Verifying SIP ALG Configurations

Verifying SIP ALGs

Purpose

Display SIP ALG verification options.

Action

From the CLI, enter the show security alg sip ? command.


user@host> show security alg sip ?
Possible completions:
  calls                Show SIP calls
  counters             Show SIP counters
  rate                 Show SIP rate

Meaning

The output shows a list of all SIP verification parameters. Verify the following information:

Verifying SIP ALG Calls

Purpose

Display information about active calls.

Action

From the J-Web interface, select Monitor>ALGs>SIP>Calls. Alternatively, from the CLI, enter the show security alg sip callscommand.


user@host> show security alg sip calls
Total number of calls: 1
       Call ID: 47090a32@30.2.20.5
			Method: INVITE
          

Meaning

The output shows a list of all active SIP calls. Verify the User Agent Server (UAS) call ID and local and remote tags, and the state of the call.

Verifying SIP ALG Call Details

Purpose

Display address and SDP about active calls.

Action

From the J-Web interface, select Monitor>ALGs>SIP>Details. Alternatively, from the CLI, enter the show security alg sip calls detail command.


user@host> show security alg sip calls detail
Total number of calls: 1
       Call ID    : 47090a32@30.2.20.5
Method   : INVITE
  State    : SETUP
  Group ID : 24575
              

Meaning

The output provides details about all active SIP calls. Verify the following information:

Verifying SIP ALG Counters

Purpose

Display information about SIP counters.

Action

From the J-Web interface, select Monitor>ALGs>SIP>Counters. Alternatively, from the CLI, enter the show security alg sip counters command.


user@host> show security alg sip counters
Method         T       1xx       2xx       3xx       4xx       5xx       6xx
              RT        RT        RT        RT        RT        RT        RT 
INVITE         4         4         3         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
CANCEL         0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
ACK            3         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
BYE            3         0         3         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
REGISTER       7         0         7         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0 
OPTIONS        0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
INFO           0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
MESSAGE        0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
NOTIFY         0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
PRACK          0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
PUBLISH        0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
REFER          0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
SUBSCRIBE      0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
UPDATE         0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
BENOTIFY       0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
SERVICE        0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
OTHER          0         0         0         0         0         0         0
               0         0         0         0         0         0         0
    SIP Error Counters
    -----------------------------
       Total Pkt-in                        :34
       Total Pkt dropped on error          :0
              Call error                          :0
       IP resolve error                    :0
       NAT error                           :0
       Resource manager error              :0
       RR header exceeded max              :0
       Contact header exceeded max         :0
       Call Dropped due to limit           :0
       SIP stack error                     : 0
       SIP decode error                    : 0
      SIP unknown method error             : 0
       RTO message sent                    : 0
       RTO message received                 : 0
       RTO buffer allocation failure        : 0
       RTO buffer transmit failure          : 0 
       RTO send processing error            : 0
        RTO receive processing error         : 0
      	RTO receive invalid length           : 0
        RTO receive call process error        : 0
        RTO receive call allocation error     : 0
        RTO receive call register error       : 0
        RTO receive invalid status error      : 0

Meaning

The output provides a count of all SIP response codes transmitted and received, and of SIP errors. Verify the following information:

Verifying the Rate of SIP ALG Messages

Purpose

Display information about SIP message rate.

Action

From the J-Web interface, select Monitor>ALGs>SIP>Rate. Alternatively, from the CLI, enter the show security alg sip rate command.


user@host> show security alg sip rate
CPU ticks per microseconds is 3735928559
    Time taken for the last message is 0 microseconds
    Total time taken for 0 messages is 0 microseconds(in less than 10 minutes)
    Rate: 3735928559 messages/second

Meaning

The output provides information about CPU usage for messages, and speed and periodicity of SIP signaling messages. Verify the following information:

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