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ZXMBW AAA

AAA Server
Performance Monitoring and Alarm
Information

Version 3.06.11

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Contents

About This Manual ............................................................ i


Purpose ................................................................................ i
Intended Audience ................................................................. i
Prerequisite Skill and Knowledge .............................................. i
What Is In This Manual ........................................................... i
Related Documentation.......................................................... ii
ZXMBW AAA (V3.06.11) AAA Server Conventions ..................... ii
How to Get in Touch............................................................. iii

Declaration of RoHS Compliance..................................... v

Chapter 1.......................................................................... 1

Performance Statistics Data Analysis Overview............. 1


Overview ............................................................................. 1
Basic Concepts of Performance Statistics .................................. 2
Common Data Analysis .......................................................... 2
Time Contrast Analysis .......................................................... 3
Module Contrast Analysis ....................................................... 4
Integrated analysis of performance statistics and alarm message. 4
Integrated case analysis of performance statistic data analysis .... 4

Chapter 2.......................................................................... 7

Performance Statistics Operations.................................. 7


Overview ............................................................................. 7
Opening Performance Management Window .............................. 8
Opening New Task .............................................................. 10
Modifying Task ................................................................... 15
Deleting Task ..................................................................... 16
Querying Task .................................................................... 18
Opening Custom Item window .............................................. 21
Creating Custom Item ......................................................... 23
Deleting Custom Item.......................................................... 26
Refreshing Custom Item.......................................................28
Opening Customized Query Window .......................................29
Creating Custom Query Template ..........................................30
Opening Custom Query Template ..........................................32
Deleting Template ...............................................................33
Modifying Template .............................................................34
Querying Statistics ..............................................................36

Chapter 3........................................................................ 39

AAA Performance Statistics Measurement Items.........39


Overview ...........................................................................39
AAA System Information Query Template ...............................40
Authentication Server Statistic Query Template .......................40
Accounting Server Statistic Query Template ............................41
Authentication Client RADIUS Statistic Query Template.............42
Accounting Client RADIUS Statistic Query Template..................43
AGW IP Pool Utility Information Query Template ......................44
RADIUS Deal with Authentication and Accounting Message per
Second Query Template .......................................................45

Chapter 4........................................................................ 47

Notification and Alarm Messages ..................................47


Overview ...........................................................................47
Notification Message...................................................... 48
First Type Notification of Radius Server ..................................48
Second Type Notification of Radius Server ..............................48
Third Type Notification of Radius Server .................................49
Fourth Type Notification of Radius Server................................49
System Re-Initialization .......................................................49
Collecting Performance Management Data...............................49
Insufficiency of CDR Back Up File Space .................................50
Insufficiency of Primary CDR Space........................................50
Insufficiency of Database Data File Space ...............................50
Insufficiency of Database Log Space.......................................50
Unknown Driver Error ..........................................................51
Insufficiency of Backup Device Space .....................................51
Alarm Information ...............................................................51
Database Hard Disk Overuse.................................................52
Application Server CPU Overuse ............................................52
Application Server MEMORY Overuse ..................................... 52
Application Server Hard Disk Overuse .................................... 53
Application Server Log Space Overuse ................................... 53
Over Threshold Value of Directory Capacity ............................ 53
Exchange Link Disconnection ................................................ 54
Link Disconnection between Network Element and OMC Sever ... 54

Appendix A ..................................................................... 55

Abbreviations ................................................................. 55

Glossary.......................................................................... 57

Figures............................................................................ 59

Tables ............................................................................. 61

Index .............................................................................. 63
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About This Manual

Purpose
This manual provides procedures and guidelines that support the
monitoring of ZXMBW AAA AAA Performance Monitoring and
Alarm Information.

Intended Audience
This manual is intended for engineers and technicians who
perform operation and performance monitoring activities on
ZXMBW AAA Server.

Prerequisite Skill and Knowledge


To use this manual effectively, users should have a general
understanding of wireless telecommunications technology.
Familiarity with the following is helpful:
„ ZXMBW AAA system and its various components
„ User interfaces on the AAA OMC Server and Client
„ Local operating procedures of AAA Server

What Is In This Manual


This manual contains the following chapters:

TABLE 1 CHAPTER SUMM ARY

Chapter Summary
Chapter 1 Performance Describes the basic concepts and data
Statistics Data Analysis analysis of the performance statistics.
Overview
Chapter 2 Performance Describes the task management and
Statistics Operations statistics analysis.

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Chapter Summary
Chapter 3 AAA Describes the different items related to the
Performance Statistics performance statistics.
Measuring Items
Chapter 4 Notification Describes different notification and alarm
and Alarm Messages messages.

Related Documentation
The following documentation is related to this manual:
„ ZXMBW AAA (V3.06.11) AAA Server Technical
„ ZXMBW AAA (V3.06.11) AAA Server Hardware Installation
„ ZXMBW AAA (V3.06.11) AAA Server Software Installation
„ ZXMBW AAA (V3.06.11) AAA Server Billing
„ ZXMBW AAA (V3.06.11) AAA Server Configuration
„ ZXMBW AAA (V3.06.11) AAA Server Routine Maintenance
„ ZXMBW AAA (V3.06.11) AAA Server Agent

ZXMBW AAA (V3.06.11) AAA


Server Conventions
Typographical ZTE documents employ the following typographical conventions.
Conventions
TABLE 2 TYPOGRAPHICAL CONVENTIONS

Typeface Meaning
Italics References to other Manuals and documents.
“Quotes” Links on screens.
Bold Menus, menu options, function names, input
fields, radio button names, check boxes, drop-
down lists, dialog box names, window names.
CAPS Keys on the keyboard and buttons on screens
and company name.
Constant width Text that you type, program code, files and
directory names, and function names.

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TABLE 3 MOUSE OPERATION CONVENTIONS


Mouse
Operation Typeface Meaning
Conventions Click Refers to clicking the primary mouse button (usually
the left mouse button) once.
Double-click Refers to quickly clicking the primary mouse button
(usually the left mouse button) twice.
Right-click Refers to clicking the secondary mouse button
(usually the right mouse button) once.
Drag Refers to pressing and holding a mouse button and
moving the mouse.

