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1. DSR Release 7 1 Media and Documentation Name Licensing Information User Manual Planning Installation Upgrade and Disaster Recovery Feature Guide Planning Guide DSR Hardware and Software Installation Procedure 1 2 DSR Software Installation and Configuration Procedure 2 2 DSR 7 1 Software Upgrade Guide 3 tier Disaster Recovery Guide RMS Productization Installation Guide RMS Productization Disaster Recovery Guide Core DSR Document Set Operation Administration and Maintenance OAM User s Guide Communication Agent User s Guide Roadmap to Hardware Documentation Reference Policy and Charging Application User s Guide Diameter User s Guide Mediation User s Guide Range Based Address Resolution RBAR User s Guide Full Address Based Resolution FABR User s Guide Charging Proxy Application CPA and Offline Charging Solution User s Guide IP Front End IPFE User s Guide Diameter Common User s Guide Diameter Administrator s Guide MAP Diameter IWF User s Guide SS7 SIGTRAN User s Guide Transport Manager User s Guide Gateway Location Application GLA User s Guide Related Publications Reference Measurements Reference Alarms and KPIs Reference Network Impact Report E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 13 DSR Release 7 1 Media and Documentation Name DSR GLA Feature Activation Procedure DSR Mediation Feature Activation Work Instruction DSR CPA Feature Activation Procedure DSR FABR Feature Activation Pro
2. Restore fails to restore SOAM Destination table 20827974 Manual DRNO Failover causes Log table merging to be stuck for 60 minutes 20061081 SDS Server Groups Error when removing Server Groups should be more specific 21275108 DSR application software does not enable the HA VIP audit for VIP DA MP HA Problem of CAPM import export with PegCounter Unable to remove MP configured as Multi Active Cluster from MP Server Group 20419478 60 Getting occasional timeouts for MAP originated traffic 19687361 60 Need to evaluate if prod dbdown needs to be removed from upgrade loader 20978881 20905566 19403786 FABR Address Resolution Filtering is not working for Application name 19403590 Filter box in Connection screens jumbled up when Info box is present 19116323 239093 EDL Two getGroupedAvp function calls with different instance numbers 19113920 237257 GUI does not validate duplicate entry for command code Name 21288055 pSBR needs to be changed to SBR in on line help 21209429 TransportConnection table back out from DSR 7 0 0 0 0_70 22 0 to 5 0 0_50 21 0 20688150 7 0 Feature Notice Release 6 0 Present in TOC 20630266 7 0 3 site Fresh Install PCA activation feature not visible in GUI of sites 2 3 20523211 20729427 7 0 DCL EMR abatement timer not working correctly STP 7 0 Typo in output of upgradeHealthCheck status with daMpStatus argument e 20431417 STP 7 0 Typo in Event 22700 Protocol Error Invalid IP
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4. Error User can not cancel resume a paused SG upgrade task with global prov disabled DRA rejecting to convert SAI message due to missing requesting PLMN ID parameter Customer Impact Statement be used until a manual workaround is performed Customer Impact None User can create file as root user during installation Customer Impact None User can modify file during installation as needed Customer Impact Users cannot use the Diameter Maintenance GUI to assess the health of their signaling network This affects the Diameter Troubleshooting and Serviceability at SITE level using Diameter Maintenance screens Customer Impact No impact to traffic The ping test doesn t work on the IPv6 link local address Customer Impact Alarm ID 19901 may be raised for SCTP multi homed connections When a connection is configured with both primary and secondary IP addresses the software will pick ene of the two addresses and treat it as the primary IP address for the connection If the wrong address is picked this error would occur Workaround The secondary IP could be removed so the remaining IP address correct IP is used Customer Impact User will need to enable global provisioning for cancel resume functionality to be available Customer Impact SAI message with missing requesting PLMN ID with fail Workaround None 47 19119199 19120515 19589251 19638376 19773691 19881753 E61925 Revi
5. No impact to traffic Exception Measurement SbrRemoveSessDbErr can depending on the call mix be pegged while running a sunny day call flow In this case it is misleading to peg an error measurement when in fact the signaling behavior is working correctly The impact is that the error pegs are misleading Customer Impact When user selects context sensitive help on the Dashboard screen on both the NO and SO Main Menu Diameter Common gt Dashboard the link is not working properly When you click on Help in the upper right corner of the screen the resulting page has 2 panes The pane on the right displays an error message But the pane on the left 60 21540306 21554520 21608339 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR7 1 DSR7 1 DSR7 1 DSR7 1 DSR7 1 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 21531146 21539715 During session migration SbrOcSessionNotFound measurement unexpectedly pegged SBRDBRM Resizing can get stuck with 0 of 0 records remaining SSST Exception Measurements SbrXxxAuditDbErr pegged on Binding SBRs PCA SSST Stuck SysMetricThreshold Alarms after SBR switchover 7 1SysTest DWR DPR message ignored if length is incorrect Customer Impact Statement correctly shows the table of contents The Dashboard help page can be successfully accessed by navigating through the table of contents Customer Impact No impact to traffic Exception Measurement SbrOcSessionNot fou
6. Upgrade Browser hangs with connection error when NOAMP switches ac Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact Inaccurate measurement count Pending RAR audit report has data Number of Release PendingRar records not added due to max capacity But the report does not show the count of Release PendingRar records that could not be added because another record with same session id but different alternate key had already been added Customer Impact Customer could delete the Default PCRF Pool Name value unknowingly especially if the user follows the same logic that other attempts to delete the Default values are not allowed Customer Impact If replication to the Standby PSBR server fails the replication barrier will also prevent replication to the Spare PSBR server This would mean a potential loss of Session Binding data if the Active server fails Workaround Recovery procedure is available Customer Impact When upgrading PDRA systems it was sometimes observed that the browser hangs and will not refresh back to the login screen when the second NOAMP was Prepared Upgrade screen This would be the currently active NO The failover does occur and the other NO does becomes active verifying via a terminal window connected to the NO VIP as well as opening a new browser window session The browser displays the Connection error in the upper left hand corner of the GUI Workaround The user can
7. maintenance or administration etc and requires attention during pre defined standard hours to resolve the situation The urgency is less than in critical situations because of a lesser immediate or impending effect on product performance customers and the customer s operation and revenue such as Reduction in product s capacity but still able to handle the expected load Any loss of administrative or maintenance visibility of the product and or diagnostic capability Repeated degradation of an essential component or function or Degradation of the product s ability to provide any required notification of malfunction 3 Minor Other problems of a lesser severity than critical or major such as conditions that have little or no impairment on the function of the system The numbered severity levels in the tables below correspond to these definitions e 1 Critical e 2 Major e 3 Minor Resolved Bug Listing Table 5 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved Bugs lists bugs that are resolved in the following builds E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 20 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Application Lineup e DSR 7 1 0 0 0 71 24 0 e IDIHA 7 1 0 0 0 71 24 3 e SDS 7 1 0 0 0 71 11 0 Platform Lineup e TPD 7 0 2 0 0 86 28 0 DSR IDIH SDS Baseline Oracle Linux 6 6 e TPD 7 0 1 0 0 86 20 0 PM amp C TPD Version e TVOE 3 0 2 0 0 86 28 0 e PMAC 6 0 1 0 0 60 21 0 e Comcol 6 4 p252 e Appworks 6 0 1 60 35 0 e Exgstack 7 1 0 71 2
8. migration plan you can use the Accelerate option If you wait for the acceleration to complete then a Force Complete is not needed If a Force Complete is needed then perform the Force Complete during a maintenance window low traffic period verify that 59 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 21493343 21493608 21509820 21511818 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 7 1 DSR7 1 DSR7 1 DSR 7 1 Local Initiate Port Values Not Shown After 6 0 to 7 1 Upgrade Problem specifying OCS Realm or Node for SS Specific Message for adjacent node SSST Exception Measurement SbrRemoveSessDbErr pegged during sunny day call flow Dashboard Help pages give error when click on Help Title Customer Impact Statement EEE are no network issues when performing the Force Complete all DA MP and SBR servers are communicating with the OAM Customer Impact Potential upgrade workaround If any DSR initiator connections are configured with a local initiate port values user will need to disable and re enable connections after the upgrade is complete to re establish connections Workaround To establish the connection on the Local Initiate Port Disable and then Enable the connection Customer Impact Traffic will fail using session state on OCS node Work Around Have the OGS node or OGS realm be located in the DSR as the CTF node Or change the session state to All message Customer Impact
9. must be entered manually to recover When recovering a DSR system disaster recovery where both the active AND standby NOAMs are dead the script used to recover the etc hosts files fails The hosts must be entered manually to recover When recovering a DSR system disaster recovery where both the active AND standby NOAMS are dead the script used to recover the etc hosts files fails The hosts must be entered manually to recover Minimal Customer Impact Unable to migrate IPv6 MPs User will not be able to do migration from Active Standby to Active Active configuration if MPs have IPv6 IP Addresses Workaround Before migration Change the format of IPv 6 Addresses in Network table those should be in expanded form like fdOd deba d97c 0ee5 0000 0000 0000 0000 43 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 19403630 3 DSR 6 0 Error on MainMenu gt IPFE gt Configuration gt TargetSets screen 3 DSR 6 0 Error on MIWF NO Diameter Realm screen 3 DSR 6 0 MIWF NO Diameter Identity GTA Screen 19403712 19403735 19403759 19446813 DSR 6 0 MIWF NO GA Range to PC Load Sharing sorting is not working DSR 6 0 IDIH GLA Metadata pSBR Response metadata not present on IMSI queries 19449633 3 DSR 6 0 Upgrade Incorrect default 0 for Connection Count in Server Group E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 Customer Impact Statement Minimal Customer Impact GUI display errorDelete of TargetSets from
10. origin 241606 idbsvc abtermed on stdby binding pSBR with large number of binding recor 241615 POOL BIE PCRF Pool to PRT Mapping import errors when when no APN is m 241724 PDRA Full disaster recovery puts application in unstable state 241888 Alarm Export disabled during Upgrade Window 241947 Site failover failback results in Alarm 31283 HA disconnected from Ser 242158 MSISDN Binding query report showing two binding data for the same MSISDN 242333 DSR 5 1 Problem with Measurements 11354 and 11357 Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact No impact to customer It just deals with which tables are used Customer Impact Loss of redundant binding pSBR until process restarts Customer Impact User could encounter errors with Bulk import when there is a misconfiguration Customer Impact This can extend the duration of the disaster recovery and requires Oracle support to resolve Customer Impact User will not be able to export event log CSV file during upgrade Workaround is to use Report button to create the report in non plain text format and view it Customer Impact Invalid alarm seen on system Customer Impact No Impact to signaling The MSISDN Binding Query Report will not match the IMSI Binding Query Report for Same Information This might confuse the user but the data being displayed in accurate however not sorted correctly Inaccurate measurements pegged
11. 21457741 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 _ as 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Diameter Meas TxConnSendBufAvg 0 amp TxConnSendBufPeak n a unexpectedly DSCP not working on IPFE iptables rules are overwritten by the IPFE process Apply Button Allows double entry for routes in NOAM GUI After backout backout_restore script in var tmp was of old release Customer Impact Statement use the noping option with the keyexchange command Customer Impact Inaccurate measurement values for TxConnSendBufAvg amp TxConnSendBufPeak in case where DSR send buffer and peer receive buffer sizes are different Workaround Ensure that DSR send buffer and peer receive buffer sizes are the same Customer Impact No functional impact to Signaling because DSCP marking values at the MP are unaffected and thefore all outgoing packets over the Signaling network will still contain the desired DSCP marking value configured Customer Impact User could inadvertently add duplicate routes if pressing Apply button more than once on the NOAM Main Menu Configuration gt Network gt Routes If duplicate route is entered user can use the NOAM GUI to delete it Customer Impact When user restores the database the permission of the database files when any changes are made from the GUI could lead to a database access error Failed to get WSSE passwd error will be dis
