Associating an MRA with a Diameter MPE Peer

An MRA load shares sessions among MPE servers listed in its pool.

Use this procedure to add an MPE to the pool of devices that the MRA shares the session load among them.

To associate an MRA device with an MPEand add it to the MPE pool:

  1. From the MRA section of the navigation pane, select Configuration.
  2. Select the MRA to associated with an MPE device.
  3. Select the MRA tab, click Modify.
  4. In the MPE Pool section, click Add to open the Add Diameter MPE Peer window.
  5. Enter the following information:
    1. Associated MPE: Select an MPE device.

      Note: If the SCEF server is managed by the same CMP system, select the desired SCEF server from the drop-down box; the remaining fields are filled automatically.
      Note: If the SCEF server is not managed by the same CMP system, leave this drop-down box blank and fill in the remaining fields:

    2. Name: Name of the MPE device.
    3. Primary Site IP: Enter the IP address of the primary site.
    4. Secondary Site IP (for georedundant configurations only): Enter the IP address of the secondary site.
    5. Diameter Realm: Enter the domain of responsibility for the peer (for example, Example.com).
    6. Diameter Identity: Enter a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or the peer device (for example, MRA10-24.Example.com).
    7. Route New Subscribers: Select if the MPE no new sessions will be routed requests for new subscribers (that is, no existing binding). If it is unselected, the MPE no new sessions will be routed to this MPE.
    8. In the Transport section, select:
    • Select TCP and the number of Connections. The default number of connections is 1.
    • Select SCTP and the number of Connections (incoming and outgoing streams) to be used. The default is 8.
  6. When you finish, click Save.

    The Add Diameter MPE Peer window closes.

  7. (Optional) In the Diameter section enter the following information:
    1. Diameter Realm, (for example, Example.com).
    2. Diameter Identity, (for example mra143-58.Example.com).
  8. In the S9 section select the following information:
    1. Select a Primary agent, (for example E_MPE-Example), from the Primary DEA list.
    2. (Optional if this is a georedundant device) Select a Secondary agent from the Secondary DEA list.
  9. Click Save.
The MPE device is added to the MPE pool. If you are setting up multiple MRA clusters, repeat the above steps for each MRA in each cluster.
Parent topic: About MPE/MRA Pools and Diameter Peer Tables