This section makes frequent use of data contained in the Technical Requirements.

All relevant sections of the Technical Requirements Data collection should be completed or known before commencing with the steps in this section.

Create API User

VSM requires a user account to be created on Ribbon Edge SBC, in order to run API commands which collect status of Edge SBC.

Ribbon Edge SBC users can be created via one of two options:

Local User Option

Browse to SBC then Navigate to Security > Users > Local User Management

Click on icon to create new user

Fill in the required user details as per the table below

Field	Value	Mandatory/optional
User Name	Enter Username to be used by VSM	Mandatory
Password	Enter Password	Mandatory
Confirm Password	Enter Password again	Mandatory
Access Level	REST	Mandatory

This option is applicable only if Active Directory is integrated with Ribbon Edge SBC .

Create New User on Active Directory (Ask Active Directory Administrator) to create User for Ribbon SBC.

Active Directory Administrator need to make sure the new Ribbon SBC user is in the correct Group that will have API Access.

Confirm with Active Directory Administrator AD Group Name.

Browse to SBC then Navigate to Security > Users > Remote Auth Permission > AD User Group

Click to create AD User Group to Access Level Mapping

Fill in the required fields as below

Field	Value	Mandatory / optional
Group Name	Specifies the name of a valid Active Directory user group to which a SBC Edge access level is assigned	Mandatory
Access Level	Select REST from the drop down	Mandatory

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This option is applicable only if RADIUS Server is used to manage Ribbon Edge SBC Users

Create New User on RADIUS Server (Ask RADIUS Server Administrator) to create User for Ribbon SBC

Check with RADIUS Server Administrator User Class name for the newly created user

Browse to SBC then Navigate to Security > Users > Remote Auth Permission > RADIUS User Class

Click User to Access Level and Click icon

Fill in the required fields as below

Field	Value	Mandatory / optional
Group Name	Specifies the name of RADIUS class to which a SBC Edge access level is assigned ,Class Name is case sensitive and must match the RADIUS class exactly	Mandatory
Access Level	Select REST from the drop down	Mandatory

Additional Details can be found here

SNMP configuration is required as part of Ribbon SBC Edge Monitoring . SNMP can be configured as V2, or V3 based on customer requirements.

Browse to SBC then Navigate to SNMP/Alarms > SNMP Management Address

Click the icon to to add New SNMP Manager Address

Fill in the required fields as below

Field	Value	Mandatory / Optional
Manager Address	Enter IP Address of VSM Probe	Mandatory
SNMP Version	Select Version 2 From the drop down	Mandatory
Community	Enter the Community String	Mandatory
Community Type	Read-Only	Mandatory
Trap Enabled	True	Mandatory

Fill in the Fields as below:

Field	Value	Mandatory / Optional
Manager Address	Enter IP Address of VSM Probe	Mandatory
SNMP Version	Select Version 3 from the drop down	Mandatory
Community Type	Read-only	Mandatory
USM User Name	Enter SNMP Username	Mandatory
Auth Protocol	Select any of the options (None , MD5 or SHA 1	Mandatory
Auth Password	Enter Auth Password - applicable only if selected Auth Protocol is MD5 or SHA1	Mandatory
Confirm Auth Password	Repeat Auth password entered above to confirm	Mandatory
Priv Protocol	AES 128 must be selected if Auth Protocol is set to anything other than None, Otherwise None can be selected	Mandatory
Priv Password	Enter Privacy Password. Hidden when Priv Protocol is set to None	Mandatory
Confirm Priv Password	Repeat password entered above to confirm	Mandatory
Trap Enabled	Select True from Drop Down	Mandatory

Additional details can be found here