12. 6 0 Value of KASME is Customer Impact All AIR AIA incorrect in Diameter messages that involve AIA when translating authentication interworking with from SAIResponse HLR s that are pre release 8 HLR does not support LTE authentication will fail 2 21305131 DSR 7 1 IPFE I R connections Customer Impact For users cause DA MP stasis who have a configured a when Resp half lands on significant number of IPFE I R different DA MP connections and b are running at or near full capacity in term of connection and or reserved E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 24 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 21417112 DSR 7 1 19085999 DSR 5 0 19086131 DSR 5 0 19103600 DSR 5 0 L E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 NIDIH Traffic failures while running IDIH trace on large system 207367 Filtering Inconsistent sizing of the Filter drop down box occurring on 208467 CAPM DiamMed Event 25000 does not identify template_name in View Active 229225 Event logs should be correctly updated with the appropriate Congestion Title Customer Impact Statement es could send a STASIS message to IPFE telling IPFE that it has reached maximum connections capacity although it has less than maximum number of connections established on it Workaround User could consider changing the IPFE I R connections to either IPFE Initiator or IPFE Responder connections Customer Impact Potential traffic impact when running
13. Expectancy Upgrade from DSR 5 0 to 6 0 will require longer maintenance window to complete Major upgrade will take 40 to 45 minutes per server Bug Number 19119344 19209874 19216755 19306717 19327392 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 241556 Add new MP Profile parameters to existing set of MP Profiles SNMP Notifications Contain Redundant Text CEX Host IP Validation Enabled checkbox can not be modified after saved DSR upgrade does not handle NO activity change well DM IWF Alarms Measurements descriptions needs to be updated as per user doc 3 Customer Impact No functional impact The new parameters could make MP profiles easier to chose during DSR application deployment Minimal Customer Impact SNMP Notifications Contain Redundant Text Extra Notify at end of affected notifications Minimal Customer Impact Configuration ErrorUser is not able to modify the CEX Host IP Validation Enabled checkbox after initial creation of the configuration set The workaround is to delete the connection configuration set and re enter it Potential Upgrade Event Unexpected NOAM role changeUnexpected DSR NOAM role changes during an upgrade can result in misleading upgrade status information Workaround Check the release version of the server to tell if the upgrade is finished successfully At
14. GUI versus delete via Bulk Import Export are not working the same If user has deleted a record from the GUI a subsequent Bulk Import can t re insert the same record Minimal Customer Impact GUI display errorMIWF NO Diameter Realm Sorting for same type of fields i e Last and third to last column is just opposite from each other Minimal Customer Impact GUI display errorSorting on the field named Authentication Internetworking Needed results in the fields being sorted in the following order No Yes Use realm setting vn Minimal Customer Impact GUI errorUser will not be able to sort by Load Sharing in the MIWF NO GA Range to PC GUI Customer Impact After successful GGR GGA query for IMSI there is metadata for the Query Event but not for the Response However there is minimal impact because the results of the pSBR query are extracted and formatted into the GLA answer message Workaround The workaround is to examine the GLA answer message It will contain similar information as that produced from the pSBR queries Customer Impact GUI will show an incorect value until it is manually updated by user Workaround Update the value of the text field via the gui Use 1 unless another specific connection limit is desired 44 19508974 19509892 19531576 19538108 19552987 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0
15. and SBR servers are communicating properly with the OAM then this time period should be a couple of seconds E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 58 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 But if there are communication problems then this time period can last for up to 20 seconds OCDRA Impact When Force Completing a Session Reconfiguration plan either Resizing or Migration if Session State is configured to be on messages can be lost from the time that the Force Complete button is hit until the time that the operational status of the reconfiguration plan changes to Migration Plan Completed If there are no network issues meaning all DA MP and SBR servers are communicating properly with the OAM then this time period should be a couple of seconds But if there are communication problems then this time period can last for up to 20 seconds Note that when Force Completing a reconfiguration plan there is expected to be traffic loss for records associated with the initial Database or Resource Domain since the point of Force Complete is that you are abandoning the initial DB RD But the traffic loss described above is unexpected since it is for records associated with the target DB RD Work Around Ways to eliminate minimize the traffic loss avoid the use of Force Complete Allow the migration to complete naturally If you need to speed up the completion of a resizing
16. and rack mount servers manufactured by HP HP Gen9 Intel Haswell CPU based dual socket blades and rack mount servers manufactured by HP E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 16 Chapter 5 DSR Release 7 1 Supported Upgrade Paths Topics e Supported Upgrade Paths 18 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 This release has been tested for upgrades from specific prior releases this chapter contains the exact paths for upgrade Please verify that your current installed release is listed on a valid upgrade path 17 DSR Release 7 1 Supported Upgrade Paths Supported Upgrade Paths The possible upgrade paths to DSR Release 7 1 are listed below Table 4 DSR Release 7 1 Upgrade Paths Note e Any upgrade other than listed above is not recommended or supported 7 1 0 is supported as a new or fresh installation as well E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 18 Chapter 6 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Topics e Severity Definitions 20 e Resolved Bug Listing 20 e Customer Known Bug Listing E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 24 This chapter lists the Resolved and Known Bugs for DSR Release 7 1 These bug lists are distributed to customers with a new software release at the time of General Availability GA and are updated for each Maintenance release 19 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Severity Definitions The problem report sections in this document refer to Bug severit
17. decode IMSI address from SIP URI without example sip 123456789012345 ims mnc123 mcc456 3gppnetwork org 21459134 3 DSR 7 0 verifyBackout script Customer Impact After user returns with error performs backout to DSR 7 0 verifyBackout script will not work Workaround User can check the upgrade log file to see if there are any ERROR tags logged E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 52 21378512 DSR7 0 IOT Sh FABR failure Customer Impact Customer 21493739 20325253 20447504 20513017 20631628 f 20694289 20704269 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 3 3 3 3 3 3 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 1 DSR 7 1 DSR 7 1 DSR 7 1 DSR 7 1 DSR 7 1 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs NOVIP GUI displayed the standby NO after 6 0 to 7 0 Upgrade IPv6 Only DSR 32308 Server provisioning Network Error after enabling Ping Column resizing not working on some screens IPv6 DSR ComAgent Remote Server Insert Fails First Time on Browser SBRDBMO Getting unexpected Mrg and Repl warning when of SGs in RD modified DSR GUI Screen shifts when clicking on buttons in IE DTLS Issue openssl 1 0 1e dtls ecc with openssl 1 0 1e 30 version TPD 7 0 1 Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact GUI issue no impact to traffic User will not be able to do provisioning as the GUI VIP will be pointing to the Standby server Workaround is available Contact My Oracle Support MOS
18. during a maintenance window DSR 7 1 EventID 31225 HA Customer Impact No functional Service Start Failure on impact Alarm 31225 will be DR NOAMSs after fresh visible on Active NOAM from install Both Active and Standby DRNOAM If DRNOAM is not present alarm will not occur Workaround Workarounds are documented in the Installation and Disaster Recovery Guides 21473561 3 DSR 7 1 PCRF Migration Status Customer Impact If PCRF Verification tool does Pooling Migration fails to not have option to complete due to some straggler remove records records customer will need to contact Oracle to help identify and remove the non migrated records 3 21465801 21479472 DSR 7 1 7 1SysTest MD IWF Customer Impact does not activate on MAP Diameter IWF menu item DRNOs will not be available on the Disaster Recovery NOAM Workaround The feature activation script can be executed on the Disaster Recovery NOAM 21488643 DSR 7 1 Getting numerous call Customer Impact Potential failures when force traffic impact when selecting completing a session __ Force Complete for a resizing Migration Plan PDRA Impact When Force Completing a Binding Resizing plan for Gx and Gxx traffic CCR I messages can be lost from the time that the Force Complete button is hit until the time that the operational status of the resizing plan changes to Migration Plan Completed If there are no network issues meaning all DA MP
19. for PsbrImsiSrRemoved ByAudit and PsbrMsisdnSr RemovedBy Audit Measurement PsbrimsiSrRemoved ByAudit shows the count of MSISDN Session References deleted by Audit Measurement PsbrMsisdnSrRemoved 38 19128609 DSR 5 1 19679676 20990574 19100665 19106500 19113942 19114314 3 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs DSR 5 1 Measurement 10865 is pegged twice for Binding Dependent Sessions PSBR KPIs displayed on NO and PDRA servers DSR procrestart related to DC election churn caused by DC hanging ona lock 226656 DSR OAM Cleanup terminology wording descriptions etc 226930 DSR OAM Capacity Validation Updates 231464 Remove all causes for continuous DSR process restart 237276 DPI specific changes remove product references also Diameter Common 237558 upgrade Upgrade Manager form Customer Impact Statement ByAudit shows the count of IMSI Session References deleted by Audit Customer Impact Inaccurate measurement pegged for PsbrStaleSessionRemoved When session audit cleans up a binding dependent session it is incrementing the measurement 10865 PsbrStaleSessionRemoved by two instead of one Customer Impact Inconsistent report output The PSBR KPIs is not applicable to NO server but it displays 0 value while the other NO server standby SO PDRA IPFE etc show blank Customer impact In
20. for assistance if needed Customer Impact No impact to traffic The ping test doesn t work on the IPv6 link local address Minimal Operational Impact Cannot resize columns for several menu items using Internet Explorer 9 Issue not encountered using IE8 and IE10 Customer Impact GUI issue This issue occurs on the first insert attempt after opening a new browser or on the first attempt of a given day The insert does not apply Workaround User must try again All subsequent attempts will work successfully for the remainder of the day Customer Impact None A warning box pops up on the GUI that points out that an unexpected communication issue exists The user should make sure they understand the issue before proceeding The user can choose whether to Cancel or Continue the operation Minimal Operational Impact For several menu items when using Internet Explorer 9 the screen will intermittently shift when you attempt to click the Ok Edit Cancel buttons No impact to DSR 7 1 due to affected patch being excluded 53 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 20745780 3 DSR 7 1 Potential PDRA Customer Impact Potential configuration change upgrade GUI issue For the problems in an upgrade below parameters that are GUI window in DSR 5 1 configurable during an upgrade window OAM has been upgraded but not all MPs have been upgraded if these values are modified on the GUI the new value wi
