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e.

Disable C6 Reporting. (Navigation: Advanced / CPU Power Management
Configuration, CPU C6 report)

f.

Change Energy Performance to Performance. For example, set
"ENERY_PERF_BIAS_CFG" mode to "PERF". (Navigation: Advanced / CPU
Power Management Configuration, Energy Performance)

g.

To decrease boot up time, Oracle recommends disabling Intel PXE Boot Agent
for both onboard and NIC ethernet ports. Press F2 and navigate to Advanced,
Network Stack Configuration. Then disable IPv4 PXE support.

Note:

PXE boot is not supported in this release.

h.

Reboot the server.

4.

Initialize the HDD.

a.

Open the ILOM remote system console to observe the system's boot cycle,
and interrupt the boot cycle to enter the MegaRAID configuration utility.

Figure 3-1    Selecting RAID Configuration

b.

Navigate the utility to establish your virtual drive's operation, initially including
the Configure action.

Chapter 3

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Summary of Contents for netra X5-2

Page 1: ...Oracle Communications Session Border Controller Platform Preparation and Installation Guide Release S Cz8 3 0 for Service Provider and Enterprise F20276 07 June 2021 ...

Page 2: ...tions of such programs ii Oracle computer documentation and or iii other Oracle data is subject to the rights and limitations specified in the license contained in the applicable contract The terms governing the U S Government s use of Oracle cloud services are defined by the applicable contract for such services No other rights are granted to the U S Government This software or hardware is develo...

Page 3: ...s 2 2 Available Connections 2 4 Cable the Local Console 2 5 Connect ILOM to the Netra X5 for Communications 2 7 Software Installation Netra and Server based Platforms 2 7 Known Issues 2 9 3 Oracle Server X7 2 Platform Preparation Cable the Oracle X7 2 3 8 Available Connections 3 9 Cable the Local Console 3 11 Connect ILOM to the Oracle X7 2 3 12 Software Installation Oracle X7 2 Platforms 3 12 Kno...

Page 4: ...7 Public Cloud Platforms Deploying the OCSBC on Cloud Infrastructures in Standalone Mode 7 1 Deploying the OCSBC on Cloud Infrastructures in HA Mode 7 2 Key OCSBC Configuration and Operation Detail in HA Mode 7 2 Cloud Based HA Report Data 7 5 Cloud Specific HA Deployment Considerations 7 6 HA over OCI Overview 7 6 HA over AWS Overview 7 6 Create and Deploy OCSBC Instances on EC2 7 7 Prerequisites...

Page 5: ...ss Format Plan 9 1 40GB or More Default Format Plan 9 1 40GB or More Custom Format Plan 9 1 Formatting Procedure 9 2 10 Interface Considerations for VM Platforms Software Adaptations for Physical Interfaces 10 1 COTS Interfaces 10 1 COTS Network Interfaces 10 2 The interface mapping Branch 10 2 Working with the interface mapping branch 10 3 interface mapping 10 3 Serial Interfaces 10 4 11 Flash Dr...

Page 6: ...latforms Acme Packet 1100 Physical Interfaces A 2 Acme Packet 3900 Physical Interfaces A 3 SNMP Hardware Reporting A 4 Acme Packet 3900 MIBS Paths A 5 Acme Packet 4600 Physical Interfaces A 5 Acme Packet 6100 Physical Interfaces A 6 Acme Packet 6300 6350 Physical Interfaces A 7 Signaling and Media Interfaces A 8 Acme Packet 6300 A 9 Acme Packet 6350 A 10 Dual Port and Quad Port NIUs A 11 vi ...

Page 7: ...the components and installation of the Acme Packet 3900 Acme Packet 4600 Hardware Installation Guide Contains information about the components and installation of the Acme Packet 4600 Acme Packet 6100 Hardware Installation Guide Contains information about the components and installation of the Acme Packet 6100 Acme Packet 6300 Hardware Installation Guide Contains information about the components a...

Page 8: ...tion Guide Contains information about upgrading system images and any pre boot system provisioning Call Traffic Monitoring Guide Contains information about traffic monitoring and packet traces as collected on the system This guide also includes WebGUI configuration used for the SIP Monitor and Trace application HMR Resource Guide Contains information about configuring and using Header Manipulation...

Page 9: ...l transaction processing capability Significant reduction in system capacity or traffic handling capability Loss of the system s ability to perform automatic system reconfiguration Inability to restart a processor or the system Corruption of system databases that requires service affecting corrective actions Loss of access for maintenance or recovery operations Loss of the system ability to provid...

Page 10: ...ve to a local folder Access to Oracle Support Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support For information visit http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx acc id info or visit http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx acc id trs if you are hearing impaired About This Guide x ...

Page 11: ...ble in Acme Packet 4600 Physical Interfaces November 2019 Updated with Oracle X8 2 platform for S cZ8 3 0m1p2 Updates forwarding cores on OCI Standard2 x shapes February 2020 Updates the Media Interface port numbers in Acme Packet 1100 Physical Interfaces September 2020 Updates information about first login to SBC running on cloud platform available in 8 3 0m1p7 or later December 2020 Updates INT ...

Page 12: ...erent version of software all together continue to the Boot Management and Software Upgrade chapters in this guide for all considerations and procedures required to a system update Virtual Machines Virtual Machines VMs supported by Oracle Communications Session Delivery software varies across software version Find specific version support within the context of your version s documentation Operatio...

Page 13: ...ware before installing software This includes platform specific configuration such as BIOS and platform management access Once a version of the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller is running on a Netra or COTS platform you simply install new software using the instructions provided in the Boot Management and Software Upgrade chapters herein Chapter 1 Netra and COTS 1 2 ...

Page 14: ... firmware versions 2 Upgrade or downgrade the firmware on the server as necessary Go to https docs oracle com cd E37444_01 index html for ILOM upgrade instructions 3 Configure the BIOS settings Settings navigation may differ based on the BIOS version a Observe the boot procedure and use the documented key sequence to interrupt the boot and display the BIOS configuration dialogs For example pressin...

Page 15: ...ation with two entire HDDs c Access the menu from which you create a virtual drive d Set the RAID level to RAID 1 e Select all of the drives that you want f From the Virtual Drive Management dialog select the new drive and initialize it For example pressing F2 and selecting Fast Init from the command menu is a common way to execute initialization g After initialization is complete Escape from the ...

Page 16: ...a X5 2 for Communications Configuration A 4 Onboard 10 GigE Ports Figure 2 2 Netra X5 2 for Communications Configuration B 4 Onboard 10 GigE Ports 1 Quad GigE NIC Chapter 2 Cable the Netra X5 2 for Communications 2 3 ...

