The functions of the Connection Capacity Validation feature are described in Connection Capacity Validation. On the Diameter > Configuration > Connection Capacity Dashboard GUI page, the Connection Capacity Validations feature displays the current Connection configuration capacity information for configured Active DA-MPs.
Each row on the page contains the information for one configured Active DA-MP.
The Diameter > Configuration > Connection Capacity Dashboard is a view-only page with two tabs.
The Connections tab contains information about the currently configured Connections for each DA-MP in the DSR NE. Fixed and IPFE Connections appear, with IPFE (Floating) Connections grouped by Target Set.
The Connection Reserved Ingress MPS tab contains the currently configured Reserved Ingress MPS for each DA-MP in the DSR NE. The contribution of both Fixed and IPFE Connections is displayed, with IPFE Connections grouped by Target Set.
If any configured DA-MP does not have an assigned MP Profile, the associated row on each Dashboard tab displays the MP Server Hostname in the first column, and all other fields in the row contain '—'.
Connections
It is theoretically possible for this usage value to exceed 100%; the DSR does not prevent over-configuration in certain scenarios (typically involving overlapping Target Sets, or a non-overlapping Target Set whose DA-MPs have significantly different numbers of Fixed Connections assigned). For a given DA-MP, if the number of Connections allocated to that DA-MP exceeds the DA-MP's Maximum Connections count capacity (from the assigned MP Profile), the Current Connection Usage (%) value will exceed 100%.
This usage value is computed as the sum of Reserved Ingress MPS values for a DA-MP's Fixed and IPFE Connections, divided by the Maximum Reserved Ingress MPS value shown in the fourth column of the Connection Reserved Ingress MPS tab
It is theoretically possible for this usage value to exceed 100%; the DSR does not prevent over-configuration in certain scenarios (typically involving overlapping Target Sets, or a non-overlapping Target Set whose DA-MPs have significantly different numbers of Fixed Connections assigned).
The value is Maximum Connections value in the MP Profile that has been assigned to the DA-MP, which is the maximum number of Diameter Connections that the DA-MP can have configured at any one time.
If a DA-MP has one or more configured Fixed Connections, the value appears as a hyperlink. The hyperlink opens the Diameter > Configuration > Connections [Filtered]page, filtered to show only the Fixed Connections that are assigned to the DA-MP.
The value displayed for a given DA-MP and Target Set is the evenly-distributed allocation of IPFE Connections to each DA-MP in the Target Set. If the evenly-distributed allocation value is zero, then the value 0 is displayed in the field.
The evenly distributed allocation of IPFE Connections will be zero if there are more DA-MPs in the Target Set than IPFE Connections configured for the Target Set. In this case, to make it visually clear that the DA-MP is part of the Target Set, the value of zero will be displayed (instead of leaving the field blank).
If a DA-MP has no IPFE allocation for a defined Target set, the corresponding field is blank, to help visualize how Target Sets overlap.
Connection Reserved Ingress MPS
It is theoretically possible for this usage value to exceed 100%; the DSR does not prevent over-configuration in certain scenarios (typically involving overlapping Target Sets, or a non-overlapping Target Set whose DA-MPs have significantly different numbers of Fixed Connections assigned). For a given DA-MP, if the number of Connections allocated to that DA-MP exceeds the DA-MP's Maximum Connections count capacity (from the assigned MP Profile), the Current Connection Usage (%) value will exceed 100%.
This usage value is computed as the sum of Reserved Ingress MPS values for a DA-MP's Fixed and IPFE Connections, divided by the Maximum Reserved Ingress MPS value shown in the fourth column of the Connection Reserved Ingress MPS tab
It is theoretically possible for this usage value to exceed 100%; the DSR does not prevent over-configuration in certain scenarios (typically involving overlapping Target Sets, or a non-overlapping Target Set whose DA-MPs have significantly different numbers of Fixed Connections assigned).
If the total Connection Reserved Ingress MPS for Connections allocated to a given DA-MP exceeds the DA-MP's scaled Engineered Ingress MPS, the Current Reserved Ingress MPS Usage (%) will exceed 100%
The DA-MP's Engineered Ingress MPS value comes from the MP Profile that has been assigned to the DA-MP.
The IPFE Connection Reserved Ingress MPS Scaling value, from the Diameter > Configuration > System Options page, is the percent of DA-MP Engineered Ingress MPS used by each DA-MP when validating the Reserved Ingress MPS for a newly received IPFE Connection. A newly received IPFE Connection will be rejected if the total Connection Reserved Ingress MPS for Fixed and already established IPFE Connections would exceed the DA-MP's Engineered Ingress MPS, scaled by this value.
If a DA-MP has no Fixed Connections assigned to it, the corresponding field shows a value of zero
If a DA-MP has one or more Fixed Connections, the value appears as a hyperlink. The hyperlink opens the Diameter > Configuration > Connections [Filtered] page, filtered to show only those Fixed Connections assigned to the DA-MP.
The value displayed for a given DA-MP and Target Set field is the evenly-distributed allocation of IPFE Connections' Reserved Ingress MPS to each DA-MP in the Target Set. If the evenly-distributed allocation value is zero, then the value 0 shall be displayed in the field.
The evenly distributed allocation of IPFE Connections will be zero if all of the IPFE Connections configured for the Target Set have Reserved Ingress MPS values of zero. In this case, to make it visually clear that the DA-MP is part of the Target Set, the value of zero will be displayed (instead of leaving the field blank).
If a DA-MP has no IPFE allocation for a defined Target set, the corresponding field is blank, to help visualize how Target Sets overlap.
If a DA-MP has one or more IPFE Connections allocated to it for a given Target Set, the value is displayed as a hyperlink. When clicked, the Diameter > Configuration > Connections [Filtered] page opens, filtered to show only those IPFE Connections assigned to the Target Set. Because IPFE Connections are not configured to a particular DA-MP, this filtered display cannot show a DA-MP allocation; it will instead show all IPFE Connections in the Target Set.
DA-MP and Target Set Associations