Capacity Configuration Sets

Capacity Configuration Sets provide a mechanism for adjusting a connection to account for the network quality of service and Peer Node requirements, and allow management of capacity data for Diameter Peer connections. Capacity Configuration Set data consists of reserved Ingress MPS, maximum Ingress MPS, Ingress MPS minor alarm threshold, and Ingress MPS major alarm threshold.

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

The Capacity Configuration Set called Default is always available. The Default Capacity Configuration Set options can be modified, but the Default Capacity Configuration Set cannot be deleted. When you create a new Capacity Configuration Set the values of the Default Capacity Configuration Set are automatically populated into the new Capacity Configuration Set, allowing you to easily create a new Capacity Configuration Set that needs to have only a few options adjusted.

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The Per Connection Ingress MPS Control feature must be purchased and enabled before Capacity Configuration Sets can be configured.

On the Capacity Configuration Sets page, you can perform the following actions:

Filter the list of Capacity Configuration Sets to display only the desired Capacity Configuration Sets.
Sort the Capacity Configuration Set entries by clicking the column headings. By default, the entries are sorted by the Capacity Configuration Set column in ascending ASCII order.
Click Insert.
On the Capacity Configuration Sets [Insert] page, you can add a new Capacity Configuration Sets and its values. See Adding a Capacity Configuration Set.

If the Per Connection Ingress MPS Control feature is not enabled, then the Capacity Configuration Sets [Insert] page does not appear and an error message displays.

If the maximum number of Capacity Configuration Sets (1000) already exists in the system, then the Capacity Configuration Sets [Insert] page does not appear and an error message displays.
Select the Name of a Capacity Configuration Set in the list and click Edit.
On the Capacity Configuration Sets [Edit] page, you can edit the selected Capacity Configuration Set. See Editing a Capacity Configuration Set.

If the Default Capacity Configuration Set is selected and the Per Connection Ingress MPS Control feature is not enabled, then the Capacity Configuration Sets [Edit] page does not appear and an error message displays.
Select the Name of a Capacity Configuration Set in the list and click Delete to remove the selected Capacity Configuration Set. See Deleting a Capacity Configuration Set. The Default Capacity Configuration Set can be edited, but not deleted.

Connection Capacity Validation

The Connection Capacity Validation function validates and limits the configuration of Diameter Connections to better ensure that the configuration does not violate the Connection Count or Reserved Ingress MPS capacity limitations of the DA-MP servers that handle Connections in real time.

The Connection Capacity Validation function is described in Validating Diameter Connection Capacity.

Validation of the Reserved Ingress MPS occurs in response to changes to the configuration of Capacity Configuration Sets that increase the Reserved Ingress MPS value, including editing the value and replacing the Configuration Set with one that has a higher value. Such changes reduce the available Reserved Ingress MPS capacity and must be validated before they can be allowed. (Actions that increase capacity rather than reduce it do not require validation.)

An error displays, stating the reason, when the validation determines that performing the configuration action would cause over-configuration of Reserved Ingress MPS in a DA-MP or Target Set, or that a configuration action cannot be performed for another reason such as no MP Profile assigned to the subject DA-MP.

A warning displays when the validation cannot determine whether the configuration action would cause over-configuration of Reserved Ingress MPS in a DA-MP or Target Set.

If an error and a warning could apply, then an error displays.

The Diameter > Configuration > Connection Capacity Dashboard page displays the current Connection Count and Reserved Ingress MPS data per DA-MP. The page functions and contents are described in Connection Capacity Dashboard Functions.