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Declaration of RoHS
Compliance

To minimize the environmental impact and take more


responsibility to the earth we live, this document shall serve as
formal declaration that ZXMBW AAA Server manufactured by
ZTE CORPORATION are in compliance with the Directive
2002/95/EC of the European Parliament - RoHS (Restriction of
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ZXMBW AAA Server manufactured by ZTE CORPORATION meet


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Chapter 1

Performance Statistics
Data Analysis Overview

Overview
Introduction Performance statistics covers the performance management
module and statistic analysis module which provides the
following management functions for users.
„ Task management module helps the users to manage the
tasks of collecting performance data.
„ Custom item functions in statistic analysis are used to define
some indices that users are concerned about. These indices
are the data obtained from specific computation of some
indices collected by performance statistics. Custom item
function allows users to define such indices and calculation
formula.
„ Custom query in the statistic analysis helps the user to
define a query template for indices to query the appropriate
templates upon next query.
This chapter describes the performance statistics data analysis
to monitor the performance of different network elements and to
view and analyze the performance data and related data reports.
User can monitor the running state of the system on real-time
basis and correct the variations of system performance to
improve the service quality and management efficiency of the
whole system.
The chapter introduces the classification and frequently-used
methods of data analysis on OMC.
Contents This chapter includes the following topics:

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TABLE 4 CONTENTS IN CHAPTER 1

Topic Page No
Basic Concepts of Performance
2
Statistics
Common Data Analysis 2
Time Contrast Analysis 3
Module Contrast Analysis 4
Integrated analysis of
performance statistics and alarm 4
message
Integrated case analysis of
performance statistic data 4
analysis

Basic Concepts of Performance


Statistics
Following are the basic concepts about performance statistics:
Collection Performance statistics foreground collects and adds in real time
Granularity the performance data that is sent to the performance statistics
server at a fixed interval, and starts the data collection at next
time segment. The fixed interval is called collection granularity.
Data Foreground notifies the server to copy the performance statistics
Refreshing data to the data backup table for user’s query and analysis.

Common Data Analysis


Purpose This topic describes the procedure to focus on important indices
and ignore the less important ones.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to open a new task.
„ Make sure the traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Analysis Common data is analyzed by a method called grouping method.
Methods There are two types of grouping method.
„ Grouping by time method is used when user needs to
analyze whether data block has time segment loss. It can
analyze the time of every data and check whether the time
segments are successive.

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„ Grouping by location is used to analyze the normality of the


whole statistics data in a certain period of time. In this way
the total data of modules and statistics items in a certain
period of time are taken.
Procedure Follow the following procedure to analyze the common data.
„ Apply the method used in chapter 2 (AAA Performance
Statistics Operations) to gain primary performance statistics
data.
„ View the performance statistics data.
f Judge the existence of data whose value is 0 in the
performance statistics data.
f Number of call request is not 0 but the number of call
request success is 0 indicates that system have some
problem because of the link disconnection between BSC
and AGW or between AGW and AAA).
f In normal traffic due to some different reasons,
sometimes it is normal that the number of call-failure is 0.
„ Analyze the performance statistics data whether it accords
with normal logical relation.
In the process of normal traffic, performance statistics data
have certain logical relations. The common logical relations
between data are as follows:
f Number of call-success requests are less than or equal to
the number of call request.
f Maximum number of online user in the statistical period
are less than or equal to the max online user sum limit.
f Peak value of online user are less than or equal to the
max user sum limit.
f Call-success ratio must be according to the computing
formula.

Time Contrast Analysis


Performance data collected by the same statistics item are
contrastively analyzed by comparing data of different time
periods to get the time-changing related variation of system
performance and traffic.
When analyzing performance statistic data, user must refer to
the variation of the traffic quantity in busy time and in idle state.
This analysis can clearly demonstrate the variation of business
performance indices of system in these time segments.

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Module Contrast Analysis


For the performance statistics data of MBW modules, by
comparing with the occupation situations of CPU/MEMORY on
these modules, user can analyze whether the traffics of different
modules are generally balanced.
If CPU/MEMORY occupation ratio on some module is
comparatively high, it indicates the module is taking on
comparatively more business. For modules of the same type, the
system requires the business on every module to be equally
distributed. This ensures that no module would be the bottleneck
of the whole system because of too-high load.

Integrated analysis of performance


statistics and alarm message
Integrated analysis of performance statistics and alarm
messages are explained below:
„ Alarm messages on OMC reflect the working condition and
fault situation of network elements. Faulty network elements
cause the abnormity of corresponding performance statistics
data. Therefore, performance statistics are analyzed together
with alarm message to gain more useful information and
easy way to find problem.
„ In performance statistics, if the performance statistics data
in some certain time period or in some module is abnormal,
user can check the alarm message in corresponding time
period or module.
„ In a heavy traffic test procedure, it is found that packet call
success ratio in some period is 0 and the number of
connection time-outs is almost equal to the number of
packet call request. Alarm of link disconnection between
AGW and AAA Server is found after inquiring alarm message
in this period. It is found out later that the fault is caused by
the abnormal power down of AAA Server.

Integrated case analysis of


performance statistic data analysis
Fault In a fundamental traffic test and heavy traffic test in a lab-built
ZXMBW environment, it is found that packet call success ratio in
some time period is 0. By observing the performance statistics
data, it is found that the failure is caused by authentication error.
Analysis Analysis and troubleshoot methods are as follows:

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„ Refer the method provided in common data analysis and


check if the listed characteristic data is 0. It is found that
fault is caused by link disconnection between AGW and BSC
or between AGW and AAA. By checking the situation of these
two links, link disconnection between AGW and AAA can be
found. By applying signaling tracing it is found that the
authentication requests sent by AGW to AAA are all time-out.
„ Check the related alarm information (alarm of link
disconnection between AGW and AAA was found).
„ Checked the link between AGW and AAA and link
disconnection between AGW and AAA. Check the software
and hardware configuration of AAA and check the break off
of Ethernet cable of the start-traffic resource group of the
AAA dual-computer. After connecting the cable, the problem
is solved.

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Chapter 2

Performance Statistics
Operations

Overview
Introduction This chapter describes the task management, statistics analysis,
and query statistics analysis of ZXMBW AAA Server.
Contents This chapter includes the following topics:

TABLE 5 CONTENTS IN CHAPTER 3

Topic Page No.


