The Monitoring tests are found in the MONITORING TAB in the MCS main menu, as shown on the right.

To add a new SIP TEST click the ADD TASK LINK.

SIP is the Session Initiation Protocol. In IP and traditional telephony there are two different phases of a voice call.

The first phase is "call setup," and includes all of the details needed to get two telephones talking. Once the call has been setup, the phones enter a "data transfer" phase of the call using an entirely different family of protocols to actually move the voice packets between the two phones.

The SIP Monitor sends a Register, Options, Invite and Cancel messages.

This section is only used if the user wishes to alter the default thresholds.

The default settings are shown in brackets for each parameter.

This will not affect the global thresholds for other tests, they will be unique values for this test.

Click ADD SIP TASK to save changes.