RFC 3624 (rfc3624) - Page 2 of 19

The Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Bulk Audit Package

RFC 3624                MGCP Bulk Audit Package            November 2003


Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Bulk Audit Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
       2.1.  Package Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
             2.1.1. Package Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
             2.1.2. Bulk Auditing of Non-persistent Virtual
                    Endpoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
             2.1.3. Package Specific Return Codes. . . . . . . . . .  12
       2.2.  Examples of Package Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
             2.2.1. Endpoint List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
             2.2.2. Connection Count List. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
             2.2.3. Connection Mode List . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
             2.2.4. Endpoint State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   5.  References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   6.  Authors' Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   7.  Full Copyright Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19

1.   Introduction

   The reader is assumed to be familiar with the base MGCP protocol [3].

   The base Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) [3] includes audit
   commands that only allow a Call Agent to audit an endpoint and/or a
   connection state, one endpoint at a time.  This document describes a
   new MGCP package for bulk auditing of a group of gateway endpoints.
   It allows a Call Agent to determine the endpoint naming convention,
   to determine the list of instantiated endpoints, and to determine the
   connection and endpoint state for the group of endpoints.  This is
   particularly important in fail-over situations in which there are
   gateways that have large numbers of endpoints.

   Conventions Used in this Document

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [2].

2.  Bulk Audit Package

2.1.  Package Definition

   Package Name: BA

   Package Version: 0




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