1. Cloud Native Core Console Network Impact Report
  2. Introduction

1 Introduction

Purpose and Scope

The purpose of this document is to highlight the changes made in CNC Console from Release 22.3.x to Release 22.4.x. These changes may have an impact on the customer network operations and should be considered by the customer while planning the deployment.

CNC Console Compatibility Matrix

The following table provides the list of network functions that are compatible with CNC Console 22.4.x:

Release 22.4.1

Table 1-1 Compatibility Matrix

Network Functions Compatible Versions
BSF 22.4.x
NRF 22.4.x
NSSF 22.4.x
Policy 22.4.x
SCP 22.4.x
SEPP 22.4.x
UDR 22.4.x

Table 1-2 Compatibility Matrix

Components Compatible Versions
DD 22.0.0
OCCNE 22.2.x, 22.3.x, 22.4.x
cnDBTier 22.2.x, 22.3.x, 22.4.x
CDCS 22.3.x, 22.4.x
OSO 1.6.x, 1.10.x, 22.3.x
ASM 1.4.6-am9, 1.6.14-am4, 1.9.8-am1
Release 22.4.0

Table 1-3 Compatibility Matrix

Network Functions Compatible Versions
BSF 22.4.0
NRF 22.4.0
NSSF 22.4.0
Policy 22.4.0
SCP 22.4.0
SEPP 22.4.0
UDR 22.4.0

Table 1-4 Compatibility Matrix

Components Compatible Versions
DD 22.0.0
OCCNE 22.2.x, 22.3.x, 22.4.x
cnDBTier 22.2.x, 22.3.x, 22.4.x
CDCS 22.3.x, 22.4.x
OSO 1.6.x, 1.10.x, 22.3.x
ASM 1.4.6-am9, 1.5.7-am3, 1.6.14-am4, 1.9.8-am1

Common Services Load Lineup

The following table provides the list of added or updated common services load lineup that is compatible with CNC Console 22.4.x:

Release 22.4.1

Table 1-5 Common Services Load Lineup

Common Service Version
Debug-tool 22.4.1
Helm Test 22.4.1
Ingress Gateway 22.4.2
Release 22.4.0

Table 1-6 Common Services Load Lineup

Common Service Version
Debug-tool 22.4.0
Helm Test 22.4.0
Ingress Gateway 22.4.1

Software Requirements

This section lists the minimum software requirements to install Oracle Communications CNC Console.

Release 22.4.1

No updates were made in the software requirements in this release.

Release 22.4.0

Table 1-7 Software Requirements

Software Version
Kubernetes 1.23
HELM 3.8.0
Podman 3.3.1
Prometheus 1.22.5

Orchestration

This section provides information about orchestration changes for CNC Console from release 22.3.x to 22.4.x.

Table 1-8 Orchestration

Orchestration Changes Status Notes
Support for in-service upgrade Yes For information about upgrade and roll back, see Supported Upgrade and Rollback Paths section.

Note: The console microservices are single pod. For information about upgrade and roll back, see Upgrading CNC Console section in Cloud Native Core Console Installation and Upgrade Guide.
Changes in the custom_values.yaml file Yes For information about changes in the custom_values.yaml file, see Helm section.

To use ClusterIP for LoadBalancer(LB) services a flag useClusterIpForLbServices is introduced in custom values.

# Use ClusterIP for LoadBalancer(LB) services.

# The LB services are assigned LoadBalancer service type in k8s service definition.

Set this flag to true to assign ClusterIP service type. 
useClusterIpForLbServices: false

Instance configuration related to Data Director are supported.

Example:
instances:
   - id : Cluster1-dd-instance1
     type: DD-UI
     owner: Cluster1
     fqdn: ocnaddgui.ocnadd-deploy.svc.cluster.local
     port: 80
     apiPrefix: /occne-12ipcluster/ocnadd
   - id : Cluster1-dd-instance1
     type: DD-API
     owner: Cluster1
     fqdn: ocnaddbackendrouter.ocnadd-deploy.svc.cluster.local
     port: 80
     apiPrefix: /occne-12ipcluster/ocnaddapi
Changes in the resource information for custom_values.yaml file No No changes in Console Resource Requirement section.

For more information about the recommended cnDBTier profile for console supported deployment model, see Supported Deployment Models section in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Console Installation and Upgrade Guide.
Changes in the CSAR package Yes

The toplevel.mib file is included in Generic CSAR, VZ CSAR and TGZ packages.

Note: For more information on specific CSAR changes, contact My Oracle Support.

Changes in Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) policy Yes The RBAC policies DD_READ and DD_WRITE related to Data Director support are added.
Changes in Life Cycle Management (LCM) Operations No No new LCM operations are added.
Helm Test Support Yes Helm Test is supported.

For more information, see Performing Helm Test section in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Console Installation and Upgrade Guide.

CNC Console Resource Requirement

This section includes information about CNC Console Resource Requirement.

CNC Console Release 22.4.1

There is no change in the resource requirements for this release.

CNC Console Release 22.4.0

There is no change in the resource requirements for this release.