1. Database Administration - IP7 User's Guide
  2. IPSG M2PA and M3UA Configuration Procedures
  3. Changing an IPLIMx Card to an IPSG Card

Changing an IPLIMx Card to an IPSG Card

This procedure is used to change an IPLIMx card to an IPSG card. The linksets, signaling links, and M2PA associations that are assigned to the IPLIMx card are changed to IPSG M2PA linksets, IPSG M2PA signaling links, and IPSG M2PA associations. To change an IPLIMx card to an IPSG card, the chg-card command is used with these parameters.

:loc – The card location of the IPLIMx card.

:nappl – The new application that is assigned to the card, ipsg.

The IPLIMx card must be an E5-ENET card that is running either the IPLIM or IPLIMI applications. IPLIMx signaling links must be assigned to the card. M2PA associations must be assigned to the signaling links. Before the chg-card command can be executed, the IPLIMx card and its signaling links must be taken out of service.

If adding the IPLIMx signaling link will exceed the maximum total provisioned system TPS, and the maximum total provisioned system TPS is 500,000, perform the "Activating the HIPR2 High Rate Mode" feature in Database Administration - System Management to enable and turn on the HIPR2 High Rate Mode feature. When the HIPR2 High Rate Mode feature is enabled and turned on, the maximum total provisioned system TPS is increased to 1,000,000 (1M). If the maximum total provisioned system TPS is 1M, or the maximum total provisioned system TPS is 500,000 and will not be increased, and adding the IPLIMx signaling link will exceed the maximum total provisioned system TPS, the IPLIMx signaling link cannot be added unless the amount of available TPS is reduced enough to allow the IPLIMx signaling link to be added. The available TPS can be reduced by performing one or more of these actions.

  1. Display the cards in the database by entering the rtrv-card command.

    This is an example of the possible output. 

    
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CARD   TYPE      APPL      LSET NAME     LINK SLC LSET NAME     LINK SLC
1101   DSM       VSCCP     
1102   TSM       GLS       
1113   E5MCAP    EOAM
1114   E5TDM-A
1115   E5MCAP    EOAM
1116   E5TDM-B
1117   E5MDAL
1201   LIMDS0    SS7ANSI   sp2           A    0   sp1           B    0
1203   LIMDS0    SS7ANSI   sp3           A    0   
1204   LIMDS0    SS7ANSI   sp3           A    1   
1206   LIMDS0    SS7ANSI   nsp3          A    1   nsp4          B    1
1216   DCM       STPLAN    
1301   LIMDS0    SS7ANSI   sp6           A    1   sp7           B    0
1302   LIMDS0    SS7ANSI   sp7           A    1   sp5           B    1
1303   DCM       IPLIM     ipnode1       A    0   ipnode3       B    0
1305   DCM       IPLIM     ipnode4       A    0   
1307   DCM       STPLAN
2101   ENET      IPSG
2103   ENET      IPSG
2105   ENET      IPSG
2107   ENET      IPSG
2201   DCM       IPLIM
2203   DCM       IPLIM
2207   DCM       IPLIM
2211   DCM       SS7IPGW
2213   DCM       SS7IPGW
2215   DCM       IPGWI
2217   DCM       IPGWI
2301   DCM       SS7IPGW
2303   DCM       SS7IPGW
2305   DCM       IPGWI
2307   DCM       IPGWI
2311   DCM       IPLIMI
2313   DCM       IPLIMI

    If no card that are assigned to the IPLIM or IPLIMI applications are shown in the rtrv-card output, this procedure cannot be performed.

    If cards that are assigned to the IPLIM or IPLIMI applications are shown in the rtrv-card output, continue the procedure with 2.

  2. Display the attributes of the IPLIMx card that will be changed by entering the rept-stat-card command with the card location of the IPLIMx card. For this example, enter this command.

    rept-stat-card:loc=1303

    This is an example of possible output. 

