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P L A N N I N G G U I D E
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Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................... 2
List of tables ................................................................................................. 5
List of figures ................................................................................................ 8
1 Introduction........................................................................................... 9
1.1 Purpose ....................................................................................................9
1.2 Intended audience ....................................................................................... 9
2 Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM documentation set .................................................10
3 Updates to the 5620 SAM Planning Guide......................................................11
4 Product deployment overview ...................................................................12
4.1 5620 SAM architecture..................................................................................12
4.2 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector ..............................................................15
4.3 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector.............................................................16
4.4 5620 SAM Client Delegate..............................................................................16
4.5 5620 SAM key technology overview...................................................................16
4.6 Redundancy architecture ..............................................................................17
4.7 Redundancy deployment considerations for 5620 SAM............................................22
5 Operating systems specifications ................................................................24
5.1 Solaris (Sun platforms) .................................................................................24
5.2 Microsoft Windows ......................................................................................24
5.3 Operating system summary............................................................................25
5.4 5620 SAM Client or Delegate software requirements..............................................26
6 Hardware platform requirements ...............................................................27
6.1 Minimum hardware platform requirements.........................................................27
6.2 5620 SAM-O 3GPP Interface............................................................................35
6.3 5620 SAM GUI Client hardware platform requirements ...........................................36
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6.4 Determining hardware platform requirements for larger networks.............................36
6.5 Solaris workstation disk configuration ...............................................................37
7 Mechanisms to maintain current state of network elements ..............................39
7.1 IP connectivity (ping) verification....................................................................39
7.2 SNMP connectivity verification........................................................................39
7.3 SNMP traps................................................................................................40
7.4 SNMP trap sequence verification .....................................................................40
7.5 Scheduled SNMP MIB polling ...........................................................................40
7.6 Network outages.........................................................................................40
8 Network requirements.............................................................................41
8.1 Connectivity to the network elements...............................................................41
8.2 Bandwidth requirements for collocated 5620 SAM installations.................................42
8.3 Bandwidth requirements for distributed 5620 SAM installations ................................42
8.4 Bandwidth requirements for 5620 SAM GUI Clients................................................46
8.5 Bandwidth requirements for displaying 5620 SAM GUI Clients on X displays ..................46
8.6 Bandwidth requirements for 5620 SAM-O OSS Clients.............................................47
8.7 Bandwidth requirements for the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstation.......47
8.8 Bandwidth requirements for the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector workstation......48
8.9 5620 SAM bandwidth requirements for communicating with network elements..............48
8.10 Network latency considerations.......................................................................52
8.11 Network reliability considerations....................................................................53
8.12 GNE, Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitches, 7250 SAS, Telco T5C, 9471 MME and 5780 DSC
considerations...................................................................................................54
9 Scaling guidelines ...................................................................................56
9.1 Scaling guidelines for 5620 SAM OSS Clients ........................................................57
9.2 Scaling guidelines for statistics collection ..........................................................58
9.3 Scaling guidelines for scheduled tests (STM)........................................................62
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10 Securing 5620 SAM..................................................................................68
10.1 Operating system installation for 5620 SAM workstations ........................................68
10.2 5620 SAM software installation........................................................................69
10.3 5620 SAM network element communication ........................................................69
10.4 5620 SAM and firewalls.................................................................................70
10.5 5620 SAM Clients and NAT .............................................................................71
10.6 List of ports required for firewalls ...................................................................72
10.7 FTP between the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector and the
managed network...............................................................................................79
10.8 Firewall and NAT rules .................................................................................79
11 Deploying 5620 SAM with multiple network interfaces/IP addresses ....................94
11.1 5620 SAM Server multiple IP addresses deployment scenarios...................................94
11.2 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector multiple IP addresses deployment scenarios........95
11.3 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector multiple IP addresses deployment scenarios.......95
11.4 Using Network Address Translation...................................................................98
11.5 Configuring 5620 SAM Server to utilize multiple network interfaces ...........................99
11.6 Use of hostnames for the 5620 SAM Client..........................................................99
12 Obtaining technical support ....................................................................100
13 Glossary .............................................................................................101
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List of tables
TABLE 1 5620 SAM OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT SUMMARY .......................................................... 25
TABLE 2 5620 SAM SUN X86 MINIMUM COLLOCATED PLATFORMS..................................................... 28
TABLE 3 5620 SAM SUN X86 MINIMUM DISTRIBUTED PLATFORMS ..................................................... 29
TABLE 4 5620 SAM SPARC SOLARIS MINIMUM COLLOCATED PLATFORMS.............................................. 30
TABLE 5 5620 SAM SPARC SOLARIS MINIMUM DISTRIBUTED PLATFORMS .............................................. 31
TABLE 6 SCALING LIMITS FOR COLLOCATED PLATFORMS................................................................ 32
TABLE 7 5620 SAM AUXILIARY PLATFORMS........................................................................... 33
TABLE 8 5620 SAM CLIENT DELEGATE WORKSTATIONS HARDWARE PLATFORM REQUIREMENTS......................... 34
TABLE 9 5620 SAM WINDOWS PLATFORMS ........................................................................... 35
TABLE 10 5620 SAM GUI HARDWARE PLATFORM REQUIREMENTS....................................................... 36
TABLE 11 5620 SAM COLLOCATED SERVER/DATABASE BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS..................................... 42
TABLE 12 5620 SAM DISTRIBUTED SERVER/DATABASE BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS..................................... 43
TABLE 13 ADDITIONAL BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING STATISTICS COLLECTION........................... 44
TABLE 14 ADDITIONAL BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS FOR PERFORMANCE STATISTICS COLLECTION. ........................ 45
TABLE 15 ADDITIONAL BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS FOR CALL TRACE COLLECTION. ...................................... 46
TABLE 16 5620 SAM SERVER TO NETWORK BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS ................................................ 49
TABLE 17 5620 SAM RELEASE 8.0 R1 SCALABILITY LIMITS............................................................. 56
TABLE 18 NETWORK ELEMENT MAXIMUMS AND EQUIVALENCY............................................................ 57
TABLE 19 JMS DURABLE MESSAGING RATES............................................................................. 58
TABLE 20 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PERFORMANCE STATISTICS RECORDS PROCESSED ON A 5620 SAM SERVER .............. 59
TABLE 21 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ACCOUNTING STATISTICS RECORDS TO BE PROCESSED BY A 5620 SAM SERVER
WORKSTATION ....................................................................................................... 61
TABLE 22 5620 SAM DATABASE WORKSTATION HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR A DISTRIBUTED CONFIGURATION ........ 61
TABLE 23 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STM ELEMENTAL TESTS................................................................ 64
TABLE 24 5620 SAM FIREWALL REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................ 72
TABLE 25 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE 5620 SAM SERVER(S) AND THE MANAGED NETWORK............ 80
TABLE 26 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE 5620 SAM SERVER(S) FROM THE 5620 SAM CLIENT(S)
(GUI/OSS)......................................................................................................... 81
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TABLE 27 5620 SAM SERVER INTERFACE TO CLIENT FIREWALL RULES FOR SETUPS WITH REDUNDANT 5620 SAM SERVERS82
TABLE 28 5620 SAM SERVER-TO-SERVER FIREWALL RULES FOR SETUPS WITH REDUNDANT 5620 SAM SERVERS......... 82
TABLE 29 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE 5620 SAM SERVER(S) FROM THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY
SERVER(S)........................................................................................................... 83
TABLE 30 ADDITIONAL FIREWALL RULES REQUIRED TO ALLOW SERVICES ON THE 5620 SAM CLIENT(S) TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THE 5620 SAM SERVER IF NAT IS USED........................................................................ 83
TABLE 31 ADDITIONAL FIREWALL RULES REQUIRED TO ALLOW SERVICES ON THE 5620 SAM SERVER TO COMMUNICATE WITH
OTHER SERVICES ON THE SAME SERVER IF NAT IS USED ON THE 5620 SAM SERVER(S) ................................ 84
TABLE 32 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE 5620 SAM SERVER(S) FROM THE 5620 SAM DATABASE
SERVER(S)........................................................................................................... 84
TABLE 33 FIREWALL RULES FOR SETUPS WITH REDUNDANT 5620 SAM SERVERS......................................... 85
TABLE 34 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE 5620 SAM SERVER(S) FROM THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY
SERVER(S)........................................................................................................... 85
TABLE 35 ADDITIONAL FIREWALL RULES REQUIRED TO ALLOW SERVICES ON THE 5620 SAM SERVER(S) TO COMMUNICATE
WITH OTHER SERVICES ON THE SAME SERVER IF NAT IS USED ON THE 5620 SAM SERVER(S). ......................... 85
TABLE 36 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE 5620 SAM DATABASE SERVER(S) FROM THE 5620 SAM
SERVER(S) AND 5620 SAM AUXILIARY SERVER(S).................................................................... 86
TABLE 37 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE 5620 SAM DATABASE SERVERS (REDUNDANT ONLY) ............ 87
TABLE 38 ADDITIONAL RULES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ALLOW ORACLE SERVICES TO COMMUNICATE IF NAT IS USED ON THE
5620 SAM DATABASE SERVER(S).................................................................................... 87
TABLE 39 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY STATISTICS COLLECTOR SERVER(S) FROM
THE MANAGED NETWORK ............................................................................................ 88
TABLE 40 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY CALL TRACE SERVER(S) FROM THE
MANAGED NETWORK................................................................................................. 89
TABLE 41 FIREWALL RULES FOR OSS CLIENT COMMUNICATION TO THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY SERVER(S)................ 89
TABLE 42 FIREWALL RULES FOR INTER PROCESS COMMUNICATION ON THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY SERVER(S)............. 90
TABLE 43 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY SERVER(S) FROM THE 5620 SAM
SERVER(S)........................................................................................................... 90
TABLE 44 FIREWALL RULES FOR SETUPS WITH REDUNDANT 5620 SAM SERVERS......................................... 91
TABLE 45 ADDITIONAL FIREWALL RULES REQUIRED TO ALLOW SERVICES ON THE 5620 SAM CLIENT(S) TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY(S) IF NAT IS USED ON THE AUXILIARY SERVER(S). .................................. 91
TABLE 46 ADDITIONAL RULES REQUIRED TO ALLOW SERVICES ON THE AUXILIARY SERVER(S) TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER
SERVICES ON THE AUXILIARY SERVER(S) IF NAT IS USED ON THE AUXILIARY SERVER(S). ............................... 91
TABLE 47 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY SERVER(S) FROM THE 5620 SAM
DATABASE SERVER(S)................................................................................................ 92
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TABLE 48 FIREWALL RULES FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY SERVER(S) FROM THE 5620 SAM
SERVER(S)........................................................................................................... 92
TABLE 49 ADDITIONAL FIREWALL RULES REQUIRED TO ALLOW SERVICES ON THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY SERVER(S) TO
COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER SERVICES ON THE 5620 SAM AUXILIARY SERVER(S) IF NAT IS USED ON THE 5620 SAM
AUXILIARY SERVER(S)................................................................................................ 92
TABLE 50 PORT REQUIREMENTS FOR FIREWALL RULES FOR SETUPS ...................................................... 93
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List of figures
FIGURE 1 5620 SAM STANDALONE DEPLOYMENT - COLLOCATED SAM SERVER/DATABASE CONFIGURATION ............. 13
FIGURE 2 5620 SAM STANDALONE DEPLOYMENT – DISTRIBUTED 5620 SAM SERVER AND 5620 SAM DATABASE
CONFIGURATION. .................................................................................................... 13
FIGURE 3 5620 SAM STANDALONE DEPLOYMENT – COLOCATED 5620 SAM SERVER AND 5620 SAM DATABASE
CONFIGURATION AND 5620 SAM AUXILIARY CALL TRACE COLLECTOR INSTALLED..................................... 14
FIGURE 4 5620 SAM STANDALONE DEPLOYMENT – DISTRIBUTED 5620 SAM SERVER AND 5620 SAM DATABASE
CONFIGURATION AND 5620 SAM AUXILIARY WORKSTATIONS INSTALLED............................................... 14
FIGURE 5 5620 SAM COLLOCATED SERVER/DATABASE REDUNDANCY DEPLOYMENT ..................................... 18
FIGURE 6 5620 SAM DISTRIBUTED SERVER/DATABASE REDUNDANCY DEPLOYMENT IN A GEOGRAPHICALLY REDUNDANCY
SETUP. 19
FIGURE 7 5620 SAM DISTRIBUTED SERVER/DATABASE REDUNDANCY DEPLOYMENT WITH REDUNDANT 5620 SAM
AUXILIARIES THAT CROSSES GEOGRAPHICALLY BOUNDARIES ........................................................... 21
FIGURE 8 FIREWALLS AND 5620 SAM STANDALONE DEPLOYMENTS ..................................................... 70
FIGURE 9 FIREWALLS AND 5620 SAM REDUNDANT DEPLOYMENTS ...................................................... 71
FIGURE 10 COLLOCATED 5620 SAM SERVER/DATABASE DEPLOYMENT WITH MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERFACES .......... 96
FIGURE 11 DISTRIBUTED 5620 SAM SERVER/DATABASE DEPLOYMENT WITH MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERFACES........... 97
FIGURE 12 5620 SAM SERVER DEPLOYMENTS WITH NAT BETWEEN THE SERVER AND THE MANAGED NETWORK.......... 98
FIGURE 13 5620 SAM SERVER DEPLOYMENTS WITH NAT BETWEEN THE 5620 SAM SERVER AND THE 5620 SAM CLIENTS98
FIGURE 14 5620 SAM DEPLOYMENTS WITH NAT BETWEEN THE 5620 SAM SERVERS AND DATABASES.................. 99
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1 Introduction
The 5620 SAM Planning Guide details the following aspects of the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM product:
• Product deployment overview
• Supported operating systems specifications
• Hardware platform requirements
• Network requirements
• Scaling guidelines
• Workstation configuration
• Firewall information
1.1 Purpose
This document consolidates the technical information related to the deployment of the Alcatel-Lucent 5620
SAM Release 8.0 product. This document does not focus on the functionality offered by 5620 SAM Release
8.0 but instead presents the reader with pre-installation information required to plan a successful
deployment.
1.2 Intended audience
This document is intended for network engineers, planners and IT staff who are familiar with the
functionality of the 5620 SAM and are planning a product deployment.
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2 Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM documentation set
Alcatel-Lucent publishes additional documentation describing other aspects of the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM
product.