Page 17: ...e read all of the information for each of the available connections prior to cabling the Netra X5 2 for Communications Port Description You Need NET 0 3 10 GigE ports labeled Net 3 Net 2 Net 1 and Net 0 left to right Enables you to connect the Netra X5 2 to your network A Category 6 or better Ethernet cable to connect to the NET 0 port to your network Network parameters such as an IP address can b...

Page 18: ...ings 8N1 eight data bits no parity one stop bit 115200 baud Disable hardware flow control CTS RTS Disable software flow control XON XOFF A terminal device e g terminal connection to a terminal server or computer such as a laptop running terminal emulation software A cable to connect the terminal device to the SER MGT COM1 port USB Provides USB connections to the SP The USB ports are hot pluggable ...

Page 19: ... 1 Locate the appropriate cables to connect to the Netra X5 2 for Communications 2 To cable a serial connection insert the serial console cable into the SER MGT COM1 port Figure 2 4 Connecting to USB VGA and SER MGT COM1 Ports Note Refer to the Netra X5 2 for Communications hardware documentation for information on how to configure the terminal application to connect to the console and how to esta...

Page 20: ...ly away from the rear panel 4 Connect the other end of the cable to the LAN Refer to the Netra X5 2 for Communications hardware documentation for information on how to configure the Web browser application to connect to the console and how to establish communications with the Netra X5 2 for Communications Software Installation Netra and Server based Platforms Oracle Communications Session Delivery...

Page 21: ...annot access the Admin and User accounts until you set the corresponding passwords Use either an SSH or console connection when setting passwords You log into your system after setting passwords Before you begin plan your passwords to meet the following requirements 8 64 characters Include three of the following Lower case letters Uppercase letters Numerals Punctuation The system leads you through...

Page 22: ...address Note Note at the boot parameters that the default system is named boot bzImage Be aware that upgrading code includes obtaining images with for example an SCz prefix and the bz file extension Known Issues Netra X5 2 for Communications The interface mapping locate command does not work with the Netra X5 2 for Communications onboard interfaces The command does work with PCI interfaces install...

Page 23: ...13 00 2 Upgrade or downgrade the firmware on the server as necessary Go to https docs oracle com cd E81115_01 index html for ILOM upgrade instructions 3 Configure the BIOS settings Settings navigation may differ based on the BIOS version a Observe the boot procedure logged to the console during bootup and use the documented key sequence to interrupt the boot and display the BIOS configuration dial...

Page 24: ...ent for both onboard and NIC ethernet ports Press F2 and navigate to Advanced Network Stack Configuration Then disable IPv4 PXE support Note PXE boot is not supported in this release h Reboot the server 4 Initialize the HDD a Open the ILOM remote system console to observe the system s boot cycle and interrupt the boot cycle to enter the MegaRAID configuration utility Figure 3 1 Selecting RAID Conf...

Page 25: ...Figure 3 2 Begin RAID Configuration c Clear the configuration regardless of the initial state Figure 3 3 Clear Any Existing RAID Configuration Chapter 3 3 3 ...

Page 26: ...d Access the menu from which you create a virtual drive Figure 3 4 RAID Create Virtual Drive e Set the RAID level to RAID 1 Figure 3 5 Set Drive to RAID1 Chapter 3 3 4 ...

Page 27: ...f Select your drives Figure 3 6 RAID Select Drives g It is common to select all drives at this point Chapter 3 3 5 ...

Page 28: ...Figure 3 7 Select All Drives h Save your RAID configuration Figure 3 8 Save RAID Configuration i The system allows you to Confirm your configuration and continue with initialization Chapter 3 3 6 ...

Page 29: ...Figure 3 9 Initialize RAID Configuration j After initialization is complete return to the Main Menu to Save and Exit Figure 3 10 Exit RAID Configuration Chapter 3 3 7 ...

Page 30: ...ed is not supported On board interfaces for all configurations include One RJ 45 serial management SER MGT port One 10 100 1000BASE T RJ 45 Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM service processor SP network management NET MGT port One 1000BASE T RJ 45 Gigabit Ethernet GbE port labeled NET 0 Two 10 25GbE SFP Ethernet ports labeled NET 1 and NET 2 Two 10GBASE T RJ 45 Gigabit Ethernet GbE ports l...

Page 31: ... s1p2 s1p3 NET MGT ILOM s0p0 s0p1 s1p0 s1p1 Caution Please review your Oracle X7 2 Product Notes Notes for release 1 1 2 describes physical issues with some optical transceivers installed into an SFP28 port Oracle recommends using Category 6 or better for all Ethernet connections You do not need to use every port for proper operation Available Connections Please read all of the information for eac...

Page 32: ...IP address Alternatively you can assign a static IP address to the NET MGT port To use the NET MGT port you must configure its network settings Once configured use the NET MGT port IP address to log on to the device using a browser or secure shell Category 6 or better Ethernet cable to connect the NET MGT port to your network IP address for this port required from DHCP or a static address SER MGT ...

Page 33: ...when set to the default of VGA You must change this bootparameter when deploying over this platform Refer to the section Change Boot Parameters by Interrupting a Boot in Progress within the Installation and Platform Preparation Guide to learn how to set your Console Device bootparameter to COM1 Refer to http docs oracle com cd E93361_01 html E93392 gtibt html to learn how to run an SSH session via...

Page 34: ...he other end of the cable to the LAN Refer to the Oracle X7 2 hardware documentation https docs oracle com cd E72435_01 html E72440 index html for information on how to configure the Web browser application to connect to the console and how to establish communications with the Oracle X7 2 Software Installation Oracle X7 2 Platforms The Oracle Communications Session Router OCSR requires software in...

Page 35: ...annot access the Admin and User accounts until you set the corresponding passwords Use either an SSH connection or console connection when setting passwords You log on to the system after setting passwords Before you begin plan your passwords to meet the following requirements 8 64 characters Include three of the following Lower case letters Uppercase letters Numerals Punctuation The system leads ...

Page 36: ...preferred OCSR name Set the Console Device to COM1 serial Set the IP Address to your preferred management port IP address Set the Netmask for your management port IP address Set the Gateway address for your management port IP address Note Note at the boot parameters that the default Boot File is boot bzImage Be aware that upgrading code includes obtaining images with for example an SCz prefix and ...

Page 37: ...1 01 00 2 Upgrade or downgrade the firmware on the server as necessary Go to https docs oracle com cd E81115_01 index html for ILOM upgrade instructions 3 Configure the BIOS settings Settings navigation may differ based on the BIOS version a Observe the boot procedure logged to the console during bootup and use the documented key sequence to interrupt the boot and display the BIOS configuration di...