21. upgrade software and facilitates robust server group scoped upgrade procedures This automation provides flexibility for sequential or parallel server group upgrade procedure improving both speed and reliability of the upgrade process IPv6 Support for DSR BUG 19117611 19117612 19117852 19118470 19117850 19117851 19085083 e Incorporates support for IPv6 on all internal and external management networks This along with DSR s existing support for IPv6 on Signaling networks allows DSR to be deployed without the need for IPv4 addresses Configuration sets for ETG Rate Limiting and Pending Trans Limiting parameters BUG 19459484 e Provides simplified configuration and maintenance of Egress Throttle Group configuration parameters via re usable profiles PCAP output for IDIH BUG 19942975 e Supports export of captured IDIH trace data in PCAP format Port Number Flexibility BUG 20083083 e Simplified management and improved flexibility of local DSR port assignments for Diameter Connections using IPFE Binding SBR Capacity Growth Degrowth BUG 19090983 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 9 Feature Descriptions e Allows in service growth and degrowth of the Binding SBR database capacity in an existing P DRA deployment to include augmenting the physical location of the Binding SBR servers Session SBR Capacity Growth Degrowth BUG 19120094 e Allows in service growth and degrowth of the Session SBR database capacity in an exist
22. 2 0 e HP Firmware 2 2 9 minimum Note As part of successful installation of the DSR IDIH SDS applications the TPD version is upgraded to 7 0 2 0 0 86 32 0 Table 5 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved Bugs Bug Found Title Number Rel 19689814 3 0 211632 Expected error not returned when attempting to edit delete Network inu 19687858 215394 BIE CEX config set import insert does not error when more than 10 Appl 19687814 211750 RBAR BIE Individual Addresses import fails after first error 19687734 3 0 215544 Error code 19126 generated when an attemting to modify the remote busy 19687708 3 0 215359 Error message indicating not enough memory is generated while attemting 19687644 215307 DSR GUI Edit Application ID fails 19687577 3 0 214455 Check for maximum number of CEX Config Sets not performed by DSR OAM GU 19085130 198219 DSR does not include Failed AVP AVP with Result Code AVP 5014 21035886 Reconnecting SCTP MMEs stuck on same DA MP 19601162 Configuration gt Network Element Edit OK button not responding E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 21 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Bug Found Title Number Rel 19119645 241777 Mediation is not able to convert negative answer message into a success 19118181 240565 RxRoutedIntraMPAttempt measurement is being pegged in both cases of rout 19117103 239718 CEX cfgset form loses vendor IDs when editing 19101627 227651 PDRA Event 22700
23. 66 19115828 19116029 19116743 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 3 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 237916 GxP Measurement TxPdra AnsweasGanaraiadFoaDiamdatir is not pegged fo 238022 POOL BIE Remove unused fields in Congestion Options CSV file 238151 POOL Security Log Update the Site NW Options and Error Code screen nam 238286 Device Configuration after Take Ownership enslaving configuration o 238297 POOL IPv4 IPv6 BKOT reports show blank Binding Creation Date Time fi 238361 DSR GUI Application Route Table screen shows flat list of rules 238733 P DRA CongOptions BIE format contains way too many fields 238878 GLA does not add Failed AVP for 3xxx result code when IMSI and MSISDN pr 239435 Auth Application Id AVP validation in DSR 5 1 with PDRA activated Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact Certain measurement peg counts for Gx messages are not pegged in the required way Customer Impact No operational impact Customer Impact No customer impact Customer Impact No functional impact baseDevice will not be visible for bonded interfaces on GUI under Configuration gt Network gt Devices Minimal impact to usability Documentation was updated to indicate this behavior Customer Impact Application Route Table GUI configuration form c
24. DSR 6 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 19449678 DSR 6 0 19467564 Comm Agent Alarm 19800 is reported with incorrect PRODUCT value AwpSS7 M2D Diam to MAPInsSubData incorrect trans of Pre emption AVPs M2D SS7 MP memory leak occurs when running overload traffic for several hours Inetrep abterm on Standby amp Spare SBR servers during upgrade with schema change APDE Events file showed a line count but file did not log any data ComA gentEgressQueue is getting full while executing 100 Fabr Diwf Chaining Case DB inconsistency b w PSBR active server 64 Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact This is a presentation issue The customer will get a wrong product information for comagent alarm 19800 Customer Impact Allocation Retention Priority AVP values are opposite of what is expected In the Allocation Retention Priority AVP If the Pre emption Capability AVP is not present the default value shall be PRE EMPTION_ CAPABILITY_DISABLED 1 If the Pre emption Vulnerability AVP is not present the default value shall be PRE EMPTION_VULNERABILITY_ ENABLED 0 The DSR does a direct copy from the AVP into this field so we get the opposite of what is expected ie 1 for disabled 0 for enabled Customer Impact None Traffic runs successfully at supported traffic rate Customer Impact No impact to service or data Event report is filled with 31102 and 31103 in View History dur
25. Impact The slow switchovers happen when the servers are completely idle In the case of completely idle servers not handling traffic there is no service impact Customer Impact Alarm was generated after rebooting all SBR servers The alarm automatically clears in 5 minutes and has no impact to replication functions Customer Impact 10175 is only pegged when the peer sends a CEA with a failure result code 48 20237972 20326797 20345594 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 19903633 20078150 20198495 dsr process not exiting cleanly when under load Upg 7 0 Certain Upgrade Backouts unable to finish within Ahr maint window STP7 0 IPFE Conn starving Fixed Conn due to upgrade related MP outage STP7 0 Hardware Config Error 32 CPU s on the system found 31 instead NetConfig DSR RMS Productization XML files need update to match TR007187 Create Network Entry Allows Duplicates Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact No impact to normal DSR operation This was encountered during reboot of a TVOE host with DAMP guests Dsr process will not gracefully shutdown when traffic is running Workaround Disable connections before reboot Customer Impact Customer may require extended and or multiple maintenance windows to schedule upgrade activities Customer Impact If IPFE initia
26. ORACLE Oracle Communications DSR Release 7 1 Release Notice E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 Oracle Communications DSR Release 7 1 Release Notice Copyright 2011 2015 Oracle and or its affiliates All rights reserved This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law you may not use copy reproduce translate broadcast modify license transmit distribute exhibit perform publish or display any part in any form or by any means Reverse engineering disassembly or decompilation of this software unless required by law for interoperability is prohibited The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error free If you find any errors please report them to us in writing If this is software or related documentation that is delivered to the U S Government or anyone licensing it on behalf of the U S Government then the following notice is applicable U S GOVERNMENT END USERS Oracle programs including any operating system integrated software any programs installed on the hardware and or documentation delivered to U S Government end users are commercial computer software pursuant to the applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation and agency specific supplemental regulations
27. R 5 0 237273 Unable to Customer Impact User will not change DSR GUI be able to log back into the GUI password during to continue the upgrade until upgrade Oracle support resets the GUI password 19114498 DSR 5 0 237710 Capacity Customer Impact Workaround Configuration Set available to restore correct value Abatement Timer after upgrade With a 0 defaulting to 0 after abatement time once the system upgrade is reaching Ingress MPS thresholds it won t wait for the desired time 2000 ms before changing the alarm controls as a result the user will experience sudden traffic losses when the traffic load is approaching configured Ingress MPS thresholds 19115571 19116269 DSR 5 0 239050 Incorrect Customer Impact Issue is only Result Code Name in with GUI display On SOAM FABR gt GUI FABR gt Configuration gt Configuration gt Exceptions Routing Exception Exceptions GUI sc Action when using Send Answer with Experimental Result AVP result code 5001 will be displayed as AVP UNSUPPORTED instead of DIAMETER ERROR USER UNKNOWN DSR 5 0 239270 DSR and other Customer Impact Measurement products using reports for arrayed appworks comcol measurements may be longer measurement report than needed and some grouping and export parameters may not make sense reporting mismatch 19116542 DSR 5 0 238523 DSR 5 0 Server Customer Impact After update screen NTP server it is necessary to review the va
28. Release 7 1 Resolved Bugs ccccccsessssssescscesescsssnsnsesesesnenssssescecessseecsanesesesnsenssesceeeeseseaanenens 21 Table 6 DSR Release 7 1 Customer Known Bug ccccccssessssssesesesseseesescecesescsceenesesesesesesesceceeeseseananenens 24 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 iv Chapter 1 Introduction Topics The Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router DSR product is positioned to address the e DSR 7 1 Introduction 6 Telecom Operator market s need for Diameter routing functions in 3G and 4G networks This Release Notice includes Feature Descriptions supported Hardware Baseline Media and Documentation pack contents and identifies the Supported Upgrade Paths This document also includes listings of both the Resolved and Known Bugs for this Release Directions for accessing key Oracle sites and Services are also identified in the Oracle References and Services chapter Release Notices are included in the Documentation Pack made available with every Software Release E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 5 Introduction DSR 7 1 Introduction The Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router DSR product is positioned to address the Telecom Operator market s need for Diameter routing functions in 3G and 4G networks Operators are adapting Diameter protocol in migration to LTE converged 3G and 4G networks DSR 7 1 0 is not a launch of a new product but rather introduces new functionality to the DSR produc
29. SST Status amp Manage gt Processes screen does not show psbr process status SSST ComAgent KPI User Data Ingress Message Rate shows bundled rates Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact Backout of IPV6 dual stack migration is not supported in DSR SDS Release 7 1 0 Customer Impact No operational impact The instance name should be the server name but the server can still be identified by looking at the event Customer Impact Customer will not be able to use DSR measurements to determine average or peak cross DSR latency for Answer or Requests Workaround Customer would have to use an external tool to look at cross DSR latency Customer Impact User cannot view the psbr process on the following GUI screen Main Menu Status amp Manage gt Processes This screen provides information on start time status starts CPU utilization and memory usage Customer Impact On the ComAgent KPI screen Main Menu Status amp Manage gt KPIs Com Agent tab the KPI description is incorrect misleading in the sense that it does not account for ComAgent bundling The KPI description says that this is the rate at which Com Agent delivers messages to the application queue But this is true only if no bundling is occurring If bundling 2 application messages bundled into a single ComAgent message is occurring on some messages then the number of messages delivered to the application is reall
30. Select the media pack for your Product and Release Number and click the Continue button The Download page appears Provide a valid password in the Password field and click the Go button To download a file to your location click the Download button E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 69 Appendix A Firmware Components Topics e Firmware Components 71 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 The firmware components are software that is installed on the hardware These components are listed in this chapter and are also listed in the Firmware Release Notice Please refer to the latest Firmware Release Notice for any updates to this list 70 Firmware Components Firmware Components The Oracle Communications HP Solutions Firmware Upgrade Pack Software Centric Release Notes Release 2 2 9 lists the firmware versions approved for this HP Solutions Firmware Upgrade Pack release to assist customers with upgrading their HP hardware Also additional instructions and guidance on the firmware upgrades have been provided where possible The Release Notes are available on OTN at http docs oracle com cd E57832_01 docs 70 E64917 pdf E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 71