• 5620 SAM Installation and Upgrade Guide details the procedures necessary to install or upgrade
5620 SAM. This guide also describes procedures for making changes to the configuration of the
5620 SAM deployment, such as adding SAM redundancy.
• 5620 SAM User Guide contains information about using the client GUI to perform network
management functions, including the configurable parameters in the 5620 SAM Parameter Guide to
find definitions, ranges, dependencies, and defaults.
• 5620 SAM Statistics Management Guide contains information about configuring the 5620 SAM to
collect accounting and performance statistics, as well as descriptions of collected statistics.
• 5620 SAM-O OSS Interface Developer Guide contains information about using the XML OSS
interface to create OSS applications, such as alarm monitoring and inventory controls.
• 5620 SAM Troubleshooting Guide provides information to troubleshoot 5620 SAM-managed
networks, services, applications and platforms.
• 5620 SAM Routine Maintenance Procedures Guide helps develop and schedule regular maintenance
activities.
• 5620 SAM System Architecture Guide contains a high-level view of 5620 SAM communications,
configuration, and security functionality.
• 5620 SAM Network Element Compatibility Guide contains information about which versions of NEs
are manageable by what versions of 5620 SAM, including a description of any restrictions or
limitations on 5620 SAM’s management capabilities.
• 5620 SAM 8.0 Release Description provides detailed description of the functionality offered by
5620 SAM 8.0.
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3 Updates to the 5620 SAM Planning Guide
This section highlights the key differences between this release of the Planning Guide and the 5620 SAM 7.0
Planning Guide. Minor differences between the documents, such as updating release version references, are
not listed.
• Support for Sun Intel platforms
• Support for IPv6 connectivity to the network elements (Connectivity between 5620 SAM
workstations is still only IPv4)
• Support of SAN storage
• There have been modifications to the firewall rules – including remote management from GNEs and
OmniSwitch, and LTE based nodes.
• IPMP support now includes support between 5620 SAM workstations
• Addition of 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace workstations
• Addition of 5620 SAM-O 3GPP Interface support
• Support for eNodeB
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4 Product deployment overview
4.1 5620 SAM architecture
Five types of platforms can be present in a 5620 SAM Release 8.0 deployment:
• 5620 SAM GUI Client workstation(s)
• 5620 SAM GUI Client Delegate workstation(s)
• 5620 SAM Server
• 5620 SAM Auxiliary (Statistics Collector and Call Trace Collector)
• 5620 SAM Database
5620 SAM Release 8.0 supports co-location of the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database software on a
single workstation when it runs the Solaris operating system.
5620 SAM Release 8.0 also supports a distributed deployment, whereby the 5620 SAM Server and the 5620
SAM Database software components are installed on two different workstations.
5620 SAM Release 8.0 supports the distribution of statistics collection and in 5620 SAM Release 8.0 R5 the
collection of call trace information. A 5620 SAM Auxiliary can be configured for statistics collection or for
call trace collection. It cannot be configured to perform both functions.
5620 SAM Release 8.0 supports redundancy of the 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Database, and 5620 SAM
Auxiliary workstations. This can be achieved with the 5620 SAM Server and Database being in a collocated or
distributed configuration. The 5620 SAM Auxiliary can also be installed in a redundant configuration, but
cannot be collocated on the same workstation with a 5620 SAM Server or 5620 SAM Database.
A 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector must be installed on an independent workstation to reduce the
burden of statistics handling from the 5620 SAM Server. The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector
workstation can only be configured in a 5620 SAM distributed deployment.
A 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector must be installed on an independent workstation to collect the call
trace information from eNodeB network elements. Up to two active 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector
workstations can be installed to scale the collection of call trace information. Each active 5620 SAM Auxiliary
Call Trace Collector workstation can be assigned to a redundant workstation. Call trace information is
synchronized between the redundant pairs. The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector workstations can be
configured in either a 5620 SAM distributed or collocated deployment.
More details on redundancy in 5620 SAM can be found in Section 4.6
5620 SAM Release 8.0 supports IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity between the 5620 SAM Server/Auxiliary to the
managed network. IPv4 and IPv6 require separate interfaces (See Section 11 for more details). Connectivity
between the 5620 SAM components uses IPv4 only.
A Network element can only be managed by one 5620 SAM standalone or redundant deployment. Having
multiple 5620 SAM deployments managing the same network element is not supported, and will cause
unexpected behaviour.
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The following illustrates a typical deployment of 5620 SAM in standalone mode when the 5620 SAM Server
and 5620 SAM Database platforms are collocated.
Figure 1 5620 SAM standalone deployment - collocated SAM Server/Database configuration
The following illustrates a typical deployment of 5620 SAM in standalone mode when the 5620 SAM Server
and 5620 SAM Database platforms are not collocated.
Figure 2 5620 SAM standalone deployment – distributed 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database configuration.
The following illustrates a typical deployment of 5620 SAM in standalone mode when the 5620 SAM Server
and 5620 SAM Database platforms are collocated and a 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector is installed.
The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector is not supported in this configuration.
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Figure 3 5620 SAM standalone deployment – colocated 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database configuration and
5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector installed
The following illustrates a typical deployment of 5620 SAM in standalone mode when the 5620 SAM Server
and 5620 SAM Database platforms are in a distributed deployment and 5620 SAM Auxiliaries are installed.
In this configuration there can be a single 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstation or it could be
configured redundant, and there can be one or two 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector workstations
collecting call trace data from the network.
Figure 4 5620 SAM standalone deployment – distributed 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database configuration
and 5620 SAM Auxiliary workstations installed
5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector, 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector and
5620 SAM Database software must be installed on workstations running the same operating system. They
can use either the Solaris or Windows operating systems - except for the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics
Collector which can only use Solaris.
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The 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector, and 5620 SAM Database can run on SPARC,
x86 Intel, or x86 AMD based Sun workstations. The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector can only run on
an x86 Intel or x86 AMD based Sun workstation. In a redundant configuration, the workstation architecture
of the redundant pair must match. In the x86 case, CPU type (Intel or AMD) of the Sun x86 must match as
well.
For example, a 5620 SAM Server can be installed on a Sun x86 AMD workstation, while a 5620 SAM
Database can be installed on a Sun SPARC workstation. Their redundant pair must be Sun x86 AMD and Sun
SPARC respectively
5620 SAM Client software may be installed on workstations running different operating systems from the
5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Auxiliary, and 5620 SAM Database. The 5620 SAM Client can be installed on
Solaris or Windows.
4.2 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector
5620 SAM Release 5.0 introduced the concept of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstation.
This type of 5620 SAM Auxiliary collects and processes performance and accounting statistics. This option
enables customers to reduce the load of statistics collection from the 5620 SAM Server while allowing for
increased statistics collection capabilities. A 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstation should be
used when statistics collection is expected to exceed the capacity of the 5620 SAM Server. Refer to Section 6
for scalability details of the 5620 SAM Server and dimensioning of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics
Collector workstation.
The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstation can be configured as preferred or reserved for a
given 5620 SAM Server (Active or Standby). This allows for a redundant 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics
Collector configuration. Only one 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector will collect statistics at any given
time. Each 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector is installed on a separate workstation. Information on the
redundancy model of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector can be found in section 4.6.
The 5620 SAM Server and the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstation must maintain consistent
and accurate time. It is encouraged to use an NTP service to achieve this. An alarm will be raised if the times
are not within 30 seconds. Variations in time can cause the system to stop collecting statistics prematurely.
In networks where 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstations are not configured, the 5620 SAM
Server handles the statistics collection. In networks where the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector is
configured, the 5620 SAM Server will never collect statistics – regardless of the availability of the 5620 SAM
Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstations. At least one 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstation
must be available for statistics collection to occur.
The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector is only supported with a distributed 5620 SAM Server and 5620
SAM Database. The 5620 SAM Server and database platforms must be running Solaris on either a Sun
SPARC or Sun x86 platform.
For Collection of statistics from eNode network elements, NTP should be used to synchronize the network
element and the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector to ensure the statistics are
successfully retrieved.
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4.3 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector
5620 SAM Release 8.0 R5 introduced the concept of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector workstation.
This type of 5620 SAM Auxiliary collects call trace information from the eNodeB network elements.
Up to two 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collectors can be configured to collect call trace information in
5620 SAM Release 8.0 R5, and each of those collectors can be configured to be redundant. Each 5620 SAM
Auxiliary Call Trace Collector is installed on a separate workstation. Each 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace
Collector workstation is configured as a preferred for the 5620 SAM Active Server and as a reserved for the
5620 SAM Standby Server. This allows for a redundant 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector
configuration. Only one of the workstations in the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector redundant pair
will collect the call trace information from the network elements at any given time and the call trace
information is synchronized between the Preferred and Reserved pair of workstations. Information on the
redundancy model of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector can be found in section 4.6.
The 5620 SAM Server and the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector workstation must maintain consistent
and accurate time. It is encouraged to use an NTP service to achieve this. An alarm will be raised if the times
are not within 30 seconds.
The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector is only supported on a Sun x86 platform, in either a collocated
or distributed 5620 SAM Server and Database configuration. The 5620 SAM Server and Database platforms
must be running Solaris on either a Sun SPARC or Sun x86 platform.
4.4 5620 SAM Client Delegate
This option enables customers to launch multiple 5620 SAM GUI Clients from a single Solaris workstation.
These GUI clients can be displayed using the X11 protocol to other Solaris desktops or native X displays.
Displaying GUI clients to computers running X-emulation software is not currently supported.
The Client Delegate platform provides an option to consolidate multiple installations of the 5620 SAM GUI
Client on a single Solaris workstation. Individual 5620 SAM Clients can be installed on the Client Delegate
Platform. In Release 8.0, 5620 SAM Client also supports the ability for multiple users to share a single
installation; however, each user must run the client with a unique UNIX Id.
Please note that on computers running Windows, only one instance of a 5620 SAM GUI Client can be running
at any given time.
Information on dimensioning the 5620 SAM Client Delegate platform is given in section 6.1.
4.5 5620 SAM key technology overview
Java Virtual Machine
The 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Auxiliary, 5620 SAM Database, and 5620 SAM Client applications use Java
technology. The installation packages contain a Java Virtual Machine which is installed with the software.
This is a dedicated Java Virtual Machine and does not conflict with other Java Virtual Machines which may be
installed on the same workstation.
5620 SAM Release 8.0 uses Java Virtual Machine version 6 from Sun Microsystems.
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Oracle database
The 5620 SAM Database embeds an installation of Oracle 10g Release 2 Enterprise Edition, which is installed
on the 5620 SAM Database workstations. This database is used to store information about the managed
network. The installation of Oracle is customized for use with the 5620 SAM application and must be
dedicated to 5620 SAM. 5620 SAM database redundancy uses Oracle Dataguard, and is configured in
maximum performance mode.
Alcatel-Lucent will not support any configuration deviations from the Oracle installation as performed by the
5620 SAM Database installation package, as it represents a 5620 SAM License Agreement Violation.
Modifying the Oracle installation can impact system performance, stability and upgrades. Customer support
agreements may be violated.
The Oracle Database is embedded with the 5620 SAM Product and because of this; Oracle requires all CPU
licenses to be purchased from Alcatel-Lucent. This applies to customers with Oracle Site licenses as well.
4.6 Redundancy architecture
Redundancy between 5620 SAM Server and Database applications is used to ensure visibility of the managed
network is maintained when one of the following failure scenarios occur:
• Loss of physical network connectivity between 5620 SAM Server and/or 5620 SAM Database and
the managed network
• Hardware failure on workstation hosting the 5620 SAM Server and/or 5620 SAM Database software
component
5620 SAM supports redundancy of the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database components in the
following workstation configurations:
• 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database collocated and redundant (i.e. two workstations)
• 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database distributed and redundant (i.e. four workstations)
The 5620 SAM redundancy feature is only supported when the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database
software is installed on the Solaris operating system.
5620 SAM uses Oracle Dataguard configured in “maximum performance” and “Real-time apply” mode to
implement the redundancy model.
The following illustrates a 5620 SAM redundant installation when the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM
Database components are collocated on the same Sun Solaris workstation.
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Figure 5 5620 SAM collocated Server/Database redundancy deployment
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The following illustrates a 5620 SAM redundant installation when the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM
Database components are located on different Sun Solaris workstations.
Figure 6 5620 SAM distributed Server/Database redundancy deployment in a geographically redundancy setup.
Redundancy and 5620 SAM Auxiliary workstations
In customer networks where the statistics collection requirements exceed the scalability capabilities of a 5620
SAM Server, 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstations can be used. As with other high
availability components, 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector can be configured to be redundant. Each
5620 SAM Server can be configured to have one preferred and one reserved 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics
Collector.
In customer networks where Call Trace information is being collected from eNodeB network elements, a 5620
SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector must be used. The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector workstations
can be installed in a redundant pair. Up to two 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector redundant pairs can
be installed..
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In Figure 7 , there are workstations that are configured as 5620 SAM Auxiliary workstations. In the example
where redundancy is geographic, there can be one 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector and up to two 5620
SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector workstations configured in each geographic location. The
Preferred/Reserved role of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary is dependant and configured on the 5620 SAM Server that
is active. In both geographic locations, the 5620 SAM Server is configured such that the 5620 SAM Auxiliary
in its geographic location is preferred. The 5620 SAM Auxiliary in the opposite geographic location is
configured to be reserved. In this scenario, if the 5620 SAM Auxiliary for the active 5620 SAM Server were to
no longer be available, the active 5620 SAM Server would use the reserved 5620 SAM Auxiliary in the
opposite geographic location to collect statistics.
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Figure 7 5620 SAM distributed Server/Database redundancy deployment with redundant 5620 SAM Auxiliaries
that crosses geographically boundaries
Further information about 5620 SAM redundancy can be found in the 5620 SAM User Guide.
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4.7 Redundancy deployment considerations for 5620 SAM
Alcatel-Lucent supports the deployment of 5620 SAM using the Sun Solaris IP multipathing (IPMP) feature.
The support for IPMP is intended only to provide network interface redundancy configured in active-standby
mode.
Probe-based IPMP fault detection and load spreading capability of IPMP are not supported.
Please refer to Sun Solaris 10 documentation on how to configure IPMP.
Redundancy deployment considerations for 5620 SAM workstations
When deploying 5620 SAM in a redundant configuration, the following items should be considered.
