Setting Congestion Options

Use this task to set the following Congestion Options on the Active NOAM:

Alarm Thresholds for the Policy and Charging Server in Congestion onset and abatement alarm for Critical, Major, and Minor severities
Message Throttling Rules for discarding Session Creation, Update, and Terminate Requests for Congestion Levels 1, 2, and 3

Select Policy and Charging > Configuration > Congestion Options.
The Policy and Charging > Configuration > Congestion Options page appears.
Enter changes for the Alarm Thresholds.
Enter changes for the Message Throttling Rules.
Click:
- Apply to save the Congestion Options changes and refresh the page to show the changes.
- Cancel to discard the changes and refresh the page.
If Apply is clicked and any of the following conditions exist, an error message appears:
- Any fields contain a value that contains invalid characters or is out of the allowed range.
- Any required field is empty (not entered).
- A Major Alarm Onset Threshold value is greater than the corresponding Critical Alarm Onset Threshold.
- A Minor Alarm Onset Threshold value is greater than the corresponding Major Alarm Onset Threshold.
- An Alarm Abatement Threshold value is greater than the corresponding Alarm Onset Threshold of a particular severity.