System Administration for Oracle^® Communications Converged Application Server Release 4.0

Learn About Server System Administration

• Understand the Oracle Communications Converged Application Server architecture
• Overview of Configuration and Management
• Release Notes: What's New
• Release Notes: Known Issues
• Understand Server domains*
• Understand Server clusters*

Install or Upgrade Oracle Communications Converged Application Server

• Quick-Start Installation Instructions
• Installation Guide
• Create domains using the Configuration Wizard
• Starting servers in a production domain
• Upgrade applications in a production environment
• Supported Configurations

Configure a Server Environment

• Configure Diameter client or relay nodes
• Prepare the Administration Server for Managing Large Domains
• Perform Common Configuration Tasks
• Configure SIP Servlet container properties (Engine Tier)
• Configure JVM Garbage Collection for a production deployment
• Configure NTP for accurate SIP timers
• Configure data partitions and replicas (SIP Data Tier)
• Modify SIP timer values
• Configure default server behavior (Proxy or User Agent)
• Use the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
• Use the Administration Console*

Configure Security

• Understand security options
• Configure Digest authentication
• Identify trusted hosts
• Configure 3GPP HTTP authentication
• Use the P-Asserted-Identity SIP header
• Configure Client-Cert authentication
• Add security constraints to SIP applications
• Audit security events
• Security Topic Page*
• Secure a production environment*

Manage Network Communications

• Configure channels for SIP transport protocols
• Configure Diameter channels for Diameter nodes
• Configure multi-homed server hardware
• Set up load balancer addresses
• Configure a non-sip-aware load balancer
• Configure proxy URIs
• Configure a server to listen on any available IP address (IP_ANY/0.0.0.0)
• Disable Use of Ephemeral Ports for UDP Transport
• Configure Web Server Functionality*

Improve Server Performance and Availability

• Plan for and recover from server failures
• Configure JVM Garbage Collection to improve response
• Improve network failure detection
• Configure SIP data tier replicas
• Avoid and manage call overload
• Understand cluster architectures *
• Set up clusters *

Monitor Your Domain

• Configure SNMP
• Generate SNMP traps from a SIP Servlet
• Log selected SIP requests and responses
• Manage logging performance
• Monitor SIP data tier servers instances
• Enable Access Logging for development domains

Troubleshoot Problems

• Backing Up and Restoring System Configuration Files
• Avoid SIP protocol timer problems
• Respond to SNMP traps
• Browse the SNMP MIB
• Troubleshoot SIP data tier server instances
• Debug security features
• View the SIP Server Error Message Catalog
• Tune for optimal performance
• Troubleshoot common problems with clustering*

*Denotes link to the Oracle WebLogic Server 10g Release 3 Documentation Set.