It is a best practice to keep the 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Database, and 5620 SAM Auxiliary in the same
geographic site to avoid the impact of network latency. When the 5620 SAM Database or 5620 SAM Server
switches sites, the 5620 SAM auto-align functionality will ensure the SAM Server, 5620 SAM Auxiliary, and
5620 SAM Database are all aligned in the same geographic location. If the auto-align functionality is not
enabled, a manual switch of the workstations is desirable.
Redundancy with collocated 5620 SAM Server/Database:
• The operating systems installed on the primary and standby 5620 SAM Server/Database machines
must be of the same versions and at the same patch levels.
• The layout and partitioning of the disks containing the 5620 SAM software, the Oracle software and
the database data must be identical on the active and standby 5620 SAM Server/Database machines.
• The machine which will be initially used as the active 5620 SAM Server/Database must be installed
or upgraded before the machine that will initially be used as the standby.
• The workstations hosting the 5620 SAM software should be connected in a way to prevent a single
physical failure from isolating the two workstations from each other.
• Workstations running the 5620 SAM Server/Database software must be configured to perform name
service database lookups on the local workstation before reverting to a name service database
located on the network such as NIS, NIS+, or DNS. A root user must inspect and modify the
/etc/nsswitch.conf file to ensure that files is the first entry specified for each database listed in the
file.
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Redundancy with distributed 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database:
• The operating systems installed on the primary and standby 5620 SAM Server as well as the primary
and standby 5620 SAM Database machines must be of the same versions and at the same patch
levels.
• The layout and partitioning of the disks containing the 5620 SAM software, the Oracle software and
the database data must be identical on the primary and standby 5620 SAM Database machines.
• The machines which are intended to be used as primary 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database
should be installed on the same LAN as one another with high quality network connectivity.
• The machines which are intended to be used as standby 5620 SAM Server and standby 5620 SAM
Database should be installed on the same LAN as one another with high quality network
connectivity.
• The pair of workstations to be used as active 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database should be
connected to the pair of workstations to be used as standby 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM
Database in a way that will prevent a single physical failure from isolating the two workstation pairs
from each other.
• Workstations running the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database software must be configured to
perform name service database lookups on the local workstation before reverting to a name service
database located on the network such as NIS, NIS+, or DNS. A root user must inspect and modify
the /etc/nsswitch.conf file to ensure that files is the first entry specified for each database listed in
the file.
Redundancy with distributed 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database and
5620 SAM Auxiliary workstations:
In addition to the rules stated above for distributed 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database, the following
rules apply:
• The operating systems installed on the 5620 SAM Auxiliary workstations must be of the same
versions and patch levels as the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database workstations.
• 5620 SAM Auxiliary workstations are intended to be on the same high availability network as the
5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database workstations. 5620 SAM Auxiliary workstations are
intended to be geographically collocated with the Active and Standby locations of the 5620 SAM
Server and 5620 SAM Database workstations.
• Workstations running the 5620 SAM Auxiliary software must be configured to perform name service
database lookups on the local workstation before reverting to a name service database located on the
network such as NIS, NIS+, or DNS. A root user must inspect and modify the /etc/nsswitch.conf file
to ensure that files is the first entry specified for each database listed in the file.
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5 Operating systems specifications
This section provides the details of the operating systems that are supported by 5620 SAM Release 8.0, and
any software requirements
5.1 Solaris (Sun platforms)
5620 SAM Release 8.0 is supported on Solaris 10 01/06 (and higher) for the 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM
Auxiliary, 5620 SAM Database and 5620 SAM Client. The Solaris support of the 5620 SAM Release 8.0 is
applicable to SPARC and x86 AMD and Intel platforms provided by Sun Microsystems only with the
exception of 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collectors and the 5620 SAM-O 3GPP Interface that only operate
on Sun x86 Intel or AMD platforms. Some systems may require specific versions of the Solaris OS. See Sun’s
hardware compatibility list (HCL) on their website. 5620 SAM does not support all functionality introduced
in Solaris 10 (for example zones or ZFS).
The redundancy feature of 5620 SAM is supported when the 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Auxiliary and 5620
SAM Database software is installed on Solaris Sun platforms. In this situation, the 5620 SAM Client software
can be installed on Solaris or Windows platforms.
The Solaris operating system must be installed in 64-bit mode on workstations that will contain the 5620
SAM Server, 5620 SAM Auxiliary, 5620 SAM Database or 5620 SAM Client software. 32-bit mode is not
supported.
The 5620 SAM Server, Auxiliary and Database workstation Solaris operating system must be installed in
English. Multi-language Solaris is not supported.
5620 SAM can be installed in a collocated configuration, where the 5620 SAM Server and the 5620 SAM
Database are installed on the same Sun workstation.
5.2 Microsoft Windows
The 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database platforms are supported on the Microsoft Windows operating
systems, but are only advisable for a lab deployment. The network being managed must not exceed either of
the following dimensions:
• 50 MDAs and 3 clients(GUI or OSS)
• 30 MDAs and 5 clients(GUI or OSS)
The Solaris operating system should be used in situations where network growth is expected.
Windows support does NOT include:
• 5620 SAM Auxiliary
• 5620 SAM Client Delegate
• Redundancy of the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database platforms
• Co-location of the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database
• 5620 SAM-O 3GPP Interface
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5620 SAM Release 8.0 is supported on the following 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows:
• Windows 2000 (for 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Database and 5620 SAM Client)
• Windows 2003 (for 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Database and 5620 SAM Client)
• Windows XP Professional Edition (for 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Database and 5620 SAM Client)
• Windows Vista Business/Enterprise and Ultimate (for 5620 SAM Client only)
64-bit versions of the Windows operating systems are not supported at this time.
When installing the 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Database or 5620 SAM Client on a Windows computer
platform, ensure that there is sufficient disk space as identified in the Alcatel-Lucent Installation and
Upgrade Guide for the software and the database.
Windows XP-SP2 will – by default – turn on the Windows Firewall functionality. This could cause difficulties
with system operation. See section 10 for more details on specific ports that must be enabled for 5620 SAM
operation.
5.3 Operating system summary
The following table summarizes the supported configurations for each of the Operating Systems supported by
5620 SAM Release 8.0.
Table 1 5620 SAM operating system support summary
5620 SAM
application Sun SPARC or x86 64-bit
Solaris 10 01/06
Microsoft Windows
5620 SAM Server
5620 SAM
Database
Not Recommended. For lab use only.
Collocated 5620
SAM
Server/Database
Supported up to 5620 SAM Release 8.0
scalability limits
Not supported
5620 SAM Client Supported Supported
5620 SAM Auxiliary Supported (Call Trace Collector only
supported on Sun x86)
Not supported
5620 SAM
Redundancy
(Server and
Database)
Supported Not supported
5620 SAM Client
Delegate
Supported Not supported
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5.4 5620 SAM Client or Delegate software requirements.
5620 SAM clients can be launched, installed and uninstalled through a web browser (Web Launch, Install and
Uninstall). To use this functionality, each client platform must have a system JRE (Java Runtime
Environment) installed. The 5620 SAM web browser installer/launcher requires Java version 6.0 update 20
or greater for the system JRE. The system JRE needs to be already installed on the client platform. The
system JRE is only used for the SAM client web browser installer/launcher, it is not required for installing,
launching or running the 5620 SAM client when the web browser launch is not used.
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6 Hardware platform requirements
This section defines the hardware platform requirements for successfully running the 5620 SAM Release 8.0
application. Following these platform guidelines is necessary to ensure the 5620 SAM Release 8.0 application
performs adequately.
For new installations, Alcatel-Lucent encourages the use of Sun x86 AMD or Sun x86 Intel based
Workstations. Their performance exceeds similar sized SPARC workstations and has a more attractive price
point. The use of Sun T-series platforms is not recommended for 5620 SAM Server and Database
workstations (ie: T2000, T5220), as performance is negatively impacted. Alcatel-Lucent cannot guarantee
SAM performance on Sun T-series platforms.
The following platforms are not supported:
• UltraSPARC T2 Plus based blades and servers
• M-Series Enterprise Servers
• Sun Blade servers like Sun Blade 6000, Sun Blade 8000, or Sun ATCA platforms
• AMD, Intel and SPARC systems by vendors other than SUN Microsystems
The 5620 SAM for redundant installations requires matching workstations for the active and inactive
platforms. It is acceptable to have different platforms for the Server, Database, and auxiliaries but their
redundant platform must be the same.
Applications that are not sanctioned by Alcatel-Lucent should not be running on any of the 5620 SAM server,
auxiliary or database workstations.
The hardware platforms do not support running applications that are not specifically identified for that
platform. For instance, a 5620 SAM client is not supported on the hardware platform for a distributed or
collocated 5620 SAM Server as there is a significant memory requirement for the 5620 SAM client that will
impact the behaviour of the 5620 SAM Server platform.
In order to support running a 5620 SAM GUI Client on a 5620 SAM server, a minimum of 12 GB RAM is
required for a 5620 SAM Server in a distributed configuration, and 24 GB RAM is required for a 5620 SAM
Server/Database in a collocated configuration.
6.1 Minimum hardware platform requirements
The following tables specify the minimum hardware platform requirements necessary to successfully operate
the 5620 SAM Release 8.0 application. These minimum hardware platform requirements apply when the
network being managed does not exceed any of the characteristics listed in the table below.
The minimum platform requirements also represent the smallest configurations suitable for lab evaluations
and demonstrations of the 5620 SAM Release 8.0 product.
For installation purposes, a DVD-ROM is required. For easier management of the system, a graphics card is
recommended.
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Minimum hardware platform requirements for Solaris
The table below lists the minimum hardware platform requirements for deployments of the 5620 SAM
Release 8.0 product on the SPARC and x86 Solaris operating system.
Alcatel-Lucent continues to support deployments of 5620 SAM Release 8.0 on SPARC Solaris platforms from
Sun which are based on the UltraSPARC III, UltraSPARC IIIi, UltraSPARC IV, and UltraSPARC IV+, and
SPARC T1/T2 (not recommended).
The minimum collocated platforms (for both x86 and SPARC) will deliver acceptable performance in
situations in small network which are expected to be relatively static. If the rate of changes in the network or
if the rate of transactions through the OSS application(s) are expected to exceed a few changes per second, the
collocated minimum platform specified below will not be sufficient to deliver adequate performance. In that
case, the distributed minimum platform is recommended.
Sun x86 hardware configuration:
Table 2 5620 SAM SUN x86 minimum collocated platforms
For networks not exceeding:
• 675 MDAs,
• 1000 GNEs
• 5 simultaneous 5620 SAM Clients (GUI or OSS)
• 1000 elemental STM tests every 10 minutes
• 50,000 performance or 100,000 accounting statistics records every 15 minutes
5620 SAM
application Configuration
5620 SAM Server
and Database
(Collocated)
2 * x86 Dual Core or 1 * x86 Quad Core
8 GB RAM minimum. 16GB RAM is recommended.
4 disk drives of size 146 GB is recommended for performance and storage capacity
(minimum required: 2 disk drives of size 73 GB).
Example platforms: Sun Fire X4200 or X4140 Server or Sun Fire X4170 Server
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Table 3 5620 SAM SUN x86 minimum distributed platforms
For networks not exceeding:
• 1875 MDAs
• Maximum of 5,000 GNEs
• 5 simultaneous 5620 SAM Clients (GUI or OSS)
• 2000 elemental STM tests every 10 minutes
• 150,000 performance or 200,000 accounting statistics records every 15 minutes
OR
• 1275 MDAs
• Maximum of 5,000 GNEs
• 25 simultaneous 5620 SAM Clients (GUI or OSS)
• 2000 elemental STM tests every 10 minutes
• 150,000 performance or 200,000 accounting statistics records every 15 minutes
5620 SAM
application x86 architecture
5620 SAM
Server
2 * x86 Dual Core or 1 * x86 Quad Core
8 GB RAM
2 disk drives of at least size 73 GB each in size
Example platform: Sun Fire X4200 or X4140 Server or Sun Fire X4170 Server
5620 SAM
Database
2 * x86 Dual Core or 1 * x86 Quad Core
8 GB RAM
4 disk drives of size 146 GB is recommended for performance and storage capacity (minimum
required: 2 disk drives of size 73 GB)..
Example platform: Sun Fire X4200 or X4140 Server or Sun Fire X4170 Server
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Sun SPARC hardware configuration:
Table 4 5620 SAM SPARC Solaris minimum collocated platforms
For networks not exceeding:
• 75 MDAs,
• 200 GNEs
• 5 simultaneous 5620 SAM Clients (GUI or OSS)
• 50 elemental STM tests every 10 minutes
• 10,000 performance or 50,000 accounting statistics records every 15 minutes
5620 SAM
application UltraSPARC IIIi/III/IV/IV+ architecture
5620 SAM
Server and
Database
(Collocated)
2 * CPU @ 1 GHz or faster
8 GB RAM Recommended
4 disk drives of at least 73 GB in size is recommended for performance and storage capacity
(minimum required: 2 disk drives of size 73 GB)
Example platform: Sun Fire v240/v245 Server/Sun Netra 240
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Table 5 5620 SAM SPARC Solaris minimum distributed platforms
For networks not exceeding:
• 300 MDAs,
• Maximum of 1000 GNEs
• 15 simultaneous 5620 SAM Clients (GUI or OSS)
• 1000 elemental STM tests every 10 minutes
• 50,000 performance or 100,000 accounting statistics records every 15 minutes
5620 SAM
application Ultra SPARC IIIi/III/IV/IV+ architecture
5620 SAM
Server
2 * CPU @ 1 GHz or faster
4 GB RAM
2 disk drives that are at least 73 GB each in size
Example platform: Sun Fire v240/v245 Server/Sun Netra 240
5620 SAM
Database
2 * CPU @ 1 GHz or faster
4 GB RAM
4 disk drives of at least 73 GB in size is recommended for performance and storage capacity
(minimum required: 2 disk drives of size 73 GB)
Example platform: Sun Fire v240/v245 Server/Sun Netra 240
The minimum hardware platforms above are also applicable in situations where the 5620 SAM application is
installed in a redundant configuration.
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Scaling limits for collocated platforms
Collocated platforms have been capped at the maximums described in Table 6 . Higher numbers may be
achievable, but Alcatel-Lucent will only support the stated maximums. In the event that higher number of
simultaneous 5620 SAM Clients is desired, the number of equivalent MDAs can be reduced.
