2 Cartridge Pack Overview

This chapter contains an overview of Oracle Communications Offline Mediation Controller Nortel DMS SMDR cartridge pack.

The Nortel DMS SMDR Cartridge Pack provides the ability to collect SMDR records from DMS-100.

Switches according to the specification DMS100 Family North American DMS-100 Station Message Detail Recording Reference Guide, DMSCCM12 Standard 19.03 October 2000. The cartridge pack also filters, enhances and distributes SMDR records to multiple destinations, including a Billing Centre and an Oracle database.

New Features

This section lists the new features.

Version 6.0.0

This cartridge pack now works with Oracle Communications Offline Mediation Controller 6.0.

Architecture

Figure 2-1 displays the architecture of the SMDR solution.

Figure 2-1 Nortel DMS SMDR Cartridge Architecture

Description of Figure 2-1 follows
Description of "Figure 2-1 Nortel DMS SMDR Cartridge Architecture"

Alarms

All Offline Mediation Controller alarms are listed in the alarms.txt file located in the OMC_Home directory (OMC_Home is the directory in which you installed Offline Mediation Controller.) No new alarms are introduced in this cartridge pack. The following new alarms are introduced in this cartridge pack:

Fault category: Connectivity

  • Specific Fault: FTP login problem - Device <IP Address> <Port number>

  • Specific Fault: FTP error - Device <IP Address> <Port number>

Behavior

The following are known behaviors for this cartridge pack:

  • The DMS SMDR CC raises a major alarm when it receives a file with a name longer than 30 characters.

The SMDR discard count parameter does not appear in the Offline Mediation Controller statistics report file.