    
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CARD   VERSION      TYPE      GPL        PST            SST        AST
1303   133-003-000  ENET      IPLIM      IS-NR          Active     -----
  ALARM STATUS       =  No Alarms.
  BLIXP   GPL version = 133-003-000
  IMT BUS A           = Conn
  IMT BUS B           = Conn
  CURRENT TEMPERATURE   =  32C ( 90F)     [ALARM TEMP:  60C (140F)]
  PEAK TEMPERATURE:     =  39C (103F)     [06-05-02 13:40]
  SIGNALING LINK STATUS
      SLK    PST                LS            CLLI
      A      IS-NR              ipnode1       -----------
      B      IS-NR              ipnode3       -----------

Command Completed.

    If the TYPE value for the card is not ENET, this card is not an E5-ENET card. Choose another card from the rtrv-card output in 1 and repeat this step.

    If the TYPE value for the card is ENET, this card is an E5-ENET card.

    If signaling links are not assigned to the card, this procedure cannot be performed. To make this card an IPSG card, perform the Removing an IPLIMx Card to remove the card from the database. After the card has been removed from the database, perform the procedures in IPSG M2PA and M3UA Configuration Procedures to configure an IPSG card with IPSG M2PA signaling links.

    If signaling links are assigned to the card, continue the procedure by performing one of these steps.
    • If the state of all the signaling links that are assigned to the card is OOS-MT-DSBLD and the state of the card is OOS-MT-DSBLD, continue the procedure with 5.
    • If the state of all the signaling links that are assigned to the card is OOS-MT-DSBLD, but the state of the card is not OOS-MT-DSBLD, continue the procedure with 4.
    • If the state of any of the signaling links that are assigned to the card is not OOS-MT-DSBLD, continue the procedure with 3.
  3. Place the signaling links shown in 2 whose state is not OOS-MT-DSBLD out of service by entering the dact-slk command with the card location shown in the CARD column of the rept-stat-card output, and link value of the signaling link shown in the SLK column of the rept-stat-card output.

    For this example, enter these commands.

    dact-slk:loc=1303:link=a

    dact-slk:loc=1303:link=b

    When these commands have successfully completed, this message appears. 

    
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Deactivate Link message sent to card.
    Continue the procedure by performing one of these steps.
    • If the state of the card is OOS-MT-DSBLD, continue the procedure with 5.
    • If the state of the card is not OOS-MT-DSBLD, continue the procedure with 4.
  4. Place the card out of service by entering the rmv-card command with the card location shown in the CARD column of the rept-stat-card output 2. For this example, enter this command.

    rmv-card:loc=1303

    When the command has successfully completed, this message appears. 

    
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Card has been inhibited.
  5. Display the linksets that contain the signaling links shown in the rept-stat-card output in 2 by entering the rtrv-ls command with the name of the linkset shown in the LS column in the rept-stat-card output. Repeat this step for each linkset shown in the rept-stat-card output.

    For this example, enter these commands.

    rtrv-ls:lsn=ipnode1

    This is an example of possible output. 

    
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                                 L3T SLT              GWS GWS GWS
LSN           APCA   (SS7)  SCRN SET SET BEI LST LNKS ACT MES DIS SLSCI NIS
ipnode1       002-002-002   none 1   1   no  A   1    off off off no    off

              SPCA          CLLI         TFATCABMLQ MTPRSE ASL8
           ---------------- -----------  1          no     no

           RANDSLS
           off

           IPSG  IPGWAPC  GTTMODE           CGGTMOD
           no    no       CdPA                no

           LOC  LINK SLC TYPE     IPLIML2
           1303 A    0   IPLIM    M2PA

Link set table is (25 of 1024) 2% full.

    rtrv-ls:lsn=ipnode3

    This is an example of possible output. 

    
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                                 L3T SLT              GWS GWS GWS
LSN           APCA   (SS7)  SCRN SET SET BEI LST LNKS ACT MES DIS SLSCI NIS
ipnode3       002-002-003   none 1   1   no  A   1    off off off no    off

              SPCA          CLLI         TFATCABMLQ MTPRSE ASL8
           ---------------- -----------  1          no     no

           RANDSLS
           off

           IPSG  IPGWAPC  GTTMODE           CGGTMOD
           no    no       CdPA                no

           LOC  LINK SLC TYPE     IPLIML2
           1303 B    0   IPLIM    M2PA

Link set table is (25 of 1024) 2% full.