Page 38: ...r both onboard and NIC ethernet ports Press F2 and navigate to Advanced Network Stack Configuration Then disable IPv4 PXE support Note PXE boot is not supported in this release h Reboot the server 4 Initialize the Hard Disk Drive a Open the ILOM remote system console to observe the system s boot cycle and interrupt the boot cycle to enter the MegaRAID configuration utility Figure 4 1 Selecting RAI...

Page 39: ...Figure 4 2 Begin RAID Configuration c Clear the configuration regardless of the initial state Figure 4 3 Clear Any Existing RAID Configuration Chapter 4 4 3 ...

Page 40: ...d Access the menu from which you create a virtual drive Figure 4 4 RAID Create Virtual Drive e Set the RAID level to RAID 1 Figure 4 5 Set Drive to RAID1 Chapter 4 4 4 ...

Page 41: ...f Select your drives Figure 4 6 RAID Select Drives g It is common to select all drives at this point Chapter 4 4 5 ...

Page 42: ...Figure 4 7 Select All Drives h Save the RAID configuration Figure 4 8 Save RAID Configuration i The system allows you to Confirm your configuration and continue with initialization Chapter 4 4 6 ...

Page 43: ...Figure 4 9 Initialize RAID Configuration j After the initialization completes return to the Main Menu to Save and Exit Figure 4 10 Exit RAID Configuration Chapter 4 4 7 ...

Page 44: ...s needed for additional connections to NET 0 1 and 2 NET MGT Provides a 10 100 1000 BASE T Ethernet connection to the Service Processor SP through an RJ 45 connector The NET MGT port provides support connections to the SP using the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM CLI and Web interface By default the NET MGT port is configured to use DHCP to automatically obtain an IP address Alternativel...

Page 45: ...e the Oracle X8 2 After mounting the Oracle X8 2 in an equipment rack and installing all components use the following instructions to connect all appropriate data cables to the ports before powering the system up and beginning the configuration Oracle qualified the following configurations of the Oracle X8 2 Configuration A One Four port 10 GigE NIC Configuration B Two Four port 10 GigE NICs each ...

Page 46: ...nnectivity is disabled on the 10GBASE T RJ 45 GbE NET 1 Ethernet port Figure 4 11 Oracle X8 2 Configuration A 4x10 GigE NIC Figure 4 12 Oracle X8 2 Configuration B Two 4x10 GigE NICs Figure 4 13 Oracle X8 2 Configuration B One QSFP and One 4x10 GigE NICs Chapter 4 Cable the Oracle X8 2 4 10 ...

Page 47: ...efault of VGA You must change this bootparameter when deploying over this platform Refer to the section Change Boot Parameters by Interrupting a Boot in Progress within the Installation and Platform Preparation Guide to learn how to set your Console Device bootparameter to COM1 Refer to http docs oracle com cd E93361_01 html E93392 gtibt html to learn how to run an SSH session via iLOM using Virtu...

Page 48: ... MGT ILOM 3 Lead the cable neatly away from the rear panel 4 Connect the other end of the cable to the LAN Refer to the Oracle X8 2 hardware documentation https docs oracle com cd E93359_01 html E93391 index html for information about how to configure the Web browser application to connect to the console and how to establish communications with the Oracle X8 2 Install the Software on the X8 2 The ...

Page 49: ...tting the Disk Volume for reference and instructions 2 Turn off the OCSR using the Halt command This provides a graceful software shutdown after which the hardware is still powered on 3 Power cycle the hardware using the power switch a power controller or by physically disconnecting and reconnecting the power cable To configure the OCSR refer to the ACLI Configuration Guide Boot parameter changes ...

Page 50: ...can just as easily impact performance of the OCSBC Due to the polling operation of DPDK using hyper threaded cores can significantly degrade the OCSBC s packet processing performance Oracle recommends you disable hyper threading on the host system if possible or configure CPU affinities on the hypervisor to ensure mapping from only one virtual CPU to each physical CPU core Learn how to configure C...

Page 51: ... ensure that VMs requiring high media throughput are optimally placed by the hypervisor so that traversal of cross domain bridges such as QuickPath Interconnect QPI is avoided or minimized Some hypervisors implement Non Uniform Memory Access NUMA topology rules to automatically enforce such placements All hypervisors provide manual methods to perform CPU pinning achieving the same result The diagr...

Page 52: ... VM installation the OCSBC sets default functionality assigning cores to signaling and media forwarding If you need DoS and or transcoding functionality configure the applicable cores after installation and before performing service See the ACLI Configuration Guide for core configuration instructions Applicable performance tuning configuration after deployment includes Media manager traffic bandwi...

Page 53: ...OCSBC requires VLAN tags to be included in the packets delivered to and from the VM Oracle recommends that you evaluate the VLAN support of your deployment s hypervisor and interface I O mode before implementation to ensure secure support for the transmission and receiving of VLAN tagged traffic Please consult your hypervisor s vendor documentation for details Provisioning Entitlements VNF product...

Page 54: ...nds deployment in these environments and that the majority of deployment tasks from hardware installation and startup to VM resource and management setup is complete For information on Oracle OVM including server and manager documentation refer to the following links The bottom link opens the page specifically to Oracle OVM version 3 4 2 http www oracle com technetwork documentation vm 096300 html...

Page 55: ...chine belongs from the Server Pool dropdown 6 Click OK Oracle VM manager creates your Virtual Machine 7 Select VM Files folder on the left pane and verify the file is present 8 Select the Servers and VMs tab and select the server pool 9 Click on the Perspective drop down menu and select Virtual Machines 10 Right click on the Virtual Machine and select Edit 11 Edit your VM to configure the desired ...

Page 56: ... to your VM 16 Click the Console icon from the menu bar Oracle VM Manager displays a terminal screen with the serial CLI operational 17 Highlight the target and click the Start button Oracle VM Manager starts your VM displaying the startup sequence and ultimately providing ACLI access in the console Create and Deploy on KVM For complete KVM documentation refer to http www linux kvm org page Docume...

Page 57: ...ncom0 wancom1 wancom2 and spare name Identify a unique name for the virtual machine on this hypervisor description Describe this virtual machine os type Specify the operating system type os variant Optimize the configuration for a specific operating system ram Allocate a specific amount of RAM to this virtual machine vcpus Allocate a specific number of virtual CPUs to this virtual machine disk Spe...

