Setting Congestion Options

Use this task to set the Congestion Options on the Active NOAM:

• Alarm Thresholds for the Policy and Charging Server in Congestion onset and abatement alarm for Critical, Major, and Minor severities.
• Message Throttling Rules for discarding Session Creation, Update, and Terminate Requests for Congestion Levels 1, 2, and 3.

1. Click Policy and Charging > Configuration > Congestion Options.
2. Enter changes for the Alarm Thresholds.
3. Enter changes for the Message Throttling Rules.
4. Click:
   • Apply to save the Congestion Options changes and refresh the screen to show the changes.
   • Cancel to discard the changes and refresh the screen.
   If Apply is clicked and any of several conditions exist, an error message appears:

   • Any fields contain a value that contains invalid characters or is out of the allowed range.
   • Any required field is empty (not entered).
   • A Major Alarm Onset Threshold value is greater than the corresponding Critical Alarm Onset Threshold.
   • A Minor Alarm Onset Threshold value is greater than the corresponding Major Alarm Onset Threshold.
   • An Alarm Abatement Threshold value is greater than the corresponding Alarm Onset Threshold of a particular severity.