Contents

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1 Using RADIUS with the OCSBC

• Introduction
  • Licensing
• Overview
• Standard RADIUS Attributes
  • Standard RADIUS Attributes Dictionary
  • RADIUS Accounting Termination Causes
• VSAs
  • Oracle RADIUS VSAs
    • R-Factor and MOS
    • Notes on Media Flow Attributes
    • IPv6 Support
    • Oracle VSA Values
    • Authentication VSAs
  • Cisco Systems RADIUS Decodes
• Mappings and Disconnect Cause Values
  • SIP H.323 and Q.850 Mappings
    • SIP Status to H.323 Disconnect Reason Mapping
    • SIP Status to H.323 RAS Error Mapping
    • SIP Status to H.323 Release Complete Reason Error Mapping
    • Q.850 Cause to H.323 Release Complete Reason Mapping
  • SIP-SIP Calls
  • SIP-H.323 Calls with Interworking
    • SIP Events and Errors
    • H.323 Events and Errors
    • H.225 RAS Errors
• SIP Call Tear Down Due to Media Guard Timer Expiration
  • CDR Output
  • Explanation
• RTP Traffic Reporting per Call

2 Configuring Accounting

• Overview
• Accounting for SIP and H.323
  • Call Detail Records
  • RAS Overview
    • RADIUS Accounting Client
  • Session Accounting
    • Interim RADIUS Records for Recursive Attempts
    • RADIUS Messages
    • Session Termination
  • ACLI Instructions and Examples
    • Accessing the Accounting and Accounting Servers Configuration
    • Setting Up the Account Configuration
    • Setting Up Accounting Servers
  • SIP CDR Stop Time
  • ACLI Instructions and Examples
  • Set Acct-session-time attribute to milliseconds
    • Configure acct-session-time for millisecond granularity
• Per Realm Accounting Control
  • ACLI Instructions
• Configurable Intermediate Period
• Media Stop Time VSA in CDRs
  • Media Stop Time VSAs
  • Media Stop Time Calculation
  • HA Caveat
• RADIUS CDR Content Control
  • ACLI Instructions and Examples
    • Accessing the Accounting Configuration
    • Preventing Duplicate RADIUS Attributes
    • RADIUS Attribute Selection
• Custom RADIUS CDR VSAs for SIP
  • About User-Defined VSAs for SIP Calls
    • HMR Adaptations
    • HMR String Variable
    • ACLI Instructions and Examples User-Defined VSAs
    • ACLI Instructions and Examples String Variable
  • Trunk-Group VSA Generation
    • ACLI Instructions and Examples
• RADIUS Account Server Prioritization
  • How You Might User Server Prioritization
  • ACLI Instructions and Examples
• Accounting Configuration Example
• Local CDR Storage and FTP Push
  • Local CDR File Format
    • Local CDR File Format Consistency
    • Generate Local CDR Layout Files
    • Requirements
  • Local CDR File Naming Convention
  • Call Detail Record Sequence Number in Filename
    • CDR Sequence Number in Filename Configuration
    • Temp-remote-file creation for CDR files during transfer Configuration
  • Local CDR File Storage Directories
  • Local CDR File Size and Rotation
    • More About File Rotation Time
  • RADIUS CDR Redundancy
    • Caveats for H.323
  • FTP Push
    • Deprecated ACLI Configuration
    • Multiple Push Receivers
    • Push Receivers
    • Secure FTP Push Configuration
  • ACLI Instructions and Examples
    • Accessing the Accounting Configuration
    • Enabling Local CDR Storage
    • Configuring a Push Receiver Fallback Method
    • Setting the CSV File Format
    • Enabling FTP Push
  • Creating a Public Key Profile
    • SSH Operations
  • ACLI Instructions and Examples
    • Configure SSH Properties
    • Import an SSH host Key
    • Create the Public Key Record
    • Generate an SSH key pair
    • Copy the RSA Public Key to the SFTP Server
    • View a Public key on the OCSBC
• Temporary File Naming for an Open CDR File
  • Operational Details
  • HA Considerations
  • Caveats
  • Temporary Local CDR File Renaming Configuration
  • Enhanced Stop CDR Reporting for Exceeded Ingress Session Constraints