Page 58: ...server has 40GB of space for this installation Note The following procedure describes a typical deployment The system may display different screens depending on the deployment Detail on Oracle Communications Session Delivery product specific setup steps is shown below 1 On the vSphere Client application Home page go to File Deploy OVF Template File 2 On the Source screen browse to the target ova f...

Page 59: ... interfaces are presented the bind order is a wancom0 b wancom1 c wancom2 d spare e s0p0 f s1p0 g s0p1 h s1p1 If your hypervisor randomly allocates addresses for network interfaces the interface order at the hypervisor does not necessarily match that at the OCSBC You can use the interface mapping show command to determine the MAC address to interface order and if necessary adjust it using the inte...

Page 60: ...ink https docs microsoft com en us windows server virtualization virtualization Before You Begin Refer to your OCSBC version s Release Notes for minimum required memory and CPUs Confirm that the Hyper V hypervisor is installed on an appropriate network server Confirm that the server has 40GB of space for this installation Confirm the number of network interfaces needed for your deployment Wancom0 ...

Page 61: ...senting fields within which you specify your new switch 4 Add virtual networks for each management and media interface Set the following on the Create Virtual Switch dialog for each switch you create Virtual switch Name Uncheck Allow management operating system to share this network adapter The switch for wancom1 wancom2 can be internal or external High availability via external eg separate hyperv...

Page 62: ...d disk radio button and browsing to your vhd file f Finish The Hyper V Manager returns to the main dialog displaying your new machine in the Virtual Machine list 8 Right click the VM The Hyper V Manager displays a pop up menu 9 Click Settings The Hyper V Manager displays the Settings dialog for your Virtual Machine displaying the Add Hardware controls in the right hand pane 10 Select Legacy Networ...

Page 63: ...virtual machine queue checkbox Apply and OK these changes 18 For each media interface s Network Adapter Advanced settings check the Enable MAC address spoofing checkbox Apply and OK these changes Figure 6 3 VM Settings on Hyper V 19 Select Processor from the left side pane increase the number of processors for your deployment and click Apply then OK to close the VM Settings dialog 20 Right click y...

Page 64: ...e machine from which you will deploy virtual machines 1 Extract the compressed HOT file bundled with your software package tar xzf filename _HOT tar gz 2 Extract the Newton tar file if your OpenStack is running Newton extract the Pike tar file if your OpenStack is running Pike or newer tar xf filename _HOT_newton tar This creates a local directory that contains the environment files 3 Locate the e...

Page 65: ...urity group Note The default security group drops incoming traffic so either change the parameters of the default security group or create a new security group that allows incoming traffic affinityPolicy HA only Set the affinity policy for an HA pair The default value anti affinity is recommended userPass The SHA1 hash of the user passphrase adminPass The SHA1 hash of the admin passphrase diskPart...

Page 66: ...esses for the network interfaces on the primary HA pair The wancom0 address gets passed in the bootparams as IP Address secondary fixed_ip HA only Specify the IP addresses for the network interfaces on the secondary HA pair The wancom0 address gets passed in the bootparams as IP Address virtualIPs HA only Specify the virtual IP addresses for HA media interfaces virtualMACs HA only Specify the virt...

Page 67: ...ail prior to deploying the OCSBC Deploying the OCSBC on Cloud Infrastructures in Standalone Mode Deploying the OCSBC in standalone mode on public clouds consists of deploying a single OCSBC Standalone deployments are significantly less complex to configure and maintain Although some object types are not required for standalone mode you can use them for other purposes if desired Differences between...

Page 68: ...twork either drops or ignores GARP traffic The absence of GARP invalidates the use of HA by the OCSBC in these networks therefore requiring alternate HA functionality on the OCSBC The OCSBC recognizes when it is deployed on these clouds When it needs to failover instead of issuing GARP traffic to invoke the transfer of VIPs from one node to another it uses the cloud s REST API to reconfigure virtu...

Page 69: ...ic The OCSBC uses Automatic authentication With Automatic authentication the SDN assigns an OCSBC instance with an appropriate role providing credentials through its instance metadata The instance does not need to be provisioned with any credentials These credentials may be temporary and change periodically As a result the OCSBC instance does not cache its credentials obtaining the latest credenti...

Page 70: ...tegories of typical IP addressing includes Private IP Each vNIC has a primary private IP and you can add and remove secondary private IPs The primary private IP address on an instance does not change during the instance s lifetime and cannot be removed from the instance Secondary Private IP Each VNIC can be assigned additional IP addresses apart from the primary private IP from the same subnet cal...

Page 71: ...ubnet that requires Internet access the secondary private IP must be attached to a Reserved Public IP RTC Support This feature is RTC supported If you make any configuration changes that affect HA operation the OCSBC immediately issues request for new VIP addressing via its REST client Cloud Based HA Report Data The OCSBC logs all events related to VIP failover for each VIP including failure numbe...

Page 72: ...btain a temporary certificate to authenticate itself while invoking the API 1 Create a Dynamic Group In the dynamic group definition you provide the matching rules to specify the instances you want to allow to make API calls for services 2 Create a policy granting permissions to the dynamic group to access services As you deploy follow these guidelines Create both OCSBC instances in the same Avail...

Page 73: ...g scheme and its translation functions to protect the EC2 management environment from direct exposure to the OCSBC service delivery environment These deployments also use EC2 s DHCP to establish consistent compliant management addressing and flat networking across both management and service traffic Oracle recommends you use AWS enhanced networking for better network I O throughput Refer to your O...

Page 74: ... can create vSBC machines This procedure requires that you from the EC2 system create a Linux machine attach a new disk to it and put the OCSBC image on your machine Next use the Linux command line to convert the image from qemu to raw format then perform a data definition dd procedure to write the disk image Finally you create a snapshot of the disk and convert the snapshot to an AMI image You ca...

Page 75: ...dd command In addition note that using the status progress flag causes the process to take longer 12 From the EC2 Elastic Block Store Volumes tab right click the 20GB volume and click Detach Volume from the VM 13 From the same tab right click the 20GB volume again click Create Snapshot and wait for the snapshot to complete 14 From the EC2 Elastic Block Store Snapshots tab right click the snapshot ...

Page 76: ... first private address provided by EC2 for the secondary HA OCSBC media interface addresses Configure that address as each applicable media interface s sec utility address Deploying the OCSBC for HA adds the following high level considerations Configure an Identity and Access Management IAM Role for the OCSBCs This is a preparatory task Place both OCSBCs in the same Availability Zone A Place Group...

Page 77: ...M role The policy is already created and deemed appropriate for OCSBC users The example role below is named sbc_access Launch Your Instance 1 Login to the AWS management console and click the EC2 link to open the EC2 Dashboard 2 Review and confirm your deployment s Region and Availability Zone 3 On the EC2 Dashboard click Launch Instance Chapter 7 Create and Deploy OCSBC Instances on EC2 7 11 ...

