Connections

A connection provides the reliable transport connectivity between Diameter nodes.

You can perform these tasks on an Active System OAM (SOAM).

A connection:

• Can use the SCTP, TCP, TLS/TCP or DTLS/STCP protocol
• Can be configured to initiate or respond to a connection to the Peer Diameter Node

For a given Peer Node, one Connection can be configured for each local IP Address/Transport/Listen Port combination. For example, if there is a Local Node that supports two IP Addresses then you can configure two SCTP Connections for the Peer Node - one for each Local Node IP Address and Listen Port.

On the Diameter > Configuration > Connections page, you can perform the following actions:

• Filter the list of Connections to display only the desired Connections.
• Sort the list by a column in ascending or descending order by clicking the column heading. The default order is by Connection Name in ascending ASCII order.

• Click a field that is shown in blue for a Connection. The blue fields are links to the configuration pages for those types of items.

• Click Insert.

  On the Diameter > Configuration > Connections [Insert] page, you can add a new Connection.

  The Diameter > Configuration > Connections [Insert] does not open if any of the following conditions exist:

  • There is no Local Node in the signaling Network Element (NE) to which the Connection can be assigned.
  • There is no Peer Node in the signaling Network Element (NE) to which the Connection can be assigned.

• Select a Disabled Connection and click Edit.

  On the Diameter > Configuration > Connections [Edit] page, you can change the configuration of the selected Connection.

  If the selected Connection is not in the Disabled Admin State, the Diameter > Configuration > Connections [Edit] page does not open.

  Note:

  For information on disabling a Connection, see Disabling Connections.

• Select a Disabled Connection and click Delete to delete the Connection.

  See IPFE Connections and Capacity Validation for more information.