What's New in This Guide

This section introduces the documentation updates for release 23.4.x.

Release 23.4.4 - F87575-07, October 2024

There are no updates made to this document.

Release 23.4.3 - F87575-06, July 2024

There are no updates made to this document.

Release 23.4.2 - F87575-05, April 2024

There are no updates made to this document.

Release 23.4.1 - F87575-04, February 2024

• The following changes are made as part of the NFProfile Processing enhancements:
  • Added the description of the feature in the NFProfile Processing Enhancements section.
  • Added the Configuring Enhanced NFProfile Processing section to enable or disable the feature.
  • Updated the Metrics section with the following changes:
    • Added the ocscp_ignore_unknown_service_total metric to know the total number of unknown services ignored in the NF profile.
    • Renamed the ocscp_success_processed_nf_notification_total metric to ocscp_notification_nf_profile_processing_success_total.
    • Renamed the ocscp_failure_processed_nf_notification_total metric to ocscp_notification_nf_profile_processing_failure_total.
  • Added the SCPIgnoreUnknownService alert in the Alerts section.
• The following changes are made as part of the Message Feed enhancements:
  • Updated the description of the Message Feed feature with new enhancements in the Message Feed Enhancements section.
  • Updated the Metrics section with the following changes:
    • Renamed the ocscp_metric_trafficfeed_total metric to ocscp_metric_trafficfeed_attempted_total.
    • Added two new dimensions to ocscp_metric_trafficfeed_failed_total and ocscp_metric_trafficfeed_not_attempted_total metrics: kafka_broker_id and kafka_partition_id.
    • Added the following new metrics:
      • ocscp_metric_trafficfeed_partition_unhealthy
      • ocscp_metric_trafficfeed_success_total
      • ocscp_metric_trafficfeed_cluster_unhealthy
  • Renamed the SCPTrafficFeedFailed alert to SCPTrafficFeedSendFailed.
  • Added the following alerts:
    • SCPTrafficFeedPartitionUnhealthy
    • SCPTrafficFeedKafkaClusterUnhealthy

Release 23.4.0 - F87575-02, February 2024

• Updated the Supported NF Types section with a note to specify that the nscp-5g-sbi-proxy service is supported only in the Release 15 deployment model.

Release 23.4.0 - F87575-01, December 2023

• Updated the following metrics in the SCP Metrics section:
  • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_invalid_data
  • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_non_migration_task_failure_count_total
  • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_non_migration_task_success_count_total
  • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_non_migration_task_failure
  • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_migration_task_failure
  • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_duplicate_target_detected
• Updated the description of 3gpp-Sbi-Producer-Id and 3gpp-Sbi-Target-apiRoot headers in the Supported 3GPP Headers section.
• Added upgrade and rollback events information in the Configuring Upgrade and Rollback Event section.
• Updated the ocscp_worker_http_req_host_type_total metric with a note as a part of the Host Preference for Egress Message Requests feature.
• Added the Support for Automated Certificate Lifecycle Management section to describe automated certificate management using OCCM.
• The following changes are made as part of the NRF Configuration using DNS SRV Resolution feature:
  • Added information about querying the DNS server to locate the target NRF FQDNS in the NRF Configuration Using DNS SRV Resolution section.
  • Added the Configuring NRF SRV section to configure NRF using DNS SRV Resolution.
  • Updated Configuring SCP Features to enable the NRF Configuration using DNS SRV Resolution feature.
  • Added the following metrics in the SCP Metrics section:
    • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_invalid_data
    • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_non_migration_task_failure_count_total
    • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_non_migration_task_success_count_total
    • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_non_migration_task_failure
    • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_migration_task_failure
    • ocscp_configuration_dnssrv_nrf_duplicate_target_detected
  • Added the following alerts in the Alerts section:
    • SCPDNSSRVNRFMigrationTaskFailure
    • SCPDNSSRVNRFNonMigrationTaskFailure
    • SCPDNSSRVNRFDuplicateTargetDetected
• The following changes are made as part of the Support for cnDBTier APIs in CNC Console feature.
  • Added information about cnDBTier APIs support in the Support for cnDBTier APIs in CNC Console section.
  • Added the Viewing cnDBTier APIs in CNC Console section to view the status of cnDBTier clusters and georeplication status on the CNC Console.
• The following changes are made as part of the SCP Response Timeout Extension feature:
  • Added information about response timeout extension in the SCP Response Timeout Extension section.
  • Updated the following metrics in the SCP Metrics section:
    • ocscp_metric_upstream_service_time_total
    • ocscp_metric_request_processing_time_total
    • ocscp_metric_response_processing_time_total
  • Added the SCPHighResponseTimeFromProducer in the the Alerts section.
• Added the Custom Header Support at SCP feature to optimize the 5G core traffic.
• Updated the attributes of the ocscp_metric_ssl_certificate_expire_total metric and the SCPWorkerSSLCertificateExpire alert in Metrics and alert sections, respectively.
• The following changes are made as part of the 5G SBI Message Mediation Support feature:
  • Added information about mediation rules and their configuration in the Mediation Rule Configuration Enhancement section.
  • Added the migration of rules from the existing configuration map to the database procedure in the Mediation Rule Migration Process section.
  • Added the Configuring Mediation Rules section to configure the mediation rule.
• The following changes are made as part of the Overload Control Based on the Overload Control Information Header feature:
  • Added information about the 3gpp-Sbi-Oci header to convey overload control information to NFs in the Overload Control Based on the Overload Control Information Header section.
  • Added the Configuring OCI Threshold Levels section to retrieve, modify, and remove OCI threshold configuration data.
  • Added the Configuring OCI section to retrieve, modify, and remove OCI configuration data.
  • Updated the Configuring SCP Features section to enable the Overload Control Information (OCI) feature.
  • Added the following metrics in the SCP Metrics section:
    • ocscp_worker_peer_oci_conveyance_total
    • ocscp_worker_oci_conveyance_total
    • ocscp_worker_oci_enforced_total
    • ocscp_worker_rx_unsupported_oci_scope_total
    • ocscp_metric_nf_oci_rx_total
• Added the SCP Microservices and Probes section to describe the importance of Kubernetes probes in monitoring and managing the health of SCP application.
• Added the "Load Balancing Support for Delegated Discovery" section as an enhancement to the Support for Model D feature in the Support for Model D Indirect 5G SBI Communication with Delegated Discovery section.
• Added information about georedundancy in the Support for Three-site Georedundancy section.
• Added the following alerts as part of the Pod Overload Control feature:
  • SCPCPUUsageFileReadFailed
  • SCPCGroupVersionDetectionFailed
• Updated the dimensions of the following metrics in the SCP Metrics section:
  • ocscp_audit_2xx_empty_nf_array
  • ocscp_audit_error_response