Page 78: ... New network interface from the Network Interface dropdown list for wancom0 j Select the correct Subnet from the dropdown list for wancom0 k Ensure the Primary IP field is set to Auto assign 8 Scroll to the bottom of the Configure Instance Details dialog and click Next Add Storage 9 Choose your desired OCSBC storage size in GB The default storage size is 40GB 10 Click Next Add Tags 11 Enter any ar...

Page 79: ...se auto assign EC2 applies the first available IP from the subnet to that interface If you need more precise IP management the custom option is recommend For Security groups choose the Security group you created for this management from the drop down s0p0 media interface for myHA1 For Description type in a name that you can clearly recognize later For Subnet choose the subnet you created for this ...

Page 80: ...rs applies only to HA deployments 1 Under Network Security in the left column click Elastic IPs 2 Click Allocate Elastic IP Address and then Allocate and then Close 3 Select the newly allocated IP address and click Actions and then Associate Elastic IP Address 4 Click on the text box next to Instance and select your instance from the drop down menu 5 Click Associate Set the User and Administrative...

Page 81: ...n the password Password must be 8 64 characters and have 3 of the 4 following character classes lower case alpha upper case alpha numerals punctuation Enter New Password Confirm New Password 6 Verify the network interfaces have MAC addresses Use the show interfaces mapping command to verify the network interfaces have MAC addresses show interfaces mapping Interface Mapping Info Eth IF MAC Addr Lab...

Page 82: ...I on AWS Prerequisites 1 Create an IAM policy for terraform to create an S3 stack a Navigate to Services and then IAM and then Policies and then Create policy b Select the JSON tab c Paste the following JSON into the JSON editor Version 2012 10 17 Statement Sid VisualEditor0 Effect Allow Action dynamodb ListTables ec2 DescribeAccountAttributes Resource Sid VisualEditor1 Effect Allow Action s3 GetL...

Page 83: ...etRecords Resource arn aws dynamodb MY REGION ACCOUNT ID table MY DYNAMODB TABLE arn aws dynamodb MY REGION ACCOUNT ID table MY DYNAMODB TABLE backup arn aws dynamodb MY REGION ACCOUNT ID table MY DYNAMODB TABLE index arn aws dynamodb MY REGION ACCOUNT ID table MY DYNAMODB TABLE stream arn aws s3 MY S3 BUCKET arn aws s3 MY S3 BUCKET linuxvm terraform tfstate arn aws s3 MY S3 BUCKET ami terraform t...

Page 84: ...2 DescribeTags ec2 DescribeSnapshotAttribute ec2 DescribeInstanceAttribute ec2 RegisterImage ec2 DescribeSnapshots ec2 DescribeInstanceCreditSpecifications ec2 DescribeSecurityGroups ec2 DescribeVolumeAttribute ec2 DescribeImages ec2 DescribeVolumeStatus ec2 DescribeVpcs ec2 DescribeVolumes ec2 DescribeAccountAttributes ec2 DescribeSubnets ec2 DescribeKeyPairs ec2 DeleteKeyPair ec2 DescribeInstanc...

Page 85: ...ID volume arn aws ec2 MY REGION ACCOUNT ID network interface arn aws ec2 MY REGION ACCOUNT ID key pair arn aws ec2 MY REGION ACCOUNT ID security group Sid VisualEditor4 Effect Allow Action s3 PutObject s3 GetObject ec2 DeleteVolume ec2 DeleteSnapshot dynamodb PutItem ec2 CreateKeyPair dynamodb DeleteItem ec2 CreateSnapshot s3 ListBucket dynamodb UpdateItem ec2 CreateVolume Resource arn aws s3 MY S...

Page 86: ...ate an SSH keypair and set the permissions on the private key ssh keygen t rsa b 4096 f aws acme key chmod 400 aws acme key 7 Download the OCSBC image from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud The zip file contains both the terraform stack builder and the qcow2 image Copy the terraform stack builder file and the qcow2 image to your EC2 instance scp i ssh aws key nnSCZ840p3 img vm_kvm tgz ec2 user 10...

Page 87: ... variable within the three variable files should be updated to reflect your environment 1 Navigate to the aws AMI directory cd aws AMI 2 Update the variables in the following files with suitable values linuxvm terraform tfvars linuxvm bucket tf ami bucket tf 3 Run the bash script create_ami sh with the c argument to specify the workspace name bash create_ami sh c nnSCZ840 The script runs a series ...

Page 88: ...sts in the appropriate deployment dialogs You may use these objects for a single deployment or for multiple deployments Deployment prerequisite tasks Identify and deploy to the correct OCI Region This is typically a default component of your OCI Account Identify and deploy to the correct OCI Availability Domain By deploying 2 HA instances during deployment at the same time you are ensuring that bo...

Page 89: ...herefore recommends stateless lists for media interfaces Note The OCSBC implements its own ACLs Protocol access may require that you configure OCI security lists and OCSBC ACLs In addition the port numbers you use within OCSBC ACLs should match those configured in these security groups The security list for management ports can be stateful Ports you should consider opening for management interface...

Page 90: ...sed instead of ephemeral public IP for standalone Oracle recommends creating regional subnets which means the subnet can span across availability domains within the region With this primary and secondary OCSBC instances can be deployed in two different Availability Domains thereby making use of OCI infrastructure level high availability Alternatively you could create non Regional subnets which mea...

Page 91: ...You can use the provided rule builder which automatically populates the matching rule text box with your rule s Consider the identifier syntax instance compartment id Be sure to use the OCID of the compartment in which OCSBC you create your instances Note Your IAM policy must include you in the Administrators group to manage dynamic groups Create Policy Statements To create applicable policy state...

Page 92: ...e OCI workspace may present dialogs and fields that differ from this procedure For full information on deploying OCI instances see the Oracle OCI documentation Upload Image The OCSBC is not available as a pre packaged image on OCI You must upload the OCSBC disk file to a Bucket and create a Custom Image that you can then use when creating an OCSBC instance Note that the file you upload must be in ...

Page 93: ...io buttons 9 Click Import Image Create an OCSBC Instance OCI notifies you when it completes the image upload after which you can create as many OCSBC instances as desired 1 Select Compute Instances from the Oracle Cloud Hamburger menu 2 On the Instance screen for your Compartment click the Create Instance button 3 From the Create Compute Instance dialog select the recently uploaded Custom Image 4 ...

