Adding a Network Appearance

The network appearance field identifies the SS7 network context for the message, for the purpose of logically separating the signaling traffic between the SGP (signaling gateway process) and the ASP (application server process) over a common SCTP (stream control transmission protocol) association. This field is contained in the DATA, DUNA, DAVA, DRST, DAUD, SCON, and DUPU messages.

The network appearance is provisioned in the database using the ent-na command with these parameters.

:na – the 32-bit value of the network appearance, from 0 to 4294967295.

:type – the network type of the network appearance, ansi (ANSI), itui (ITU-I), itun (14-bit ITU-N), itun24 (24-bit ITU-N), ituis (ITU-I Spare), ituns (14-bit ITU-N Spare).

:gc – the specific ITU-N group code associated with the network appearance.

The gc parameter can be specified only with the type=itun or type=ituns parameters.

The gc parameter must be specified with the type=itun or type=ituns parameters if the ITU Duplicate Point Code feature is on. If the ITU Duplicate Point Code feature is off, the gc parameter cannot be specified.

The gc parameter value must be shown in the rtrv-spc or rtrv-sid outputs.

The ituis or ituns parameters can be specified only if the ITU National and International Spare Point Code Support feature is enabled.

Display the network appearances in the database with the rtrv-na command. This is an example of the possible output.
```
rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 09:12:36 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
TYPE  GC           NA
ANSI  --          100
ITUN  FR   4000000000
ITUN  GE   1000000000
```
Note:
If thegc parameter is not being specified in this procedure, continue the procedure with4.

Display the self-identification of the EAGLE using the rtrv-sid command. This is an example of the possible output.


rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 09:12:36 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
PCA              PCI             PCN           CLLI            PCTYPE
001-001-001      1-200-6         13482         rlghncxa03w     OTHER

CPCA
002-002-002       002-002-003       002-002-004      002-002-005
002-002-006       002-002-007       002-002-008      002-002-009
004-002-001       004-003-003       144-212-003

CPCA (LNP)
005-005-002      005-005-004      005-005-005

CPCI
1-001-1           1-001-2           1-001-3          1-001-4

CPCN
02091             02092             02094             02097
02191             02192             11177

If the desired group code is shown in the rtrv-sid output, continue the procedure with 4.

Display the secondary point codes in the database with the rtrv-spc command. This is an example of the possible output.
```
rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 09:12:36 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
SPC (Secondary Point Codes)

SPCA
001-010-010
002-010-010
003-010-010

SPC-I
1-253-5
2-254-6
3-255-7

SPC-N
10-01-11-1-fr
13-02-12-0-ge
13-02-12-0-uk

SPC-N24
none

Secondary Point Code table is (9 of 40) 23% full
```
If the desired group code is not shown in the rtrv-spc or rtrv-sid outputs, go to the “Adding a Secondary Point Code” procedure in Database Administration - SS7 User's Guide to turn the ITU Duplicate Point Code feature on, and add a secondary point code to the database with the desired group code value.

If the ituis or ituns parameters will not be specified in this procedure, continue the procedure with 5.

If the ituis or ituns parameters will be specified in this procedure, and ITU-I spare or 14-bit ITU-N spare network appearances are shown in the rtrv-na output in 1, or ITU-I spare or 14-bit ITU-N spare point codes are shown in the rtrv-sid output in 2, continue the procedure with 5.
Display the status of the ITU National and International Spare Point Code Support feature by entering the rtrv-ctrl-feat command with the ITU National and International Spare Point Code Support feature part number. Enter this command.
rtrv-ctrl-feat:partnum=893013601

The following is an example of the possible output.
```
rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 21:15:37 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
The following features have been permanently enabled:

Feature Name              Partnum    Status  Quantity
Spare Point Code Support  893013601  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.
```
If the ITU National and International Spare Point Code Support feature is not enabled, perform the “Activating the ITU National and International Spare Point Code Support feature” procedure in Database Administration - SS7 User's Guide and enable and turn on the ITU National and International Spare Point Code Support feature.
Add the network appearance to the database with the ent-na command.
If the gc parameter is specified with the ent-na command, the gc parameter value must be shown in the rtrv-sid output in 2, or assigned to an ITU-N point code (SPC-N) shown in the rtrv-spc output in 3. For this example, enter these commands.

ent-na:na=1000:type=itui

ent-na:na=3:type=itun24

ent-na:na=150000:type=itun:gc=uk

ent-na:na=2000:type=ituis

ent-na:na=5000:type=ituns:gc=sp

When each of these commands have successfully completed, this message should appear.
```
rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 09:12:36 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
ENT-NA:  MASP A - COMPLTD
```

Verify the changes using the rtrv-na command. This is an example of the possible output.


rlghncxa03w 06-10-28 09:12:36 GMT EAGLE5 36.0.0
TYPE    GC           NA
ANSI    --          100
ITUI    --         1000
ITUN    uk       150000
ITUN    fr   4000000000
ITUN    ge   1000000000
ITUN24  --            3
ITUIS   --         2000
ITUNS   sp         5000

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 4-24 Adding a Network Appearance

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