3.2.5.1 System Options elements

Table 3-5 describes the fields on the System Options page.

Table 3-5 System Options Elements

Field Description Data Input Notes
ASCII Excluded Digits

List of ASCII characters to ignore while parsing MSISDN digits from a raw AVP data field of AVP Type UTF8String.

If an invalid character is entered, an error message appears.

Format: field

Default: none

Range: ASCII printable characters except percentage sign (%), commercial sign (@), colon sign (:), and semi-colon (;).

Exclude Space

Defines whether ASCII character space is ignored while parsing MSISDN digits from a raw AVP data field of AVP Type UTF8String

If checked, ASCII character space is ignored.

If not checked, ASCII character space is not ignored.

Format: check box

Default: unchecked

TBCD Excluded Digits

Defines whether the associated digits is ignored while parsing digits from a raw AVP data field of AVP Type OctetString encoded as a TBCD-string

If checked, digits are ignored.

If not checked, digits are not ignored.

Format: check boxes

Range: checked, unchecked for each option: *(1010), #(1011), a(1100), b(1101), c(1110)

Default: all unchecked

Allow Subsequent FABR Invocation Enables the subsequent invocation of FABR on a different DSR node in the network.

Format: check box

Default: unchecked

Remove Destination-Host If checked, FABR deletes any instance of Destination-Host AVPs in the message when performing Realm only resolution.

Format: check box

Default: unchecked

Realm

Value to be placed in the Origin-Realm AVP of the Answer message generated by FABR.

A Realm must be paired with a Fully Qualified Domain Name. If entering a value for Realm, then a value for Fully Qualified Domain Name must also be entered; otherwise, an error message appears.

If a value is not entered, the local node Realm for the egress connection is used.

Format: field

Range: A valid Realm

Default: none

Fully Qualified Domain Name

Value to be placed in the Origin-Host AVP of the Answer message generated by FABR.

A Fully Qualified Domain Name must be paired with a Realm. If entering a value for Fully Qualified Domain Name, then a value for Realm must also be entered; otherwise, an error message appears.

If not configured, local node FQDN for the egress connection is used.

Format: field

Range: A valid FQDN - up to 255 characters; label-up to 63 characters.

Default: none

Resource Exhaustion Result-Code

Result-Code or Experimental-Result-Code value to be returned in an Answer message when a message is not successfully routed because of internal resource being exhausted.

If Vendor-ID is configured, this result-code value is encoded as Experimental-Result-Code AVP; otherwise the result-code is encoded as Result-Code AVP.

Format:
  • field
  • list
Range:
  • field: 1000–5999
  • list with available Code values

Default: 3004

Resource Exhaustion Error Message Error-Message AVP value to be returned in an Answer message when a message is not successfully routed because of internal resource being exhausted.

Range: 0–64 characters

Default: FABR Resource Exhausted

Resource Exhaustion Vendor-ID Vendor-ID AVP value to be returned in an Answer message when a message is not successfully routed because of internal resource being exhausted.

Format: field

Range: 1–4294967295

Application Unavailable Action

Defines action to be taken when FABR is not available to process messages.

If the Default Route option is selected, an entry must be provided for the Application Unavailable Route List.

Format: options

Range:
  • Continue Routing
  • Default Route
  • Send Answer with Result-Code AVP
  • Send Answer with Experimental-Result AVP

Default: Continue Routing

Application Unavailable Route List

Defines where the requests are routed when FABR is not available. Peer Routing Rules are bypassed.

A route list must be entered if Default Route is selected as the Application Unavailable Action.

Format: list

Range: Available Route List entries

Application Unavailable Result-Code

Result-Code or Experimental-Result-Code value to be returned in an Answer message when a message is not successfully routed because FABR is not available.

If Vendor-ID is configured, this result-code value is encoded as Experimental-Result-Code AVP; otherwise the result-code is encoded as Result-Code AVP.

A code must be entered if either the Send Answer with Result-Code AVP or the Send Answer with Experimental Result-Code AVP option is selected as the Application Unavailable Action.

Format:
  • field
  • list
Range:
  • field: 1000–5999
  • list with available Code values

Default: 3002

Application Unavailable Error Message

Error-Message AVP value to be returned in an Answer message when a message is not successfully routed because FABR is not available.

A message can be entered, if needed, when either the Send Answer with Result-Code AVP or the Send Answer with Experimental Result-Code AVP option is selected as the Application Unavailable Action.

Range: 0–64 characters

Default: FABR Unavailable

Application Unavailable Vendor-ID

Vendor-ID AVP value to be returned in an Answer message when a message is not successfully routed because FABR is not available.

A vendor-ID must be entered if the Send Answer with Experimental Result-Code AVP option is selected as the Application Unavailable Action.

Format: field

Range: 1–4294967295

Bundling Enabled If enabled, allows FABR to bundle DP query Events to form a DP Bundled query Event to send to DP server. Format: check box
Maximum Bundle Size Maximum number of individual DP query Events that can be bundled.

Format: field

Range: 2-20

Default: 5

Prefix Search Enabled If enabled, IMSI/MSISDN prefix based lookup is performed if the full address lookup did not find a match.

Format: check box

Default: unchecked

Blacklist Search Enabled If enabled, IMSI/MSISDN blacklist lookup is performed prior to the full address lookup.

Format: check box

Default: unchecked

FallBack Search Enable If enabled, Domain-Identifier lookup is performed when the external identifier lookup did not have an exact match.

Format: check box

Default: unchecked

Fabr Database Type This user-configurable parameter takes options as SDS or UDR (Default: SDS). FABR queries are targeted based on field Fabr Database Type. Configuration can be changed to choose between SDS or UDR database type. DB change comes into effect after FABR application is disabled/enabled.

Format: field

Range: SDS, UDR

Default: SDS