1. Accounting Guide
  2. About this Guide

About this Guide

Overview

The Oracle Communications Session Border Controller Accounting Guide describes:

  • The Oracle Communications Session Border Controller’s accounting-based options on Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS)
  • How to configure RADIUS accounting support, and the features related to it
  • Local CDR storage and FTP file push
  • Use and maintenance of the Storage Expansion Module
  • Diameter-based Rf Accounting

It includes the Acme Packet accounting Vendor-Specific Attributes (VSAs), and the Cisco Systems, Inc.™ VSAs supported by the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller. This reference guide indicates the Cisco Systems’ VSAs supported by Oracle’s products.

This guide also includes RADIUS-related statistics and alarm information and associated Acme Packet Command Line Interface (ACLI) configuration element examples. Appendix A of this guide contains a selection of examples of RADIUS logs for purposes of reference.

Documentation Set

The following table describes the documentation set for this release.

Document Name Document Description
Acme Packet 3900 Hardware Installation Guide Contains information about the components and installation of the Acme Packet 3900.
Acme Packet 4600 Hardware Installation Guide Contains information about the components and installation of the Acme Packet 4600.
Acme Packet 6100 Hardware Installation Guide Contains information about the components and installation of the Acme Packet 6100.
Acme Packet 6300 Hardware Installation Guide Contains information about the components and installation of the Acme Packet 6300.
Acme Packet 6350 Hardware Installation Guide Contains information about the components and installation of the Acme Packet 6350.
Release Notes Contains information about the current documentation set release, including new features and management changes.
ACLI Configuration Guide Contains information about the administration and software configuration of the Service Provider Oracle Communications Session Border Controller.
ACLI Reference Guide Contains explanations of how to use the ACLI, as an alphabetical listings and descriptions of all ACLI commands and configuration parameters.
Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide Contains information about Oracle Communications Session Border Controller logs, performance announcements, system management, inventory management, upgrades, working with configurations, and managing backups and archives.
MIB Reference Guide Contains information about Management Information Base (MIBs), Oracle Communication's enterprise MIBs, general trap information, including specific details about standard traps and enterprise traps, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) GET query information (including standard and enterprise SNMP GET query names, object identifier names and numbers, and descriptions), examples of scalar and table objects.
Accounting Guide Contains information about the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller’s accounting support, including details about RADIUS and Diameter accounting.
HDR Resource Guide Contains information about the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller’s Historical Data Recording (HDR) feature. This guide includes HDR configuration and system-wide statistical information.
Administrative Security Essentials Contains information about the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller’s support for its Administrative Security license.
SBC Family Security Guide Contains information about security considerations and best practices from a network and application security perspective for the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller family of products.
Installation and Platform Preparation Guide Contains information about upgrading system images and any pre-boot system provisioning.
Call Traffic Monitoring Guide Contains information about traffic monitoring and packet traces as collected on the system. This guide also includes WebGUI configuration used for the SIP Monitor and Trace application.
HMR Resource Guide Contains information about configuring and using Header Manipulation Rules to manage service traffic.
TSCF SDK Guide Contains information about the client-side SDK that facilitates the creation of secure tunnels between a client application and the TSCF of the OCSBC.
REST API Guide Contains information about the supported REST APIs and how to use the REST API interface.

Revision History

This section contains a revision history for this document.

Date Description
December 2018
  • Initial Release
February 2019
  • Updates the "Acme-Packet-Specific-Extension-Rf AVP" table for accuracy.
  • Adds the "RTP Traffic Reporting" topic.
May 2019
  • Corrects description of Cisco startup time AVP in CDRs
June 2019
  • Corrects description of acme-disconnect cause and status AVPs
October 2019
  • Updates "Media Flow Attributes" for accuracy.
July 2020
  • Updates "generate-start" in "Configure the Global Diameter-based Accounting (Rf) Features" and "Setting Up the Account Configuration."
March 2021
  • Updates AVP 39 in Acme-Packet-Specific-Extension-Rf table to correct name of RTP Calling Octets FS2
  • Updates AVP 83 in Acme-Packet-Specific-Extension-Rf table to correct name of RTCP Called Max Jitter FS2
  • Updates Acme-Packet-Specific-Extension-Rf AVP Definitions detail table to describe RTP-Calling-Max-Jitter-FS2 is for stream 2
  • Updates Acme-Packet-Specific-Extension-Rf AVP table to add a "-" as delimeter for all AVP names
  • Corrects Rx AVPs 44 and 45 names, and typos
  • Adds RTCP-Calling-Avg-Latency-FS1 and –FS2 to AVP Definitions table