What's New in This Guide

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

Release 24.1.0 - F92375-02, September 2024

Updated the NRF Client Metrics section with details of occnp_nrfclient_nfUpdate_status metric.

Release 24.1.0 - F92375-01, April 2024

• 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 Functionalities in CNC Console section.
  • Added the Viewing cnDBTier Functionalities in CNC Console section to view the status of cnDBTier clusters and georeplication status on the CNC Console.
• Added the Enhancement to PRE Metrics section to describe the enhancements made in the PRE metrics.
• Added the following metrics in the PRE Metrics section to evaluate policy block execution counter and policy blocks execution time.:
  • occnp_block_counter_label
  • occnp_block_exec_time_ns
• Added/updated the following sections to describe the support for database table slicing:
  • Added Support for Database Slicing section to describe the database table slicing for SM service, AM service, UE Policy service, and Usage Monitoring service.
  • Added details of ENABLE_SM_POLICY_ASSOCIATION_TABLE_SLICING advanced settings key under PCF Session Management.
  • Added details of PREVIOUS_UM_CONTEXT_TABLE_SLICING_COUNT advanced settings key under Configuring Usage Monitoring.
  • Added details of usage_mon_context_found metric under Usage Monitoring Metrics.
• Described the support for end-to-end Log Identifier Across Policy Services feature in Support for End-to-End Log Identifier Across Policy Services.
• Added the following sections to describe Congestion Control to Binding Service feature:
  • Added Binding Service Pod Congestion Control section to describe the pod congestion control mechanism supported by Binding service.
  • Updated the Congestion Control section in CNC Console to support congestion control for Binding service.
  • Updated the Binding Service section Advanced Setting in CNC Console with following key:
    • AUDIT_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • BSF_AUDIT_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • DEPENDENT_CONTEXT_BINDING_REGISTER_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • DEPENDENT_CONTEXT_BINDING_DEREGISTER_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • DEPENDENT_CONTEXT_BINDING_FIND_CONTEXT_OWNER_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • SESSION_BINDING_REGISTER_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • SESSION_BINDING_UPDATE_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • SESSION_BINDING_DEREGISTER_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • SESSION_BINDING_SEARCH_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • SESSION_BINDING_FIND_CONTEXT_OWNER_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • SESSION_BINDING_CLEANUP_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • BSF_SESSION_UPDATE_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
    • STALE_SESSION_TRACKER_REFRESH_MESSAGE_PRIORITY
• Updated the following sections to describe Sy SLR Enhancements for Signaling Updates and UDR Notifications feature:
  • Added the Sy SLR Enhancements for Signalling Updates and UDR Notification section to describe the Sy Spending Limit Request for fetching OCS counters.
  • Added the details of "USER.ocsSpendingLimit.createContextOnFailure" advanced settings key to PCRF Core Service Configurations Settings section.
  • Added the details of "Enable force lookup on Update" attribute to OCS Spending Limit field to PCRF Core Service Configuration Settings section.
  • Added the details of "USER.CREATE_CONTEXT_ON_FAILURE_OCS_DATA" advanced settings key to PCF Session Management section.
  • Added the details of DEFAULT_WORKFLOW_FALLBACK advanced settings key to PDS Settings section.
  • Added the details of "Charging Profile selection based on Notification", a PDS workflow type to PDS Workflow section.
  • Added the details of "create_context_on_failure_response" metric to Policy DS Metrics section.
• Updated the following sections to describe "PCF Support for ME-XX String in Server Header from CHF" feature:
  • Added the PCF Support for ME-XX String in Server Header from CHF section to describe the PCF core services support for ME-XX string in Server Header from CHF.
  • Added the details of "Ignore Custom server header value" field to configuring Retry Profiles section.
• Updated the following sections to describe the audit support for Usage Monitoring service:
  • Added details of stale session detection and handling in Usage Monitoring service to Stale Session Handling.
  • Added audit configuration details for Usage Monitoring sessions to Configuring Usage Monitoring.
  • Added details of the following metrics to Usage Monitoring Metrics:
    • occnp_um_audit_deleted_maxttl
    • occnp_um_audit_query_sent
    • occnp_um_audit_session_found
    • occnp_um_audit_session_not_found
    • occnp_um_audit_query_error_response
    • occnp_um_audit_query_exception
• Updated the following sections to add details on sending TerminateNotify to SMF from SM service:
  • Updated Stale Session Handling with details of sending TerminateNotify to SMF in case of collision detection (duplicate SM sessions) and also when SM service receives MaxTTL notification from Audit service.
  • Added details of the following advanced settings keys to PCF Session Management:
    • AUDIT_SMPOLICY_ASSOCIATION.MAX_TTL.TERMINATE_NOTIFY.ENABLED
    • SYSTEM.COLLISION_DETECTION.TERMINATE_NOTIFY.ENABLED
  • Added details of the following metrics toSM Service Metrics:
    • collision_detection_local_delete
    • collision_detection_terminate_notify
    • audit_max_ttl_terminate_notify
• Added/updated the following sections to include details of Support for Automated Certificate Lifecycle Management feature:
  • Added Support for Automated Certificate Lifecycle Management to describe the Support for Automated Certificate Lifecycle Management feature.

  • Added oc_certificatemanagement_tls_certificate_info metric in Metrics for Automated Certificate Lifecycle Management.

• Added Support for Handling Reduced Capability Devices section to describe support for reduced capability devices feature.