Contents

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Preface

• Audience
• Downloading Oracle Communications Documentation
• Documentation Accessibility
• Document Revision History

1 Overview of Session Monitor Installation

• Session Monitor System Architecture
• About Installing Session Monitor
• Session Monitor System Requirements
  • Session Monitor Software Requirements
  • Session Monitor Supported Hardware
  • Session Border Controller Supported Versions
  • Hardware Requirements for Demonstration Systems
  • Hardware Requirements for Production Systems
  • Session Monitor Virtualization Support
• Types of Installation Media

2 Installing Session Monitor

• Installing Session Monitor

3 Configuring Session Monitor

• About the Platform Setup Application
  • Platform Setup Application Initial Log In
  • Changing Your Password
  • Restarting or Powering Off Session Monitor
• Selecting the Machine Type
• Configuring Session Monitor
• Configuring the Network Settings
  • Editing a Network Interface
  • Adding a Network Interface
  • Deleting a Network Interface
  • Resetting the Network Interface Settings
• Mediation Engine Connection List
  • Typical Connection Scenarios
• Configuring the SMTP Settings
  • Setting Up the Mail Server
  • Setting Up the Email Notifications
• Setting the System Date and Time
  • Setting the System Time Using the Internet Time
  • Setting the System Time Using your Local Network Time
  • Setting the System Time Manually
• Configuring Data Retention
• Secure Configuration
  • Server Certificate
  • Trusted Certificates
• Installing the Products

4 Session Monitor Post-Installation Tasks

• Access to Session Monitor by Oracle Support
• Installing Software Update
• Media Protocols
  • Filters
  • Status
  • Implementation
• Signaling Protocols
  • Packet Deduplication
  • Statistics per Protocol
  • Global statistics
• System Diagnostics
  • Creating a Report
  • Report Contents
• Filter Syntax

5 Installing Operations Monitor Probe on Oracle Linux

• Operations Monitor Probe for Oracle Linux System Requirements
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Software Requirements
• Updating Software for DPDK Based Probes
• System Configuration
  • Setting Up Huge Pages
  • Making CPUs Exclusive
  • Network Connectivity
• Installing and Configuring Operations Monitor Probe
  • Adjusting Configurations in the RAT Configuration File for Your System
  • RAPID Configuration Files
    • Basic Configuration
  • Configuring Encrypted Communication
  • Changing SELinux Context for Network Traffic Capture
  • Setting Storage Values for Packet Inspector
    • Enabling and Starting Packet Inspector
• Common System Settings
  • Adding a Kernel Command Line Option
  • Persistent Loading of a Kernel Module
• Troubleshooting
  • Periodic Logging
    • Verifying atop is Installed on Oracle Linux
    • Installing atop
    • Enabling Periodic Logging

A Preparing Session Monitor Installation Media

• Preparing the Installation Media
  • Preparing a USB Flash Drive Using UNetBootin
  • Preparing a USB Flash Drive (alternative, Linux/Mac OS X)
  • Creating a Bootable USB on Windows

Glossary