Table 6 Scaling limits for collocated platforms
Scaling parameter Maximum
Number of MDAs 1,875
Number of Simultaneous 5620 SAM Clients (GUI or OSS) 5
Number of SAPs 600,000
Number of OAM tests per 10 minute interval 1,000
Performance Statistics per 15 minute interval 50,000
Accounting statistics per 15 minute interval 200,000
Minimum hardware platform requirements for 5620 SAM Auxiliary
workstations
The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector is limited to only the SUN x86 architecture
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Table 7 5620 SAM Auxiliary platforms
Architecture Supported
5620 SAM
Auxiliary type
Configuration
SUN SPARC Statistics
Collector
4 * CPU @ 1.5 GHz or faster
8 GB RAM minimum. 16GB RAM is recommended.
4 disk drives of at least 73 GB in size (Multiple disks can be used to stripe
the drives used to store files for the logToFile method of statistics
collection)
Example platform: Sun Fire v440/v445 Server/Sun Netra 440
SUN x86 Statistics
Collector
Call Trace
Collector
2 * x86 Dual Core or 1 * x86 Quad Core
8 GB RAM minimum. 16GB RAM is recommended.
4 disk drives of at least 73 GB each in size: Statistics collector uses 2 disks
in a striped configuration to store files for the logToFile method of
statistics collection, and Call Trace Collector uses 4 disks separately.
Example platform: Sun Fire X4200 or X4140 Server or Sun Fire X4170
Server
When a 5620 SAM Auxiliary Workstation is installed, the 5620 SAM Database workstation is required to have
a minimum 16 GB RAM to accommodate the additional Oracle database sessions.
Hardware platform requirements for 5620 SAM Client Delegate
workstations
5620 SAM Release 8.0 allows multiple GUI clients to be installed on a single SUN SPARC or x86 workstation
running Solaris. This option enables customers to launch multiple 5620 SAM GUI Clients from a single
Solaris workstation. These GUI clients can be displayed using a Citrix Client/Server, the X11 protocol to other
Solaris desktops, or native X displays.
The Client Delegate platform provides an option to consolidate multiple installations of the 5620 SAM GUI
Client on a single Solaris workstation or the option of installing one instance of the 5620 SAM GUI client run
by many users (with unique unix accounts). Regardless of the method of the client installation, the hardware
platform requirements per client are the same. Customers should consider migrating their delegate
workstations to the single instance installation of the 5620 SAM GUI Client.
Additional memory for each 5620 SAM Client will be required for web management of the network elements
described in section 8.12.
The 5620 SAM Client Delegate configuration is only supported for Sun SPARC or x86 workstations running
Solaris. Platforms running Windows can only run one instance of a 5620 SAM GUI Client can be running at
any given time.
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The table below describes platforms requirements for this type of workstation.
Table 8 5620 SAM Client Delegate Workstations hardware platform requirements
Number of
simultaneous 5620
GUI Clients on
platform
Number of CPU
cores required Amount of
RAM required Example platforms
15 4 16 GB Sun Fire X4200 or X4140 Server or Sun Fire
X4170 Server
or
Sun Fire v440/v445 Server /Sun Netra 440
30 8 32 GB Sun Fire X4140 Server or Sun Fire X4170
Server
or
Sun SPARC T5120 Server
For situations where more than 30 simultaneous GUI sessions are required, Alcatel-Lucent recommends
deploying multiple 5620 SAM Client Delegate workstations.
Displaying GUI clients to computers running X-emulation software is not currently supported. In cases
where the GUI client is to be displayed to a PC computer running Windows, Alcatel-Lucent supports installing
the GUI client directly on the PC.
5620 SAM supports using Citrix for remote display of 5620 SAM Clients. Supporting Citrix on the delegate
platform will require extra system resources that will need to be added to those that are required by the 5620
SAM delegate. Refer to Citrix documentation to determine the additional Citrix resource requirements. The
following Citrix software has been tested:
• Citrix Server - XenApp Presentation Server 4.0 with Feature Pack 1 for Solaris x86
• Citrix Client - Version 8.50.117422 for Solaris x86
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Hardware platform requirements for Windows
Only 32-bit Windows platforms are supported at this time.
Table 9 5620 SAM Windows platforms
For networks not exceeding:
• 50 MDAs
• 50 GNEs
• 3 simultaneous 5620 SAM Clients (GUI or OSS)
• 50 elemental STM tests every 10 minutes
• 1,000 performance or 1,000 accounting statistics records every 15 minutes
OR
• 30 MDAs
• 50 GNEs
• 5 simultaneous 5620 SAM Clients (GUI or OSS)
• 50 elemental STM tests every 10 minutes
• 1,000 performance or 1,000 accounting statistics records every 15 minutes
5620 SAM application Hardware platform requirements
5620 SAM Server and Database
(Collocated)
Not supported
5620 SAM Server 1 CPU @ 2 GHz or higher
2 GB RAM
15 GB available disk space
5620 SAM Database 1 CPU @ 2 GHz or higher
2 GB RAM
50 GB available disk space
6.2 5620 SAM-O 3GPP Interface
5620 SAM-O 3GPP Interface is used by management systems that need to access 5620 SAM information
collected from mobile networks. The 5620 SAM-O 3GPP Interface is supported as of 5620 SAM Release 8.0
R5. It is only available on Sun x86 platforms.
5620 SAM-O 3GPP Interface requires a separate JVM to be installed on the 5620 SAM Server, and is only
supported on 5620 SAM Servers with a minimum 12 GB RAM in a distributed configuration or 5620 SAM
Server/Databases with a minimum 24 GB RAM in a collocated configuration.
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6.3 5620 SAM GUI Client hardware platform requirements
Alcatel-Lucent recommends 1 GB of dedicated RAM – regardless of the operating systems. In cases where
other applications are running on the same platform as the 5620 SAM Client, it is important to ensure 1 GB
RAM is available to the 5620 SAM Client. While the minimum required RAM can be 512 MB, performance
will be diminished if network or user activity cause GUI memory growth.
Additional memory for each 5620 SAM Client will be required for web management of the network elements
described in section 8.12.
The table below provides the minimum requirement for the hardware that will host 5620 SAM GUI client
software.
Table 10 5620 SAM GUI hardware platform requirements
5620 SAM GUI Client hardware platform requirements
Sun SPARC and x86 platforms Microsoft Windows
1 CPU @ 1 GHz or higher (UltraSPARC III or IIIi)
1 GB dedicated RAM
1 GB available disk space
1280*1024 Display resolution
Example platform:
Sun Ultra 45 Workstation
1 CPU @ 2 GHz or higher
1 GB dedicated RAM
1 GB available disk space
1280*1024 Display resolution
6.4 Determining hardware platform requirements for larger networks
5620 SAM Release 8.0 may require larger computer workstations in order to successfully manage networks
that exceed any of the dimensions supported by the minimum hardware platforms. In order to determine
which computer resources are required to successfully manage a larger networks, the following information is
required:
• Expected number and types of Network Elements to be managed
• Expected number of MDAs in the network to be managed
• Expected number of services and SAPs in the network to be managed.
• Expected number of Dynamic LSPs to be deployed in the network.
• Maximum expected number of 5620 SAM Clients (GUI) simultaneously monitoring the network
• Expected number of OSS applications that will connect as clients to the 5620 SAM-O interface
• Expected number of subscribers, specifically for triple-play network deployments
• Expected performance and accounting statistics collection
• Expected number of STM tests
• Expected number of managed GNEs.
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• Whether 5620 SAM redundancy is to be utilized
• Whether NEBS compliance is required.
The information above must then be sent to an Alcatel-Lucent representative who can provide the required
hardware specifications.
Ensure that any projected growth in the network is taken to account when specifying the expected network
dimensioning attributes. For existing 5620 SAM systems, the user may determine the number of MDAs
deployed in the network using the help button on the 5620 SAM GUI. It is also possible to determine the
number of statistics being handled by the system by looking at the 5620 SAM GUI’s “Statistics Collection”
information window. Select the “Tools”, then “Statistics”, then “Server Performance” Menu. List the
“Statistics Collection” objects. From this list window, check the “Scheduled Polling Stats Processed Periodic”
and the “Accounting Stats Processed Periodic” columns for the performance and accounting stats that your
system is currently processing within the time interval defined by the collection policy (15 minutes by default).
Oracle licensing is dependent on the configuration of the 5620 SAM Database workstation required to
support the scaling requirements. Extra licenses could be required for both the primary and standby 5620
SAM Database workstations.
6.5 Solaris workstation disk configuration
This section provides information on configuring workstations that will host 5620 SAM Release 8.0 software.
These recommendations are specific to Solaris workstations.
Specific partition sizes and configuration procedures are available in the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM
Installation and Upgrade Guide.
Solaris UFS is the required file system. 5620 SAM Release 8.0 does not support the ZFS file system
configuration.
While Alcatel-Lucent identifies areas of the disk that are not specifically required for 5620 SAM and are
partitionable for customer use, workstation resources are expected to be dedicated for 5620 SAM. As such,
these “Remainder” portions of the disks should only be used for static storage purposes. Consideration
should also be made to the expected growth of the network. If the “Remainder” is not to be used, then it
should not be created.
For most network sizes, Alcatel-Lucent recommends the use of 4 disks on workstations running the 5620
SAM Database. This disk configuration allows for better performance by distributing database onto multiple
disks. A storage array may be required for larger network deployments or where large scale statistics
collection is required. Request a formal platform sizing for further details. NAS disk configurations are not
supported.
A single-disk configuration greatly limits the 5620 SAM system performance, managed-network size, and
data storage capacity, and is therefore only supported for lab trials.
Refer to section 9.2 for statistics collection recommendations.
In 5620 SAM upgrade scenarios, previous disk configurations may still be valid.
To alter existing disk configurations, a migration plan is available. Consult with Alcatel-Lucent personnel.
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Using RAID technologies
Alcatel-Lucent supports the use of RAID 0 (striping) only on Sun workstations. Alcatel-Lucent does not
recommend using software RAID 0. Alcatel-Lucent will provide disk layout and configuration details for
customers requiring a Storage Array. The increased disk I/O performance offered by RAID 0 is only required
for 5620 SAM database with a high rate of changes/updates.
Alcatel-Lucent supports the use of RAID 1 (Mirroring) only on Sun workstations. Deployments requiring
increased resiliency are encouraged to use SAM platform redundancy rather than RAID 1 because 5620 SAM’s
performance may be impacted. If RAID 1 is required, a platform providing hardware RAID 1 and that has
sufficient number of disk to meet SAM Planning Guide Recommendations should be selected.
NOTE: Alcatel-Lucent is not responsible for installation, administration or recovery of RAID on a SAM
platform.
Using SAN storage
As of 5620 SAM Release 8.0 R5, Alcatel-Lucent supports the use of SAN storage only on Sun workstations.
SAN connectivity must consist of 4Gb or faster optical connections with dedicated Fiber Channel connections
between the hosts and storage arrays. The SAN must be available to 5620 SAM without interruption in a low
latency environment.
When using a SAN, the following 5620 SAM partitions must have separate mount points:
• /opt/5620sam/server/xml_output
• /opt/5620sam/auxserver/xml_output
• /opt/5620sam/dbbackup
• /opt/5620sam/dbbackup/staging
• /opt/5620sam/samdb/tablespace
• /opt/5620sam/samdb/tablespace/statstbs01
• /opt/5620sam/samdb/redolog
• /opt/5620sam/samdb/archivelog
Where each mount point must minimally meet the following IOPS and throughput performance targets:
• Average IOPS: 950/s
• Average Read: 7,000 KB/s
• Peak Read: 150,000 KB/s
• Average Write: 18,000 KB/s
• Peak Write: 91,000 KB/s
The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM Installation and Upgrade Guide should be consulted for recommended
partition sizes.
NOTE: Alcatel-Lucent is not responsible for installation, administration or recovery of SANs on a 5620 SAM
platform.
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7 Mechanisms to maintain current state of network
elements
5620 SAM uses several mechanisms to maintain and display the current state of the network elements it
manages. These mechanisms can include:
• IP connectivity (ping) verification
• SNMP connectivity verification
• SNMP traps
• SNMP trap sequence verification
• Scheduled SNMP MIB polling
These mechanisms are built into the Alcatel-Lucent 7450, 7750, 7450, 7710, and 7705 Network Elements and
the 5620 SAM network element interaction layers.
7.1 IP connectivity (ping) verification
5620 SAM can be configured to ping all network elements at a configurable interval to monitor IP
connectivity. If the network element is unreachable, an alarm will be raised against the network element.
Details of the alarm are the following:
• Severity: Critical
• Type: communicationsAlarm
• Name: StandbyCPMManagementConnectionDown, OutOfBandManagementConnectionDown or
InBandManagementConnectionDown
• Cause: managementConnectionDown.
Ping verification is disabled by default.
7.2 SNMP connectivity verification
5620 SAM performs an SNMP communication check every 4 minutes. If 5620 SAM can not communicate via
SNMP with a network element, 5620 SAM will raise a communications alarm against that network element.
5620 SAM will also color the network element red on the map to indicate the communication problem. 5620
SAM will clear the alarm and color the network element as green once 5620 SAM detects SNMP connectivity
to the network is re-established. Details of the alarm are the following:
• Severity: Major
• Type: communicationsAlarm
• Name: SnmpReachabilityProblem
• Cause: SnmpReachabilityTestFailed
This behavior occurs by default and is not configurable.
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7.3 SNMP traps
5620 SAM listens to SNMP traps to receive changes from the network elements. 5620 SAM configures the
trap log ID on each network element when it is first discovered. The network element then uses that trap log
ID to send all configuration changes and updates to 5620 SAM. 5620 SAM will react to the traps it receives
and make appropriate changes to the database, alarms and related object as required.
7.4 SNMP trap sequence verification
5620 SAM retrieves the last trap sequence number sent from all network elements at a configurable interval.
This interval is configurable on a per resource group basis. Resource groups allow the user to configure the
communications behaviour of a group of network elements. By default, the core resource group includes all
network elements, and verifies the trap sequence number every 4 minutes. 5620 SAM compares that
sequence number with the sequence number of the last trap it received from that network element. If they do
not match, 5620 SAM will request only the missing traps from the network element. If at any point 5620
SAM realizes that it is missing more than 200 traps from a network element, or if the network element no
longer has the missed trap, SAM will request a full resynchronization on that network element rather than
just request the missing traps. The SNMP trap sequence verification was added in 5620 SAM Release 3.0
This behavior occurs by default and is not configurable.
