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4 ServerIron ADX Advanced Server Load Balancing Guide
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SIP Overview
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SIP client registration
Registration is another common SIP operation. Registration is the means through which the SIP
domain's registrar server learns the current location of SIP clients (UAC). Upon initialization, and at
periodic intervals, the SIP clients send REGISTER messages to domain's SIP registrar server. The
REGISTER messages associate an individual SIP URI (sip:user@brocade.com) with the machine (IP
address) into which the user is currently logged. The registrar server writes this association to a
database, called the location service, where it can be used by the SIP proxy server of the domain.
Often, a registrar server and the location service for a domain are co-located with the proxy server
for that domain.
SIP terminology
This section describes terms and concepts that you might find useful when configuring SIP-LB.
Request-URI
Every SIP user has a URI. One SIP user calls another by setting the SIP URI of the latter in the
request message, (also called request-URI), which appears before all message headers.
UAC
A User Agent Client (UAC) is a logical entity that creates a new request. The role of UAC lasts only for
the duration of the transaction.
UAS
A User Agent Server (UAS) is a logical entity that generates a response to a SIP request. The
response accepts, rejects, or redirects the request.
Proxy server
An intermediary entity that acts as both a server and a client for the purpose of making requests on
behalf of other clients. A proxy server is primarily a router, which means its job is to ensure that a
request is sent to another entity nearer to the targeted user. A proxy interprets and, if necessary,
rewrites specific parts of a request message before forwarding it.
Redirect server
A redirect server is a user agent server that generates 3xx responses to requests it receives,
directing the client to contact an alternate set of URIs.
Registrar server
A registrar server accepts REGISTER requests and places the information it receives in those
requests into the location service for the domain it handles.
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