    When the chg-card command is executed, the RSVDSLKTPS and MAXSLKTPS values of the linkset will be assigned based on the current IPSG value of the linkset.

    If the current IPSG value of the linkset is no, the RSVDSLKTPS value of the linkset will be 0 (zero) and the MAXSLKTPS value of the linkset will be 4000.

    If the current IPSG value of the linkset is yes, the RSVDSLKTPS and the MAXSLKTPS values will not be changed. The total TPS used by the signaling links in this linkset will be the number of signaling links in the linkset multiplied by the RSVDSLKTPS value of the linkset.

  6. Display the associations that are assigned to the card by entering the rtrv-assoc command with the card location of the card that is being changed.

    For this example, enter this command.

    rtrv-assoc:loc=1303

    This is an example of possible output. 

    
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                CARD  IPLNK
ANAME           LOC   PORT  LINK ADAPTER LPORT RPORT OPEN ALW
iplim1          1303  A     A    M2PA    2000  2000  YES  YES
iplim2          1303  A     B    M2PA    3000  2000  YES  YES

IP Appl Sock/Assoc (  19 of 4000) 1%
Assoc Buffer Space Used (400 KB of 3200 KB) on LOC = 1303

    If M2PA associations are not shown in the rtrv-assoc output, perform the Adding an M2PA Association procedure to add M2PA associations to the card.

    If M2PA associations are shown in the rtrv-assoc output, or after the M2PA associations have been added in this step, continue the procedure by performing one of these actions.
    • If the current IPSG value of all the linksets shown in 5 is no, continue the procedure with 7.
    • If the current IPSG value of all the linksets shown in 5 is yes, and the card's MaxTPS (see Maximum Card Capacity for Different Card Types for MaxTPS values) will not be exceeded when the chg-card command is executed, continue the procedure with 7.
    • If the current IPSG value of any of the linksets shown in 5 is yes, and the card's MaxTPS value will be exceeded when the chg-card command is executed, perform the Changing an IPSG M2PA Linkset procedure to change the RSVDSLKTPS value, and the MAXSLKTPS value if necessary, of each IPSG linkset shown in the rept-stat-card output in 2 as required. After the linksets have been changed, continue the procedure with 7.
  7. Display the total provisioned system TPS by entering the rtrv-tps command. This is an example of the possible output. 
    
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CARD     NUM    NUM      RSVD       MAX
TYPE   CARDS  LINKS       TPS       TPS
-----  -----  -----  --------  --------
IPGW      17     16     48000     80000
IPSG       4      8      4700     12000
IPLIM      2      4      8000      8000
ATM        2      2      3668      3668

Total provisioned System TPS (103668 of 500000) 21%

Command Completed.

    If the RSVDSLKTPS or the MAXSLKTPS values of each linkset shown in 5 will not exceed the maximum total provisioned system TPS value shown in the rtrv-tps output, continue the procedure with 8.

    If the RSVDSLKTPS or the MAXSLKTPS values of any linkset shown in 5 will exceed the maximum total provisioned system TPS value shown in the rtrv-tps output, continue the procedure by performing one of these actions.
    • If the maximum total provisioned system TPS value is 500,000, perform the "Activating the HIPR2 High Rate Mode Feature" procedure in Database Administration - System Management to increase the maximum total provisioned system TPS value to 1M. After the "Activating the HIPR2 High Rate Mode Feature" procedure has been performed, continue the procedure with 8
    • If the maximum total provisioned system TPS value is 1M, perform the Changing an IPSG M2PA Linkset procedure as necessary to change the MAXSLKTPS value, and the RSVDSLKTPS value if necessary, of the linksets shown in 2 to allow the IPLIMx card to be changed to an IPSG card with this procedure. After the Changing an IPSG M2PA Linkset procedure has been performed, continue the procedure with 8.
  8. Change the IPLIMx card to an IPSG card by entering the chg-card command with the card location of the card being changed and the new card application, ipsg.

