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 DSI SS7G41 Signaling Server – SIU Mode Release Notes 

Release 1.2.10 

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3.13

 

Message Router – Concerned Entity (IPY00102349) 

This release corrects an issue encountered at startup when using Message 
Router Functionality in conjunction with a local User Part (e.g. SCCP) as a 
Concerned Entity whereby initial availability of the destination is not notified 
to the User Part. 

3.14

 

Maintenance Logs 

Additional events generated from MTP3, TCAP, M2PA and SCTP are now 
logged and or decoded in the maintenance log and sent to the management 
host. These messages include the following: MTP_MSG_LINK_CONG, 
TCPEV_DLG_TIM_TIMEOUT, TCPEV_EXCESSIVE_DLG_ABORTS, 
M2P_MSG_EVENT_IND and SCTP_MSG_EVENT_IND. 

3.15

 

Timestamps following restart 

This release ensures that when using Network Time Protocol (NTP) the 
timestamp maintained by the built-in hardware clock is updated to the NTP 
time. This ensures that any timestamps in the diagnostic ‘messages’ file 
generated immediately following a restart (which would be derived from the 
hardware clock) are correct. 

3.16

 

NTP Operation (IPY00102543) 

The release corrects an issue which resulted in a spontaneous unit restart 
when NTP was active but had failed to achieve NTP synchronization as a 
result of the time difference between the two servers exceeding a set 
threshold (1000 seconds). The restart would occur after approximately 9 
hours of operation. 

Now if unable to obtain synchronization, the unit will show the NTP status as 
inactive and will stop attempting to synchronize. To recover from this 
condition the user should manually reactivate NTP. 

 
Dialogic 
31-May-13 

Summary of Contents for DSI SS7G41

Page 1: ...de Release Notes Document Reference RN001LGD Contents Release 2 4 3 2 Release 2 4 1 3 Release 2 3 9 5 Release 2 3 2 9 Release 2 2 9 12 Release 2 2 3 18 Release 1 3 9 28 Release 1 3 6 29 Release 1 2 10...

Page 2: ...l Sub Systems including the ability for traffic to bypass DTC as it passes up the stack By default incoming SCCP traffic is shared across all available hosts however use of the DTS_ROUTE command allow...

Page 3: ...m has been enhanced to require two failed attempts prior to declaring the host as failed Each attempt allows 4 seconds for receipt of a response When operating with more than 128 circuit groups the pe...

Page 4: ...ance in the case that the OGID values are not allocated from a contiguous block commencing at a low number 2 9 MMI Press return to continue If after waiting 30 seconds for the user to respond to the P...

Page 5: ...restart on detection of a new software license the unit will automatically perform a full hard restart so that the new license takes effect 3 2 Disk Partition Full IPY00118008 This release corrects a...

Page 6: ...ects this issue and allows a SCCP RSP to route to an alias Point Code 3 9 Message Router Concerned Entity This release corrects operation of Message Router Concerned Entity mapping in the case where t...

Page 7: ...nks and allows SIGTRAN Link measurements on page 1 SCTP and page 2 M3UA to be individually reset on a per page basis 3 18 DTS Routing IPY00117001 This release corrects the operation on the Route on Bi...

Page 8: ...TLS encryption to be negotiated down to SSLv3 or lower to reduce the potential for POODLE type man in the middle security attacks When executing the ACPOS command this release checks for a certificate...

Page 9: ...ease adds the ability to gather measurements on a periodic basis and store them in CSV format Measurements are available for different layers of the protocol stack and are useful for traffic levels an...

Page 10: ...rotating it 2 3 Increased PCAP Trace Capacity This release provides a fourfold increase in the capacity of PCAP format trace logs in the syslog trace subdirectory of the user account The maximum file...

Page 11: ...setting of the Alarm Severity field in the alarm log has been corrected so that the original severity is retained even when the alarm has cleared The Alarm State should be used to determine which ala...

Page 12: ...user documentation updates are available for use in conjunction with this release Dialogic DSI Signaling Servers SS7G41 Operators Manual Issue 11 Dialogic DSI Protocol Stacks SCCP Programmer s Manual...

Page 13: ...ameter is optional and can be used when configuring the GT Translation in the SCCP_GTT config txt command and when configuring a Remote Signaling Point in the SCCP_RSP command 2 4 MAP Update MAP LCS S...

Page 14: ...s DPC will be copied into the routing label of the message 3 Other Changes 3 1 Alarms A new alarm SS7 link cong is reported when an SS7 link is in congestion A new alarm SCTP path fail is reported for...

Page 15: ...e in which entries in the table are used irrespective of the sequence in which they are added The entry with the lowest GTPID value is always used first 3 9 MAP Update Location Data IPY00116450 This r...

Page 16: ...mber of times a HEARTBEAT message is lost before the network address marked failed and the maximum number of times a data chunk will be retransmitted before the association is aborted have both been c...

Page 17: ...17 3 20 DTS Host Status Requests Cause Restart IPY00116844 This release corrects an issue introduced in Release 2 2 3 where multiple calls to the DTS Host Status MMI command STDHP eventually lead to...

Page 18: ...ase is fully backwards compatible with Release 1 3 9 however there are some important differences as follows which should be read and understood prior to commencing installation This release should be...

Page 19: ...o the nature of the changes to the Notification and Alarm MIBs the notifications transmitted by the system are not compatible with SNMP manager using MIB packages earlier than V4 00 To provide for con...

Page 20: ...and IP_TOKEN allows the user to create a token associated with a numerical IPv6 or IPv4 address This token can then be used throughout config txt when configuring IP addresses without the need to rety...