Opening Performance Management Window 8
Task Management
Opening New Task 10
Modifying Task 15
Deleting Task 16
Querying Task 18
Custom Item
Opening Custom Item window 21
Creating Custom Item 23
Deleting Custom Item 26
Refreshing Custom Item 28
Opening Customized Query Window 29
Creating Custom Query Template 30
Opening Custom Query Template 32
Deleting Template 33
Modifying Template 34
Querying Statistics 36

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Opening Performance Management


Window
Purpose This topic describes the procedure to open ZTE Unified
Management System main window for application performance
management.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to open ZTE Unified
Management System main window.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
Steps To open ZTE Unified Management System window perform
the following steps.
1. Double click AAA OMC Client icon on desktop.

FIGURE 1 LOGGING IN

2. Enter User Name and Password and then click OK button.

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FIGURE 2 ZTE UNIFIED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WINDOW

3. Select View and then Performance Management from


ZTE Unified Management System menu bar as shown in
Figure 3.

FIGURE 3 OPENING PERFORM ANCE M ANAGEMENT WINDOW

Result: Performance Management interface appears as


shown in Figure 4.

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FIGURE 4 PERFORM ANCE M ANAGEMENT WINDOW

END OF STEPS

Opening New Task


Purpose This topic describes the procedure to open new task to help the
user to manage tasks of collecting performance data.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to open a new task.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To open new task perform the following steps.
1. Click Task Management and then Task Management from
ZTE Unified Management System menu bar as shown in
Figure 4.
Result: Task Management (AAA) window appears as
shown in Figure 5.

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FIGURE 5 TASK M AN AGEMENT WINDOW

2. Click Task Management and then New from Task


Management (AAA) menu bar.

FIGURE 6 NEW TASK MANAGEMENT WINDOW

Parameter Description:

Parameters Description
Task Name New Task
Collecting data every 15
Granularity
minutes is called a granularity.

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Parameters Description
Specify the date of executing
Type
the task.
Interval Input the interval time period.

3. Fill in Task Name like new task.


4. Select task executing time from the dropdown box as shown
in Figure 7.

FIGURE 7 TIME SELECTION WINDOW

5. Select a task collection type from Type drop down list as


shown in Figure 8.

FIGURE 8 COLLECTION TYPE

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6. If User Defined Date is selected, a window appears as


shown in Figure 9.

FIGURE 9 SELECT SELF-DEFINED TIME

7. Check the dates when task is to be executed and then click


OK button.
8. If User Defined Week is selected as shown in Figure 8, a
window appears as shown in Figure 10.

FIGURE 10 SELECT SELF-DEFINED WEEK

9. Check the week days when task is to be executed and then


click OK button.
10. Click-On Edit time interval information button as shown
in Figure 11.

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FIGURE 11 SET COLLECTION TIME INTERVAL

Note: Multiple time intervals can be added. Default time


interval is start time: 00:00:00, end time: 24:00:00.
11. Set the collection time interval and then click OK button.
12. After setting all parameters as shown in Figure 6, click Next
button to enter the location selection window as shown in
Figure 12.

FIGURE 12 NEW TASK COLLECTION WINDOW

13. Click Next button to enter the select performance object


subset window as shown in Figure 13.

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FIGURE 13 SELECT PERFORM ANCE OBJECT SUBSET WINDOW

14. Select performance subset name and then click OK button.

FIGURE 14 PROMPT OF SUCCESSFUL TASK CREATION

15. Click OK button.


END OF STEPS

Modifying Task
Purpose This topic describes the procedure to modify the basic
information of defined data collection task.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to modify task.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To modify task perform the following steps.
1. Select a task to be modified as shown in Figure 5.

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2. Select Task Management and then Modify from Task


Management (AAA) menu bar as shown in Figure 5.
Result: An interface appears as shown in Figure 15.

FIGURE 15 MODIFYING TASK

Note: Only Task General Information can be modified,


Location and PO-subset can be viewed but not be modified.
3. Modify the parameters and then click OK button.

FIGURE 16 PROMPT OF SUCCESSFUL TASK MODIFICATION

4. Click OK button.
END OF STEPS

Deleting Task
Purpose This topic describes the procedure to delete the unrelated task.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to delete a task.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.

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„ OMC server is running normally.


„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To delete a task perform the following steps.
1. Select a task to be deleted as shown in Figure 17.

FIGURE 17 DELETING TASK

2. Click Task Management and then Delete from Task


Management (AAA) menu bar.

FIGURE 18 CONFIRM ATION PROMPT OF DELETION

3. Click OK button.

FIGURE 19 PROMPT OF SUCCESSFUL DELETION

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4. Click OK button.
END OF STEPS

Querying Task
Purpose This topic describes the procedure to query the information of
defined data collection tasks
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to query task.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To query task perform the following steps.
1. Select a task to be queried as shown in Figure 20.

FIGURE 20 QUERY TASK

2. Select Task Management and then Query from Task


Management (AAA) menu bar.
Result: Query Task Details window appears as shown in
Figure 21.

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FIGURE 21 QUERY TASK DETAILS

3. Click the Location tab in Query Task Details window to


view the location information of the task as shown in Figure
22.

FIGURE 22 QUERY TASK DETAILS (LOC ATION INFORM ATION)

4. Now click PO-Subset tab in Query Task Details window to


view the PO-Subset information of the task as shown in
Figure 23.

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FIGURE 23 QUERY TASK DETAILS (PO-S UBSET INFORM ATION)

5. To view the PO-list, click on Show PO-list button.

FIGURE 24 AAA PERFORMANCE SUBSET

END OF STEPS

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Opening Custom Item window


Purpose This topic describes the procedure to open the custom item
window.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to open custom item window.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To open the custom item window perform the following steps.
1. Select Statistic analysis and then Custom Items from
ZTE Unified Management System menu bar as shown in
Figure 25.

FIGURE 25 ZTE UNIFIED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Result: New Custom (AAA) window appears as shown in


Figure 26.

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FIGURE 26 CUSTOM ITEM

Note: There are only five items in ZXMBW AAA


Performance Subset as shown in Figure 26.

