<div dir="ltr">OPTIONS Polling would tell if you if the next hop is responding, but wouldn't satisfy the OP requirement of testing for call answer. That pretty much demands an INVITE.<div><br></div><div>An option might be iTest (<a href="http://ipt-networks.com/itest/">ipt-networks.com/itest/</a>), which places calls through your system and tests for FAS and call failure. These can be set on a schedule and would test both your inbound (iTest to your service) and outbound (your service to called party).</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Regards,<div><br></div><div><p style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>Calvin Ellison</strong><br>Voice Operations Engineer<br><a href="mailto:calvin@voxox.com" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(14,123,174)" target="_blank">calvin@voxox.com</a><br>+1 (213) 285-0555<br><br>-----------------------------------------------<br><strong><a href="http://www.voxox.com/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(14,123,174)" target="_blank">voxox.com</a> </strong><br>5825 Oberlin Drive, Suite 5<br>San Diego, CA 92121<br></p><img src="http://cdn.voxox.com/img/voxox-logo.png" alt="Voxox" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Ivan Kovacevic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ivan.kovacevic@startelecom.ca" target="_blank">ivan.kovacevic@startelecom.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-4428909757281124619WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-4428909757281124619__MailEndCompose"><span>Run Nagios or Icinga and do an OPTIONS test from office to SIP provider and an external server to office? </span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span> </span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color:#1f497d">Best Regards,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color:#1f497d">Ivan Kovacevic</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Vice President, Client Services</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color:#1f497d">Star Telecom | </span></span><a href="http://t.sidekickopen05.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg1qMvVnW3LjyBM63K6FlW63JXmj56dLPjf6TyZWx02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.startelecom.ca%2F&si=6470560385859584&pi=aebe170a-2796-42f5-8113-805ac3ecd0d1" target="_blank"><span>www.startelecom.ca</span><span></span></a><span><span style="color:#1f497d"> | SIP Based Services for Contact Centers | </span></span><a href="http://t.sidekickopen05.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg1qMvVnW3LjyBM63K6FlW63JXmj56dLPjf6TyZWx02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fstar-telecom-www-startelecom-ca-%3Ftrk%3Dbiz-companies-cym&si=6470560385859584&pi=aebe170a-2796-42f5-8113-805ac3ecd0d1" target="_blank"><span>LinkedIn</span><span></span></a><span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span> </span></span></p><span></span><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Outages-discussion [mailto:<a href="mailto:outages-discussion-bounces@outages.org" target="_blank">outages-discussion-<wbr>bounces@outages.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Colangelo, Dom<br><b>Sent:</b> September 21, 2017 1:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> Greg Dickinson <<a href="mailto:Greg.Dickinson@bryantbank.com" target="_blank">Greg.Dickinson@bryantbank.com</a><wbr>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:outages-discussion@outages.org" target="_blank">outages-discussion@outages.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Outages-discussion] External monitoring</span></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If you’ve got Lync/S4B, there’s an API you can hook into – from there I’d schedule every so often to a known good number, and shoot off an email for anything other than a SIP 200 response code.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Dominick Colangelo * Systems Administrator * Technology Services * Wentworth Institute of Technology * 550 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115 * <a href="tel:(617)%20989-4523" value="+16179894523" target="_blank">617-989-4523</a> * email/im </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:colangelod@wit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">colangelod@wit.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"> * </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://t.sidekickopen05.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg1qMvVnW3LjyBM63K6FlW63JXmj56dLPjf6TyZWx02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wit.edu%2Fdts&si=6470560385859584&pi=aebe170a-2796-42f5-8113-805ac3ecd0d1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><wbr>wit.edu/dts</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"> * Follow us on Twitter @ </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://t.sidekickopen05.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg1qMvVnW3LjyBM63K6FlW63JXmj56dLPjf6TyZWx02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FDTSatWIT&si=6470560385859584&pi=aebe170a-2796-42f5-8113-805ac3ecd0d1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">DTSatWIT</span></a></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Outages-discussion [<a href="mailto:outages-discussion-bounces@outages.org" target="_blank">mailto:outages-discussion-<wbr>bounces@outages.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Greg Dickinson<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:outages-discussion@outages.org" target="_blank">outages-discussion@outages.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Outages-discussion] External monitoring</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So this isn’t directly “outage” related, but if you squint really hard and look at it sideways, it might fit the standard :)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I need to monitor our phone system for the ability to dial in and out (basically, monitor our SIP trunks and related infrastructure, back to the PBX).  I envision a service that would place a call every few minutes (15 or 20) to a specified number, and if it got no answer, would send an alert.  Does anyone know of a service like this, or have an alternative way of testing this?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#9d1535">Greg Dickinson</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Network Engineer</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#9d1535"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US"><img border="0" width="155" height="32" style="width:1.6145in;height:.3333in" id="m_-4428909757281124619Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image001.png@01D332E1.289414A0" alt="cid:image001.png@01D2DDE3.06E76B70"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#9d1535"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#404140">234 Goodwin Crest Drive, Suite 500</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#404140">Birmingham, AL  35209</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#404140">Office: <a href="tel:(205)%20917-2407" value="+12059172407" target="_blank">205.917.2407</a>  |  Mobile: <a href="tel:(205)%20234-6427" value="+12052346427" target="_blank">205.234.6427</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#404140">Fax: <a href="tel:(205)%20945-0515" value="+12059450515" target="_blank">205.945.0515</a>  |  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:greg.dickinson@bryantbank.com" target="_blank">greg.dickinson@bryantbank.com</a><span style="color:#404140">  |  </span><a href="http://t.sidekickopen05.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg1qMvVnW3LjyBM63K6FlW63JXmj56dLPjf6TyZWx02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fbryantbank.com%2F&si=6470560385859584&pi=aebe170a-2796-42f5-8113-805ac3ecd0d1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#404140">BryantBank.com</span></a><span style="color:#404140"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#404140">Unbeatable Service.  Legendary Results.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://facebook.com/bryantbank/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">Facebook</span></a>  |  <a href="http://t.sidekickopen05.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg1qMvVnW3LjyBM63K6FlW63JXmj56dLPjf6TyZWx02?t=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbryantbank%2F&si=6470560385859584&pi=aebe170a-2796-42f5-8113-805ac3ecd0d1" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">Twitter</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br><br>NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, print, save, copy, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete copies.  Thank you.</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="1" height="1" style="width:.0104in;height:.0104in" id="m_-4428909757281124619_x0000_i1025" src="http://t.sidekickopen05.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LCS0Vf6xNj7dSCJWW64Jplz1pctGFW55kbNc1k1H6H0?si=6470560385859584&pi=aebe170a-2796-42f5-8113-805ac3ecd0d1" alt="http://t.sidekickopen05.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LCS0Vf6xNj7dSCJWW64Jplz1pctGFW55kbNc1k1H6H0?si=6470560385859584&pi=aebe170a-2796-42f5-8113-805ac3ecd0d1"></p></div></div>
<br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
Outages-discussion mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Outages-discussion@outages.org">Outages-discussion@outages.org</a><br>
<a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages-discussion" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/outages-<wbr>discussion</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>