Page 21: ...ar Ethernet ports This functionality has been removed If required the IP firewall should instead be used to limit access from particular IP addresses 2 8 IP Ping and Route Tracing The STIPP command ha...

Page 22: ...uential reference number of an entry in the alarm log since the last restart CODE Numeric identifier of the alarm code Each alarm condition has a unique CODE value STATE Current state of the alarm whi...

Page 23: ...e still supported for backwards compatibility The ability to discriminate incoming traffic by OPC has been added to the Message Router Origin command MRF_OG The ability to send traffic to the partner...

Page 24: ...s of Message Router or Signaling Gateway Functionality should typically set MIN_HOSTS to zero otherwise network facing links will remain deactivated 3 2 Snapshot and Diagnostic Files This release incl...

Page 25: ...iously an internal race condition could occasionally result in the unit restarting especially when operating under extreme overload conditions 3 8 MSSTP Command IPY00115902 This release corrects the v...

Page 26: ...acing M2PA Previously due to a rounding error the licensed capacity was artificially reduced 3 15 SNMP Trap Events on Startup IPY00116136 This release prevents suppression of SNMP trap events during t...

Page 27: ...ve this LGTYPE UDP should be set using the IPLGI command This option also allows filtering based on individual UDP port numbers using LGDATA parameter 3 20 IP Logging When operating in SIU mode the IP...

Page 28: ...leak within the board driver resulted in the unit restarting The time between restarts is non deterministic but some users have experienced a restart within 1 to 2 months of operation 2 2 SS7MD Board...

Page 29: ...owing user documentation updates are available for use in conjunction with this release Dialogic DSI Signaling Servers SS7G41 Operators Manual Issue 6 Dialogic DSI Software Environment Programmer s Ma...

Page 30: ...upport for EPS AuthenticationSetList data as used by the SendAuthenticationInfo service has been added to the response in accordance with the MAP specification 3GPP TS 29 002 version 9 4 0 Release 9 T...

Page 31: ...T BALANCE has been extended to permit routing to destinations in the NETWORK domain When using HUNT BALANCE the CIC range should be specified by default the Base CIC is 0 and the CIC range is 4096 To...

Page 32: ...a configuration issue which could be encountered when operating in dual mode if a Remote Application Server has the same DPC as the local point code of the SS7G41 3 7 Message Router Point Code Status...

Page 33: ...auditing of both unavailable and congested destinations This behavior has been modified so that congested destinations are only audited in ANSI Network Contexts 3 16 M3UA Network Context Configuratio...

Page 34: ...erver SIU Mode Release Notes Release 1 3 6 34 3 20 IP Firewall Configuration This release corrects an issue which previously could result in loss of IP firewall configuration following a restart Dialo...

Page 35: ...00102543 2 New Functionality 2 1 TCAP Idle Dialogue Timeout This release allows the timeout value for the TCAP Idle Dialogue Timeout to be configured in the config txt file using a new TCAP_TIMER comm...

Page 36: ...availability when a route becomes available The fault occurs when a DAVA from the network is preceded by a SCON message indicating a congestion status of zero As a result SCCP and Message Router depl...

Page 37: ...estamps following restart This release ensures that when using Network Time Protocol NTP the timestamp maintained by the built in hardware clock is updated to the NTP time This ensures that any timest...

Page 38: ...signaling board any SS7G41 units fitted with SS7LD boards with Serial Number RC920000 and greater will not operate correctly with software prior to this release When fitting new SS7LD boards in the fi...

Page 39: ...Message Router Functionality GA017LGD 2 New Functionality 2 1 Sigtran Gateway Capability This release adds the ability for the Signaling Server to operate as an M3UA Sigtran Gateway The SS7G41 adds su...

Page 40: ...the network This is achieved using the concept of Concerned Entities Measurements of traffic passing through each state of the Message Router are automatically captured and accessible to the user Mes...

Page 41: ...calls answered and a measure of accumulated call duration from the point of answer By default the point of a call being answered is determined by generation or reception of either an Answer message o...

Page 42: ...This release increases the maximum number of permitted DTS Routing Requests from 256 to 1024 to allow for clients that use multiple routing requests The total number of DTS Routing Requests received b...

Page 43: ...nality 2 1 Global Title Load Share Tables Global Title Load Share Tables support the distribution of messages for a configured Global Title translation rule across a number of Destination point codes...

Page 44: ...amount until the current time is again greater than the previous reported timestamp To select this option bit 19 of options parameter in the SS7_BOARD command should be set to 1 3 3 ISUP BICC Timer C...

Page 45: ...ill now also identify the associated browser page where the equivalent function can be accessed In addition the browser interface identifies the command line MML command parameter that performs the eq...

Page 46: ...ilient mode while partnered with another Signaling Server SCCP continues to support a single local point code per Network Context 3 Other Changes 3 1 STTDP command TCAP Dialog Status The STTDP command...

Page 47: ...re resolved in this release IPY00099654 and IPY00099685 2 New Functionality 2 1 Message Based Link Set Selection This release provides the ability to select on a message by message basis which outgoin...

Page 48: ...ns of the Licensed Capabilities values 3 7 Startup Sequence A problem during the boot sequence which could cause the system to hang waiting for user input has been corrected This release corrects a pr...

Page 49: ...t of line code violations 3 14 INAP_FE command The INAP_FE command now supports the configuration of functional entities for both local and remote subsystems 3 15 ISUP German National Variant This rel...

Page 50: ...a simplified license model The SS7G41 support SIU Signaling Interface Unit and SWS Signaling Web Server operating modes The full documentation set for the product range which comprises Dialogic DSI SS...

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