3 RADIUS Accounting Management

• Overview
• Alarm Generation and Monitoring
  • RADIUS Alarms
• Status and Statistics Monitoring
  • ACLI Show RADIUS Display
• Monitoring CDR Push Receivers
  • SNMP Support
• CDR File Transfer Failure Alarm

4 Storage Expansion Module

• Storage Expansion Module Use With Local CDRs FTP Push
  • Local CDR Storage Directory
  • FTP Push Backup
  • Local CDR File Compression
  • ACLI Configuration and Examples
    • Identify Volumes
    • Configure File Path
• Storage Expansion Module Management
• Storage Expansion Module Monitoring
  • Low Disk Space Warning
    • Low Disk Space Threshold Alarm
    • Low Disk Space Threshold SNMP Trap
  • ACLI Configuration and Examples
  • Local CDR File Delete Warning
    • Local CDR File Delete Alarm
    • Local CDR File Delete SNMP Trap
  • Querying Storage Space
    • ACLI
  • Unmounting The Storage Expansion Module
  • ACLI Instructions and Examples
    • SNMP MIB
    • HDR

5 Diameter Rf Accounting

• Diameter Accounting
  • Diameter Accounting Messages
    • Resending ACRs
    • Postponement Feature
    • Call Flow Examples
  • ACR AVP Descriptions
    • Session-Id AVP (263)
    • Origin-Host AVP (264)
    • Origin-Realm AVP (296)
    • Destination-Realm AVP (283)
    • Destination-Host AVP (293)
    • Accounting-Record-Type AVP (480)
    • Accounting-Record-Number AVP (485)
    • Acct-Application-Id AVP (259)
    • User-Name AVP (1)
    • Event-Timestamp AVP (55)
    • Event-Type AVP (823)
    • Role-of-Node AVP (829)
    • User-Session-Id AVP (830)
    • Calling-Party-Address AVP (831)
    • Called-Party-Address AVP (832)
    • Time-Stamps AVP (833)
    • Inter-Operator-Identifier AVP (838)
    • SDP-Session-Description AVP (842)
    • Session-Media-Component AVP (845)
    • Cause AVP (860)
    • Values for Cause Code AVP (861)
• ACR Event Records
  • ACR Event Message Construction
  • Event-Type AVP
    • Expires Value
  • Event ACRs Generated for Unsuccessful Session Attempts
  • Event ACRs Generated for Receipt of SIP Messages
  • Event Local CSV File
• Diameter Heartbeat for Rf
• Configuring Diameter-based Accounting
  • Configure the Global Diameter-based Accounting (Rf) Features
  • Configure Accounting Servers
• Additional Rf Features Alarms and Traps
  • Service-Context-ID Format
  • Acme Excluded Attribute Range
    • Configure Account
  • SNMP Trap Behavior
  • Alarms
  • SNMP MIBs and Traps
    • ApDiamResultCode Textual Convention
    • apDiameterSrvrErrorResultTrap
    • apDiameterSrvrSuccessResultTrap
    • apDiamACCTResultObjectsGroup Object Group
    • apDiamACCTResultNotificationsGroup Notification Group
    • SNMP Varbind Definitions
• Diameter Rf Charging Buffering and Storage
  • About Buffering
  • About Storage
    • Monitoring Storage Space
  • ACLI Instructions and Examples
  • SNMP
• DIAMETER Rf Charging Failure & Recovery Detection
  • Associated Traps

A RADIUS Dictionary Reference

B Comma-Delimited Entries for Local Files

C Comma-Delimited Local Files for Diameter Rf Accounting

D Oracle Rf Interface Support

• Diameter AVP Notation
• Table Explanation
• Root ACR Message Format
• Service Information AVP
• Subscription ID AVP
• IMS Information AVP
• Event-Type AVP
• Time Stamps AVP
• Inter-Operator-Identifier AVP
• SDP-Media-Component AVP
• Early-Media-Description AVP
• SDP-Timestamps AVP
• Message-Body AVP
• Acme-Packet-Specific-Extension-Rf AVP
  • AVP Definitions
• System Alarming Based on Received Result-Code (268) AVP
• Interim ACR Message Creation Interval per Acct-Interim-Interval AVP