Starting Diagnosis on a Test Connection

Use the following steps to start diagnosis on a test connection.

Note:

This task is used primarily in lab environments to validate mediation rules, such as checking and debugging ART, PRT, and mediation flows for request messages.

In practice, a test request message is put on a test connection, and the user observes DSR processing in response to this message. The resulting report can be viewed on the GUI for analysis. The following rules apply to this task:

• Reroute is not supported
• Error Answers are not generated
• If an Answer is received, it is discarded; it is not routed to the originator

1. Click Diameter > Maintenance > Connections.
2. Select a single connection with the following conditions:
   • Admin State is Enabled
   • Test Mode is YES.
   • PDUs to Diagnose is 0
3. Click Diagnose Start.
4. Click OK on the confirmation screen to begin the diagnosis on the selected test connection.

   The PDUs to Diagnose value is set to the maximum diagnose PDU count.

   If the selected connection no longer exists (it was deleted by another user), an error message is displayed and the Diameter > Maintenance > Connections page is refreshed.