7.5 Scheduled SNMP MIB polling
5620 SAM can poll all data SNMP MIBs from the network elements at a configurable interval. Starting in
5620 SAM Release 7.0 R1, the Poller policy is disabled by default. This behavior is configurable via the Poller
Policies Manager.
7.6 Network outages
When an Alcatel-Lucent 7x50-based network element looses visibility of the 5620 SAM Network Manager, it
is unable to send traps to the network manager, and the traps are queued on the network element. Section 7.4
describes 5620 SAM behaviour with regards to trap handling. When a network outage occurs, the network
element configuration in 5620 SAM will be made consistent with the network element, but any event
notifications, such as SNMP traps, that occurred during the network outage will not have been processed.
This will cause intermediate state change alarms to not be reflected in 5620 SAM during the network outage.
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8 Network requirements
The network interconnecting the 5620 SAM systems, network elements, and OSS systems is of significant
importance to the effective management of the network. The following sections describe the requirements for
the network links between 5620 SAM workstations and the connection to the network being managed.
Alcatel-Lucent recommends that sufficient bandwidth be made available to the 5620 SAM workstations
within the Data Communication Network.
A network card that allows jumbo frames may be required if the network is to be managed without packet
fragmentation. For SNMP management of Alcatel-Lucent network elements, the MTU size must be at least
9216 bytes. The 5620 SAM Troubleshooting Guide contains more information on packet fragmentation
issues.
Be sure to include the tables with the bandwidth required for statistics collection in the total bandwidth
required between the 5620 SAM workstations, as they are in separate tables.
The tables do not specify the underlying infrastructure required to support these bandwidth requirements.
See Section 11 for information on configuring the 5620 SAM workstations with multiple interfaces.
8.1 Connectivity to the network elements
5620 SAM Release 8.0 supports both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity to network elements. The following network
elements may be managed by 5620 SAM using IPv6:
• 7750 6.0, 6.1, 7.0 and 8.0
• 7450 7.0 and 8.0
• 7710 6.0, 6.1, 7.0 and 8.0
• eNodeB LA 2.0 and LA 3.0
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8.2 Bandwidth requirements for collocated 5620 SAM installations
The following table lists the bandwidth requirements for the connections between the components of a 5620
SAM Collocated installation. It is a good practice to measure the bandwidth utilization between the various
components to determine a suitable bandwidth. There are a number of factors that could require an increase
above our bandwidth utilization recommendations – including: GUI activity, OSS activity, network events,
number of network elements being managed. .
Table 11 5620 SAM collocated Server/Database bandwidth requirements
Available bandwidth required from primary 5620 SAM Server/Database
workstation Recommended bandwidth:
excluding statistics and
call trace bandwidth
requirements
5620 SAM Client (GUI) 512 kbps
5620 SAM-O Client (The bandwidth will depend on the OSS application) 1 Mbps
Between primary and standby 5620 SAM Server/Database workstation
NOTE: When network element database backup synchronization is enabled, the
bandwidth requirement between the 5620 SAM Servers will vary significantly
depending on the size of the network element backup file sizes.
5-10 Mbps (sustained)
16-26 Mbps (during re-
instantiation or database
backup synchronization)
8.3 Bandwidth requirements for distributed 5620 SAM installations
The following tables list the requirements for the connections between the components of a 5620 SAM
Distributed installation. It is a good practice to measure the bandwidth utilization between the various
components to determine a suitable bandwidth. There are a number of factors that could require an increase
above our bandwidth utilization recommendations – including: GUI activity, OSS activity, network events,
number of network elements being managed.
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Table 12 5620 SAM distributed Server/Database bandwidth requirements
Available bandwidth requirements for 5620 SAM Recommended bandwidth:
excluding statistics and call trace
bandwidth requirements
5620 SAM Server to a 5620 SAM Database
NOTE: This depends on GUI changes and lists, # of changes occurring in
the network, and network objects managed.
5 to 10 Mbps (3 Mbps minimum)
5620 SAM Server to a 5620 SAM Client 512 Kbps
5620 SAM Server to a 5620 SAM-O Client (The bandwidth will depend on
the OSS application)
1 Mbps
Between a primary and a standby 5620 SAM Server
NOTE: When network element database backup synchronization is
enabled, the bandwidth requirement between the 5620 SAM Servers will
vary significantly depending on the size of the network element backup
file sizes.
1 Mbps
5620 SAM Server to a 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector 1 Mbps
Between primary and standby 5620 SAM Databases
NOTE: The higher bandwidth is required to handle re-instantiation and is
also required immediately after a database backup when database
backup synchronization is enabled.
6 Mbps (sustained)
15-25 Mbps (during re-instantiation
or database backup
synchronization)
3 Mbps (minimum)
The size of the network and the number of statistics that are collected will impact the recommended
bandwidth between the following workstations:
• 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector and 5620 SAM Database
• Active and Inactive 5620 SAM Database workstations
The following tables should be used to determine how much additional bandwidth will be required between
the 5620 SAM workstations when statistics collection is added to the system. The bandwidths of connections
not listed do not change dramatically with the addition of statistics.
The registerLogToFile method of retrieving statistics can be compressed or uncompressed. Using the
compressed option will require additional CPU requirements on the workstation that is collecting the
statistics (either 5620 SAM Server or 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector). In this case, the bandwidth
required will be reduced.
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Table 13 Additional bandwidth requirements for accounting statistics collection.
Bandwidth requirements for installations collecting accounting statistics. Additional bandwidth per
200,000 accounting
statistics records
5620 SAM Server to a 5620 SAM-O Client if using findToFile.
OR
5620 SAM Server to 5620 SAM-O Client if using an uncompressed registerLogToFile
(5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector is NOT installed).
OR
5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector to 5620 SAM-O Client if using an uncompressed
registerLogToFile.
3.5 Mbps
5620 SAM Server to 5620 SAM Database workstation if the 5620 SAM Server is
collecting the statistics
OR
5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector to 5620 SAM Database workstation if the 5620
SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector is collecting the statistics
2.2 Mbps
Between the 5620 SAM Database workstations
NOTE: The higher bandwidth is required to handle re-instantiation during statistics
collection
3.2 Mbps (sustained)
18 Mbps (during re-
instantiation or database
backup synchronization)
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Table 14 Additional bandwidth requirements for performance statistics collection.
Bandwidth requirements for installations collecting performance statistics. Increased Bandwidth
per 200,000
performance statistics
records
5620 SAM Server to a 5620 SAM-O Client if using findToFile
NOTE: a higher bandwidth may be desirable
3.5 Mbps
5620 SAM Server to 5620 SAM Database workstation SUM the following bandwidths:
If the 5620 SAM Server is collecting the statistics:(5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector
is NOT installed)
If the 5620 SAM-O Client is using findToFile to collect all statistics data
5.4 Mbps
5.4 Mbps
5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector to 5620 SAM Database workstation if the 5620
SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector is collecting the statistics
5.4 Mbps
Between the 5620 SAM Database workstations – required for sufficient bandwidth for
database re-instantiations
NOTE: The higher bandwidth is required to handle re-instantiation during statistics
collection
14.4 Mbps (sustained)
72 Mbps (during re-
instantiation or
database backup
synchronization)
When a 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector is installed, the bandwidth requirements between two
geographic locations will need to reflect the state where a 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector in
geographic location A may send information to the active 5620 SAM Server in geographic location B which
will - in turn – send information back to the 5620 SAM Database in geographic location A. For this reason,
the bandwidth between geographic location A and B must be the sum of the bandwidth requirements between
the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector to 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Server to 5620 SAM
Database. It is also a best practice to ensure that the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector, 5620 SAM
Server, and 5620 SAM Database are all collocated in the same geographic site.
5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collectors
When a 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector is installed, there are a number of bandwidth requirements
listed below. Any bandwidths not listed are not impacted significantly by call trace data collection.
To handle the redundant pairs appropriately, the bandwidth requirements between two geographic locations
will need to reflect the state where a 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector in geographic location A may
need to provide information to the 5620 SAM-O Client in geographic location B.
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Table 15 Additional bandwidth requirements for call trace collection.
Bandwidth requirements for installations with call trace collection Bandwidth usage
characterization
5620 SAM Server to a 5620 SAM-O Client Low bandwidth OSS
requests and responses
5620 SAM-O Client to 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector workstation
NOTE: a higher bandwidth may be desirable
Higher bandwidth to
retrieve via FTP the call
trace files fom the 5620
SAM Auxiliary
5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector Preferred workstation it’s Reserved redundant
pair.
NOTE: a higher bandwidth may be desirable
Higher bandwidth to
ensure timely rsync of
call trace files
8.4 Bandwidth requirements for 5620 SAM GUI Clients
The bandwidth specifications provided above for 5620 SAM GUI Clients are based on the fact that
information about changes in the network is forwarded to the 5620 SAM GUI Clients. The 5620 SAM Client
updates information visible to the user based on recent changes in the network.
A few examples of network changes which will be reported to 5620 SAM include status changes of physical
equipment, status changes of Layer 2 or Layer 3 interfaces, configuration of network elements, provisioning
of new equipment or services, status changes in services or any attributes thereof, configuration changes of
routing protocols and several others.
In situations where the frequency of changes sent to the 5620 SAM GUI is significant and exceeds the
bandwidth specification, the performance of the 5620 SAM Client will degrade, and there is a possibility that
the connection to the server will be dropped. A 5620 SAM GUI restart will be required to reconnect to the
server to receive change notifications.
8.5 Bandwidth requirements for displaying 5620 SAM GUI Clients on X displays
5620 SAM GUI Clients can be displayed remotely on terminals using the X11 protocol for graphical displays.
In these cases, it is important to ensure the bandwidth availability between the workstation running the 5620
SAM Client and the host displaying the 5620 SAM Client be at least 512 Kbps. Also, it is important to ensure
the roundtrip network latency between these two hosts is quite low (20-30ms). To achieve acceptable
performance on bandwidth limited links, X-compression should be used by using the ssh -XC command. If
not using compression, it is recommended that the minimum bandwidth be 1024Kbps. Situations where the
available bandwidth is lower or the network latency is higher will result in poor usability of the 5620 SAM
GUI Client.
Extra bandwidth may be required to support the network elements described in section 8.12.
Note that 5620 SAM GUI Client startup may be impacted when using minimum bandwidth links.
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8.6 Bandwidth requirements for 5620 SAM-O OSS Clients
There are two main factors affecting the bandwidth requirements between the 5620 SAM Server and a 5620
SAM-O OSS Client:
• Design and behavior of the application using the 5620 SAM-O OSS
• Rate of changes in the network
Applications which listen to network changes via the JMS interface provided by 5620 SAM-O or applications
which retrieve large pieces of information via 5620 SAM-O, such as statistics information or network
inventory information, will require access to dedicated bandwidth from the machine hosting the application
to the 5620 SAM Server according to the tables above. Applications which do not require real time event and
alarm notification may operate with acceptable performance when the bandwidth between the machine
hosting the application and the 5620 SAM Server is less than the quantity specified in the tables above.
It is a best practice to minimize event and alarm notifications using a JMS filter to reduce bandwidth
requirements and the possible effects of network latency.
In an environment where network changes are infrequent, it is possible to successfully operate an application
using the 5620 SAM-O when the bandwidth between the machine hosting this application and the 5620 SAM
Server is less than the quantity specified in the tables above, possibly as little as 128 kbps. However, in
situations where the frequency of network changes increases, the performance or responsiveness of the
application will degrade.
8.7 Bandwidth requirements for the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector
workstation
The main factors impacting communication to and from the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector
workstation are:
• Number of performance statistics being collected. The 5620 SAM Server needs to tell the 5620 SAM
Auxiliary Statistics Collector which statistics to collect every interval.
• Number of performance and accounting statistics collected from the network elements.
• Number of performance and accounting statistics written to the 5620 SAM Database.
The more performance statistics are collected, the more significant the bandwidth utilization between the
5620 SAM Server and the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector. Similarly, this will require more
significant bandwidth utilization between the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector and the 5620 SAM
Database workstations. The bandwidth requirements are not dependent on network activity.
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8.8 Bandwidth requirements for the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector
workstation
The main factors impacting communication to and from the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector
workstation are:
• Number of eNodeBs where Call Traces are enabled
• Number of Cells managed by an eNodeB
• Size of files being retrieved by the 5620 SAM OSS client requesting the Call trace
The more call traces that are enable, the higher the bandwidth requirement from the eNodeB network
elements to the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector. Enable and Disable messages are sent to the 5620
SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector from the 5620 SAM Server. 5620 SAM OSS Clients can ask the 5620 SAM
Server for the list of 5620 SAM Call Trace Collector workstations, and ftp connect directly to the 5620 SAM
Auxiliary Call Trace Collector to retrieve the call trace log files.
8.9 5620 SAM bandwidth requirements for communicating with network
elements
In order to effectively manage the network, 5620 SAM must have access to sufficient bandwidth between the
5620 SAM Server(s), 5620 SAM Auxiliary(s) and the network elements.
This bandwidth will be used to carry the management traffic between 5620 SAM and the network element.
The following table describes the bandwidth requirements for a particular network element.
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Table 16 5620 SAM Server to network bandwidth requirements
Number of MDAs/CMAs Network element Example Bandwidth requirement from 5620 SAM
Server(s) to the network element
2 7450 ESS-1
Telco T5C
7250
200 kbps
N/A OmniSwitch 6400, 6850, 6855,
9000 Series
600 kbps
N/A 9500 MPR 200 kbps
10 7450 ESS-7 (fully loaded) 1 Mbps
8 7705 SAR (fully loaded) 200 kbps – 400 kbps
20 7750 SR-12 (fully loaded) 2 Mbps
12 7710 C-12 (fully loaded) 600 kbps
1 7210 SAS E 200-300 kbps
N/A 9471 MME 200 kbps
N/A 5780 DSC 200 kbps
Details on the bandwidth requirements
The recommended bandwidth described above is a conservative figure that is meant to ensure that the
performance of 5620 SAM and its ability to manage successfully each network element will not be affected by
unusual network conditions.
Specifically, the bandwidth recommendation ensures that 5620 SAM can fully discover (or resynchronize) all
of the objects contained in the network element, within a reasonable amount of time, usually no more than a
few minutes for a densely populated network element.
The following are the main operations that result in significant amounts of information being exchanged
between 5620 SAM and the network elements. These factors are therefore the principal contributors to the
bandwidth requirements.
