1 Introduction

The purpose of this document is to highlight the changes made in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy (Policy) from Release 24.3.x to Release 25.1.2xx. These changes may have impact on the customer network operations and must be considered by the customer while planning the deployment.

1.1 References

Refer to the following documents while deploying Policy:

  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy Network Impact Report
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy User Guide
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy REST API Specification Guide
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy Design Guide
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy Troubleshooting Guide
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Cloud Native Environment Installation and Upgrade Guide
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, cnDBTier User Guide
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Data Collector User Guide
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Automated Test Suite Guide
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Release Notes
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Solution Upgrade Guide

1.2 Compatibility Matrix

This section lists the versions of added or updated components in release 25.1.2xx. To know the list of all the supported versions, see Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Release Notes.

Release 25.1.202

There is no change in the compatibility matrix in this release.

Release 25.1.201

There is no change in the compatibility matrix in this release.

Release 25.1.200

The following table lists the versions of added or updated components in this release.

Table 1-1 Compatibility Matrix

Component Compatible Versions
ASM 1.14.6
ATS 25.1.2xx
CNC Console 25.1.2xx
cnDBTier 25.1.2xx, 24.3.x, and 24.2.x
CNE 25.1.2xx, 24.3.x, and 24.2.x
OCCM 25.1.2xx
OSO 25.1.2xx, 24.3.x, and 24.2.x

1.3 Common Services Load Lineup

This section lists the versions of added or updated common services in release 25.1.2xx. To know the list of all the supported versions, see Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Release Notes.

Release 25.1.202

The following table lists the versions of added or updated common services in this release:

Table 1-2 Common Services Load Lineup

Common Services Version
Alternate Route Service 25.1.209
App-Info 25.1.206
Config-Server 25.1.206
Debug-tool 25.1.204
Egress Gateway 25.1.209
Helm Test 25.1.203
Ingress Gateway 25.1.209
NRF-Client 25.1.207
Perf-Info 25.1.206

Release 25.1.201

The following table lists the versions of added or updated common services in this release:

Table 1-3 Common Services Load Lineup

Common Services Version
Alternate Route Service 25.1.207
App-Info 25.1.204
Config-Server 25.1.204
Debug-tool 25.1.203
Egress Gateway 25.1.207
Helm Test 25.1.202
Ingress Gateway 25.1.207
NRF-Client 25.1.204
Perf-Info 25.1.204

Release 25.1.200

The following table lists the versions of added or updated common services in this release:

Table 1-4 Common Services Load Lineup

Common Services Version
Alternate Route Service 25.1.203
App-Info 25.1.201
ATS Framework 25.1.201
Config-Server 25.1.201
Debug-tool 25.1.201
Egress Gateway 25.1.203
Helm Test 25.1.201
Ingress Gateway 25.1.203
NRF-Client 25.1.202
Perf-Info 25.1.201

1.4 Software Requirements

This section lists the added or updated software required to install Policy release 25.1.2xx. For more information about software requirements, see Software Requirements section in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy Installation, Upgrade, and Fault Recovery Guide.

Release 25.1.202

There is no change in the software requirements in this release.

Release 25.1.201

There is no change in the software requirements in this release.

Release 25.1.200

The following table lists the versions of added or updated software required to install this release:

Table 1-5 Software Requirements

Software Versions
Kubernetes 1.32.0, 1.30.0, 1.29.1
Helm 3.17.2
Podman 4.9.4
The following table lists the versions of added or updated additional software.

Table 1-6 Additional Software

Software Versions
Velero 1.13.2
Kyverno 1.13.4
HAProxy 2.4.22
Fluentd 1.17.1
OpenSearch 2.15.0
Oracle OpenSearch 2.15.0
AlertManager 0.28.0
Prometheus Operator 0.80.1
Prometheus 3.2.0
Calico 3.29.1
metrics-server 0.7.2
snmp-notifier 1.6.1
Jaeger 1.65.0

1.5 Orchestration

This section provides information about orchestration changes in release 25.1.2xx.

Release 25.1.202

There is no change to the orchestration in this release.

Release 25.1.201

The following table provides information about orchestration changes in this release:

Table 1-7 Orchestration

Orchestration Changes Status Notes
Support for in-service upgrade and roll back Yes For information about upgrade and roll back, see Supported Upgrade and Rollback Paths.
Changes in the resource information for custom_values.yaml file No For information about changes in the resource requirements, see Resource Requirements.
Changes in the CSAR package No

No Generic CSAR available. The uniform package naming convention has been followed across the packages.

Note: For more information on specific CSAR changes, contact My Oracle Support.

Changes in Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) policy No No new RBAC policies are added.
Changes in Life Cycle Management (LCM) Operations No No new LCM operations are added.
Helm Test Support No Policy supports Helm Test.

For more information, see Performing Helm Test section in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy Installation, Upgrade, and Fault Recovery Guide.

Release 25.1.200

The following table provides information about orchestration changes in this release:

Table 1-8 Orchestration

Orchestration Changes Status Notes
Support for in-service upgrade and roll back Yes For information about upgrade and roll back, see Supported Upgrade and Rollback Paths.
Changes in the resource information for custom_values.yaml file Yes For information about changes in the resource requirements, see Resource Requirements.
Changes in the CSAR package No

No Generic CSAR available. The uniform package naming convention has been followed across the packages.

Note: For more information on specific CSAR changes, contact My Oracle Support.

Changes in Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) policy No No new RBAC policies are added.
Changes in Life Cycle Management (LCM) Operations No No new LCM operations are added.
Helm Test Support No Policy supports Helm Test.

For more information, see Performing Helm Test section in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy Installation, Upgrade, and Fault Recovery Guide.

1.6 Resource Requirements

This section lists the added or updated resource requirements in release 25.1.2xx. For more information about resource requirements, see Resource Requirements section in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy Installation, Upgrade, and Fault Recovery Guide.

Release 25.1.202

There are no changes to resource requirements in this release.

Release 25.1.201

There are no changes to resource requirements in this release.

Release 25.1.200

There are no changes to resource requirements in this release.