  
• Specify the internal ports, including the TCP port and the A/V authentication port.
  
  
• Select a certificate for A/V authentication.
  
  

Internal

How the Access Edge Server connects to the internal network of your organization, including the internal domains and servers that can connect to the Access Edge Server. Only domains and servers that are specified on this tab can use the Access Edge Server.

Specify the FQDN of the next hop server.

Specify the listening port of the next hop server.

Add or remove domains from the list of internal SIP domains that are supported by your Office Communications Server deployment.

Add or remove servers from the list of internal servers that are authorized to connect to the Access Edge Server.

Allow

External domains for federated partners, either to limit connections to specified domains (if discovery of federated partners is not enabled), to grant a higher trust to connections of the specified domains (if discovery of federated partners is enabled), or to grant the highest level of trust (if both the domain and Access Edge Server are specified).

Add or edit a specific domain for a federated partner, including optionally specifying the partner’s Access Edge Server. You must specify the partner’s Access Edge Server if the partner does not publish its federation records for discovery. This specification can provide a higher level of trust for discovered Access Edge Servers.

Remove a federated domain from the Allowlist.

Block

External domains that are not allowed to connect to your Access Edge Server.

Add or edit a specific external domain that is to be blocked from accessing your Access Edge Server.

Remove an external domain from the Blocklist.

Compression

Compression for outgoing server-to-server connections and client-to-server connections, as well as the maximum allowable number of connections to other servers.

Enable compression for outgoing server-to-server connections.

Enable compression on client-to server connections.

Specify the maximum number of server-to-server connections.

IM Provider

Use of public IM service providers within your organization.

Add or edit specific public IM service providers (such as AOL, Yahoo!, and MSN), including enabling connection with the IM service provider, specifying the IM service provider name and the service provider’s Access Edge Server network address, specifying whether it is a public IM service provider, and selecting an option for filtering incoming communications.

Remove a public IM service provider.