Page 94: ...tiate your OCSBC with your own SSH public key configured as an authorized key for the local admin account 1 Copy your client s SSH public key Note On Linux a user s SSH public key is stored in the ssh id_rsa pub file If this file does not exist create it with the command ssh keygen t rsa b 4096 2 In the Add SSH keys section select Paste SSH Keys 3 Paste your SSH public key into the SSH Keys field ...

Page 95: ...n After creating the console connection you can access it via SSH or VNC Set the User and Administrative Passwords on the OCSBC These password proceidures are required before any further OCSBC operations For HA deployments perform these procedures on both OCSBCs 1 Click Compute and then Instances and open your newly created OCSBC 2 Under the Instance Iniformation tab copy the OCID 3 When the virtu...

Page 96: ...ses Use the show interfaces mapping command to verify the network interfaces have MAC addresses The interface mapping branch includes the swap command which allows you to correct interface to MAC address mappings show interfaces mapping Interface Mapping Info Eth IF MAC Addr Label wancom0 06 DF 71 BA D8 77 generic wancom1 06 A6 08 58 92 C9 generic s0p0 06 D4 E6 E8 B8 FB generic s1p0 06 EA 08 51 4D...

Page 97: ...rmula 2xRAM 2 2 8 GB and reconfigure the disk size during deployment if you plan on using the sys and app partitions or if you have larger RAM and disk requirements for your deployment Console Selection Use the serial console as the default device because Azure does not support a virtualized VGA console at startup Cloud Detection The OCSBC show platform command includes the cloud field which when ...

Page 98: ...upplied by Oracle based on the OCSBC version 1 Create a Blob Container under your Storage Accounts 2 Upload the VHD using the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer To a folder under the Blob Container In the same Region where you plan to create your instance After the VHD is uploaded its URI URL is available from the Azure GUI You use this URI as the import source to create a new disk image You can cre...

Page 99: ...k Subnets in the SETTINGS section on the Create virtual network dialog 4 Click Add on the subnet s dialog 5 Enter a Name on the Add subnet dialog 6 Configure the range in the Subnet address range field 7 Repeat these steps for all the interfaces you need for your instance If configured correctly you can review your subnet configuration on Subnets dialog See Azure s on line documentation for articl...

Page 100: ...e this account but you must set these fields or the platform does not allow the workflow to complete You may either Use the authentication type of Password Create a null user and give it any password During instantiation the OCSBC ignores this password Use the authentication type of SSH public key Create a null user and paste in the SSH public key from the machine you ll use to log into the OCSBC ...

Page 101: ...Chapter 7 Create and Deploy on Azure 7 35 ...

Page 102: ...allow for storing log files and other data When creating disks refer to both Azure and this Installation Guide s instructions and guidelines on creating formatting and mounting your disks Networking Configure fields in the Networking dialog to establish the network used by wancom0 Azure instance deployment Networking configuration includes Select or create a new Virtual Network Select or create yo...

Page 103: ...ield Select the correct subnet from the Subnet dropdown field Set the Private IP assignment setting to Static Set the Private IP address to an address within the subnet Security Groups The Create Network interface dialog includes the Network security group selection tool By default all network interfaces are set to deny all traffic You assign security groups to each of the media interfaces to spec...

Page 104: ...6 Set the user password by logging in for the first time ssh user IP address user somewhere compute 1 azure com s password ALERT user password has not been set Please set password now Only alphabetic upper or lower case numeric and punctuation characters are allowed in the password Password must be 8 64 characters and have 3 of the 4 following character classes lower case alpha upper case alpha nu...

Page 105: ...4D DF generic wancom2 FF FF FF FF FF FF dummy spare FF FF FF FF FF FF dummy s0p1 FF FF FF FF FF FF dummy s1p1 FF FF FF FF FF FF dummy s0p2 FF FF FF FF FF FF dummy s1p2 FF FF FF FF FF FF dummy s0p3 FF FF FF FF FF FF dummy s1p3 FF FF FF FF FF FF dummy The interface mapping branch includes the swap command which allows you to correct interface to MAC address mappings 9 Reboot the virtual machine rebo...

Page 106: ...system startup Oracle Communications Session Delivery product distributions include and install the correct boot loader during application installation meaning you need not consider boot loader version during first installation procedures Application software upgrades do not update boot loaders For this reason you need to verify this compatibility manually The following topics provide information ...

Page 107: ... address including address mask and gateway in your system s boot parameters for wancom0 addressing Configure the mask as a forslash after the address followed by the mask in number of bits The system requires all three components for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery to work properly Boot flags are arguments to a specific boot parameter and allow functional settings such as the use of DHCP for acquiring a ...

Page 108: ...ddress is accessed Note VLANs over management interfaces are not supported on the Acme Packet 4600 Acme Packet 3900 and Acme Packet 6xxx Netmask Netmask portion of the wancom0 IP Address Gateway Network gateway that this wancom0 interface uses IPv6 address Version 6 IP address mask of wancom0 Configure the mask as a forslash after the address followed by the mask in number of bits IPv6 Gateway Ver...

Page 109: ... of FTP enable VM platforms only 0x00000100 Bootloader 1 seconds quick countdown VM platforms only The following boot flags should only be used as directed by Oracle support 0x00000001 acme ko network module security override 0x00000002 Kernel debug enable 0x00000004 Crashdump disable 0x00000010 Debug sshd enable 0x00000020 Debug console enable getty 0x00001000 Userspace debug enable 0x00100000 Un...

Page 110: ...filename next to the old one You can clear the contents of a parameter by typing a period and then pressing Enter ORACLE configure bootparam clear field go to previous field q quit Boot File boot nnSCz100 bz boot nnSCz200 bz When you have scrolled through all of the boot parameters the system prompt for the configure terminal branch displays NOTE These changed parameters will not go into effect un...

Page 111: ...eld q quit Boot File boot nnScz100 bz To navigate through the boot parameters press Enter and the next parameter appears on the following line You can navigate through the entire list this way To go back to a previous line type a hyphen and press Enter Any value that you enter entirely overwrites the existing value and does not append to it 3 To change a boot parameter type the new value that you ...

Page 112: ...figured the boot parameters incorrectly the system goes into a booting loop and displays an error message Press the space bar to stop the loop Correct the error and reboot your system Chapter 8 Changing Boot Parameters 8 7 ...

Page 113: ...40 GB max Location Volume Name Volume Size system partition opt 8 GB system partition opt crash 32 GB 40GB or More Default Format Plan When formatting a storage device larger than 40 GB mnt sys and mnt app volumes are created in the data partition Their relative sizes are based on the drive s size Table 9 2 System Format Plan 40 GB Volume Number Volume Name Volume Size system partition opt 8 GB sy...