2. Select sub-item to display the detailed information of the


item as shown on the right side of Figure 27.

FIGURE 27 CUSTOM DETAILED INFORMATION

END OF STEPS

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Creating Custom Item


Purpose This topic describes the procedure to create a custom item.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to create a custom item.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To create custom item perform the following steps.
1. Select Item and then New from Custom Item (AAA) menu
bar as shown in Figure 28.

FIGURE 28 NEW CUSTOM ITEM

Result: New Custom Item window appears as shown in


Figure 29.

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FIGURE 29 NEW CUSTOM ITEM WINDOW

2. Double click and then AAA Performance Subset


item to expand item information as shown in Figure 30.

FIGURE 30 EXPANDED NE ITEM INFORMATION

3. Select sub-item to display the details of Formula and


Description as shown in Figure 31.

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FIGURE 31 ITEM DETAILS

Parameter Description:

Parameter Description
Name of the custom item to be
Item name
created.
Data type of the statistical item
Data type
value.
Number of decimal digits of
Decimal Digits
statistical item value.
It refers to the case when the
divisor is 0 and generally does
Divide by zero
not need to be specified. It is 0
by default.
Arithmetic calculation formula
for calculating the value of
Formula custom item to be created:
P5411301.A1+P5411301.A2
Description of calculation
formula:
Description AAA System Information Of
Invalid Authentication Requests
+ AAA System Information Of
Invalid Billing Requests.

4. Select the item information used in the formula from the


listed item information on the left side and select operation
symbols such as brackets, *, -, and / from numeric
keyboard on the right side to conduct four arithmetic
operation to the item information selected.

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Result: Details of the formula are displayed in the Formula


at the lower part of the window as shown in Figure 31.
Note: Formula shows Peak CPU Usage (%) and Average
memory usage (%). Two fields are obtained from +
operation.
5. Set the parameters and then Click OK button.

FIGURE 32 PROMPT OF SUCCESSFULLY CREATING NEW CUSTOM ITEM

6. Click OK button.
END OF STEPS

Deleting Custom Item


Purpose This topic describes the procedure to delete the unused custom
item.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to delete the custom item.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To delete the custom item perform the following steps.
1. Select a custom item to be deleted as shown in Figure 33.

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FIGURE 33 DELETE CUSTOM ITEM

2. Select Item and then Delete from Custom Item (AAA)


menu bar as shown in Figure 33.

FIGURE 34 CONFIRM ATION PROMPT OF DELETION

3. Click OK button.

FIGURE 35 PROMPT OF SUCCESSFUL DELETION

4. Click OK button.
END OF STEPS

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Refreshing Custom Item


Purpose This topic describes the procedure to refresh the custom item.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to refresh the custom item.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To refresh the custom item perform the following steps.
1. Click Custom Item and then Refresh from Custom Item
(AAA) menu bar as shown in Figure 36.

FIGURE 36 REFRESH CUSTOM ITEM

Result: Refreshes the whole Object Tree as shown in


Figure 37.

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FIGURE 37 CUSTOM ITEM WINDOW REFRESHES

END OF STEPS

Opening Customized Query Window


Purpose This describes the procedure to open the customized query
window.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to open customized query window.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To open the customized query window perform the following
steps.
1. Click Statistic Analysis and then Custom Query from ZTE
Unified Management System menu bar.
Result: Custom Query (AAA) window appears as shown in
Figure 38.

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FIGURE 38 CUSTOM QUERY WINDOW

Note: There are only five custom items in ZXMBW system


as shown in Figure 38.

END OF STEPS

Creating Custom Query Template


Purpose This topic describes the procedure to create a custom query
template according to specific needs and indices.

Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to create the custom query


template.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To create the custom query template perform the following steps.
1. Click Template and then New from Custom Query (AAA)
menu bar as shown in Figure 38.
Result: New template window appears as shown in Figure
39.

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FIGURE 39 NEW TEMPLATE WINDOW

Parameter Description:

Parameter Description
Template can be defined across NEs. Index
Select NE Type of a template only belongs to one
performance object. NE type here is AAA.
Template Name Name of the template to be created.
Performance objects attribute and custom
Select Item
item.
Include listed statistical items while
Template Item
creating template.

2. Expand the items tree as shown in Figure 40.

FIGURE 40 NEW TEMPLATE WINDOW

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3. Select sub-item information on the item tree and then click


to add information to the template items on the right, or
click to delete the template items on the right.
4. Now click OK button.

FIGURE 41 PROMPT FOR SUCCESSFULLY S AVING TEMPLATE

5. Click OK button.
END OF STEPS

Opening Custom Query Template


Purpose This topic describes the procedure to open custom query
template information.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to open custom query template.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To open custom query template perform the following steps.
1. Select a template in Customized Query window as shown in
Figure 42.

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FIGURE 42 VIEWING TEMPLATE

2. Click Template and then Open from Customized Query


(AAA) menu bar.

FIGURE 43 QUERY TEMPLATE (OPEN WINDOW)

END OF STEPS

Deleting Template
Purpose This topic describes the procedure to delete the customized
template.

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Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to delete the customized template.


„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To delete the customized template perform the following steps.
1. Select a template to be deleted in Customized Query
window as shown in Figure 44.

FIGURE 44 DELETE TEMPLATE

2. Click Template and then Delete from Customized Query


(AAA) menu bar.

FIGURE 45 CONFIRM ATION PROMPT OF DELETION

3. Click OK button.
END OF STEPS

Modifying Template
Purpose This topic describes the procedure to modify a customized
template.

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Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to modify the customized template.


„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To modify the customized template perform the following steps.
1. Select a template to be modified in Customized Query
window as shown in Figure 46.

FIGURE 46 MODIFY TEMPLATE

2. Click Template and then Modify from Customized Query


(AAA) menu bar.

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FIGURE 47 MODIFY TEMPLATE

Note: Select NE type field can not be modified.


3. Modify the parameters and then click OK button.
END OF STEPS

Querying Statistics
Purpose This topic describes the procedure to query statistical items and
the performance statistics data defined in the query template for
system performance analysis.
Prerequisites Meet the following conditions to query the statistics.
„ Make sure traffic is minimal.
„ SQL Server is running normally.
„ OMC server is running normally.
„ Main window of ZTE Unified Management System is open.
Steps To query the statistics perform the following steps.
1. Select a template to be queried as show in Figure 46.
2. Click Statistics and then Execute Statistics from
Customized Query (AAA) menu bar.

