What's New in This Guide

This section lists the documentation updates for release 24.1.x.

Release 24.1.3- F92633-07, September 2024

There are no changes made to the document in this release.

Release 24.1.2- F92633-06, September 2024

• Added the CompleteSync dimension to the ocnrf_cache_sync_count in the NRF Cache Data Metrics section.
• Added the CompleteSync dimension to the NRF Metrics section.

Release 24.1.1- F92633-05, August 2024

• Added the Limiting Number of NFProfiles in NFDiscover Response section to describe how NRF limits the number of NFProfiles to be returned in the NFDiscover service operation response.
• Added the details about the nrfSupportedFeatures attribute in the Support for nrfSupportedFeatures Attribute section.
• Added a note in the description in the Dual Stack section to mention that NRF application supports single stack IPv4 or single stack IPv6 on CNE that supports dual stack networking.
• Added the routes configuration details in the Egress Gateway Route Configuration for Different Deployments section to provide information about routing.
• Updated the REST API and CNC Console configuration sequence in the Overload Control Based on Percentage Discards section.
• Updated the value of sampling period from 6000 to 200 in the Overload Control Policy Mapping section.
• Updated the prefix of the error codes from ONRF-ARS-Exxx to ARS-Exxx in the Alternate Route Service section.
• Updated the prefix of the error codes from ONRF-CFG-Exxx to CCS-Exxx in the Common Configuration section.
• Added the ONRF-CFG-SLFOPT-E0010 error code in the SLF Options Configuration section.
• Added the ONRF-CFG-XXXXOPT-E0010 error code for the following NRF Configuration microservices:
  • ONRF-CFG-DISCOPT-E0010 error code in the Discovery Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-GENOPT-E0010 error code in the NRF Configuration for General Options section.
  • ONRF-CFG-SCRNOPT-E0010 error code in the Screening Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-MGMTOPT-E0010 error code in the Management Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-ACCOPT-E0010 error code in the Access Token Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-FWDOPT-E0010 error code in the Forwarding Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-SLFOPT-E0010 error code in the SLF Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-GROPT-E0010 error code in the GeoRedundancy Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-POPROPT-E0010 error code in the Pod Protection Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-AUTHOPT-E0010 error code in the Authentication Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-LOGOPT-E0010 error code in the Logging Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-CSHTOPT-E0010 error code in the Control Shutdown Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-ROAMOPT-E0010 error code in the Roaming Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-GWTHOPT-E0010 error code in the Growth Options Configuration section.
  • ONRF-CFG-GWTHFOR-E0010 error code in the Growth Configuration for Forwarding section.

Release 24.1.1- F92633-03, June 2024

• Updated the description of the NF Notify Load Threshold parameter in the NF Management Options section.
• Updated the description of the ONRF-CFG-CSHTOPT-E0007, ONRF-CFG-CSHTOPT-E0008, and ONRF-CFG-CSHTOPT-E0009 error codes in the Control Shutdown Options Configuration section.
• Added the ONRF-SUB-SUBSCR-E0007 error code in the NFStatusSubscribe Service Operation section.
• Added the Configuring NRF Metrics Dashboard in OCI section to configure the NRF metrics using OCI dashboard.
• Updated the description of the ONRF-IGW-E202 error code in the Ingress Gateway Service section.
• Updated the NRF Alerts section to mention that the following alerts are available in the OCI environment.
  • OcnrfNFStatusTransitionToRegistered
  • OcnrfNFServiceStatusTransitionToRegistered
  • OcnrfNFStatusTransitionToSuspended
  • OcnrfNFServiceStatusTransitionToSuspended
  • OcnrfNFStatusTransitionToUndiscoverable
  • OcnrfNFServiceStatusTransitionToUndiscoverable
  • OcnrfNFStatusTransitionToDeregistered
  • OcnrfNFServiceStatusTransitionToDeregistered
  • OcnrfMemoryUsageCrossedMinorThreshold
  • OcnrfMemoryUsageCrossedMajorThreshold
  • OcnrfMemoryUsageCrossedCriticalThreshold
  • OcnrfOverloadThresholdBreachedL1
  • OcnrfOverloadThresholdBreachedL2
  • OcnrfOverloadThresholdBreachedL3
  • OcnrfOverloadThresholdBreachedL4
  • OcnrfNotificationRetryExhausted
  • OcnrfNotificationFailureOtherThanRetryExhausted
  • OcnrfMaxSlfAttemptsExhausted

