About This Guide

The Oracle® Communications Session Element Manager User Guide for the EnterpriseExt Plug-in provides the concepts and procedures that you need to know for managing the modular framework of Oracle's network session delivery and control infrastructure elements.

Documentation Library

The following tables describe the documentation library for Session Element Manager products.

Table -1 Oracle Communications Session Delivery Plug-in Documentation Library

Document Name	Description
Session Element Manager User Guide	Provides information for managing and optimizing network infrastructure elements and functions with comprehensive tools and applications used to provision Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) support for managed network functions and their associated devices in Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager (SDM).

Table -2 Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager Documentation Library

Document Name	Document Description
Administration Guide	Provides the following administration information: Implement SDM on your network as a standalone server or a High Availability (HA) server. Log in to the SDM application, access GUI menus including Help, customize the SDM application, and change your password. Access the product plug-in service through the GUI to manage product plug-in tasks, including how to upload and install product plug-ins. Manage security, faults, and transport layer security certificates for east-west peer SDM server communication, and southbound communication with Network Function (NF) devices. Configure northbound interface (destination) fault trap receivers and configure the heartbeat trap for northbound systems. Monitor SDM server health to detect heartbeat messages and display the server status to prevent health problems, or view server disk utilization information and server directory statistics. Maintain SDM server operations, which includes database backup and database restoration and performing server cluster operations. Use available SDM server scripts, the contents of fault trap notifications, and a list of northbound notification traps generated by the SDM server.
Installation Guide	Provides the following installation information: Perform pre-installation tasks, which include reviewing system requirements, adjusting Linux and firewall settings, completing SDM server settings, and configuring your NNCentral account for security reasons. Perform the typical installation to set the minimal configuration required to run the SDM server. Perform the custom installation to set more advanced configurations including the mail server, cluster management, Route Manager, Transport Layer Security (TLS), and Oracle database configuration.
Release Notes	Provides information about the administration and software configuration of the SDM feature support new to this release.
Security Guide	Provides the following security information: Guidelines for performing a secure installation of SDM on your server, which includes methods for securing the server, firewall settings, system support for encryption and Random Number Generators (RNG), using HTTPS, and password guidelines. Security Manager features for configuring groups, users, operations, privileges, and managing access to the system. A checklist for securely deploying SDM in your network and maintaining security updates.
REST API for Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager, Release 8.0	Provides information for the supported REST APIs and how to use the REST API interface. The REST API interface allows a northbound client application, such as a Network Service Orchestrator (NSO), to interact with SDM and supported product plug-ins.