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FIGURE 48 QUERY STATISTICS

3. Set the Begin time and End time and then click Next
button.
4. Click Location Setup tab.

FIGURE 49 LOCATION SETUP

5. Now click Group Setup tab.

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FIGURE 50 GROUP SETUP TAB SECTION

Note: Attribute (or Index) field can not be changed.


6. Set the parameters and then click Next button.
7. Now click Query item Setup tab.

FIGURE 51 QUERY ITEM SETUP TAB SECTION

8. Set the statistical items to be queried and then click Next


button.
Note: ZXMBW system does not provide any attribute key
field so Attribute Key Field Setup can not be set.
9. Click Execute Query to execute query statistics.
END OF STEPS

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Chapter 3

AAA Performance
Statistics Measurement
Items

Overview
AAA-OMC system predefines performance statistics
measurement items. There are two major performance statistics
measurement items, authentication signaling statistics and
accounting signaling statistics.
Contents This chapter includes the following topics:

TABLE 6 CONTENTS IN CHAPTER 3

Topics Page
AAA System Information Query
40
Template
Authentication Server Statistic
40
Query Template
Accounting Server Statistic
41
Query Template
Authentication Client RADIUS
42
Statistic Query Template
Accounting Client RADIUS
43
Statistic Query Template
AGW IP Pool Utility Information
44
Query Template
RADIUS Deal with Authentication
and Accounting Message per 45
Second Query Template

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AAA System Information Query


Template
AAA system information query includes system authentication
and accounting information query items.
AAA system information query sub-items are shown in Table 7.

TABLE 7 AAA SYSTEM INFORM ATION QUERY SUB-ITEMS

Statistics sub-items Description


Number of Invalid Authentication message format
Authentication Requests error or parameter missing
Number of Invalid Billing Accounting message format error or
Requests parameter missing
Number of Authentication Authentication message source
Responses from Uncertain address is not configured in security
Addresses association
Accounting message source address
Number of Billing Responses
is not configured in security
from Uncertain Addresses
association
Maximum quantity of users can be
Number of Maximum Users
registered in system
Number of Registered Users Count of registered users in system
AAA Mean Mem usage
Average memory occupancy
Statistic (%)
AAA Mean CPU Usage Statistic
Average CPU occupancy
(%)
System Service Utility
Degree of system being busy
Rate(%)

Authentication Server Statistic Query


Template
AAA server authentication message processing status can be
queried in authentication server statistic query template.
Authentication server statistic query sub-items are shown in
Table 8.

TABLE 8 AUTHENTICATION SERVER STATISTIC QUERY SUB-ITEMS

Statistics sub-items Description


Client configured in security
Authentication Client Type
association

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Statistics sub-items Description


Count of authentication message
received by authentication server,
Number of Requests
RADIUS Access-Request, not
including repeated ones
Count of repeated authentication
message received by authentication
Number of Repeated Requests
server, repeated RADIUS Access-
Request
Count of response from
authentication server, including
Number of Acceptant
RADIUS Access-Accept, RADIUS
Responses
Access-Reject and RADIUS Access-
Challenge.
Number of Rejection Count of RADIUS Access-Response
Responses with illegal authenticator
Number of Challenge
Count of challenge response
Responses
Number of Invalid Format Authentication message format
Requests error
Number of Invalid Signature Authentication message does not
Requests pass security association check.
Discarded when system processing
Number of Discarded
capability upper limit reached or
Requests for Other Reasons
upon system abnormity
Authentication message format is
Number of Unknown Type
correct but the value does not
Requests
match the protocol
Number of Failures for Invalid Authentication failure due to
Username or Password username/password error
Authentication Request Success rate based on valid
Success Rate(%) requests
System Authentication
Success rate based on all requests
Success Rate(%)

Accounting Server Statistic Query


Template
AAA server accounting message processing status can be
queried in accounting server statistic query template.
Accounting server statistic query sub-items are shown in Table 9.

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TABLE 9 ACCOUNTING SERVER STATISTIC QUERY SUB-ITEMS

Statistics sub-items Description


Client configured in security
Accounting Client Type
association
Count of RADIUS Accounting-
Number of Requests Request, not including repeated
ones
Count of repeated RADIUS
Number of Repeated Requests Accounting-Request to RADIUS
accounting server
Count of Accounting-Response
from accounting server and valid
Number of Billing Responses
accounting message received by
accounting port
Count of message with any of the
three types of format errors are
shown below.
RADIUS Accounting-Response with
illegal authenticator
Number of Invalid Format
Requests RADIUS message with unknown
type
Abnormal RADIUS accounting
response (including message with
invalid length but not the above
two types)
Number of Invalid Signature Accounting message does not pass
Requests security association check
Discarded when system processing
Number of Discarded Requests
capability upper limit reached or
for Other Reasons
upon system abnormity
Accounting message format is
Number of Unknown Type
correct but the value does not
Requests
match the protocol
Billing Request Success Success rate based on valid
Rate(%) accounting messages

Authentication Client RADIUS


Statistic Query Template
Serving AAA receives authentication messages and transfers to
the home AAA. Authentication functions of serving AAA can be
queried in authentication client RADIUS statistic query template.
Authentication client RADIUS statistic query sub-items are
shown in Table 10.

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T AB L E 1 0 AU T H E N T I C AT I O N C L I E N T R AD I U S S T AT I S T I C QU E R Y S U B -IT E M S

Statistics sub-items Description


Client configured in security
Authentication Server Type
association
Sending authentication message to
Number of Requests
home AAA
Number of Repeated Resending authentication message
Requests to home AAA
Number of Acceptant Receiving authentication success
Responses response from home AAA
Number of Rejection Receiving authentication failure
Responses response from home AAA
Number of Challenge Receiving authentication message
Responses from home AAA
Receiving authentication response
Number of Invalid Length
with invalid length field from home
Responses
AAA
Receiving authentication response
Number of Authentication
with security association check
Failure Responses
failure from home AAA
Number of Uncertain Count of authentication message
Authentication Responses under processing
Sending authentication message to
Number of Authentication
home AAA without getting
Response Timeout
immediate response
Receiving authentication message
Number of Unknown Type
with correct format but wrong field
Authentication Responses
value from home AAA
Number of Discarded Discarded when system processing
Responses for Unknown capability upper limit reached, or
Reasons upon system abnormity
Repeated Authentication Rate of repeated messages among
Request Rate(%) all messages
Proxy Authentication Request Rate of successfully transferred
Success Rate(%) messages among all messages

Accounting Client RADIUS Statistic


Query Template
Serving AAA receives accounting messages and transfers to the
home AAA. Accounting functions of serving AAA can be queried
in accounting client RADIUS statistic query template.
Accounting client RADIUS statistic query sub-items are shown in
Table 11.