31. Typo Invalid misspelled 19097979 224782 Transaction Lifetime under ROS does not sort properly same with Pendi 19097417 224293 PDRA Error Box Not Displayed Despite Invalid Input 19095450 222665 Issues getting multiple IPSEC connections operational at the same time o 21502460 SDS Alarm ID 32533 Max pid warning 20516431 Improve DB Exception alarming in SDS only method is to check command log 20504871 Failed AVP is missing in CEA 19354483 Customer KPN issue MP seeing EXPECTED_CPUS 31 is deprecated 19285456 Stuck alarm ID 10009 Config and Prov db not yet synchronized replication not Option 19111137 235079 OAM Discrepancy in Connection Capacity Dashboard and DA MPs 19118267 240633 DSR5 0 GUI unable to prevent user from seeing or changing IPFE mainten 19109682 233926 CSRF User can be logged out using CSRF attack 19108741 233189 Active Standby DA MPs w IPFE not handled properly by DSR OAM 19096270 223339 Event ID 22002 is triggered for PRT rules with different priorities conf 19103833 SDS configuration options does not validate entries in the IP address fields 20828301 Continuous Event 31215 xds Process Resources Exceeded 20828902 SDS should fail with 2022 if all keys do not point to same sub reads deletes 20829009 SDS 5 0 1 apw 5 5 Browser Support E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 22 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Bug Found Title Number Rel 20828057 SDS 5 0 Backup
32. act The report that gets saved will not reflect the HA status of the NOAM server that generated the report Customer Impact User will see alarm 10009 Config and Prov DB not yet synchronized on the GUI but signaling traffic is unaffected The alarm can be cleared by rebooting the affected NO Customer Impact The DSR GUI currently allows the user to remove a server from a server group even though that server is referenced in one or more IPFE target sets Customer Impact No signaling impact This measurement is not pegged in this condition Customer Impact The DA MP server will come into service even if it does not have a valid connection to all Binding and Session sub resources If it has connections to some Binding and Session sub resources it will come into service The intention was for the DA MP to provide no service until it has all connections It will instead provide some service Customer Impact The major upgrade from DSR 4 1 5 to DSR 5 1 on a large PDRA system is no longer able to be executed within the maintenance upgrade window Customer Impact No operational impact 37 19119407 19119420 19119561 19119801 19119879 3 19120152 19120392 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 19119405 241604 POOL MSISDNs rebound to new IMSI on different PCRF not updating
33. an get into a incorrect state User will get error and must re start the GUI form Customer Impact No impact Extra fields in the form may be left blank Customer Impact Customer would need to use the following workaround The workaround for this issue is to use the intended Diameter result code for this error case 5007 Conflicting AVPs That will result in IMSI and MSISDN being present in the answer message Customer Impact No impact RAR messages without an Auth Application Id AVP are routed without any error If one 33 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 19116923 239575 EAVP Incorrect Result Code for Gx Prime DRL Queue full scenario i 19116929 DSR 5 1 19117089 239578 EAVP Measurement TxPdra AnswersGenerated ForDiameterErr is not pegged for 239703 POOL Validation needed on Session Id AVP DSR 5 1 19117140 DSR 5 1 19117177 DSR 5 1 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 239747 PDRA Last audit report for one of the old binding tables is not generat 239775 LRGSYS Status data is being merged to the NO Customer Impact Statement of the end points fails the call because of the missing AVP DSR will be notified of the failure Customer Impact In DRL queue full error scenarios for Gx Prime message the result code is set to the Gx Result code 2002 instead of GxPrime Result Code 9002 in the Error Code configuration screen Customer Impact 10833 TxPdraAnswers Genera
34. ation gt Access Network Options screen Control gt Groups Edit broken Pressing Ok may not record changes Workaround Press Apply then Ok 20884601 DSR 7 1 PDRA APN ajax call Customer Impact GUI options timeout of 20 seconds is that require that every SO be small for 32 site network queried could timeout for customers with a large number of sites The two affected GUI screens are Main Menu Policy and Charging gt Configuration gt Access Point Names Insert or Edit Main Menu Policy and Charging gt Configuration gt Policy DRA gt PCRF Sub Pool Selection Rules Insert or Edit 21032458 3 DSR 7 1 Multiple issues with Customer Impact Extend the Viewing Rules for time to search for a specific entry Application Route Table when vendor id and GxPrime is screen NO The use of sorting may help 21034506 3 DSR 7 1 Customer Doc update Customer Impact Online help for measurement does needs to be updated PCA GxpBindingSuccess measurement see bug 21034429 GxpBindingSuccess was made more generic to cover both the Gx prime and Rx interfaces 3 21075547 DSR 7 1 AW Server and Server Customer Impact The impact Group names not is limited to those apps i e DSR compatible with FODN Dashboard that take Server or format Server Group names and use them as an FODN An example is DSR Dashboard In certain instances it will attempt to use the SOAM server group name to create an FODN to atte
35. cant time in a large topology Minimal Customer Impact Multiple users should not update related managed objects simultaneously Minimal Customer Impact DSR alarm will not clearly state a recommended resolution DSR application deactivation is a non standard procedure that should be performed by Oracle personnel Minimal Customer Impact Incorrect measurement value On DA MPs that are in a TSA but end up not hosting an IPFE connection incorrect data for the TmConnEnabledNotA vail Enabled but Unavailable will be reported This will affect rolled up numbers for the connection for example if viewed at the SO level This only affects IPFE connections Minimal Customer Impact GUI Error Missing Sources in Diameter gt Maintenance gt Connection Status User will see a valid source but may not see all sources Diameter gt Maintenance gt Connection Status will give all current sources of CPL gt 0 For Events the history of the connection will provide valid sources and if multiple sources exist then they may appear in older records 40 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Number an Customer Impact Statement Knowing all sources of CPL via events is normally not necessary ee 6 0 239412 DSR When Minimal Customer Impact adding new servers in Server Configuration Error If Configuration gt Servers this issue is encountered user can screen Interfaces cancel out of screen and re enter co
36. cedure DSR RBAR Feature Activation Procedure DSR MAP Diameter Feature Activation Procedure Core DSR Subscriber Data Server Document Set Feature Notice Getting Started SDS User s Guide Subscriber Data Server Provisioning Interface Communication Agent User Guide Operation Administration and Maintenance OAM Guide Alarms KPIs and Measurements SDS Initial Installation and Configuration Guide SDS Software Upgrade Procedure SDS Disaster Recovery Guide DSR Integrated Diameter Intelligence Hub IDIH Document Set IDIH User s Guide IDIH Audit Viewer Administrator s Guide IDIH Alarm Forwarding Administrator s Guide IDIH Operations Administration and Maintenance Administrator s Guide IDIH ProTrace User s Guide IDIH System Alarms User s Guide IDIH Log Viewer User s Guide E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 14 Chapter 4 Supported Hardware Baseline Topics The Hardware identified in Table 3 Supported Hardware Baseline comprises the hardware and e Supported Hardware Baseline 16 server versions that have been verified with this Release E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 15 Supported Hardware Baseline Supported Hardware Baseline Table 3 Supported Hardware Baseline HP G6 Intel Nehalem CPU based dual socket blades and rack mount servers manufactured by HP HP G7 Intel Westmere CPU based dual socket blades and rack mount servers manufactured by HP HP Gen8 Intel Sandy Bridge CPU based dual socket blades
37. creen constantly displayed on the upgrade screen displays backup in any defunct long running task progres processes must be deleted Please contact support for assistance 19118413 3 DSR 5 1 240754 POOL Spares Customer Impact User will need taking too long to give to use the active server IP up active status address until VIP is available System will prevent the user from using the primary VIP to access the system It will take a full hour for the primary VIP to be active after the Spare finally gives up its active status E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 36 3 3 3 3 19118854 DSR 5 1 19119158 19119206 19119224 19119350 3 3 3 3 3 3 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 19119355 DSR 5 1 19119404 DSR 5 1 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 241131 PDQ report header does not show HA state of NOAMP server 241339 apwSoapServer booted due to an error during route audit 241437 DSR GUI should not allow users to remove servers from server groups if i 241454 PDRA Measurement 11311 TxPdra AnswersGenerated ConfigErr is not pegged fo 241561 PDRA Application enabling on DA MP when some SBR resources are not ava 241567 Major upgrade time from DSR 41 20 1 to DSR 51 18 0 now exceeds requireme 241603 POOL SO Site Option configured PRT removal could look cleaner major u Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact No operational imp
38. d If the PCA Function needs to be disabled let the Reconfiguration Plan complete before disabling the PCA Function User can speed up completion with the Accelerate or the Force Complete option Customer Impact No impact to signaling call processing PCA will generate Event 22701 but continue processing the message using the Auth Application Id from the corresponding Request The only impact is that an unwanted event 22701 is generated 63 21671133 20904599 21553687 19107028 19109514 19110032 19116013 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Release DSR 7 1 IDIH 7 1 IDIH 7 1 SDS 5 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs DSR 7 1 Measurement 10865 is not getting pegged for Binding Capable Sessions Protrace Event Diagram shows ART Not Found instead of ART Rule Not Found IDIH Event Data for DP server shows IPv6 address followed by IPv4 231903 Status amp Manage gt Database Compare has no progress indication 233804 Repl links down after 2nd DR failover when provisioning occured on forme 234180 Non service processes not stopped following Pri gt DR failover 238871 Some SDS NO Measurement Reports taking longer than 30 seconds Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact No impact to traffic Measurement SbrStaleSessionRemoved is not getting pegged for binding capable sessions Customer Impact User will see incorrect informatio
39. docs oracle com Click Industries Under the Oracle Communications subheading click the Oracle Communications documentation link The Oracle Communications Documentation page appears with Tekelec shown near the top 4 Click the Oracle Communications Documentation for Tekelec Products link 5 Navigate to your Product and then the Release Number and click the View link the Download link will retrieve the entire documentation set A list of the entire documentation set for the selected product and release appears To download a file to your location right click the PDF link select Save target as and save to a local folder E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 68 Oracle References and Services Locate Product Release Software on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud Site Oracle Communications software is available for electronic download at the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud OSDO site https edelivery oracle com Only authorized customers with a valid password may download software from the site 1 Log into the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud site at https edelivery oracle com The Terms amp Restrictions page appears Read and accept both the Oracle Trial License Agreement and the Export Restrictions Agreement The Media Pack Search page appears Select Oracle Communications for Product Pack and Tekelec for Platform 4 Click the Go button All media packs that meet the search criteria are displayed on the page
40. efinitely Customer Impact The format of the data in future SOAP interface queries will be affected Customer Impact Customers may view a broken link Topic Not Found error when attempting to access help from the GLA Configuration screen However customer documentation containing GLA configuration information is available online Customer Impact User is unable to edit the admin permissions from GUI Customer Impact No functional impact but the current description could cause the user to misunderstand the functionality of Alternate Implicit Routing Customer Impact BIE Menu order does not match the GUI Left hand menu for Policy DRA no impact to system or functionality Customer Impact Last Updated field does not get updated when user click Apply button on Perf 31 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 4 Number Release Customer Impact Statement p updated on 1 Perf SubPool Selection Rule insert me 5 1 236806 POOL GUI Customer Impact No customer Remove red asterisk for impact But this issue will PRT name on mislead the customer about PCRFP2PRT Mapping _ filling of PRT name under Policy Edit sc DRA gt Configuration gt PCRF Pool To PRT Mapping DSR 5 1 236830 POOL Customer Impact No customer Incorrect description in impact But the customer will not confirmation dialog be warned by confirmation when PCRF Pool maps dialog that the current PCRF Pool under change is curr