Release 24.1.0- F92633-02, May 2024

• Updated the description of the following error codes:
  • ONRF-REG-NFPRFWD-E0201 and ONRF-REG-NFPRFWD-E0202 in the NFProfileRetrieval Service Operation During Forwarding section.
  • ONRF-SUB-SUBFWD-E0201 and ONRF-SUB-SUBFWD-E0202 in the NFStatusSubscribe Service Operation During Forwarding section.
  • ONRF-SUB-UPSFWD-E0201 and ONRF-SUB-UPSFWD-E0202 in the NFStatusSubscribe Update (PATCH) Service Operation During Forwarding section.
  • ONRF-SUB-UNSFWD-E0201 and ONRF-SUB-UNSFWD-E0202 in the NFStatusUnsubscribe Service Operation During Forwarding section.
  • ONRF-DIS-DISCFWD-E0201 and ONRF-DIS-DISCFWD-E0202 in the NFDiscover Service Operation During Forwarding section.
  • ONRF-ACC-ACFWD-E0201 and ONRF-ACC-ACFWD-E0202 in the Access Token Service Operation During Forwarding section.
• Added the ONRF-ACC-ACROAM-E0399 error code in the Access Token Service Operation During Roaming section.
• Updated the description of the NF Notify Load Threshold parameter in the NF Management Options section.
• Updated the accepted values for Preferred Routing Parameter from ipv4Address, ipv6Address, and fqdn to Ipv4Address, Ipv6Address, and Fqdn in the SLF Options section.
• Updated the expression for the following KPIs in the NRF Service KPIs section:
  • 4xx Responses (AccessToken)
  • 5xx Responses (AccessToken)

Release 24.1.0- F92633-01, April 2024

• The following changes are made as part of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Deployment feature:
  • Added the OCI acronym in the Acronyms section.
  • Updated the Introduction section with supported deployment platforms.
  • Updated the NRF Architecture section with the supported deployment platforms.
  • Added the Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core OCI Adaptor, NF Deployment in OCI document in the References section.
  • Added a section to configure alerts for OCI: NRF Alert Configuration in OCI.
  • Added a note to mention that the metric scraping time varies as per the environment in which it is deployed in the NRF Metrics section.
  • Added a note to mention that the alert triggering time varies as per the environment in which it is deployed in the NRF Alerts section.
  • Added an additional row for all the alerts in the NRF Alerts section to mention if they are available in OCI environment.
• Updated the support for cnDBTier health APIs in the following sections:
  • Support for cnDBTier APIs in CNC Console
  • cnDBTier APIs
• Added the following sections for the error response enhancement feature:
  • Error Response Enhancement for NRF
  • Appendix Error Response Code Details
• Added support for PCF nfType for SLF lookup in the Subscriber Location Function section.
• Added the following Ingress Gateway configuration in the Configuring NRF using CNC Console section:
  • CCA Header
  • Controlled Shutdown Error Mapping
  • Error Code Profile
  • Error Code Series
  • Overload Control Policy Mapping
  • Overload Control Discard Policy
  • Pod Protection
  • Routes Configuration
• Added the following Egress Gateway configuration in the Configuring NRF using CNC Console section:
  • Peer Configuration
  • Peer Set Configuration
  • Peer Monitoring Configuration
  • Routes Configuration
  • SBI Error Action Sets
  • SBI Error Criteria Sets
• Updated the following feature sections to include the configuration steps using Console:
  • Routing Egress Messages through SCP
  • Ingress Gateway Pod Protection
  • CCA Header Validation in NRF for Access Token Service Operation
  • Monitoring the Availability of SCP Using SCP Health APIs
  • Controlled Shutdown of NRF
  • Overload Control Based on Percentage Discards
• Added a procedure to disable Overload Control feature in the Overload Control Based on Percentage Discards section.
• Updated the description of service operations impacted due to NRF Growth feature in the Impacted Service Operations section.
• Modified the metric name from ocnrf_query_remote_cds_message_size_total to ocnrf_query_remote_cds_message_size in the NRF Cache Data Metrics section.
• Restructured the NRF Alerts chapter to categorize the alerts as follows:
  • System Level Alerts
  • Service Level Alerts
  • NfProfile Status Change Alerts
  • Feature Specific Alerts