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T AB L E 1 1 AC C O U N T I N G C LIE N T R AD I U S S T AT I S T I C QU E R Y S U B -I TEM S

Statistics sub-items Description


RADIUS Accounting Server Client configured in security
Type association
Sending accounting message to
Number of Requests
home AAA
Resending accounting message to
Number of Repeated Requests
home AAA
Receiving accounting success
Number of Billing Responses
response from home AAA
Number of Invalid Length Receiving accounting response with
Responses invalid length field from home AAA
Receiving accounting response with
Number of Authentication
security association check failure
Failure Responses
from home AAA
Number of Uncertain Billing Accounting message to be sent to
Requests home AAA, under processing
Sending accounting message to
Number of Billing Response
home AAA without getting
Timeout
immediate response
Receiving accounting message with
Number of Unknown Type
correct format but wrong field value
Billing Responses
from home AAA
Number of Discarded Discarded when system processing
Responses for Unknown capability upper limit reached, or
Reasons upon system abnormity
Proxy Billing Request Success Rate of successfully transferred
Rate(%) messages among all messages

AGW IP Pool Utility Information


Query Template
Access Gate Way (AGW) assigns IP address to MS. IP address
configuration status can be queried in AGW IP pool utility
information query template.
AGW IP pool utility information query sub-items are shown in
Table 12.

TABLE 12 AGW IP POOL UTILITY INFORMATION QUERY SUB-ITEMS

Statistics sub-items Description


Number of Used IP Addresses
Count of used IP address in IP pool
in AGW IP Pool
Rate of used IP addresses among all
IP Pool Utility Rate(%)
IP addresses

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Statistics sub-items Description


Number of Used IP Addresses
Count of used IP address in IP pool
in AGW IP Pool
Rate of used IP addresses among all
IP Pool Utility Rate(%)
IP addresses

RADIUS Deal with Authentication


and Accounting Message per
Second Query Template
Sub-items of template are shown in Table 13.

TABLE 13 RADIUS DEAL WITH AUTHENTICATION AND ACCOUNTING MESSAGE


PER SECOND QUERY SUB-ITEMS

Statistics sub-items Description


RADIUS Deal with Total
number of Authentication and AAA server service processing
Accounting Message Per capability
Second

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Chapter 4

Notification and Alarm


Messages

Overview
Introduction Notification is the message comes out in the routine operation of
ZXMBW AAA System. It is used to notify to maintenance person.
Alarm message is the message to identify problem or fault in the
operation of ZXMBW AAA System. It helps the administrator to
locate and troubleshoot the problem to ensure the stability of
system.
Contents This chapter includes the following topics:

Topic Page No
Notification Message
First Type Notification of Radius Server 48
Second Type Notification of Radius Server 49
Third Type Notification of Radius Server 49
Fourth Type Notification of Radius Server 49
System Re-Initialization 49
Collecting Performance Management Data 49
Insufficiency of CDR Back Up File Space 50
Insufficiency of Primary CDR Space 50
Insufficiency of Database Data File Space 50
Insufficiency of Database Log Space 50
Unknown Driver Error 51
Insufficiency of Backup Device Space 51
Alarm Information 51
Database Hard Disk Overuse 52
Application Server CPU Overuse 52

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Topic Page No
Application Server MEMORY Overuse 52
Application Server Hard Disk Overuse 53
Application Server Log Space Overuse 53
Over Threshold Value of Directory Capacity 53
Exchange Link Disconnection 54
Link Disconnection between Network Element and
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OMC Sever

Notification Message
Notification message is the unrepeatable or instantaneous
abnormal situation displayed by ZXMBW AAA OMC system.
Maintenance person monitors and controls the running states of
various parts of system through the message.

First Type Notification of Radius


Server
Definition Alarm Code: 23201
Alarm Information: First type notification of Radius Server
Reason RADIUS Service restarts.
Solution No solution.
Effect Unable to provide RADIUS Service contemporarily

Second Type Notification of Radius


Server
Definition Alarm Code: 23202
Alarm Information: Second type notification of radius server
Reason Billing port receives message in wrong format.
Solution Check configuration and network connection.
Effect Unable to receive message correctly.

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Third Type Notification of Radius


Server
Definition Alarm Code: 23203
Alarm Information: Second type notification of Radius Server
Reason Authorization port receives message in wrong format.
Solution Check the configuration.
Effect Unable to receive message correctly and unable to pass
authorization

Fourth Type Notification of Radius


Server
Definition Alarm Code: 23204
Alarm Information: Second type notification of Radius Server
Reason Authentication message with wrong password or wrong
username reports this type of notification.
Solution Use the correct username and password to do authentication.
Effect Authentication failure

System Re-Initialization
Definition Alarm Code: 20201
Alarm Message: System re-initialization
Reason RADIUS Service restarts
Solution No solution
Effect No effect

Collecting Performance
Management Data
Definition Alarm Code: 20202
Alarm Information: Performance management data collection
start
Reason This notification is generated when collecting performance
management. It reports every 15 minutes with one granularity.