    For this example, enter this command.

    chg-card:loc=1303:nappl=ipsg

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

    
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CHG-CARD: MASP A - COMPLTD
  9. Verify that the card has been changed by entering the rtrv-card command with the card location specified in 8.

    For this example, enter this command.

    rtrv-card:loc=1303

    This is an example of the possible output. 

    
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CARD   TYPE      APPL      LSET NAME     LINK SLC LSET NAME     LINK SLC
1311   ENET      IPSG      ipnode1       A    0   ipnode3       B    0
  10. Display the linksets that were displayed in 5 by entering the rtrv-ls command with the name of each linkset that was specified in 5.

    For this example, enter these commands.

    rtrv-ls:lsn=ipnode1

    This is an example of possible output. 

    
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                                 L3T SLT              GWS GWS GWS
LSN           APCA   (SS7)  SCRN SET SET BEI LST LNKS ACT MES DIS SLSCI NIS
ipnode1       002-002-002   none 1   1   no  A   1    off off off no    off

              SPCA          CLLI         TFATCABMLQ MTPRSE ASL8
           ---------------- -----------  1          ---    no

           RANDSLS
           off

           IPSG  IPGWAPC  GTTMODE           CGGTMOD
           yes   no       CdPA                no

           ADAPTER    RSVDSLKTPS  MAXSLKTPS
           m2pa       0           4000

           TPSALM     LSUSEALM    SLKUSEALM
           rsvdslktps 80%         100%

           LOC  LINK SLC TYPE     ANAME
           1303 A    0   IPSG     iplim1

Link set table is (25 of 1024) 2% full.

    rtrv-ls:lsn=ipnode3

    This is an example of possible output. 

    
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                                 L3T SLT              GWS GWS GWS
LSN           APCA   (SS7)  SCRN SET SET BEI LST LNKS ACT MES DIS SLSCI NIS
ipnode3       002-002-003   none 1   1   no  A   1    off off off no    off

              SPCA          CLLI         TFATCABMLQ MTPRSE ASL8
           ---------------- -----------  1          ---    no

           RANDSLS
           off

           IPSG  IPGWAPC  GTTMODE           CGGTMOD
           yes   no       CdPA                no

           ADAPTER    RSVDSLKTPS  MAXSLKTPS
           m2pa       0           4000

           TPSALM     LSUSEALM    SLKUSEALM
           rsvdslktps 80%         100%

           LOC  LINK SLC TYPE     ANAME
           1303 B    0   IPSG     iplim2

Link set table is (25 of 1024) 2% full.
    Continue the procedure by performing these steps or actions as needed.
    • If IPSG value of the linksets displayed in this step was no when this procedure was started, and you wish to change the RSVDSLKTPS value of any of the linksets, perform the Changing an IPSG M2PA Linkset procedure to change the RSVDSLKTPS value, and the MAXSLKTPS value if necessary, of each IPSG linkset.
    • If 4 was performed to the state of the IPLIMx card, continue the procedure with 11.
    • If 3 was performed to change the state of the signaling links in the linksets, continue the procedure with 12.
    • If IPSG value of the linksets displayed in this step was yes when this procedure was started, 4 was not performed to the state of the IPLIMx card, and 3 was not performed to change the state of the signaling links in the linksets, continue the procedure with 13.
  11. Put the card back into service by entering the rst-card command with the card location specified in 9.

    For this example, enter this command.

    rst-card:loc=1303

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

    
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Card has been allowed.

    If 3 was not performed to change the state of the signaling links in the linksets, continue the procedure with 13.

    If 3 was performed to change the state of the signaling links in the linksets, continue the procedure with 12.

  12. Put the signaling links that were taken out of service in 3 back into service by entering the act-slk command with the card location and link values specified in 3. For this example, enter these commands.

    act-slk:loc=1303:link=a

    act-slk:loc=1303:link=b

    When these commands have successfully completed, this message appears. 

    
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Activate Link message sent to card
  13. 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 6-22 Changing IPLIMx Card to IPSG Card



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