41. ently ae 19113353 19113776 used for bindings originating from at least one APN DSR 5 1 237139 POOL GUI Customer Impact The customer Missing error code may mis insert a non qualified 21200 when PCRF Peer PCRF into PCRF list Nodes are already co 19114211 19114308 DSR 5 1 237476 PDRA Customer Impact No customer MSISDN should only impact The customer will not be support 15 digits able to see an alarm when the length of MSISDN is greater than 15 but typically the length of MSISDN in the customer network should be 15 congestion is over DSR 5 1 237554 POOL Audit Customer Impact The customer Suspend Duration of will see incorrect Event 22716 is not information suspend duration showing a su from event 22716 when 19114637 DSR 5 1 237820 POOL GUI Customer Impact No customer Display the time zone as impact Time Zone is just abbreviation in Binding displayed in a different format Query Repor than our internal requirements specify 19114744 DSR 5 1 237907 POOL GUI Customer Impact No customer Missing red asterisk in impact Binding Key Priority screen for Bindi E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 32 19113817 DSR 5 1 237171 POOL GUI No Customer Impact This issue may error displayed on cause invalid characters like non PCRFs screen when 7 bit ASCII printable characters field contains invali to be inserted into Comments 19114754 19114908 19115064 19115246 191153
42. er successful backup Fix keyxchange for customers who block ICMP Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact When the edit button is clicked the secondary IP address won t show on the GUI GUI only shows Select for the secondary IP address and there is nothing to select in the pulldown The user has to re select the primary IP address again then the secondary IP address will be available to be selected Customer Impact Customer will receive the minor alarm event 31214 Process Resources Exceeded when configured with Diameter relay traffic running at rate above 22k DA MP all MP s when configured with with 16K connections 16K peer nodes and 2000 connections per MP Customer Impact If user manually stops the application on the active Policy SBR traffic will not be processed until failover completes Customer Impact After switchover of SOAM or NOAM customer may not be able to Alarm amp Events logs from before the switchover Minimal Customer Impact Configuration issueThis issue does not impact SOAMs that are already configured The issue only happens if there is a long delay between configuring the server and adding to the topology Also the backup alarm is only seen for the first time Further backup works and clears the alarm Workaround is available Contact My Oracle Support MOS for assistance if needed Minimal Customer Impact Customers who block ping must 29 ne 21033291 21061020
43. ing P DRA OC DRA deployment to include augmenting the physical location of the Session SBR servers Per mated pair sizing of Session SBR database BUG 19100734 e Supports independent sizing of the Session SBR databases in a P DRA OC DRA network managed by a common DSR NOAM P DRA support for 2 1M network wide MPS on P DRA BUG 19117995 e Provides world class scaling of Policy network traffic supporting up to 2 1 M network wide MPS of P DRA traffic including network wide stateful Gx Rx correlation to support VoLTE Enhanced Suspect Binding Cleanup BUG 19115816 e Provides improved VoLTE robustness through P DRA monitoring of transaction results to teardown IP CAN sessions associated with failed PCRFs E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 10 Chapter 3 DSR Release 7 1 Media and Documentation Topics e Media Pack 12 e Documentation Pack 12 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 Oracle Communications software is available for electronic download on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud OSDC Documentation is delivered electronically on the Oracle Technology Network OTN Both the software Media Pack and the Documentation Pack are listed in this chapter 11 DSR Release 7 1 Media and Documentation Media Pack All components available for download from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud https edelivery oracle com are in Table 1 Media Pack Contents Note This list is accurate at the time of release but
44. ing upgrade window Customer Impact No functional impact This is a usability issue The customer will not be able to see the events as the report file is empty Customer Impact Peformance of FABR DIWF application chained traffic will be impacted ComAgent Egress task utilization will be high even at relatively low traffic load Customer Impact Potential Upgrade Event When PDRA 45 Bug Number Release 19570299 19593584 19846895 19905484 DSR 6 0 19911799 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs LG and standby server 8 frags Upgrade GUI form takes more than a minute to refresh Upgrade State change iDIH 6 0 Incorrect Command code values of messages of Cx interface shown on DSR PRT filter is not working as expected PDRA Topology Hiding table limit exceeded after upgrade from 5 0 1 BIE broken after upgrade due to Customer Impact Statement customer upgrades from DSR 5 x 6 x to DSR 7 x then upgrading a standby and spare Session Server Group will potentially lead to session data loss Customer Impact No operational impact After selecting the Accept button on the form the form re paints itself after one second but the Upgrade State is still shown as Accept or Reject The Minor alarm then clears withing a few seconds but the Upgrade State indicator takes about a minute to refresh Custo
45. interface 234178 SecuLog not properly displaying DSCP actions in history 237016 GUI screen resizing issue with Internet Explorer Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact If a responder connection goes down and is subsequently re established on a different MP the disconnect reason may not match and so proving may be conducted when it does not need to or vice versa This may result in peer connections taking longer than usual to be proven established Customer Impact Possible impact In rare cases this could allow an MP to become over provisioned Customer Impact None this is a measurement naming consistency issue There is no functional impact Customer Impact No operational impact Customer will require Tekelec support to clear the long running task on the mate server Task are not impacted impact is that customer will not be able to see all current task Customer Impact Customer will not be able to set DSCP for the control interface Customer Impact Functionality of DSCP is intact but customer may be confused by entries in the Security Log This will not affect production traffic Customer Impact This is a screen resizing issue with IE which may prevent the user from seeing the maximum amount of screen content after attempting to resize Workaround is to close the IE browser session resize the window and then log back in 26 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 19113937 DS
46. is subject to change Please view the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud site for the latest information Table 1 Media Pack Contents V77390 01 Oracle Communications Tekelec Virtual Operating Environment 3 0 2 0 0 86 28 0 ISO and USB images V77391 01 Oracle Communications Tekelec Platform Distribution 7 0 2 0 0 86 28 0 ISO and USB images V77482 01 Oracle Communications Tekelec Platform Management and Configuration 6 0 1 0 0 60 21 0 V77483 01 Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router 7 1 0 0 0 71 24 0 V77484 01 Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router Full Address Resolution 7 1 0 0 0 71 11 0 V77485 01 Oracle Communications Diameter Intelligence Hub Database 7 1 0 0 0 71 24 3 V77486 01 Oracle Communications Diameter Intelligence Hub Applications 7 1 0 0 0 71 24 3 V77487 01 Oracle Communications Diameter Intelligence Hub Mediation 7 1 0 0 0 71 24 3 V77488 01 Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router License Documents 7 1 0 0 0 V77489 01 Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router ALL MIBS 7 1 0 0 0 Documentation Pack All documents available for download from the Oracle Technology Network OTN site http docs oracle com are listed in Table 2 Documentation Pack Contents Note This list is accurate at the time of release but is subject to change Please view the OTN site for the latest information Table 2 Documentation Pack Contents Release Notice E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 12
47. ivation feature not customer Workaround has been always visible in LHM documented in the installation sites 2 3 guide 20696324 DSR 7 0 STP7 0 GLA not Customer Impact GLA feature activated on DRNOs configuration can not be done on the DR NOAM if the primary DSR NOAMs become unavailable Workaround GLA can be activated on the DR NOAMs procedurally by running the feature activation script on the DR NOAM servers 20696866 DSR 7 0 Duplicate Parent Topic Customer Impact No functional links in Online Help impact 20697000 3 DSR 7 0 Incorrect Navigation Customer Impact No functional being displayed impact 3 20787403 DSR 7 0 Corrupt Resource Customer Impact No impact to Domain names in PCA signaling This DSR 7 0 only tables issue must be cleared prior to RdName2ComAgentResld attempting DSR 7 0 to DSR 7 1 and PsbrSubRes upgrade Workaround DSR upgrade document was updated to ensure the tables are in sync no corruption before upgrade starts 20800434 DSR 7 0 Clarify New Test Customer Impact No functional Transfer Button on impact The documentation needs Administration Remote to be updated to state the Servers Data Export functionality provided by test transfer button 21130374 Page formatting issues DSR 7 0 Update Help Text on No Operational Impact Remote Servers Data Instructions are correct This Export Keys Report addresses grammatical and DSR 7 0 APDE Keyexchange Customer Impac
48. ll not be replicated down to MPs that are still running the old release due to upgrade barrier Affected GUI screens and parameters NOAM Main Menu Policy and Charging gt Configuration gt General Options All fields Network Wide Options All allowed fields Online Charging DRA gt OCS Session State gt Edit OCS Session State Enabled field Online Charging DRA gt Realms All configurable fields Online Charging DRA gt Network Wide Options All fields Alarm Settings All configurable entries Congestion Options All configurable entries on this screen SOAM Main Menu Policy and Charging gt Configuration gt Policy DRA gt PCRFs All fields Policy DRA gt Binding Key PriorityPolicy DRA gt PCRF Pool To PRT MappingPolicy DRA gt Site Options Topology Hiding Virtual Name 20757520 3 DSR 7 1 DSR IPv6 No support Customer Impact As of DSR for IPv6 deletion or IPv6 7 1 IPv6 to IPv4 automatic fail to IPv4 failover over is not supported Example The system may not automatically fail over recovery seamlessly if disruption of the IPv6 network is encountered As for IPv6 deletion this process is now supported and is covered in the IPv6 migration guide E57517 01 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 54 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 20778632 DSR 7 1 7 1JESBC Group Minimal Customer Impact If administration Edit user makes changed on Main function of Menu Administr
49. long time to display LRGSYS certain TAB ed screens in Large Topology take long time to display SystemTest7 0 TH Description incorrect for S9 PCRF and 59 Af pCSCF Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact No operational impact when running within supported maximum bindings sessions Warning alarms will be present on GUI If supported bingings sessions are exceeded SBR process may fail Workaround Monitor alarms and stop traffic before SBR runs out of memory Customer Impact This can result in a stuck backup failed alarm on some MPs This issue has not been observed in the field It has only been created in lab situations Workaround The alarm alarm can be manually cleared Customer impact No impact other than a syscheck alarm Workaround Value can be changed as required for expected number of CPUs to clear the alarm Customer Impact EIR traffic cannot be processed Customer Impact Screen rendering is delayed on very large topologies Customer Impact Screen rendering is delayed on very large topologies Minimal Customer Impact GUI errorThe range is not correctly defined in the description of 2 fields in the Topology Hiding Configuration Set screens Workaround No workaround required GUI will prevent out of range values from being entered 50 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 20670614 DSR 7 0 Fresh Install Feature Customer Impact No impact to act
50. lue blank after NOAM Configuration gt Server upgrade when NTP p screen If the NTP settings are not what was configured at the servers then a procedure will be needed to update the NTP server settings on the NOAM GUI form to match what is deployed on the servers 19116721 DSR 5 0 239416 IPFE Customer Impact The end user Connection Reserved will not have the ability to E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 27 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 me 19153312 19356067 19430341 19552760 19612173 Release DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Tile EN MPS ME O to 100 after upgra 239706 DSR 5 0 IPFE_Options Exported Data Following fields are set to bl Tasks gt Active Tasks gt Result Details Column blank on export DA MP switchover time in DSR 5 0 is over 20 sec DSR 5 0 1 Deleted server group showing alarm DSR 5 0 Configuration of DA MP took 3 hours to execute script till completion VIP resource monitoring is not enabled for the VIP_DA_MP HA resource Customer Impact Statement change the IPFE Connection Reserverd Ingress MPS Scaling Customer Impact The end user will see blank fields when trying to view exported IPFE options on exported file Customer Impact Customer will not be able to view exported files from GUI Status amp Manage gt Tasks gt Active Tasks Result Details column Workaro