Page 114: ...ents are applicable any other time Note The format command may only be executed if certain tasks like local CDR and HDR generation are not active Remove any boot time configuration for these features and reboot the system before attempting to format the hard disk In addition ensure that your device is not passing traffic while you format any partition The following example shows the format command...

Page 115: ...rd drive walk through shows the data partition creation The following system output shows that the user has chosen to define a custom data partition scheme by typing n at the following prompt Use factory default data partitions y n n In this case the user creates three partitions Suspending logging to RAM drive Stopping tLogCleaner task Relocating logging onto hard disk Initializing opt Cleaner St...

Page 116: ...mke2fs 1 41 14 22 Dec 2010 Writing inode tables done Creating journal 32768 blocks done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 23 mounts or 180 days whichever comes first Use tune2fs c or i to override Formatting completed successfully Formatting partition VOLUME3 Please wait mke2fs 1 41 14 22 Dec 2010 Writing inode tables...

Page 117: ...format including local CDR and HDR generation after the power cycle is complete Note If you find that after the first reboot the system has not created new partitions perform another reboot to resolve this issue which is created by an incorrect dynamic partition table refresh Chapter 9 Formatting Procedure 9 5 ...

Page 118: ...oper configuration and operation related to for example physical port location and speed The user must consider these system and physical details when configuring OCSBC phy interface elements which is documented in the ACLI Configuration Guide Media Interface Consideration The template Oracle provides for VM deployment selects the correct interface detail for both management and media interfaces d...

Page 119: ...physical interfaces on virtual machines or COTS platforms to the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller application s configuration The system accomplishes this using physical interface MAC addresses and ACLI configuration interface naming Sample default Oracle Communications Session Border Controller interface mapping is presented below using the interface mapping show command ORACLE int...

Page 120: ...en locate each interface based on this mapping The MACTAB file is stored in the boot folder The MACTAB file ensures that interface mapping is persistent and therefore usable by your configuration regardless of changes to the system The interface mapping show command displays the current mapping An example of a MACTAB file that a user has configured is provided below ORACLE interface mapping show I...

Page 121: ...ysical interfaces For example you can first execute the interface mapping show command to display the current information interface mapping show wancom0 00 16 3E 30 00 2A control port onboard MAC wancom1 00 16 3E 30 00 2B 2nd control port onboard MAC s0p0 00 16 3E 30 00 2C PCI left side s1p0 00 16 3E 30 00 2D PCI right side Then you can execute the interface mapping swap command interface mapping ...

Page 122: ... is dependent on platform Familiarity with the platform is required to understand serial configuration Virtual machine management software provides a simulated serial port service from which the user gets direct serial access to each system See your virtual machine manager s documentation for instructions on accessing these serial ports Serial port configuration via boot parameters is the same acr...

Page 123: ...s to create USB installation media The provisioned USB flash drive will then be used for software installation via Netra COTS USB interfaces Creating a Build Image Use the Boot Media Creator BMC to write a bootable software image to a USB flashdrive Use the following procedure to create a USB stick containing a build image 1 Download the BMC version you need to use This filename begins with the so...

Page 124: ...BMC Step 3 4 Click Next Select the embedded image Figure 11 2 BMC Step 4 5 Click Next BMC detects and displays your USB stick You can insert and reinsert your stick if needed Chapter 11 Creating a Build Image 11 2 ...

Page 125: ...s Figure 11 4 BMC Step 6 Note that the Include Preload tarfile and Generate installation logs options are typically used in a manufacturing or staging environment User settings should be Installation Type Commission Console Port Default Include Preload tarfile unchecked Chapter 11 Creating a Build Image 11 3 ...

Page 126: ...BMC confirms your settings Figure 11 5 BMC Step 7 8 Click Next BMC confirms that it will delete all data on your USB Figure 11 6 BMC Step 8 9 Click Yes BMC writes to the USB stick and indicates when it is finished Chapter 11 Creating a Build Image 11 4 ...

Page 127: ...Figure 11 7 BMC Step 9 10 Click Next after the write operation is complete Chapter 11 Creating a Build Image 11 5 ...

Page 128: ...lick Back to make another copy or Finish to exit BMC Remove the USB flash drive when complete to ensure that the computer does not attempt to install your software during the next boot cycle Chapter 11 Creating a Build Image 11 6 ...

Page 129: ...tware upgrade If the system finds significant issues after running the command it may revert back to booting with the previous software version 3 Run the check upgrade readiness after upgrade to check for any potential operational issues Note that the verify config command can also provide important system status information that can assist you during an upgrade Upgrade Checklist Before upgrading ...

Page 130: ...atically when booting to a new software version to identify any component version incompatibilities If the system finds problems it stops the boot process and reboots to the prior version The command has a brief and a verbose output The abbreviated output shows basic information and lists any issues ORACLE check upgrade readiness Warning Some of the functional modules are overloaded upgrading syst...

Page 131: ...6 address OK IPV6 gateway OK space in boot Percent Free 84 Validate platform parameters OK sessions 0 32000 OK Sip Rec Sessions 0 16000 OK SRTP Sessions 0 1000 OK MSRP Sessions 0 2000 OK Licensed Capacit 0 32000 OK HMU flows 0 64000 WARNING session agents 9 10 OK ARPs 0 4120 OK INTFC Flows 0 4096 OK Trusted Entries 3 8192 OK Untrusted Entries 1 4096 OK Media Entries 1 64000 OK Deny Entries 0 32768...

Page 132: ...e Trial License Agreement section select one of the following If you want a trial license select Yes If you have a license select Or 3 On the Terms and Restrictions page in the Export Restrictions section select Yes 4 Click Continue 5 On the Media Pack Search page do the following Select a Product Pack Select a Platform 6 Click Go The system displays a list of software for the selected product pac...

Page 133: ...cessary to update the boot loader when installing a maintenance or patch release when the Major Minor release is the same System upgrades typically consist of transferring the new system image and stage3 boot loader to the system and setting boot parameters to the new system software To ensure compatibility copy the stage 3 boot loader to boot bootloader before you update the boot parameters to us...

Page 134: ...de a Oracle Communications Session Border Controller with a new software image In this procedure the image file is located on the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller s local file system in boot To upgrade a software image on a stand alone system 1 Change the boot configuration parameters to use the new image In the ACLI configure terminal menu type bootparam and press Enter to display ...

