First SBC Deployment - Few Questions

[jskinner97]

Hi,

I am going to deploy 44 phones later this week for the first time using a RPI 3. All the phones are on a VLAN, so have put the VLAN details in the WAN section on the phone provisioning section.

I am installing the SBC software onto the Pi later this week, will the Pi have the option to add a VLAN tag?

Will the RPI 3 be capable for 44 phones, and a few BLFs per extension as it is quite a big company so do not want to mess this up. We would normally NAT the phones.

Thanks,

 

[SweetAction]

Hi,

I am going to deploy 44 phones later this week for the first time using a RPI 3. All the phones are on a VLAN, so have put the VLAN details in the WAN section on the phone provisioning section.

I am installing the SBC software onto the Pi later this week, will the Pi have the option to add a VLAN tag?

Will the RPI 3 be capable for 44 phones, and a few BLFs per extension as it is quite a big company so do not want to mess this up. We would normally NAT the phones.

Thanks,

For the Pi, just set the switchport it's connected to to access on that VLAN.
For the number of phones, it should work:
https://www.3cx.com/blog/releases/sbc-performance/

 

[TBWD]

I don't think the PI has such an option, however if you set a static IP on the PI, you should not have any problems, I also believe the PI can handle up to 50 phones.

 

[cobaltit]

You can set the Pi to a specific VLAN but that is an OS function, not something done from the 3CX side. But it's probably easier to just set the switchport to the correct VLAN as @SweetAction said.

As far as the sizing, you can reference this:

https://www.3cx.com/docs/recommended-hardware-specifications-for-3cx/

 

[jskinner97]

Cheers guys

 

[Alphabetic]

It is recommended to have 30 EXT registered to 1 Pi SBC

See slide 5

https://www.3cx.com/3cxacademy/videos/intermediate/configuring-remote-extensions/

 

[Saqqara]

It is recommended to have 30 EXT registered to 1 Pi SBC

See slide 5

https://www.3cx.com/3cxacademy/videos/intermediate/configuring-remote-extensions/

I think this is old info,

https://www.3cx.com/docs/recommended-hardware-specifications-for-3cx/ highlights upto 50 extensions with 10 blf per device

 

[Alphabetic]

I think this is old info,

https://www.3cx.com/docs/recommended-hardware-specifications-for-3cx/ highlights upto 50 extensions with 10 blf per device

Yes they should modify this slide @JohnS_3CX