1. Database Administration - IP7 User's Guide
  2. IETF M2PA Configuration Procedures
  3. Activating the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling Feature

Activating the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling Feature

This procedure is used to enable and turn on the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature using the feature’s part number and a feature access key.

The feature access key for the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature is based on the feature’s part number and the serial number of the EAGLE, making the feature access key site-specific.

The enable-ctrl-feat command enables the controlled feature by inputting the controlled feature’s access key and the controlled feature’s part number with these parameters:

Note:

As of Release 46.3, the fak parameter is no longer required. This parameter is only used for backward compatibility.

:fak – The feature access key provided by Oracle. The feature access key contains 13 alphanumeric characters and is not case sensitive.

:partnum – The Oracle-issued part number of the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature, 893018401.

The enable-ctrl-feat command requires that the database contain a valid serial number for the EAGLE, and that this serial number is locked. This can be verified with the rtrv-serial-num command. The EAGLE is shipped with a serial number in the database, but the serial number is not locked. The serial number can be changed, if necessary, and locked once the EAGLE is on-site, by using the ent-serial-num command. The ent-serial-num command uses these parameters.

:serial – The serial number assigned to the EAGLE. The serial number is not case sensitive.

:lock – Specifies whether or not the serial number is locked. This parameter has only one value, yes, which locks the serial number. Once the serial number is locked, it cannot be changed.

Note:

To enter and lock the EAGLE’s serial number, the ent-serial-num command must be entered twice, once to add the correct serial number to the database with the serial parameter, then again with the serial and the lock=yes parameters to lock the serial number. You should verify that the serial number in the database is correct before locking the serial number. The serial number can be found on a label affixed to the control shelf (shelf 1100).

This feature cannot be temporarily enabled (with the temporary feature access key).

Once this feature has been enabled, the feature must be turned on with the chg-ctrl-feat command. The chg-ctrl-feat command uses these parameters:

:partnum – The Oracle-issued part number of the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature, 893018401.

:status=on – used to turn the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature on.

Once the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature has been turned on, it be can be turned off. For more information about turning the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature off, go to the Turning Off the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling Feature procedure.

The status of the features in the EAGLE is shown with the rtrv-ctrl-feat command.

The Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature allows the EAGLE to process messages with a service indicator value of 6 to 15 and with a service information field (SIF) that is larger than 272 bytes. The large messages are processed only on E5-ENET cards. There are certain software components that if enabled or provisioned, that will not process large messages even if the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature is enabled and turned on. UIMs are displayed when most of these circumstances occur. These UIMs are:

  • UIM 1333 – Displayed when a large message is received on an M3UA association and the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature is not enabled or is enabled and turned off. The large message is discarded.
  • UIM 1350 – Displayed when a M2PA IP connection receives message with an SIF greater than 272 bytes and the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature is not enabled or is enabled and turned off. The large message is discarded.
  • UIM 1352 – Displayed when a message with an SIF greater than 272 bytes is received; the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature is enabled and turned on; there are routes available for the destination point code; but the selected outbound card does not support large messages.
  • UIM 1353 – Displayed when a large message passes a gateway screening screenset that redirects messages for the Database Transport Access (DTA) feature. Large messages are not redirected for the DTA feature.
  • UIM 1354 – Displayed when a large message passes a gateway screening screenset that copies messages for the STPLAN feature. Large messages are not copied for the STPLAN feature.

For more information on these UIMs, refer to the Unsolicited Alarm and Information Messages Reference.

Note:

For STC style monitoring, large messages are not monitored by the EAGLE 5 Integrated Monitoring Support feature and are not sent to the IMF. A UIM is not generated. If Fast Copy is allowed, however, Fast Copy can copy large MSUs to IMF.
  1. Display the status of the controlled features by entering the rtrv-ctrl-feat command.

    The following is an example of the possible output. 

    rlghncxa03w 08-04-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 38.0.0
The following features have been permanently enabled:

Feature Name              Partnum    Status  Quantity
Command Class Management  893005801  on      ----
LNP Short Message Service 893006601  on      ----
Intermed GTT Load Sharing 893006901  on      ----
XGTT Table Expansion      893006101  on      400000
XMAP Table Expansion      893007710  off     ----
Large System # Links      893005910  on      2000
Routesets                 893006401  on      6000
HC-MIM SLK Capacity       893012707  on      64

The following features have been temporarily enabled:

Feature Name              Partnum    Status  Quantity     Trial Period Left
Zero entries found.

The following features have expired temporary keys:

Feature Name              Partnum
Zero entries found.