51. maximum supported traffic and an IDIH site trace for requests with a scope of ALL is started Diameter traffic could fail for a period of time 1 2 sec After this time period everything stabilizes and Diameter traffic is processed successfully again This issue has only been observed when running the maximum supported traffic rate on all 16 DA MPs 640k FABR traffic 40k per MP AND running an IDIH site trace for requests with a scope of ALL and 100 matches effectively matches everything Customer Impact Overall filtering operation is working but the appearance is the concern Filtering widgets are not consistent in resizing Customer Impact Customer will not see the affected Template when Event ID 25000 occurs Customer Impact This will not affect traffic or stability Congestion related SNMP traps and log entries may be misleading 25 19109641 19109895 19110027 19113617 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 19106495 19107957 19108110 229195 DSR Proving on floating responder connections is unpredictable 232586 CVU Edit CapCfgSet not considering other potential conditions if overla 232691 Align DOC and Congestion measurement names to use a consistent naming pa 233904 Unable to continually view the Active Tasks screen 234068 Cannot set DSCP for Control
52. mer Impact User will see incorrect command codes values in the GUI pull down menu On SOAM GUI Diameter gt Configuration gt Command Codes drop down is preconfigured with command codes the values as 283 UAR UAA 284 SAR SAA 286 MAR MAA But Cx interface specifications show command codes as 300 UAR UAA 301 SAR SAA 303 MAR MAA Workaround User can add new command code in Diameter gt Command Codes menu on SOAM GUI tt Customer Impact Main Menu Diameter gt Configuration gt Peer Route Tables filter OrigHost does not work Customer Impact In DSR 6 0 the capacity of the PDRA Topology Hiding table was lowered to 1000 entries If over 1000 enteries were provisioned prior to upgrade upgrade can be successfully completed Minimal Customer Impact Bulk Import Export for IPFE cannot 46 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs nee 20145631 20145717 20325253 20478586 20906170 21223544 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 Bot link created in ME procedure Section 4 8 2 E4118 admusr can not create change ilo admin passwd file Sample change ilo admin passwd xml file in ES4118 does not match sample in ISO Diameter maint screens reports Sorry an error occured when no DA MP leader IPv6 Only DSR 32308 Server provisioning Network Error after enabling Ping Alarm ID 19901 CFG DB Validation
53. mpt to log into the SOAM VIP This will fail to resolve if the server group name happens to utilize underscores Workaround Configure Server and Server Group names that are compatible with FQDN format 21186803 DSR 7 1 7 1ESBC Error box is Customer Impact User will not not highlighted if same receive error indication if same E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 55 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs rn Number EE Title Customer Impact Statement error generated twice in error condition i is ee ae 7 1 DRNO login takes a Customer Impact GUI long time when former issue This issue only ocurs only primary NO is in a disaster recovery scenario unavailable when the primary NOAM site has failed and is not reachable on the network In this scenario the login does work the issue is that it is very slow Work Around Wait for the login attempt to complete DSR 7 1 DB backup returns No Functional Impact User will erroneous info message receive messages for both Provisioning and Configuration backups completing when there should only be one for Configuration a 21313048 21317395 Routing Option Set entries DSR 7 1 SSST 7 1 Issue 4 Dly in Customer Impact User could bringing conns in experience slow performance service during bulk when enabling multiple enable operation connections at the same time During testing 20 connections DSR 7 1 Sorting is not working Customer Impact Extends the prope
54. n in ProTrace states Application Route Table instead of Application Route Rule Customer Impact User will see confusing information in the FABR metadata in an IPv6 network Customer Impact After initiating a Database Compare function the Customer has no indication that the activity is in progress until it completes Customer Impact No Operational Impact if SDS Disaster Recovery procedures are correctly followed Workaround From Status amp Manage gt Servers screen highlight the newly demoted Active DRNO and hit the Stop button followed by the Start button Note this workaround has been added in the SDS 5 0 Disaster Recovery Procedure Customer Impact No Operational Impact if SDS Disaster Recovery procedures are correctly followed Workaround From Status amp Manage gt Servers screen highlight the newly demoted Active DRNO and hit the Stop button followed by the Start button No Operational Impact Some Measurement reports can take between 30 to 40 seconds to be 64 A 19116626 19117992 20061081 20418367 21363250 21591252 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 MER SDS 5 0 SDS 5 0 SDS 5 0 SDS 5 0 SDS 7 1 SDS 7 1 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Customer Impact Statement displayed in the GUI in large deployments 239338 Incorrect import alarm when switchover from primary NO to DR NO 239341 Platform runat alarm appears when swi
55. nd are pegged on SBRs even though even everything is working correctly The impact is that the error pegs are misleading Customer Impact User must Force Complete the resizing plan to get out of this state The issue has been seen in two scenarios 1 recovering from a complete power outage 2 all SBRs are rebooted at the same time Workaround User can Force Complete the resizing plan to get out of this stuck state Customer Impact No impact to traffic Exception Measurement SbrXxxAuditDbErr are intermittently pegged on Binding SBRs even though all traffic runs successfully The impact is that the error pegs are misleading Customer Impact Customer could intermittently experience stuck alarms after an SBR failover Alarms are stuck until manual intervention is applied to clear them Workaround is available Contact My Oracle Support MOS for assistance if needed Customer Impact None Messages with a bad length i e not a multiple of 4 will be discarded at the point of entry into the DSR instead of being possibly parsed 61 21609739 21620807 21627900 21629948 21630058 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 3 3 3 3 DSR 7 1 DSR7 1 DSR 7 1 DSR 7 1 DSR 7 1 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs IPv6 linetmerge Retry DNS lookups for failing previously connected links Unknown instance name in event report for backup instance Cross DSR timing measurements incorrect S
56. nfiguration data 19116751 DSR 6 0 239443 DSR6 0 Minimal Customer Impact GUI SSST M2D Changing Error HA SS7 MP will not HA Role of SS7 MP change HA role On the Main does not initiate Menu Status amp Manage gt HA controlle GUI screen if you change the HA role of an SS7 MP to OOS this action will not initiate a graceful shutdown of the mapiwf process The mapiwf process will remain up and running on the SS7 MP 19117425 DSR 6 0 239975 Minimal Customer Impact M2D 60 10 0 RMS Unwanted ComAgent Major Comm Agent Alarms ComAgent Connection Connection Down on Down alarms for the standby SS7 MPs w ACT STBY DA MP are safe to ignore DA A rn camel case Yes No DSR 6 0 240409 DSR Upgrade Customer Impact Potential Prepare form red Upgrade Event GUI error Active indication is Active indication errorWhen misleading performing the upgrade or allowing the upgrade to proceed 19117552 19117991 19118019 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 41 DSR 6 0 240076 M2D BIE Customer Impact No Several attributes use Functional Impact GUI values that are not confirmation case is consistent with FD incorrectExported data contains capital YES NO while the FD suggests the values to be in due to a misleading indication DSR 6 0 240435 DSR5 0 to Customer Impact Upgrade DSR6 0 Major upgrade could require longer takes 40 to 45 mins per maintenance window to server complete Upgrade Time
57. nt with Oracle E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 67 Oracle References and Services Customer Training Oracle University offers expert training on Oracle Communications solutions for service providers and enterprises Make sure your staff has the skills to configure customize administer and operate your communications solutions so that your business can realize all of the benefits that these rich solutions offer Visit the Oracle University web site to view and register for Oracle Communications training education oracle com communication To reach Oracle University In the US please dial 800 529 0165 In Canada please dial 866 825 9790 In Germany please dial 0180 2000 526 toll free or 49 8914301200 International In Spain please dial 34 91 6267 792 In the United Kingdom please dial 0845 777 7 711 toll free or 44 11 89 726 500 International For the appropriate country or region contact phone number for the rest of the world please visit Oracle University s web site at http www oracle com education contacts Locate Product Documentation on the Oracle Technology Network Site Oracle customer documentation is available on the web at the Oracle Technology Network OTN site http docs oracle com You do not have to register to access these documents Viewing these files requires Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded at http www adobe com 1 2 3 Access the Oracle Technology Network site at http
58. olved Bug Listing erson ea a a A debe a A AE SEAE 20 Customer Known Bug Listing naes Tureti pa iieiea ane e eee eana a ai aea e E aeaii 24 Chapter 7 Oracle References and Services s rusnassasnasnnnnnvnnnenasnnvnnennavseer 66 My Oracle Support MOSJ uupudsssaunadi aksessnett 67 Emergency Responsen toei ioe intese taiea Ee ar ope ienei etei nd kake 67 Customer Training s is gpeg iernii kese chnbealeesaactesdodea ap Seetebutestecdeseee E P e casts ateeeannsaedesetensees 68 Locate Product Documentation on the Oracle Technology Network Site msnnarrrrrrrrnrvrvrvsrnrnnr 68 Locate Product Release Software on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud Site 69 Appendix A Firmware ComponentsS ressasnnsnnsnnnnnvnnasnnsnnvennenasnnsnnennavnenee 70 Firmware Components ensien i diets ccna de raise cdi ieii e E a diner otaberetbersaderseoielstees 71 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 iii List of Tables Table 1 Media Pack Content cccccccccescsessssesesssneesescecesescscsanesesesnsenssesescesescscscenanesesesnsuenesesceeeseseassnananens 12 Table 2 Documentation Pack Content cccccscssesscessscseeceesesesesssesesesceeesescscsnanesesesnseneseseeceeessaeecananens 12 Table 3 Supported Hardware Baselinne c ccccccseccesssccsesesescenesesesesnsesesescesesesesessnesesesesensnsseeceesssescananens 16 Table 4 DSR Release 7 1 Upgrade Paths cccccccccecsccsesssesnsnsesescsneesesescecessscsesnsnesesesnsnenssescecenessscanananens 18 Table 5 DSR
59. played in this scenario Workaround If a backout is planned ensure that backout_restore file from usr TKLC appworks sbin is copied to a safe location such as var tmp or var TKLC db filemgmt After backout that file should be used for backout restore 30 19112511 19112623 19112798 19113154 19113242 3 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 21561983 19109938 19111423 GUI does not restrict removing a TSA server from the server group 234101 The psbr process must set its HA state to OOS when it loses connection t 235310 DSR OAM GLA Alarm Threshold GlaAlarm MO attribute keyword changes 236181 GLA Online help needs to be added for the GLA feature 236264 POOL GUI Failed to edit the group admin permission on GUI 236407 DSR Description of Peer Node s Alternate Implicit Route is incorrect 236654 POOL Minor discrepancies in PDRA BIE CSV file and GUI 236726 POOL Last Updated field does not Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact User must be careful when working with a DA MP used in a TSA The GUI does not restrict removing the DA MP from the server group however alarm 19901 will be raised Customer Impact If a PSBR server loses cmHA heartbeat with its peer due to IP network connectivity issue the psbr process may remain OOS ind
60. ption Set based on the following e Application ID Command Code e Application ID Command Code select Application Specific A VPs e Configurability can be system level or unique for ingress traffic on each DSR Peer Node Mediation Enhancements e Support for grouped AVPs that are 8 levels deep BUG 19531528 e Support for Set Alarm Event as an action BUG 19531614 e Support for Re direct as an action BUG 19531621 e Support for Parse Decorated NAT as an action BUG 19531631 e Support for new Mediation conditions to identify Requests Redirected by DSR BUG 19789230 Coordinated Egress Throttling across multiple DSRs BUG 19110616 e Allows a mated DSR pair or mated DSR triplet to perform coordinated Egress Throttle Group rate limiting and or pending transaction limiting to common peer nodes DSR Support for Redirect Client BUG 19088250 e Allows DSR to process a DIAMETER_REDIRECT_INDICATION response and continue routing the original Request upstream using the Redirect Host in the response Optional re evaluation of the DSR Application Routing Table and Peer Routing Table is supported for routing the redirected Request Realm Based Redirect Notification Support BUG 19570707 e Allows DSR to process a DIAMETER_REALM_REDIRECT_INDICATION response and continue routing the original Request upstream using the Redirect Realm in the response Optional re evaluation of the DSR Application Routing Table and Peer Routing Tables is
