Cisco's Unified CM 12.5(1) security guide says to use UDP as the SIP trunk outgoing transport only when the far end does not support TCP, and otherwise to use TCP as the default.

Checked 2026-10-02

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Subsystem
SIP trunk security profile
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
12.5(1)
Checked
2026-10-02

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting failed calls caused by large SIP messages over UDP: source note sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-cucm-outgoing-tcp-default. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-cucm-outgoing-tcp-default

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-cucm-outgoing-tcp-default,
  title  = {Troubleshooting failed calls caused by large SIP messages over UDP: source note sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-cucm-outgoing-tcp-default},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-cucm-outgoing-tcp-default},
  note   = {Source note sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-cucm-outgoing-tcp-default, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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