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Oracle Diameter Signaling
Router (DSR) Management
Solution

OPN-Sales
 Product Area Features and Functions for Technical Individuals
Objectives:

 1- Demonstrate how to use the Oracle DSR Graphical User

Interface.
 2- Describe how to configure: Groups, Users, Sessions,
peer nodes, route groups, and connections.
 3- Explain Status & Manage Categories: Network Elements,
Server, HA, Database, & KPIs.

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 OAM&P User Interface Description
 A web-based User Interface (UI) resides on the NOAM&P and
SOAM&P Network Elements and provides:
– Centralized system wide monitoring and management (NO)
– User administration (NO)
– Status of databases, processes, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and
more (NO)
– Measurements of system utilization (NO)
– Collection of Events and Alarms (NO & SO)
– Configuration of Servers and Applications (SO)
– Configuration and Provisioning of optional DSR features (SO)

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 NO User Interface – Main Menu

Software Version
Information

Connection
Alarm Banner
Information

Main Menu

Workspace

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 NO User Interface – Navigation

Breadcrumb
Click Folder To Navigation Aid
Expand

Action Buttons

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 SO GUI
 The SO GUI has a different VIP address to the NO GUI
 Although the SO GUI displays all of the NO GUI menu items many or
them are not used via the SO GUI and will return an error if any edits
or inserts are attempted.
 The SO GUI Diameter menus do not appear when logged into the NO
GUI.
 The SO GUI is used to configure the Diameter sections of the DSR
and also the optional features such as Mediation, RBAR, FABR and
CPA none of which appear in the NO GUI.

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 SO Diameter > Configuration Menu

Note: Logged into

the SO GUI via
VIP

This menu is
where most
configuration
tasks will be
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performed
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 DSR GUI Interface

 Grab simple screenshots from TK411 from beginning of

GUI section

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 Configuration->Groups

 The Groups Administration page enables you to create, modify, and delete
user groups.
 A group is a collection of one or more users who need to access the same
set of functions. Permissions are assigned to the group for each
application function. All users assigned to the same group have the same
permissions for the same functions. In other words, you cannot customize
permissions for a user within a group.

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 Configuration->Users
 Each user who is allowed access to the user interface is assigned a
unique Username. This Username and the associated password must be
provided during login. After three consecutive, unsuccessful login
attempts, a user account is disabled. The number of failed login attempts
before an account is disabled is a value that is configured through
Administrations > Options.
 Each user is also assigned to a group or groups. Permissions to a set of
functions are assigned to each group. The permissions determine the
functions and restrictions for the users belonging to the group.

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 Configuration->Sessions

 The Sessions Administration page enables the administrative user to view

a list of current user sessions and to stop user sessions that are in
progress.
 This function does not disable the user's login account. To end a user
session that is in progress, delete the user session.

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 Configuration->Peer Nodes

 A Peer Node is an external Diameter client, server, or agent with which the
DSR establishes direct transport connections. A Peer Node may be a
single computer or a cluster of computers and may have one or more
transport connections.
 After it is configured, a Peer Node can be:
– Assigned to connections for use in Diameter routing
– Assigned to Route Groups that manage the distribution of traffic to and among Peer Nodes

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 Configuration->Route Groups

 A Route Group is a user-configured set of Peer Nodes or Connections

used to determine the distribution of traffic to each Peer Node in the same
Route Group. Traffic is distributed among available Peer Nodes or
Connections based on the configured capacity assignment of each
available Peer Node or Connection.

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 Configuration->Connections

 A connection provides the reliable transport connectivity between

Diameter nodes. A connection:
– Can use the SCTP or TCP transport protocol
– Can be configured to initiate or respond to a connection to the Peer Diameter Node

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 Status & Manage

 This section describes how to view and manage the various types of data
generated by the system.

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 Server
 The Server page provides a single point for monitoring collected data, isolating
problems, and performing actions required for server maintenance. This page
provides roll-up status for six subsystems on each server defined in the network.
You can navigate to individual subsystem status pages for more detailed
information with a single click on the Server page.

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 Network Elements

 The Network Elements page provides the status of network elements as well as a
location in which you can manage Customer Router Monitoring. Customer Router
Monitoring, if enabled, monitors connectivity from the system to customer IMI and
XMI network gateways.

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 Server

 The Server page provides a single point for monitoring collected data, isolating
problems, and performing actions required for server maintenance. This page
provides roll-up status for six subsystems on each server defined in the network.
You can navigate to individual subsystem status pages for more detailed
information with a single click on the Server page.

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 High Availability (HA)
 HA Status provides the status of the HA relationships for OAM and MP servers,
which are configured to run as either active-standby server pairs or individual
servers. The internal status fields are used to map to a Derived HA Status. The
Derived HA Status is displayed as the HA Status.
 The Availability state of a server is used by HA to determine when a switchover is
necessary. Availability is ranked with a score. A lower score is better and means the
server is in better health. The decision to switchover is based on this score.
 Availability states are driven from conditions or events which have occurred on a
server.

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 Database
 The Database page provides: the ability to disable and enable provisioning system-
wide on active NOAMPs and site-wide on the active SOAM.
 Database status information for each server in the network. The system tracks
alarms associated with a database and displays this information on the Database
page.
 Access to several database functions. These functions include: inhibiting and
restoring provisioning and configuration updates to the system; backing up and
restoring a database (and the status of these functions); displaying a database
status report; inhibiting/allowing replication; and comparing a backed up and
archived database to an existing database. With the exceptions of restore and
replication, these functions affect a single OAM server only.
 The status of database backups.
 The durability status.

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 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) allow the user to monitor system performance
data, including CPU, memory, swap space, and uptime per server. This
performance data is collected from all servers within the defined topology.
 The KPI display function resides on all OAM servers. Servers that provide a GUI
connection rely on KPI information merged to that server. The Network OAMP
servers maintain status information for all servers in the topology. System OAM
servers have reliable information only for servers within the same network element.
 The Status and Manage KPIs page displays performance data for the entire
system. KPI data for the entire system is updated every 60 seconds. If data is not
currently being collected for a particular server, the KPI for that server will be shown
as Unk for "Unknown".

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