    If the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature is enabled and turned on, no further action is necessary. This procedure does not need to be performed.

    If the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature is enabled and but not turned on, continue this procedure with 7.

    If the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature is not enabled, continue this procedure with 2.

    Note:

    If the rtrv-ctrl-feat output in 1shows any controlled features, continue this procedure with 6. If thertrv-ctrl-feat output shows only the HC-MIM SLK Capacity feature with a quantity of 64, 2 through 5 must be performed.
  2. Display the serial number in the database with the rtrv-serial-num command.

    This is an example of the possible output. 

    rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
System serial number = nt00001231

System serial number is not locked.

rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
Command Completed

    Note:

    If the serial number is correct and locked, continue the procedure with6. If the serial number is correct but not locked, continue the procedure with 5. If the serial number is not correct, but is locked, this feature cannot be enabled and the remainder of this procedure cannot be performed. Contact the Customer Care Center to get an incorrect and locked serial number changed. Refer to My Oracle Support (MOS) for the contact information. The serial number can be found on a label affixed to the control shelf (shelf 1100).
  3. Enter the correct serial number into the database using the ent-serial-num command with the serial parameter.

    For this example, enter this command.

    ent-serial-num:serial=<EAGLE’s correct serial number>

    When this command has successfully completed, the following message should appear. 

    rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
ENT-SERIAL-NUM:  MASP A - COMPLTD
  4. Verify that the serial number entered into 3 was entered correctly using the rtrv-serial-num command.

    This is an example of the possible output. 

    rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
System serial number = nt00001231

System serial number is not locked.

rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
Command Completed

    If the serial number was not entered correctly, repeat 3 and 4 and re-enter the correct serial number.

  5. Lock the serial number in the database by entering the ent-serial-num command with the serial number shown in 2, if the serial number shown in 2 is correct, or with the serial number shown in 4, if the serial number was changed in 3, and with the lock=yes parameter.

    For this example, enter this command.

    ent-serial-num:serial=<EAGLE’s serial number>:lock=yes

    When this command has successfully completed, the following message should appear. 

    rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
ENT-SERIAL-NUM:  MASP A - COMPLTD
  6. Enable the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature with the enable-ctrl-feat command specifying the part number for the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature and the feature access key. Enter this command.

    enable-ctrl-feat:partnum=893018401:fak=<Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature access key>

    Note:

    A temporary feature access key cannot be specified to enable this feature.

    Note:

    The values for the feature access key (the fak parameter) are provided by Oracle. If you do not have the feature access key for the feature you wish to enable, contact your Sales Representative or Account Representative.

    When the enable-crtl-feat command has successfully completed, this message should appear. 

    rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
ENABLE-CTRL-FEAT: MASP B - COMPLTD
  7. Turn the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature on with the chg-ctrl-feat command specifying the part number for the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature and the status=on parameter. Enter this command.

    chg-ctrl-feat:partnum=893018401:status=on

    When the chg-crtl-feat command has successfully completed, this message should appear. 

    rlghncxa03w 07-05-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 37.0.0
CHG-CTRL-FEAT: MASP B - COMPLTD
  8. Verify the changes by entering the rtrv-ctrl-featcommand with the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling feature part number. Enter this command.

    rtrv-ctrl-feat:partnum=893018401

    The following is an example of the possible output. 

    rlghncxa03w 10-04-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 42.0.0
The following features have been permanently enabled:

Feature Name              Partnum    Status  Quantity
Large MSU for IP Sig      893018401  on      ----

The following features have been temporarily enabled:

Feature Name              Partnum    Status  Quantity     Trial Period Left
Zero entries found.

The following features have expired temporary keys:

Feature Name              Partnum
Zero entries found.
  9. Back up the new changes using the chg-db:action=backup:dest=fixed command. These messages should appear, the active Maintenance and Administration Subsystem Processor (MASP) appears first. 
    BACKUP (FIXED) : MASP A - Backup starts on active MASP.
BACKUP (FIXED) : MASP A - Backup on active MASP to fixed disk complete.
BACKUP (FIXED) : MASP A - Backup starts on standby MASP.
BACKUP (FIXED) : MASP A - Backup on standby MASP to fixed disk complete.

Figure 3-8 Activate the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling Feature - Sheet 1 of 4

Figure 3-9 Activate the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling Feature - Sheet 2 of 4

Figure 3-10 Activate the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling Feature - Sheet 3 of 4

Figure 3-11 Activate the Large MSU Support for IP Signaling Feature - Sheet 4 of 4