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Solution No solution
Effect No effect

Insufficiency of CDR Back Up File


Space
Definition Alarm Code: 21511
Alarm Message: Insufficiency of CDR backup file space
Reason Insufficiency of CDR backup file space
Solution Increase the hard disk capacity
Effect Backup CDR Storage space insufficient

Insufficiency of Primary CDR Space


Definition Alarm Code: 21512
Alarm Information: Disk space insufficiency in primary CDR
Reason Insufficiency of primary CDR space
Solution Increase hard disk capacity
Effect Insufficiency of primary CDR space

Insufficiency of Database Data File


Space
Definition Alarm Code: 21513
Alarm Information: Insufficiency of database data files space
Reason Insufficiency of database data files space
Solution Increase hard disk capacity.
Effect Insufficiency of database data files space

Insufficiency of Database Log Space


Definition Alarm Code: 21514
Alarm Information: Insufficiency of database log space
Reason Insufficiency of database log space
Solution Increase hard disk capacity.
Effect Insufficiency of database log space

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Unknown Driver Error


Definition Alarm Code: 21515
Alarm Information: Unknown driver error
Reason Unknown driver error
Solution Check driver and configuration
Effect Driver error

Insufficiency of Backup Device


Space
Definition Alarm Code: 21516
Alarm Information: Insufficiency of backup device space
Reason Insufficiency of backup device space
Solution Increase hard disk capacity or re-modify the capacity of backup
space.
Effect Insufficiency of backup device space

Alarm Information
Definition Alarm management system realizes integrated monitoring to the
running state of ZXMBW AAA System, collecting abnormal
information of various parts such as boards, links, databases
and servers in real time. Alarm management system reports to
administrator the alarm information accurately in time to help
the administrator to locate and troubleshoot and ensures the
stability of system.
Description Alarm information is an alert message appears when problem or
fault comes out in the operation of ZXMBW AAA System. It is
displayed through OMC system. Commonly alarm information
lasts for a while and disappears only after the elimination of
problem or fault.
Alarm information can be ranked into level 1, 2, 3 and 4, which
stands for emergency, serious, important and common. Alarm
rank can be modified according to requirement in OMC Network
Management System.
For different levels of alarm, different solutions are applied.
„ ZTE local office is called up if alarm information of level 1
and 2 come out. Problems are solved under the guidance of
ZTE engineer.

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„ In case of alarm information of level 3 and 4, maintenance


person of equipment room can solve the problem according
to related solution in this text. Contact ZTE local office if
problem could not be solved.
Note: Every alarm information accords with an exclusive
alarm code and ranges in the big-to-small sequence of the
alarm code.

Database Hard Disk Overuse


Definition Alarm Code: 1001
System Type: System management
Alarm Level: Unknown
Alarm Information: Database hard disk overuse
Reason Database hard disk overuse
Solution Regularly neaten database and export history data.
Effect Database fault

Application Server CPU Overuse


Definition Alarm Code: 1002
System Type: System management
Alarm Level: Important application server CPU overuse
Reason Application server CPU overuse
Solution Ask system administrator to check.
Effect Process speed low or even no process

Application Server MEMORY


Overuse
Definition Alarm Code: 1003
System Type: System management
Alarm Level: Important
Alarm Information: Application server MEMORY overuse
Reason Application server MEMORY overuse
Solution Check by administrator or increase MEMORY.
Effect Process speed low or no process

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Application Server Hard Disk


Overuse
Definition Alarm Code: 1004
System Type: system management
Alarm Level: Important
Alarm Information: Overuse of application server hard disk
Reason Application server hard disk overuse
Solution Administrator must neat the system or increase disk space.
Effect Hard disk fault

Application Server Log Space


Overuse
Definition Alarm code: 1005
System Type: System management
Alarm Level: Important
Alarm Information: Application server log space overuse
Reason Application server log file space overuse
Solution Administrator clean up log list data or export the data.
Effect Unable to store log data

Over Threshold Value of Directory


Capacity
Definition Alarm Code: 1006
System Type: System management
Alarm Level: Important
Alarm Information: Over threshold value of directory capacity
Reason Over threshold value of directory capacity
Solution Administrator cleans up data in this directory.
Effect Unable to store file

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Exchange Link Disconnection


Definition Alarm Code: 1007
System Type: System management
Alarm Level: Important
Alarm Information: Exchange link disconnection
Reason Exchange link disconnection
Solution Administrator check exchange link state.
Effect Exchange link disconnection

Link Disconnection between Network


Element and OMC Sever
Definition Alarm Code: 1000
System Type: Foreground network element device alarm
Alarm Level: Not important
Alarm Information: Link disconnection of network element and
OMC sever
Reason Link Disconnection between AAA Server and OMC
Solution Check the link between foreground and background.
Effect Link Disconnection between AAA Server and OMC

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Appendix A

Abbreviations

Abbreviation Full Name


OMC Operation and Maintenance Center
3G The third generation mobile communications
AAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
AGW Access Gate Way
AN Access Network
CDR Call Detail Record
CPU Central Processing Unit
DB Data Base
DBA Data Base Agent
HD Hard Disk
IP Internet Protocol
OMC Operations & Maintenance Center
OMM Operation Maintenance Module
PCF Packet Control Function
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service

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Glossary

3G 3G refers to next generation of mobile communication systems.


These offer enhanced services, such as multimedia and video.
Main 3G technologies include UMTS and CDMA2000.
3GPP 3GPP was formed in December 1998 as a collaboration
agreement bringing together a number of telecommunication
standards bodies. These standards bodies are referred to as
Organizational Partners. Aim of 3GPP was to produce globally
applicable technical specifications for third generation mobile
systems based on evolved GSM Core Networks and the radio
access technology Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRAN).
3GPP2 3GPP2 is a sister project to 3GPP and is a collaboration
agreement regarding third generation mobile networks. It is
comprised of five Standards Development Organizations similar
to Organizational Partners in 3GPP. 3GPP2 mainly deals with the
following five areas: A-interface system, CDMA2000, American
National Standards Institute-41 (ANSI-41), wireless packet data
inter-working, and services & systems aspects.
AAA Systems implemented to securely determine the identity and
privileges of a user and to track that user's activities.
CDR - Call A database record unit used to create billing records. A CDR
Detail Record contains details such as the called and calling parties, originating
switch, terminating switch, call length, and time of day.
CPU The Central Processing Unit processes instructions from higher
layer software and the operating system.
Custom Item Custom item functions in statistic analysis are used to define
some indices that users are concerned about. These indices are
the data obtained from specific computation of some indices
collected by performance statistics.
OMC An Operations and Maintenance Centre is an element within a
network management system responsible for the operations and
maintenance of a specific element or group of elements.
PCF Packet Control Function is an entity in a radio access network
that controls the transmission of packets between BS (Base
Station) and the AGW (Packet Data Serving Node).
TCP Transmission Control Protocol is a reliable octet streaming
protocol used by the majority of applications on internet. It
provides a connection-oriented, full-duplex, point to point
service between hosts.