• Network Element Discovery: Upon first discovery of the network element, a significant amount of
data is exchanged between 5620 SAM and the network element.
• SNMP traps: SNMP traps do not result directly in significant data being sent from the network
element to the 5620 SAM. Several of the SNMP traps however do not contain all of the information
required for 5620 SAM to completely represent the new status of the network element. As a result,
5620 SAM will subsequently perform a poll of a certain number of the SNMP MIBs to obtain the
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required information from the network element. Consequently, SNMP traps do result in a certain
quantity of data and therefore cause bandwidth utilization. The exact quantity of bandwidth utilized
will vary based on the number and the type of trap that is sent from the network element. In the
worst case however, this bandwidth utilization will be less than that utilized during a network
element discovery.
• SNMP polling: It is possible to configure 5620 SAM to poll the SNMP MIBs on the network elements
at various intervals. By default, 5620 SAM will perform a complete poll of the SNMP MIBs every 24
hours on non-SR–OS based network elements. During the polling cycle, the amount of data
transferred between 5620 SAM and the network element is equivalent to the amount of data
transferred during the network element discovery.
• Statistics collection: It is possible to configure 5620 SAM to poll the SNMP MIBs on the network
elements that contain performance statistics information. During the polling cycle, the amount of
data transferred between 5620 SAM and the network element is less than the amount of data
transferred during the network element discovery. With the configuration of a 5620 SAM Auxiliary
Statistics Collector, the communication from and to the network elements will be distributed
between the 5620 SAM Server and a 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector.
• Network element backup: It is possible to configure 5620 SAM to request a backup of the network
element at specified interval. During the NE backup cycle, the amount of data transferred between
5620 SAM and the network element is less than half of the amount of data transferred during the
network element discovery.
• Provisioning of services and deployment of configuration changes: When network elements are
configured or when services are provisioned via the 5620 SAM GUI or via application using the 5620
SAM-O interface, a small quantity of network bandwidth is utilized. The amount of data transferred
is significantly less than during the network element discovery.
• Initiation and collection of STM tests and their results: When STM tests are initiated, the 5620 SAM
Server sends individual requests per elemental test to the network elements. Once the test is
complete, the network elements report back using a trap. The 5620 SAM server then requests the
information from the network element, and stores it in the database. This can result in a significant
increase in network traffic to the network elements.
• Call Trace Information collection: When Call Trace information is collected from the eNodeB, the
5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector initiates a Call Trace collection with the eNodeB. The
eNodeB responds with a stream of UDP traffic to the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector that is
interpreted and placed on the local hard disk. A third-party client will collect the information from
the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector.
For some network elements, management of the NE includes methods other than standard MIB/SNMP
management – for example web-based tools. These network elements may require additional bandwidth
above the bandwidth levels stated in Table 16 .
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Possible consequences of insufficient bandwidth
In situations where there is less than the recommended bandwidth between the 5620 SAM and the network
element, the following are possible consequences:
• The length of time required to perform a network element discovery will increase
• The length of time required to perform a SNMP poll of the network element will increase
• The length of time required to retrieve statistics from the network element will increase
• The proportion of SNMP traps that will not reach 5620 SAM because of congestion will increase.
This is significant since 5620 SAM will detect it has missed traps from the network element and will
result in 5620 SAM performing additional SNMP polling to retrieve the missing information. This
will result in additional data being transferred, which will increase the bandwidth requirements,
possibly exacerbating the situation.
Determining total bandwidth requirements for 5620 SAM-managed
networks
The amount of bandwidth required for each of the network elements should be obtained from the table above.
The total amount of bandwidth that is required for 5620 SAM to manage the complete network will vary
based on the topology of the infrastructure that is used to carry the management traffic. From 5620 SAM’s
perspective, there must be sufficient bandwidth (as per the table above) between itself and each of the
network elements that is under management.
In cases where the management traffic is carried over physical point-to-point links between the 5620 SAM
Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary network and each of the network elements, sufficient bandwidth must be
reserved on the physical links, as per the table above. The 5620 SAM Server complex can simultaneously
communicate to several NEs for the following functions:
• NE Discovery, NE Resync, Resyncing for Trap Processing
• NE Backups, NE Software Downloading, and sending configurations to NEs
• Collecting Performance Statistics
• Collecting Accounting Statistics
• Initiating STM Tests on NEs
• Retrieve STM Test Results - also via FTP
• NE Reachability checks and NE trap gap checks
• Enabling Call Trace on eNodeB NEs
Rarely are all of the above performed simultaneously so it is recommended to assume for link aggregation
points that SAM can communicate with a minimum of 20-30 NEs simultaneously – this can increase to 60-70
NEs on a 16 CPU core 5620 SAM Server workstation. For Networks of over 1,000 NEs or where a SAM
Auxiliary Statistics Collector is being used, that number should be increased by 20-30 NEs. Higher
bandwidth maybe required under special cases where above average data is attempted to be transferred
between SAM and the network elements. For example, large statistics files, NE backups, or software
images.
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8.10 Network latency considerations
Network latency can potentially impact the performance of the 5620 SAM workstations. The following are
known impacts of latency between the various 5620 SAM workstations:
• 5620 SAM Server to 5620 SAM Clients (GUI/OSS): event notification rates of network changes
• 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector to the network elements: ftp connection for statistics
collection and SNMP stats collection
• 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector to the eNodeB network elements: UDP call trace
information received from the eNodeB
• 5620 SAM Server to the network elements: resync times, provisioning, ftp connections for statistics
and network element backups, trap handling, and SNMP stats collection (See Section 9.2 for more
information on latency impact on SNMP stats collection)
• 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary to 5620 SAM Database: 5620 SAM performance is
sensitive to latency in this area. The roundtrip latency must be no longer than 1 ms. Performance of
network, GUI, and OSS changes are significantly impacted.
Common geographical location of 5620 SAM workstations
It is ideal to ensure that all 5620 SAM workstations and the 5620 SAM OSS clients are collocated within a
geographical site on a high availability network to avoid the impact of network latency.
In cases where geographic redundancy is configured, all active 5620 SAM workstations (server, auxiliary, and
database) should be located within a geographical site on a high availability network to avoid the impact of
network latency. When a 5620 SAM workstation (server, auxiliary, or database) switchover or failover
occurs, a manual intervention may be required to align the workstations on the same geographical site to
minimize the performance impact of network latency.
Optimizing throughput between 5620 SAM workstations
In high-speed, high-latency networks the TCP socket buffer size controls the maximum network throughput
that can be achieved. If the TCP socket buffer is too small it will limit the network throughput, despite the fact
that the available bandwidth might support much higher transfer rates.
Adjusting the TCP socket buffer size to achieve optimal network throughput may be necessary if the network
bandwidth is more than 10mbps and roundtrip latency is higher than 25msec.
The optimal TCP socket buffer size is the bandwidth delay product (BDP). The bandwidth delay product is a
combination of the network bandwidth and the latency, or round-trip time (RTT); basically, it is the
maximum amount of data that can be in transit on the network at any given time.
For example, given a 20Mbps network with a RTT of 40ms the optimal TCP socket buffer size would be
computed as follows:
BDP = 20 Mbps * 40ms
= 20,000,000 bps * .04s
= 800,000 bits / 8
= 100,000 bytes
socket buffer size = BDP
= 100,000 bytes
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In Solaris 10, the default TCP socket buffer size is 49,152 bytes and Alcatel-Lucent supports a maximum value
of 500,000 bytes. The buffer size can be modified at the operating system level by changing the value of the
tcp_recv_hiwat and tcp_xmit_hiwat system parameters. To make this change persistent across system
reboots, the commands must be added to a system startup script; this can be achieved by executing the
following commands as the root user:
# cd /etc/init.d
# cat <<”EOF” > increase_tcp_buffer
> #!/sbin/sh
> #
> # Tune the TCP buffer size to improve network throughput
>
> case “$1” in
> start)
> /usr/sbin/ndd –set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 100000
> /usr/sbin/ndd –set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 100000
> ;;
> stop)
> ;;
> *)
> echo “Usage: $0 { start | stop }”
> exit 1
> ;;
> esac
> exit 0
> EOF
# chmod 0744 increase_tcp_buffer
# chown root:sys increase_tcp_buffer
# ln increase_tcp_buffer /etc/rc1.d/K70increase_tcp_buffer
# ln increase_tcp_buffer /etc/rc2.d/S70increase_tcp_buffer
It is important to note that increasing the TCP socket buffer size directly affects the amount of system
memory consumed by each socket. When tuning the TCP socket buffer size at the operating system level, it is
imperative to ensure the current amount of system memory can support the expected number of network
connections with the new buffer size.
Additional 5620 SAM Database throughput optimizations
In addition to the optimizations above, the 5620 SAM Database workstation requires changes to the
sqlnet.ora and listener.ora files that are contained in the oracle/network/admin directory. The lines with the
SEND_BUF_SIZE and RECV_BUF_SIZE should be uncommented (delete the “#” character), and set to 3
times the BDP value calculated above. The database should be shutdown when this change is made.
8.11 Network reliability considerations
Reliability between 5620 SAM components
The 5620 SAM requires reliable network communications between all the SAM Components:
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• 5620 SAM Servers
• 5620 SAM Databases
• 5620 SAM Auxiliaries
• 5620 SAM GUI Clients and 5620 SAM Delegate GUI server
• 5620 SAM OSS Clients
The performance and operation of 5620 SAM can be significantly impacted if there is any measurable packet
loss between the 5620 SAM workstations. Significant packet loss can cause 5620 SAM reliability.
5620 SAM Server to NE network reliability
The 5620 SAM Server requires reliable network connectivity between the 5620 SAM Server/Auxiliary to the
managed network elements. The mediation layer in 5620 SAM is designed to recover from lost packets
between the 5620 SAM Server and the network elements; however, these mechanisms come with a cost to
performance. Any measurable packet loss will degrade performance of 5620 SAM's ability to manage the
Network Elements. The loss of packets between SAM and NE will have an impact on (but not limited to):
• Any SNMP operations to the network elements:
• SNMP Trap processing performance
• Provisioning performance
• Provisioning failures
• Performance statistics collection (possibly to the point where statistics collection will be
incomplete)
• STM test operation (initiating test and collecting results retrieval)
• NE discovery and resync performance
• NE discovery and resync failures
• scheduled polling for reachability checks
• Accounting Statistics retrieval (possibly to the point where statistics collection will be incomplete)
• CLI session operation
• NE backup retrieval and software download performance
The following example will highlight the significant impact of lost packets. It only considers the SNMP
communication times with one network element. With the default mediation policy configured with an
SNMP retry timeout of 10 seconds, and an average round trip latency of 50 ms between 5620 SAM Server
and the network element, 5620 SAM will spend a total of 25 seconds sending and receiving 1000 packets
(500 SNMP gets and 500 SNMP responses). With a 0.1 % packet loss (1 packet out of the 1,000) the 5620
SAM Server will wait for the retry timeout (10 seconds) to expire before retransmitting. This will cause the
time to complete the 500 SNMP gets to increase by 10 seconds – for a total of 35 seconds of communication
time, or an increase of 40% over the time with no packet loss. With 0.5 % packet loss, the 500 SNMP gets
would increase by 50 seconds – for a total of 75 seconds to complete or an increase of 200%.
8.12 GNE, Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitches, 7250 SAS, Telco T5C, 9471 MME and
5780 DSC considerations
5620 SAM Clients support the web-based WebView functionality on Omni-switch family of switches.
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5620 SAM Clients support web-based clients on the GNEs, 7250 SAS, and Telco T5C network elements.
In 5620 SAM Release 8.0 R1, for management of mobile networks, support for the 5780 DSC and the 9471
MME is added. The 5780 DSC and 9471 MME are treated as network elements within 5620 SAM.
The 5780 DSC is managed via a web interface that is run through the browser that is installed on the 5620
SAM Client workstation or 5620 SAM Delegate workstation. It requires a direct c0nnection from the 5620
SAM Client to the 5780 DSC. As such, unique firewall rules are required. There are also increased memory
requirements on the 5620 SAM Client and/or 5620 SAM Delegate workstations.
The 9471 MME requires two management tools to be configured: the MME MI tool, and the Client. Their
management includes communication directly from the 5620 SAM Client to 5780 DSC and 9471 MME
platforms.
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9 Scaling guidelines
The following table (Table 17 ) represents the scalability limits for Release 8.0 . Note that:
• These limits require particular hardware specifications and a specific deployment architecture.
• Scale limits for network elements including GNEs, 7705s, and 7210s assume a maximum sustained
trap rate of 40 traps/ second for the entire network.
Section 6 contains information on identifying the correct hardware platform for a particular network
configuration. To achieve these scale limits, a distributed Solaris configuration is required, and may also
require a 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector and a storage array for the 5620 SAM database workstation.
NAS disk configurations are not supported.
Consult Alcatel-Lucent personnel to ensure you have the correct hardware platform and configuration for
your network size.
Table 17 5620 SAM Release 8.0 R1 scalability limits
Attribute of managed network Distributed configuration
Maximum number of managed MDAs 20,000
Maximum number of Network Elements (excluding GNEs) 7,000
Maximum number of GNEs (See Note Below) 15,000
Maximum number of managed services 1,000,000
Maximum number of SAPs 5,000,000
Maximum number of simultaneous 5620 SAM GUI 150
Maximum number of simultaneous active 5620 SAM-O HTTP applications 30
Maximum number of simultaneous active 5620 SAM-O JMS applications 10
Maximum number of outstanding alarms 50,000
Maximum number of Alarms (equivalent to 1 month retention assuming 50,000
per day)
2,000,000
NOTE: The number of interfaces on a GNE and the traps that may arise from them is the key factor
determining the number of GNE devices that can be managed. As GNE devices are expected to be access
devices the sizing is based on an average of 10 interfaces of interest on each device (10 x 15,000 = 150,000
interfaces). Processing of traps from interface types that are not of interest can be turned off in 5620 SAM.
Under high trap load, 5620 SAM may drop traps.
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5620 SAM Release 8.0 uses the number of MDAs as the fundamental unit of network dimensioning. To
determine the current or eventual size of a network, the number of deployed or expected MDAs, as opposed to
the capacity of each router, must be calculated.
Table 18 Network element maximums and equivalency.