Page 135: ...ebooting the standby system first to avoid service interruption Figure 12 1 Configure and Reboot Standby First for HA Procedures ORACLE 1 Initial Active ORACLE 2 Initial Standby HA Upgrade procedure reboots Initial Standby first HA Backout procedure assumes Initial Active has become Standby HA Upgrade Procedure This procedure upgrades HA deployments Note In the procedure below ORACLE 1 is the acti...

Page 136: ...k the remaining space in the boot directory using the ACLI show space boot command ORACLE 2 show space boot boot 24759488 25760512 bytes 99 remaining ORACLE 2 If you see less than 50 of the space remaining delete older stored firmware images to make space At a minimum we recommend that you leave the diags gz file and the currently running release on the flash memory in the event that a rollback is...

Page 137: ...ify config command to confirm that the configuration has been upgraded properly ORACLE 2 verify config 6 Confirm the ORACLE 2 is running the new boot image using the show version command ORACLE 2 show version Acme Packet 4600 SCZ7 3 0 Build Date 09 09 15 7 Use the show health command to confirm that ORACLE 2 is the standby system 8 As you did for ORACLE 2 upload the OCSBC software image file and s...

Page 138: ... 2 0 software image Using one of these methods access the boot parameters on ORACLE 1 Reboot ORACLE 1 using any of the ACLI reboot commands Stop the booting process by hitting the Space bar on your keyboard to halt boot up when you see this message Press any key to stop auto boot Type a c and press Enter to begin displaying the boot parameters In the ACLI configure terminal menu type bootparam and...

Page 139: ...w version Acme Packet 4600 SCZ7 2 0 Build Date 01 09 15 4 Initiate a switchover on ORACLE 1 ORACLE 1 notify berpd force At this point ORACLE 1 becomes the active system running Release S CZ7 2 0 ORACLE 2 is now the standby system running Release S CZ7 3 0 5 On ORACLE 2 change the boot parameters as you did in Step 1 of this procedure 6 Reboot ORACLE 2 Chapter 12 HA Upgrade 12 11 ...

Page 140: ...k media ports Management interfaces are also on the NIU they are also referred to as network management ports The first management interface referred to as wancom0 or eth0 handles device management traffic including SNMP SSH SFTP ACP XML Logs sent from the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller The boot file used to boot the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller from a remote fi...

Page 141: ...nal 1 port T1 E1 NIU available for sending signaling traffic to the WAN as a backup voice channel There is also a USB port on the front panel The graphic below shows the location and labeling of the Acme Packet 1100 media and network management ports This labeling is an important point of reference when you set up the phy interface configuration element Figure A 1 Acme Packet 1100 Rear View The Ac...

Page 142: ...structure and the EXT suitable for cabling to infrastructure external to the ROBO The table below lists the labeling of each interface on the NIU as well as the applicable operation type and port parameters in the phy interface configuration element Note that the slot parameter for network management ports is always zero 0 The operation type parameter distinguishes between otherwise overlapping sl...

Page 143: ...dware provides the following 1 management interface at 1Gbps 4 media and signalling interfaces at 10 100 1000Mbs 1 HA interface at 10 100 1000Mbs 4 USB ports Hardware transcoding support for up to 5 Digital Signal Processor DSP modules 1 quad span Time Division Multiplexing TDM PCIe card SNMP Hardware Reporting The Acme Packet 3900 platform relies on a specific set of MIB objects in addition to th...

Page 144: ...opper SNMPv2 SMI mib 2 47 1 1 1 1 2 11 STRING Management Port 2 10 100 Ethernet Copper SNMPv2 SMI mib 2 47 1 1 1 1 2 12 STRING Media port Logical Slot 0 Port 0 SNMPv2 SMI mib 2 47 1 1 1 1 2 13 STRING Media port Logical Slot 0 Port 1 SNMPv2 SMI mib 2 47 1 1 1 1 2 14 STRING Media port Logical Slot 1 Port 0 SNMPv2 SMI mib 2 47 1 1 1 1 2 15 STRING Media port Logical Slot 1 Port 1 Acme Packet 4600 Phys...

Page 145: ...labeling of each interface on the NIU as well as the applicable operation type and port parameters in the phy interface configuration element The slot parameter for this platform is always set to 0 The operation type parameter distinguishes between otherwise overlapping slot port configuration NIU Label Operation type Slot Port Mgmt 0 Maintenance 0 0 Mgmt 1 Maintenance 0 1 Mgmt 2 Maintenance 0 2 P...

Page 146: ...that the media interfaces are not uniquely labeled with the chassis silkscreen The table distinguishes between these using left and right with the perspective being the user looking at the NIU panel NIU Label Operation type Slot Port Mgmt 0 Maintenance 0 0 Mgmt 1 Maintenance 0 1 Mgmt 2 Maintenance 0 2 USB NA NA NA NA left Media 0 0 NA right Media 0 1 Acme Packet 6300 6350 Physical Interfaces The A...

Page 147: ...s The signaling and media interfaces provide network connectivity for signaling and media traffic Each interface can connect to a network at 10 Gigabit speeds Network Interface Units NIUs are available in the following configurations 2 port 10GbE NIU 4 port 10GbE NIU The optical 10GbE cards can accept an LC fiber connector using either single mode or multimode cable Mixed transceiver types are not...

Page 148: ...10GbE Network Interface Unit NIU Note Do not put any 2x10Gb NIU into slot 2 Figure A 6 Acme Packet 6300 Media Interfaces The following table maps the reference numbers in the preceding illustration and the labeling on the media interfaces It also lists the operation type slot and port parameters in the phy interface configuration element for the applicable interfaces The table distinguishes betwee...

Page 149: ... either slots 1 or 2 The Acme Packet 6350 supports up to 4x10GbE ports each running at full duplex line rate for all packet sizes The following illustration shows the media ports numbering pattern Figure A 7 Acme Packet 6350 Media Interface The following table maps the reference numbers in the preceding illustration to the labeling on the media interfaces It also lists the operation type slot and ...

Page 150: ...he Dual NIU or the Quad NIU but not at the same time If you want to replace the Dual NIU with the Quad NIU do the following Acme Packet 6350 owners using the Dual 10GbE NIU can replace the Dual NIU with the Quad NIU Acme Packet 6300 owners must purchase the Acme Packet 6350 and specify the Quad 10 GbE NIU If you own the Acme Packet 6350 and you replace the Dual 10 GbE NIU with the Quad 10 GbE NIU ...

Page 151: ...Appendix A Acme Packet 6300 6350 Physical Interfaces A 12 ...

Page 152: ...Note The Quad 10 GbE NIU must go in slot 0 Appendix A Acme Packet 6300 6350 Physical Interfaces A 13 ...

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