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RADIUS RADIUS is a security service for authenticating and authorizing


users. RADIUS server authenticates users and authorizes access
to internal network resources. Remote users are clients to the
access server and the access server is a client to the RADIUS
server.
Server Server is a machine that is the hub of all secret information and
configurations and fulfills the request of client machines.

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Figures

Figure 1 Logging In............................................................8


Figure 2 ZTE Unified Management System Window.................9
Figure 3 Opening Performance Management Window ..............9
Figure 4 Performance Management Window ........................ 10
Figure 5 Task Management Window ................................... 11
Figure 6 New Task Management Window ............................ 11
Figure 7 Time Selection Window ........................................ 12
Figure 8 Collection Type ................................................... 12
Figure 9 Select Self-Defined time ....................................... 13
Figure 10 Select Self-Defined Week.................................... 13
Figure 11 Set Collection Time Interval ................................ 14
Figure 12 New Task Collection Window ............................... 14
Figure 13 Select Performance Object Subset Window ............ 15
Figure 14 Prompt of Successful Task Creation...................... 15
Figure 15 Modifying Task .................................................. 16
Figure 16 Prompt of Successful Task Modification ................. 16
Figure 17 Deleting Task.................................................... 17
Figure 18 Confirmation Prompt of Deletion .......................... 17
Figure 19 Prompt Of Successful Deletion ............................. 17
Figure 20 Query Task ....................................................... 18
Figure 21 Query Task Details ............................................ 19
Figure 22 Query Task Details (Location Information) ............ 19
Figure 23 Query Task Details (PO-Subset Information) ......... 20
Figure 24 AAA Performance Subset .................................... 20
Figure 25 ZTE Unified Management System......................... 21
Figure 26 Custom Item..................................................... 22
Figure 27 Custom Detailed Information............................... 22
Figure 28 New Custom Item.............................................. 23
Figure 29 New Custom Item Window .................................. 24

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Figure 30 Expanded NE Item Information............................ 24


Figure 31 Item Details...................................................... 25
Figure 32 Prompt of Successfully Creating New Custom Item . 26
Figure 33 Delete Custom Item........................................... 27
Figure 34 Confirmation Prompt of Deletion .......................... 27
Figure 35 Prompt of Successful Deletion ............................. 27
Figure 36 Refresh Custom Item ......................................... 28
Figure 37 Custom Item Window Refreshes .......................... 29
Figure 38 Custom Query Window ....................................... 30
Figure 39 New Template Window ....................................... 31
Figure 40 New Template Window ....................................... 31
Figure 41 Prompt For Successfully Saving Template ............. 32
Figure 42 Viewing Template .............................................. 33
Figure 43 Query Template (Open Window) .......................... 33
Figure 44 Delete Template ................................................ 34
Figure 45 Confirmation Prompt of Deletion .......................... 34
Figure 46 Modify Template................................................ 35
Figure 47 Modify Template................................................ 36
Figure 48 Query Statistics................................................. 37
Figure 49 Location Setup .................................................. 37
Figure 50 Group Setup Tab Section .................................... 38
Figure 51 Query Item Setup Tab Section............................. 38

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Tables

Table 1 Chapter Summary ...................................................i


Table 2 Typographical Conventions ...................................... ii
Table 3 Mouse Operation Conventions ................................. iii
Table 4 Contents in Chapter 1 .............................................2
Table 5 Contents In Chapter 3.............................................7
Table 6 Contents In Chapter 3........................................... 39
Table 7 AAA System Information Query Sub-Items............... 40
Table 8 Authentication Server Statistic Query Sub-Items....... 40
Table 9 Accounting Server Statistic Query Sub-Items ........... 42
Table 10 Authentication Client RADIUS Statistic Query Sub-
Items ............................................................................. 43
Table 11 Accounting Client RADIUS Statistic Query Sub-Items44
Table 12 AGW IP Pool Utility Information Query Sub-Items.... 44
Table 13 Radius Deal With Authentication And Accounting
Message Per Second Query Sub-Items................................. 45

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Index

3G 57 OMC... i, 4, 8, 10, 15, 17, 18, 21,


3GPP ................................. 57 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34,
AAA ... i, v, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 16, 17, 35, 36, 39, 48, 51, 54, 55,
18, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 57
33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, OMC Server ............................. i
42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 51, PDSN ............ 3, 4, 5, 39, 44, 57
54, 55, 57 PDSN IP pool ....................... 44
Accounting Client Type .......... 42 Performance Management...... 9, 10
Alarm Code48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, PO-Subset ......................19, 20
54 Proxy Authentication Request
Alarm Information 48, 49, 50, 51, Success .......................... 43
52, 53, 54 Query . 7, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 32,
Alarm Level .............. 52, 53, 54 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40,
Alarm Message ........... 47, 49, 50 41, 42, 43, 44, 45
Authentication Request25, 40, 41, RADIUS .............................. 58
43 RADIUS Accounting Server Type 44
Authentication Server Type..... 43 Rejection Responses.........41, 43
Basic Concepts of Performance Show PO-list ....................... 20
Statistics.........................2 SQL8, 10, 15, 16, 18, 21, 23, 26,
Billing Request Success Rate . 42, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36
44 Statistic Analysis ............... 29
Client Type ................... 40, 42 System Type.............. 52, 53, 54
Custom Item7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, Task Management7, 10, 11, 16, 17,
27, 28, 29, 57 18
Customized Query .. 7, 29, 32, 33, Template... 7, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
34, 35, 36 35, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44,
Edit time interval information13 45
Formula ................... 24, 25, 26 Time Contrast Analysis........ 2, 3
Grouping ........................... 2, 3 UMTS ................................. 57
GSM ................................... 57 ZTE Unified Management System . 8,
mobile .............................. 57 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 26,
Module Contrast Analysis ..... 2, 4 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36
NE 24, 31, 36
Notification message............. 48

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