Vocera SIP Telephony Gateway Requirements

Learn the requirements needed for setting up Vocera SIP Telephony Gateway.

Install the Vocera SIP Telephony Gateway on a dedicated computer. The Vocera SIP Telephony Gateway uses software that might cause conflicts, and it performs resource-intensive tasks that might affect performance of other applications.

The following figure shows a typical Vocera system consisting of Vocera Client Gateway, Vocera Voice Server, and Vocera SIP Telephony Gateway installed on separate computers. Optionally, Vocera Report Server can also be installed on a separate computer.

Figure 1. Vocera software installed on separate computers Vocera software installed on separate computers

If your PBX is not SIP-enabled or does not handle all SIP features such as RFC 2833 DTMF relay, you can use a VoIP media gateway (such as Dialogic Media Gateway) to connect to the PBX, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 2. VSTG connecting to PBX through Dialogic Media Gateway VSTG connecting to PBX through Dialogic Media Gateway

If the computer on which you are installing Vocera SIP Telephony Gateway has previously run other applications, re-install the operating system and apply appropriate service packs to ensure you install the Vocera SIP Telephony Gateway into a clean environment.