61. r the same action with same data set to have the update successfully applied 65 Chapter 7 Oracle References and Services Topics e My Oracle Support MOS 67 e Emergency Response 67 e Customer Training 68 e Locate Product Documentation on the Oracle Technology Network Site 68 e Locate Product Release Software on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud Site 69 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 66 Oracle References and Services My Oracle Support MOS MOS https support oracle com is your initial point of contact for all product support and training needs A representative at Customer Access Support CAS can assist you with MOS registration Call the CAS main number at 1 800 223 1711 toll free in the US or call the Oracle Support hotline for your local country from the list at http www oracle com us support contact index html When calling make the selections in the sequence shown below on the Support telephone menu 1 Select 2 for New Service Request 2 Select 3 for Hardware Networking and Solaris Operating System Support 3 Select one of the following options e For Technical issues such as creating a new Service Request SR Select 1 e For Non technical issues such as registration or assistance with MOS Select 2 You will be connected to a live agent who can assist you with MOS registration and opening a support ticket MOS is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a
62. refresh the browser for the login screen to appear un 35 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 19117829 DSR 5 1 240283 Alarm Customer Impact Customer may Thresholds for find system default settings 70 psbr MemPerTotal need minor 80 major and 90 to be increased critical are not optimal for their network If the default settings need to be changed they can be adjusted with help from Oracle support 19117922 DSR 5 1 240355 PDRA Services Customer Impact If the configuration not used customer wanted to use a for SOAP query for different network for SOAP PCRF configurat queries they would not be able a to 19118400 i DSR 5 1 240743 PDRA APN Customer Impact No case is not saved when operational impact If anew inserting an APN for APN APN never existed ie no which an existing retired APN exists either is configured in the GUI the case is stored correctly For example provision two APNs ABC and def and they would be stored exactly as typed one uppercase one lowercase However the APN ABC is deleted and then an APN with value abc only difference being I changed it to lower case is added the APN is added but still shows up as ABC The system will still work properly but it may confuse the customer as to why case was not saved on the second ABC APN 19118407 DSR 5 1 240748 Software Customer Impact After upgrade Management Upgrade if Backup in Progress is s
63. rly on some of the time to find a specific entry in fields of Routing Option the list Workaround If needed Sets use filtering to narrow the list of 21345547 per second was observed 21314249 DSR 7 1 Some Transaction Customer Impact The user may Config Set rules not not be able to see all Transaction displayed as expected Configuration rules in a set until user figures out to use the arrow key Workaround When the user wants to navigate through each of the Transaction Configuration rules it can be done by clicking on a rule to highlight it and then using the keyboard arrow keys 21349196 DSR 7 1 CETG Cannot add Customer Impact User will not 128th peer connection be able to add the 128th to ETG peer connection to an ETG via the GUI If 128 entries are present an entry can be deleted via the GUI to make room for 128th The 128th entry can be E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 56 21385635 21395043 21424088 21452436 3 3 3 3 3 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 7 1 DSR7 1 DSR7 1 DSR7 1 DSR 7 1 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 21353768 SSST 7 1 Issue 6 Abterm in DiameterStack shutdownPlugIn during DC reboot 7 1 SysTest During DR procedure disk shortage alarms are present on SOs Measurement 14075 TxAnswerTimeoutMp is in the wrong measurement group DSR 7 1 ST Diameter Maintenance DA MPs GUI needs updating for IPFE I R 7 1SysTest Traffic los
64. s when recovering a site from outage Customer Impact Statement added using bulk import export Workaround On the GUI delete one of the peers or connections prior to adding the 128th entry in the ETG If required a 128th entry can be added using bulk import export No Operational Impact The MP is going down and an abterm was generated during shutdown Customer Impact Disk Alarms 32312 and 31121 will be present on the GUI for the var TKLC rundb partition on SOAM server Workaround is available Contact My Oracle Support MOS for assistance if needed No Functional Impact There is a minor mismatch between code and documentation in regard to the measurement name Documentation specifies TxAnswerTimeoutMp Code specifies TxAnswerTimeoutAllMp No Functional Impact The issue is with GUI data presentation when IPFE Initiator and Responder connections are present Customer Impact Potential traffic impact if preferred spare has taken the active role due to active standby being down if and active standby servers becomes available the preferred spare may give up activity before the other server is ready Workaround To minimize impact if possible before recovering the site that was down ensure it will not become active by forcing the servers to 57 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs OOS at Main Menu gt Status amp Manage gt HA Edit Then changed the servers to Active
65. sion 01 August 2015 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 241432 Peer Route Rule fetchAll is very slow 242439 IPFE Two errors displayed for Peer Node Distribution Threshold missin TVOE Upgrade to the same release causes Upgrade failure SBR servers taking more than 1 sec to switchover too slow comcol False alarm generated stating time is 1 278 385 514 seconds behind Measurement 10175 not being pegged as required Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact The Peer Route Rule and Application Route Rule s fetchAll are very slow Fetching 250 records can take around 35 seconds Fetching large sets of Peer Route Rules via SOAP is causing the requests to time out Customer Impact With no entry for Peer Node Distribution Threshold parameter in the IPFE gt Configuration gt Target Sets two errors are displayed Error 001 and Error 19510 Workaround None required This is a cosmetic issue where 2 errors show up where 1 would have sufficed Customer Impact There will be a failed upgrade alarm indicating that an upgrade was attempted but not completed since no upgrade actually occurred It will identify that the user incorrectly attempted to upgrade to the same release Workaround There is no impact to system other than the upgrade alarm Perform steps to clear the alarm then perform the correct upgrade Minimal Customer
66. supported for routing the redirected Request Session SBR Database Consolidation and Remating BUG 19090988 e Provides procedures for in service augmentation of the DSR signaling node to Session SBR database relationships to support consolidation of Session SBR databases and remating of DSR signaling nodes E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 8 Feature Descriptions Oracle Communications Network Integrated Diameter Intelligence Hub L103153 Network IDIH BUG 19107760 e Support for network wide IDIH trigger installation and trace analysis allows centralized end to end troubleshooting of transactions traversing any DSR in the network Feature Constant Upgrade DSR Dashboard BUG 19104957 e Anew DSR GUI Dashboard screen to view a set of operational metrics associated with the elements at site or across the entire Network e Provides hyperlinks for drill down to new or existing Summary Status screens e Configurable thresholds for enhancing the visualization e g coloring TLS DTLS Support BUG 19088254 e DSR defines security transport characteristics and implements support for TLS DTLS e RFC compliant support for security protocol enabled certificate and key exchange e TLS DTLS can be independently enabled on each DSR Diameter Connection SDS Service Continuity BUG 19129760 e Significantly reduces SDS Provisioning downtime during SDS software upgrades Server Group Based Automated Upgrade BUG 19102162 e DSR automates
67. t Both NOAM From NOAM Exchanges and SOAM keys are exchanged Keys From NOAM and with the Remote Server when SOAM using the SSH Key Exchange button Note this does not break any functionality The only issue here is that the SOAM keys are also exchanged which may not be desired Workaround There E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 51 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs are two possible workarounds 1 Keys can be manually exchanged between NOAM and Remote Server 2 Remove the key from the authorized_keys file on the Remote Server for the SOAM after the keys has been exchanged using the SSH Key Exchange button 21299124 DSR 7 0 ETG Minor DB Customer Impact If user validation Alarm when performs ETG configuration Rate Limiting is not when Rate Limiting is Disabled configured not selected then a Minor DataBase validation Alarm will be observed on all the MPs Workaround Workaround to is available to clear Alarm Contact My Oracle Support MOS for 3 assistance if needed 3 must configure Primary routing entity as IMSI to decode IMSI address from SIP URI without example sip 123456789012345 Ginsnndl3maz63epponewarkarg FABR will not be able to decode IMSI from SIP URI without example sip 123456789012345 Gimsmncl23maz563eppnetwarkarg if primary routing entity configured as MSISDN and second routing entity as IMSI Workaround Configure Primary routing entity as IMSI to
68. t which will be separately chargeable to new and existing customers The release also includes feature constant updates DSR 7 1 0 introduces Core Routing III and Network Integrated Diameter Intelligence Hub as chargeable features E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 6 Chapter 2 Feature Descriptions Topics This Release delivers the following features Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router Core Routing II L103152 e Oracle Communications Network Integrated Diameter Intelligence Hub L103153 e Feature Constant Upgrade e Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router Core Routing III L103152 8 e Oracle Communications Network Integrated Diameter Intelligence Hub L103153 9 e Feature Constant Upgrade 9 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 7 Feature Descriptions Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router Core Routing III L103152 IPFE Initiator Responder Connections BUG 19087317 e DSR facilitates support for Initiator Responder Connections using IPFE capabilities e Removes need for roaming partners to negotiate Initiator Responder responsibilities e DSR Initiates and Listens for Diameter connections on single connection using shared IPFE signaling IP address es e RFC6733 election algorithm resolves simultaneous connects Routing Attributes by Extended Command Code BUG 19107716 e DSRis enhanced to provide unique assignment of ART PRT Pending Answer Timer and Routing O
69. tation may provide access to or information about content products and services from third parties Oracle Corporation and its affiliates are not responsible for and expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind with respect to third party content products and services unless otherwise set forth in an applicable agreement between you and Oracle Oracle Corporation and its affiliates will not be responsible for any loss costs or damages incurred due to your access to or use of third party content products or services except as set forth in an applicable agreement between you and Oracle Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introductionis nsss ansees 5 DSR 7A Introduction niere EERE esd E EEA ERR R aa 6 Chapter 2 Feature Descriptions srsnsnersnsnrnrsnsnenrsnenenrsnenenesnenenessennsesseneee 7 Chapter 3 DSR Release 7 1 Media and Documentation 00006 11 Mee dian Patches ius iii saman eide skuer E stedene ente arrange 12 Documentation Pach eposni vitne a A a aa 12 Chapter 4 Supported Hardware Baseline ssrsnnanvasnnvnnennvnnnevnennvnnnenevnser 15 Supported Hardware Baselife psiss itron reiia aaa ea oaa aet aeaa Deia a ee E T Eesaia 16 Chapter 5 DSR Release 7 1 Supported Upgrade Paths usrenrenvnnvere 17 supported Upgrade Paths eee eaae ep e al EER EEEE ganer 18 Chapter 6 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs s0008 19 Severity Defi ONS ia dent vin Ee aA eua a a SERE IVES EON a EEE e PES ERa 20 Res