Network element Type Maximum number of
network elements
supported
MDA equivalency
7250 SAS (or Telco T5C CLE) 2,500 5,000
7705 7,000 7,000
7210 5,000 5,000
OMNISwitch 6000 series (each shelf in the stackable chassis) 5,000 5,000
OMNISwitch 9000 series (each NI) 1,000 1,000
9500 MPR 5,000 5,000
The 5780 DSC and the 9471 MME have an MDA equivalency of 1 MDA per blade.
The IMM card has an MDA equivalency of 2 MDAs per card.
The CMA card has an MDA equivalency of 1 MDA per card.
9.1 Scaling guidelines for 5620 SAM OSS Clients
There can be a maximum of 10 5620 SAM OSS-JMS Clients.
The number of 5620 SAM OSS-HTTP Clients supported by a 5620 SAM Server workstation is 2 times the
number of CPU cores with at least 10 and at most 30 clients supported.
5620 SAM OSS Clients using JMS
5620 SAM OSS Clients using JMS durable connections have a lower maximum message rate compared to
non-durable clients.
Network latency between the 5620 SAM Server and a 5620 SAM OSS Client will reduce the JMS message
rate. For durable JMS clients, the Duplicate OK method will allow for a higher message rate than the Auto
Acknowledge method. Refer to the 5620 SAM-O OSS Interface Developer Guide for more information.
The 5620 SAM is able to deliver hundreds of messages per second to a non-durable 5620 SAM OSS client.
5620 SAM OSS Clients may need to use non-durable connections to the SAM Server in order to keep up with
high message rates.
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Table 19 JMS durable messaging rates
Roundtrip latency from the OSS Client to the
5620 SAM Server
JMS messaging
0ms 20ms 40ms
Durable connection with Auto-acknowledge 42 21 15
Durable with Duplicates-OK 49 42 26
NOTE: Higher durable messaging rates can be achieved by dedicating striped disks for redo logs and
tablespaces when there is no latency.
9.2 Scaling guidelines for statistics collection
5620 SAM provides the ability to collect statistics information from the network elements. This section
provides guidelines that can be used to determine the extent to which Statistics Collection can be retrieved
from the network.
Statistics collection definitions:
Performance statistics: These statistics are associated with various network objects such as ports, interfaces,
channels and network elements (routers). These statistics are retrieved by 5620 SAM using SNMP polling
according to the MIB policies that are configured by the user.
Accounting statistics: These statistics are associated with Services, Subscribers, and Network Interfaces and
contain data that can be used for accounting, billing and SLA management purposes. These statistics are
collected on the 7x50 and retrieved by 5620 SAM via a file that is transferred via ftp.
Statistics Item: An individual statistics counter, such as RxOctets or TxFrames.
Statistics Record: A collection of statistics items which is retrieved from the router and stored in the 5620
SAM database as an atomic operations. In the various statistics forms on the 5620 SAM GUI Client, a
statistics record appears to the user as a single row which contains the collection or retrieval timestamp and a
set of individual statistics items. In the case of performance statistics, a statistics record corresponds to a row
in the MIB table.
Determining the number of statistics records that will be collected
In 5620 SAM Release 5.0 and above, statistics can be collected and processed by the 5620 SAM Server or by
the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector for dedicated statistics handling. The 5620 SAM Auxiliary
Statistics Collector provides a dedicated workstation for statistics collection. The following sections should be
used to determine the maximum performance and accounting statistics for different hardware setups..
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Performance statistics
Refer to the 5620 Statistics Management Guide to find the steps required to configure 5620 SAM to retrieve
and process performance statistics. Note that two steps are required to enable the collection of performance
statistics from the network. First, a policy is defined which specifies a set of polling periods for various MIBs.
Second, the policy is applied to a number of network elements.
In general, enabling the statistics collection of a MIB will result in one statistics record being collected, at the
specified polling period, for each network object to which the MIB applies.
For example, consider a policy is created with only the rtr.L2AccessDhcpRelayCfgStats MIB enabled for
collection at 15-minute intervals. That policy is assigned to only two network elements which each contain
500 L2 Access Interfaces. As a result of this action, 5620 SAM will collect 1,000 statistics records from the
network every 15 minutes.
The quantity of resources which are allocated to the retrieval and processing of performance statistics does
not depend significantly on the number of CPUs available to the 5620 SAM Server software. The following
table shows the maximum number of performance statistics that can be retrieved and processed by the 5620
SAM Server or 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector every 15 minutes.
Table 20 Maximum number of performance statistics records processed on a 5620 SAM Server
Maximum number of performance statistics records per 15-minute interval Number of CPU cores
on 5620 SAM Server
workstations Collocated
configuration Distributed configuration Distributed configuration with
Auxiliary Statistics Collector
2 10,000 50,000 N/A
4 or greater 50,000 150,000 500,000
To compute the number of CPU cores available on the workstation, the Solaris psrinfo command can be used.
To compute the number of CPU cores available on workstations that contain UltraSPARC T1 CPUs such as the
T2000, the number of CPUs reported by psrinfo should be divided by 4. For workstations that contain
UltraSPARC T2 CPUs, the number of CPUs reported by psrinfo should be divided by 8.
In situations where the 5620 SAM Server is asked to collect more performance statistics than it can process in
the specified polling period, the PollerDeadlineMissed alarms will start appearing. These alarms indicate to
the user that the polling mechanisms within 5620 SAM cannot retrieve the requested information within the
specified polling period. Should this situation arise, the polling period for statistics should be increased or the
number of objects that are applied to Statistics Poller Policies should be reduced.
To achieve the increased performance statistics retention, the 5620 SAM Database workstation must be
configured with multiple tablespaces at 5620 SAM Database installation time. With a multiple tablespace
installation and enough disk space, 32 GB of data space can be used for the performance statistics records,
which equates to approximately 40-45 Million records.
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Performance statistics collection and network latency
5620 SAM collection of performance statistics from a single network element may be limited due to the round
trip delay caused by network and network element latency. 5620 SAM collects performance statistics records
using SNMP. One record is collected at a time to limit the load on the network element. Therefore, round
trip latency will directly impact the maximum number of performance statistics records collected. As an
example, if the round trip latency is 100ms, and we target a completion time of 75% of the collection interval
(to allow for processing variances and other system impacts), the maximum number of performance statistics
records that can be collected from one network element in a 15 minute interval would be 6750 records (75%
of 900 seconds divided by 100 ms latency).
Accounting statistics
Refer to the 5620 Statistics Management Guide to find the steps required to configure 5620 SAM to retrieve
and process accounting statistics.
The quantity of resources which are allocated to the retrieval and processing of accounting statistics within
the 5620 SAM Server are set at the installation time and depend on the number of CPUs available to the 5620
SAM Server software. The number of CPUs available to the 5620 SAM Server depends on the number of
CPUs on the Sun workstation and whether the 5620 SAM Database software is collocated with the 5620 SAM
Server software on the same workstation.
An accounting statistic record is the statistic for one queue for one SAP. For example, if 2 ingress and 2 egress
queues are configured per SAP, the “Combined Ingress/Egress” statistic represents 4 5620 SAM accounting
statistic records.
It is recommended that the Accounting Policy Interval and the File Policy Interval be aligned to the same
period. Misalignment of the policy periods can cause 5620 SAM resource contention for both performance
and accounting statistics processing.
The following tables provide the maximum number of accounting statistics records that can be retrieved and
processed by the 5620 SAM Server or 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector in various situations.
To reach the peak accounting statistics from the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstation, the
5620 SAM Database workstation requires a customized configuration that can be obtained from Alcatel-
Lucent personnel.
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Table 21 Maximum number of accounting statistics records to be processed by a 5620 SAM Server workstation
Maximum number of accounting statistics records per 15-minute interval Number of
CPU cores on
5620 SAM
Server
workstations
Collocated
configuration Distributed
configuration Distributed configuration with
Auxiliary Statistics Collector
2 50,000 100,000 N/A
4 100,000 200,000 800,000
8 or greater 200,000 400,000 10,000,000 (8 CPU core and 16 GB
RAM Sun x86 Auxiliary Statistics
Collector platform required)
5620 SAM Database hardware platform requirements
To collect large numbers of statistics, there are RAM and disk drive requirements for the 5620 SAM Database
workstation. The following table highlights these requirements.
Table 22 5620 SAM Database workstation hardware requirements for a distributed configuration
Maximum number of simultaneous statistics records per
15-minute interval
Accounting statistics records Performance statistics
records
5620 SAM
Auxiliary
Statistics
Collector
Requires the following 5620
SAM Database workstation
setup
400,000 0 No
0 150,000 No
800,000 0 Yes
0 500,000 Yes
4 CPU cores
4 disk
16 GB RAM
10,000,000 500,000 Yes
4 CPU cores
Storage array
32 GB RAM
To compute the number of CPU cores available on the workstation, the Solaris psrinfo command can be used.
To compute the number of CPU core available on workstations that contain UltraSPARC T1 CPUs such as the
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T2000, the number of CPUs reported by psrinfo should be divided by 4. For workstations that contain
UltraSPARC T2 CPUs, the number of CPUs reported by psrinfo should be divided by 8.
In situations where the 5620 SAM Server is asked to collect more accounting statistics records than it can
process in the specified retrieval period, the extra statistics will not be retrieved from the network.
There are two methods to export accounting statistics from 5620 SAM: registerLogToFile, and findToFile.
The registerLogToFile method is required for situations where more than 400,000 statistics records are
retrieved in 15 minutes. This recommendation also minimizes collection latency and reduces system load.
Simultaneous collection of performance and accounting statistics records
5620 SAM can collect both performance and accounting statistics records simultaneously. However, it is
important to consider that enabling the collection of one type of statistics will reduce the capability of 5620
SAM to collect and process the other type of statistics. It is therefore not possible to achieve the maximum
stated limits for both performance and accounting statistics records simultaneously. Table 22 shows an
example of simultaneous collection.
Determining the number of performance and accounting statistics records
being collected by 5620 SAM
To ensure the number of performance and accounting statistics records that 5620 SAM is asked to collect and
process every 15 minutes remains below the stated scalability guidelines, it is important to carefully assess the
impact of creating and assigning statistics policies. Review the number of objects that are assigned to
statistics policy and ensure the polling and retrieval periods are set such that the numbers will remain below
the stated guidelines.
Using SAM performance statistics, 5620 SAM can assist in determining how many polled and accounting
statistics are being collected.
5620 SAM performance can be adversely affected by increasing the number of historical statistics entries
recorded by the 5620 SAM. 5620 SAM system impacts include increased time listing log records from the GUI
and OSS clients, increased Oracle tablespaces, and increased database backups times.
9.3 Scaling guidelines for scheduled tests (STM)
5620 SAM provides the ability to generate, manage and schedule STM tests within the network. This section
provides guidelines that can be used to determine the extent to which STM tests can be scheduled and
launched within a network.
There are a number of factors which will influence 5620 SAM’s ability to concurrently manage and schedule a
large number of tests. 5620 SAM keeps track of how many tests are running concurrently. This is to limit the
initiation of the tests, and the processing of the results without interfering with the system’s other functions.
To understand the STM guidelines, the following terminology is required:
Elemental Test: An OAM test to be sent to a router such as an LSP ping
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Lightweight Test: An OAM test that is initiated in the default manner, however, will no longer record
individual test and probe results in SAM unless the test has failed.
Accounting file Test: An OAM test that is initiated in the default manner, however, the test results are
retrieved from the network element via FTP on a periodic basis.
Test Policy: A definition or configuration that tells 5620 SAM the specifics about how to generate a test. A
test policy can contain multiple test definitions. The policies are used by test suites.
Test Suite: A collection of elemental tests that can be assigned to a specific schedule. There are three defined
sections in which tests can be placed within a test suite: First run, Generated and Last run. The tests are
executed in order by these sections. It is possible to configure the execution order of tests within the First Run
and Last Run sections to be parallel or sequential. The tests in the Generated position are run by the system
as concurrently as possible. If the Generated section contains tests from several different test definitions,
then all the tests belonging to one definition will be executed before the tests of the next definition begin.
Within a definition, the system will attempt to execute the tests as concurrently as possible. This is important
to note, as a test suite containing a large number of tests in the Generated section (or in the First Run/Last
Run sections set to parallel) may tax the system. Part of the increased stress placed on the system by
concurrent tests is a result of the need for the system to use greater amounts of resources in order to initiate,
wait for and process many tests concurrently. As well, tests that result in a large amount data to be returned
from the routers will place increased demands on the 5620 SAM.
Schedule: A start time that can have a test suite or test suites assigned to it to produce scheduled tasks.
When the schedule's start time is reached, the suite or suites assigned to it will commence. The schedule may
be set to continuously repeat after a configurable period of time.
Scheduled Task: An instance of a test suite assigned to a schedule
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Table 23 Maximum number of STM elemental tests
5620 SAM platform Maximum (regular or
lightweight) STM tests in a
10 minute period
Maximum accounting file STM
tests in a 10 minute period
Distributed Sun x86 platforms with minimum 8
CPU 5620 SAM Server
6,000 50,000
Distributed Sun x86 platform.
NOTE: It may be possible to achieve higher
numbers depending on the 5620 SAM
Server activity and hardware platform
2,000
15,000
Minimum distributed Sun SPARC platform
(5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM database
on 2 core v240/v245 Servers)
OR
Minimum Collocated Sun x86 platforms
NOTE: It may be possible to achieve higher
numbers depending on the 5620 SAM
Server activity and hardware platform
1,000 1,000
Windows and minimum SPARC platforms
(collocated 5620 SAM Server and 5620
SAM Database on a single Sun Fire
v240/v245 Server)
50 50
Guidelines for maximizing STM test execution:
By default, 5620 SAM will only allow test suites with a combined weight of 80,000 to run concurrently. The
test suite weights are identified in the 5620 SAM GUI’s Test Suites List window. Running too many tests that
start at the same time will cause the system to exceed the previously mentioned limit, and the test will be
skipped. Ensuring the successful execution of as many STM tests as possible requires planning the schedules,
the contents, and the configuration of the test suites. The following guidelines will assist in maximizing the
number of tests that can be executed on your system:
• When configuring Tests or Test Policies, do not configure more packets (probes) than necessary, as
they increase the weight of the Test Suite.
• A test suite with a high weight (i.e.: greater than half of the concurrent weight limit) will continue to
consume the system’s available weight until the test suite has completed executing or until the test
suite has timed-out. Test Suite’s with a smaller weight will typically complete more quickly, and
allow other test suites to execute concurrently. The weight of the test suite is determined by the
number of tests in the test suite, and the number of probes that are executed by each test.