70. tchover from primary NO to DR NO 240413 SDS Administration gt Remote gt Servers gt Data Export Minute Value clears SDS Server Groups Error when removing Server Groups should be more specific Iv50fix pl error at ATT SDS Error Configuration Backup on Database screen CSRF validation failure on configuration and maintenance screens No Operational Impact Erroneous alarms may be cleared Customer Impact Scheduled Import Export operations may not run after Primary DR NOAM Failover Workaround Import Export Tasks can be executed manually if needed No Operational Impact Data Export values may be viewed under the Main Menu Status amp Manage gt Tasks gt Scheduled Tasks screen No Operational Impact Error response does not properly indicate that comAgent entries must be removed for associated servers before Server Group can be deleted No Operational Impact If variant in Logical Volume size causes script to fail validate then manual commands my be executed to resize Logical Volumes Customer Impact DB backup may fail due to UpdateLog overrun when import and Provisioning is occurring at a high rate If DB backup fails an alarm is received DB backup may be manually retried when Provisioning has decreased Customer Impact If a CSRF validation failure is received when attempting to an operation thru the GUI rare occurrence the user will have to make a 2nd attempt fo
71. tedFor DiameterErr is supposed to be pegged for error condition DRL Queue full when trying to route a Request In P DRA Diameter Exception report only TxCcxMsg DiscardedDueTo DrlQueueFull is pegged but not TxPdraAnswers GeneratedFo rDiameterErr Same is the case for Rx and GxPrime messages Customer Impact Allows for an invalid Session Id to be used for reference and passed on to the PCRF If the PCRF rejects the message because the Session Id is not valid then PDRA will handle that However if a client sends a blank Session Id we may not be able to create the session even if the PCRF OKs the request Customer Impact The last audit report before migration completes will be delivered This is the only audit report missing All audit reports prior will be delivered All audit reports post migration will be delivered Customer Impact This issue can result in reduced XMI bandwidth to the NOAM The issue should be minimal since the data is only merged up when the connection status changes state 34 19117212 19117283 19117443 19117659 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR 5 1 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 239800 PSBR In Pending RAR audit report Num of Release PendingRar records not 239854 POOL BIE PCRF Pools screen the PCRF Pool Name Default valu 239988 JReplication failure on standby server is also causing the replication fa 240158
72. the event of DC Designated Coordinator election churn DSR_Process may get restarted due to OOS notification No functional Impact DSR OAM GUI GUI screens have not been completely revised to Cleanup terminology as noted in PR Minimal Customer Impact IPFE Configuration modification User may not receive certain validation errors during IPFE configuration modification Customer Impact Missing Alarm Customer may not receive an alarm if the DA MP encounters a critical fault during initialization causing the DA MP to continuously restart Customer Impact No functional impact Potential Upgrade Event Large Topology Upgrade 39 19114394 DSR 6 0 3 19115278 19115986 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 19115574 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs extra re load consumes 237622 DSR OAM Referential database integrity must be supported in the DSR OAM 238303 CFG DB Validation Error alarm text to be more user friendly when deact 238524 Incorrect measurement value TmConnEnabled NotAvail in DSR 60 7 0 238855 DCLv2 Event 22345 CplChanged should include all the sources as per Co Customer Impact Statement ManagerAfter an upgrade command Prepare Initiate Complete is executed there is a secondary form which renders the user navigates back to the Upgrade Form and the filtered Upgrade Form is re loaded This re load may take a signifi
73. this point it is suggested that the user force a change over back to the original NO that was monitoring administering the upgrade Minimal Customer Impact GUI ErrorMissing DM IWF Alarms and Measurement descriptions For scenarios wherein request and answer messages received from DRL by DM IWF application whose size are greater than DiameterMaxMessageSize following alarm wouldn t be displayed on GUI Alarm Id 33015 Alarm Name DM IWF Diameter message size exceeded maximum supported size Alarm Description DM IWF failed to 42 19345468 19402375 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 6 0 DSR 6 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs AppWorks updateServerA liases script does not work after disaster recovery on NO migration script with IPv6 aborts because of compressed IPv6 IPs in db Customer Impact Statement forward the Diameter message to SS7 MP because the message size exceeds supported maximum message size Workaround This scenario can still be tracked by following measurement Measurement Id 15641 Measurement description Number of diameter messages received from DRL that got rejected because diameter message size exceeded supported maximum Measurement Group DM IWF Exception Minimal Customer Impact Dual NOAM DR failsWhen recovering a DSR system disaster recovery where both the active AND standby NOAMs are dead the script used to recover the etc hosts files fails The hosts
74. tors and responders are co located and many peer nodes are attempting to establish connections while DA MPs are reloading resources can get allocated in an unbalanced way that keeps some initiator connections from establishing Workaround Restart some of the IPFE responder connections This will free resources for initiators to establish and the responders will get moved toa DA MP with capacity Customer impact No impact other than a syscheck alarm Workaround Value can be changed as required for expected number of CPUs to clear the alarm Customer Impact Potential installation issue During installation additional steps are required for Rack Mount Servers RMS Topology 1 or 2 with more than 3 RMS Customer Impact Minimal impact The duplicate network can be removed Workaround The duplicate network can be removed if it is accidentally added 49 20410923 20440552 20463284 20493825 20495654 20509743 20524839 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 3 3 3 3 3 3 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR 7 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Binding SBRs running out of memory while filling up SBR binding session DB LRGSYS Backup Failure Alarm 10020 seen on MPs STP7 0 Syscheck cpu FAILURE 32 CPU s NumOriginalCpus file empty Peer Node identification updates to Connection Insert screen LRGSYS certain screens in Large Topology DSR take
75. und Exported files are viewable when downloaded from GUI Status amp Manage gt Files Customer Impact For customers configured with Active Standby MPs DA MP switch over can take more than 20 sec when rebooting the active server Customer Impact Alarm will not clear until failover unless manual workaround is applied Workaround One way to make sure it clears is to not delete the old empty server group until its alarm has cleared which will happen when you add the servers to the new groups Also on NO failover these alarms are all cleared then re raised on the new NO if the condition still exists So it would clear on a failover as well Customer Impact Disaster recovery of MP servers could require extended maintenance window Customer Impact DA_MP VIP manager will not audit at the interval of 60 seconds to ensure that VIP is properly configured for DA MPs 28 20384078 20123471 3 20520696 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 20440510 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR 5 0 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs 19816125 19941810 Secondary IP address is missing after a MH connection is edited minor alarm event 31214 process consuming excessive system resources PDRA SSBR failover testing resulted in 5 7 seconds worth traffic loss Alarm Events Do Not Show Up After a SOAM NOAM Changeover LRGSYS Backup Failure Alarm 10020 not getting cleared aft
76. v6 Address Length E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 23 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs Bug Found Title Number Rel 20417287 PCA Activation scripts enhancement 20411831 DSR Disaster Recovery Features must be deactivated after disaster recovery 20411059 LRGSYS Updates to the etc hosts for a server in a large topology is slow 20229011 7 0 SSSTJIPFE conns didn t re establish through mate IPFE if active cold booted 20199738 DSR L2D3 HW profiles updates for bond eth21 and eth22 for bond1 20199376 7 0 DSR Netconfig 4948 Templates need to include IMI VLAN on Managament server links 20138567 STP7 0 Unable to download backup files resulting from backupAllHosts 20045979 Permission of var TKLC rundb run db incorrect after DR of SOAM servers 19831512 Coverity GLA does not initialize savedErrorCode 19722536 DCLv2 DSR does not respond correctly to DWR amp DPR messages with invalid lengths 19706654 DCLv2 CER with invalid length causes connection to become stuck 19679630 Missing AVPs in Vendor Specific Application ID not causing error msg 19119913 241976 DSR Remove CPU affinity attributes from MP profiles 19115937 238811 Update format of Error Message AVP when DSR generates a Diameter Answer Customer Known Bug Listing Table 6 DSR Release 7 1 Customer Known Bugs lists known bugs in this release Table 6 DSR Release 7 1 Customer Known Bugs Bug Number Release Customer Impact Statement 20971728 2 DSR
77. y levels Definitions of these levels can be found in the publication TL 9000 Quality Management System Measurement Handbook Problem Report A report from a customer or on behalf of the customer concerning a product or process defect requesting an investigation of the issue and a resolution to remove the cause The report may be issued via any medium Problem reports are systemic deficiencies with hardware software documentation delivery billing invoicing servicing or any other process involved with the acquisition operation or performance of a product An incident reported simply to request help to bring back the service or functionality to normal without the intent to investigate and provide a resolution to the cause of the incident is not a problem report 1 Critical Conditions that severely affect the primary functionality of the product and because of the business impact to the customer requires non stop immediate corrective action regardless of time of day or day of the week as viewed by a customer on discussion with the organization such as Product inoperability total or partial outage A reduction in the capacity capability that is traffic data handling capability such that expected loads cannot be handled Any loss of emergency capability for example emergency 911 calls or Safety hazard or risk of security breach 2 Major Product is usable but a condition exists that seriously degrades the product operation
78. y up to twice the number that the KPI shows 62 21646076 21664865 21666715 21661360 DSR 7 1 E61925 Revision 01 August 2015 DSR 7 1 DSR7 1 DSR 7 1 DSR Release 7 1 Resolved and Known Bugs ComAgent connection stuck in Forming state after server reboot Act Stby psbr process restart truncates PDRA4 1 tables causes bulk audit Problem during PCA function disable while performing resizing or migration Event 22701 for Answer messages with Missing or Invalid Auth Application ID Customer Impact Statement Customer Impact After a reboot ComAgent connection may not re established Subsequent reboot may be required Customer Impact Potential delay in back to back SBR switchover When restarting the psbr process by selecting the iG or Standby Binding SBR n Status amp Manage gt mara ae and clicking Restart a unnecessary bulk audit is triggered The bulk audit does not cause any functional issues but will prevent a subsequent SBR failover until the bulk audit completes mn Customer Impact If you disable the PCA Function PDRA and or OCDRA while a SBR Reconfiguration Plan resizing or migration is running the plan operational status does not transition to Data Migration Completed as expected But there is no functional impact other than the misleading status that is displayed on the GUI screen The status will be corrected when the PCA Function is re enabled Work aroun
79. year Emergency Response In the event of a critical service situation emergency response is offered by the Customer Access Support CAS main number at 1 800 223 1711 toll free in the US or by calling the Oracle Support hotline for your local country from the list at http www oracle com us support contact index html The emergency response provides immediate coverage automatic escalation and other features to ensure that the critical situation is resolved as rapidly as possible A critical situation is defined as a problem with the installed equipment that severely affects service traffic or maintenance capabilities and requires immediate corrective action Critical situations affect service and or system operation resulting in one or several of these situations e A total system failure that results in loss of all transaction processing capability e Significant reduction in system capacity or traffic handling capability e Loss of the system s ability to perform automatic system reconfiguration e Inability to restart a processor or the system e Corruption of system databases that requires service affecting corrective actions e Loss of access for maintenance or recovery operations e Loss of the system ability to provide any required critical or major trouble notification Any other problem severely affecting service capacity traffic billing and maintenance capabilities may be defined as critical by prior discussion and agreeme

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