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• Assign the time-out of the test suite in such a way that if one of the test results has not been received
it can be considered missed or failed without stopping other test suites from executing.
• Rather than scheduling a Test Suite to execute all tests on one network element, tests should be
executed on multiple network elements to allow for concurrent handling of the tests on the network
elements. This will allow the test suite results to be received from the network element and
processed by 5620 SAM more quickly freeing up available system weight more quickly.
• Rather than scheduling a test suite to run sequentially, consider duplicating the test suite and
running the test suites on alternating schedules. This allows each test suite time to complete or
timeout before the same test suite is executed again. Remember that this may cause double the
system weight to be consumed until the alternate test suite has completed.
• Test that can be NE persistent should use NE persistence to reduce the interactions between 5620
SAM and the network elements when initiating a test.
• Create test suites that contain less than 200 elemental tests. This way you can initiate the tests at
different times by assigning the test suites to different schedules thereby having greater control over
how many tests are initiated or in progress at any given time.
• Prioritize which tests you wish to perform by manually executing the test suite to determine how
long it will take in your network. Use that duration with some added buffer time to help determine
how much time to leave between schedules or repetitions of a schedule and how to configure the test
suite timeout.
• A test suite timeout needs to be configured to take effect before the same test suite is scheduled to
run again, or it will not execute if it does not complete before the timeout.
• 5620 SAM Database backups can impact the performance of STM tests.
• The Maximum STM Test Results should be configured to be the minimum required number of
results. The default is 1,000,000. The maximum is 20,000,000. The more tests that are retained,
the slower the 5620 SAM server access to the database will be.
• Attempting to delete tests or test suites manually with large numbers of test results will result in
STM test execution delays. The 5620 SAM Server will remove test results as the total number of test
results stored exceeds the user configured Maximum STM Test Results. They will age-out.
Lightweight STM test configuration
In 5620 SAM Release 6.0 R3, the concept of lightweight STM test execution was introduced. To take
advantage of lightweight test execution, the tests must be NE schedulable with “Lightweight Execution” and
“Ignore Probe results” selected. While this can reduce the load on the 5620 SAM Database workstation, it
may not increase the maximum number of allowable tests to be executed. Test Suite Results will continue to
be produced for each Test Suite execution.
Accounting file STM test configuration
In 5620 SAM Release 7.0 R4, the concept of accounting file collection of STM test results was introduced.
This feature requires 7750 and 7450 network elements that are version 7.0 R4 and above. To take advantage
of accounting file STM test execution, the test policy must be configured to be NE schedulable with
“Accounting file” selected. This will produce STM tests that will be executed on the network element, while
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the test results will be returned to 5620 SAM by way of an accounting file in a similar way to accounting
Statistics.
Examples of STM test configuration
Example 1:
Assume there is a network with 400 LSPs and that the objective is to perform LSP pings on each LSP as
frequently as possible. The following steps are to be followed:
1. Create 4 test suites each containing 100 elemental LSP ping tests
2. One at a time, execute each test suite and record the time each one took to complete. Assume that the
longest time for executing one of the test suites is 5 minutes.
3. Create a schedule that is ongoing and has a frequency of 10 minutes. This doubles the time taken for the
longest test suite and ensures that the test will complete before it is executed again. Assign this
schedule to the 4 test suites.
4. Monitor the test suite results to ensure that they are completing. If the tests are not completing (for
example getting marked as “skipped”), then increase the frequency time value of the schedule.
5. In the above case, there are 200 elemental tests configured to be executed each 10 minutes.
Example 2:
Assume there are eight test suites (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7 and T8), each containing 50 elemental tests.
Assume the test suites individually take 5 minutes to run. Also, assume the objective is to schedule them so
that the guideline of having less than 200 concurrently running elemental tests is respected.
The recommended approach for scheduling these tests suites is as follows:
• Test suites T1, T2, T3, T4 can be scheduled on the hour and repeat every 10 minutes
• Test suites T5, T6, T7, T8 can be scheduled on the hour + 5 minutes and repeated every 10 minutes
This will ensure no more than 200 elemental tests are scheduled to run concurrently.
Factors impacting the number of elemental tests that can be executed in a
given time frame.
The following factors can impact the number of elemental tests that can be executed during a given time
frame:
• The type of tests being executed. Each type of elemental test takes varying quantities of time to
complete (e.g. a simple LSP ping of an LSP that spans only two routers may take less than 2 seconds;
an MTU ping could take many minutes).
• The amount of data that is generated/updated by the test within the network elements. 5620 SAM
will have to obtain this information and store it in the 5620 SAM database. The quantity of data
depends on the type of tests being performed and the configuration of the objects on which the tests
are performed.
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• The number of test suites scheduled at or around the same time
• The number of tests in a test suite
• The number of routers over which the tests are being executed. Generally, a large number of tests on
a single router can be expected to take longer than the same number of tests distributed over many
routers.
• A 5620 SAM Database backup may temporarily reduce the system’s ability to write test results into
the database.
• The workstation used to perform the tests will dictate how many physical resources 5620 SAM can
dedicate to executing elemental tests. On the minimum supported Solaris workstation (collocated
5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database on a single Sun Fire v240/v245 Server), the number of
concurrent tests must be limited to 50.
Possible consequences of exceeding the capacity of the system to perform
tests
5620 SAM will exhibit the following symptoms if the number of scheduled tests exceeds the system’s capacity.
Skipped tests:
If a test suite is still in progress at the time that its Schedule triggers again, then that scheduled task will be
marked as skipped and that test suite will not be attempted again until the next scheduled time.
Failed tests (time-out):
Tests may timeout and get marked as failed. If any of the tests take more than 15 minutes it may get purged
from an internal current test list. For example, a test may be successfully sent to a router and the system does
not receive any results for 15 minutes. The system marks the test as failed and purges its’ expectation of
receiving a result. However, later, the system could still receive the results from the router and update its
result for the test to success.
Disk space requirements for STM test results:
STM test results are stored in the tablespace DB partition. The STM database partitions start with a total size
of 300MB of disk space. When the maximum number of test results is configured at 20,000,000 (maximum),
the disk space requirement for the STM tests may increase by up to 40GB. A larger tablespace partition
should be considered.
The maximum number of test results stored in the database reflects the sum of the aggregate results, test
results, and probe results.
Running 10 tests with 1 probe each versus 1 test with 10 probes consumes the same amount of disk space.
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10 Securing 5620 SAM
Alcatel-Lucent recognizes the importance of deploying important software such as the 5620 SAM in secure
environments and, as such, supports the use of security techniques to enhance the security of the 5620 SAM.
5620 SAM communications can be secured using SSL, SNMPv3 and HTTPs. Refer to the 5620 SAM User
Guide for configuration procedures.
Alcatel-Lucent recommends the following steps to achieving 5620 SAM workstation security:
• Install a clean Solaris 10 operating system environment with the minimum required packages
documenting in the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Install the latest Solaris Recommended Patch Cluster from Sun/Oracle (available at
www.oracle.com)
• Enable Solaris Secure by Default feature as described in section Error! Reference source not
found.
• Implement firewall rules for the 5620 SAM Servers to control access to ports on 5620 SAM
platforms as described in section 10.4
• Installation of 5620 SAM with a secure configuration described in section 10.2
• Network Element connection configuration as described in section 10.3
10.1 Operating system installation for 5620 SAM workstations
Alcatel-Lucent supports customers applying Solaris or Windows patches provided by Sun or Microsoft which
will include security fixes as well as functional fixes. If a patch is found to be incompatible with the 5620
SAM, the patch may need to be removed until a solution to the incompatibility is provided by Sun, Microsoft,
or Alcatel-Lucent. Consult the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM Release 8.0 Release Notice documents for up-to-
date information about the recommended Solaris maintenance update and patch levels.
5620 SAM is supported on Solaris installed with the list of required Solaris Packages and Ports documented
in the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM Installation and Upgrade Guide.
Additional efforts to secure the system could impact 5620 SAM's operation or future upgrades of the product.
Customer's should perform some level of basic testing to validate additional platform hardening does not
impact 5620 SAM's operation. Also, the 5620 SAM Product Group makes no commitment to make 5620
SAM compatible with a customer's hardening requirements.
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Required Solaris services
The installation of Solaris 10 leaves many network services enabled by default. To reduce the security risk to
a 5620 SAM Server running on Solaris 10, the Solaris "Secure by default" feature can be used to disabled all
network services other than SSH. Enabling of this feature is done using the netservices limited
command. This command should only be executed when the SAM Software is shut down because it will
cause some processes to restart.
The only Solaris network services that the 5620 SAM requires are:
• SSH - secure shell
• network time protocol service (ntp) - or some time synchronization service
See Solaris documentation for more information on "Secure by Default".
10.2 5620 SAM software installation
Alcatel-Lucent recommends the following steps when installing the 5620 SAM Servers:
• Configure the 5620 SAM Server IP validation during the 5620 SAM database installation to ensure
that only the specified IP address can communicate with the 5620 SAM database. This is
documented in the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Configure SSL for secure communication between the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Clients (OSS
and UI) as documented in the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM User Guide
Alcatel-Lucent recommends the configuration (as documented in the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM User Guide)
of the following options to secure communication with the 5620 SAM Client UI and 5620 SAM Client OSS
interfaces:
• Password history count
• Password expiry periods
• Client timeouts
• Security statements
• Scope of command and Span of Control
• Client IP validation
10.3 5620 SAM network element communication
The following configurations are documented in the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM User Guide, and help secure
communication between the network elements and 5620 SAM server installations:
• SNMPv3
• SSH for remote access to the network elements
• SCP/SFTP for secure file transfer
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10.4 5620 SAM and firewalls
A firewall can be deployed to protect the 5620 SAM server from the managed network and to protect the
server from the network hosting the 5620 SAM clients. The diagrams below illustrate this and show the
communications services that are required through the firewalls.
NOTE: For the network elements described in Section 8.12 there is a requirement for the 5620 SAM GUI
client to communicate directly with the specialize configuration tools.
Figure 8 Firewalls and 5620 SAM standalone deployments
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Figure 9 Firewalls and 5620 SAM redundant deployments
10.5 5620 SAM Clients and NAT
There are two options to configure 5620 SAM Clients to connect to the 5620 SAM Server when NAT is being
used: by hostname or by IP address.
When the 5620 SAM Client is configured to use hostnames, the name resolution service on the public side of
the NAT-Enabled Firewall is configured to resolve the SAM Server hostname to the public IP address of the
SAM server. Name resolution service on the private side of the NAT-Enabled Firewall is configured to resolve
the SAM Server hostname to the private IP address of the SAM server. Clients on both sides of the NAT-
Enabled Firewall are configured to communicate with the SAM Server via hostname where the SAM Server
hostname must be the same on both sides of the NAT-Enabled Firewall.
When the 5620 SAM Client is configured to use IP addresses, SAM Clients on the private side and public side
of the NAT-Enabled Firewall must connect to the public IP address of the SAM Server. A routing loopback
from the SAM Server private IP address to the SAM Server public IP address must be configured in this
scenario as all SAM Clients must communicate to the SAM Server through the SAM Server public IP address.
See section 11.6 for more information on the use of hostnames.
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10.6 List of ports required for firewalls
The following table describes the ports which must be opened in order for the application components to
communicate effectively using firewalls.
Table 24 5620 SAM firewall requirements
Component Default
port Type Description
N/A ICMP ICMP Ping
The active 5620 SAM Server will periodically ping the 5620 SAM
Delegate Server to ensure reachability.
21
Ports from
1023 -
65536
TCP FTP (Passive)
This port is used to enable ftp communication from a 5620 SAM-O
Client to either the 5620 SAM Server or Auxiliary. Ftp is used by the
5620 SAM-O Client to retrieve logToFile statistics or findToFile
results. (See section 0)
SCP or SFTP could be used instead for increased security.
22 TCP SSH/SCP/SFTP
This port is used for remote access, rsync between 5620 SAM Servers,
rsync between 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collectors, rsync
between the 5620 SAM Databases, and scp/sftp to 5620 SAM OSS
clients.
162 UDP SNMP traps
By default, this port on the 5620 SAM Server receives SNMP traps
from the network elements. This item is specified during the
installation of the server and can be changed.
(Not required by the 5620 SAM Auxiliary)
5620 SAM
Server and
5620 SAM
Auxiliary
1094,1095,
4448,
4449
TCP Internal system communications protocol (JBoss messaging)
These ports are used by commands on the 5620 SAM Auxiliary
workstation to adjust the 5620 SAM Auxiliary behaviour. (Example:
adjusting log levels, shutting down the auxiliary server, etc)
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Component Default
port Type Description
1096,1097,
4446,
4447
TCP Internal system communications protocol (JMS naming/messaging
service)
Used by the 5620 SAM Client (GUI and OSSI) and 5620 SAM Server
and 5620 SAM Auxiliary applications to register for JMS
notifications and messages. This is used to ensure that the Client,
Server, and Auxiliary are aware of system events (i.e.: database
changes or alarm notifications, etc)
NOTE: OSS clients should not use 1097 to access 5620 SAM. They
should use 1099 or 1100.
1098 TCP Internal system communications protocol (JBoss Naming Service -
JNDI)
This port is required to ensure successful communication between the
5620 SAM Server and the 5620 SAM GUI and OSS clients.
5620 SAM GUI and OSS clients use this port to look up items
provided by the 5620 SAM Server. The items looked up are
functions that the clients use to get or send information to and from
the server.
When there are redundant servers, this port is also used between the
two servers to trade information on which items are available for
look up.
1099 TCP Internal system communications protocol (JBoss Naming Service -
JNDI)
This port is required to ensure the 5620 SAM GUI and OSS clients
properly initialize with the 5620 SAM Server.
When initially logging into the 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM GUI and
OSS clients use this port to find the various services that are
available. This port is also used by the 5620 SAM GUI and OSS
clients to register with the 5620 SAM Server to receive notification
of network changes.
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Component Default
port Type Description
1100 TCP Internal system communications protocol (JBoss High Availability
JNDI)
This port is required to ensure the 5620 SAM GUI and OSS clients
properly initialize with the 5620 SAM Server when there are
redundant servers. This port is used when 5620 SAM is installed in
a redundant configuration.
When initially logging into the 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM GUI
clients use this port to find the various services that are available.
This port is also used by the 5620 SAM GUI and OSS clients to
register with the 5620 SAM Server to receive notification of network
changes.
4444, 4450 TCP Internal system communications protocol (JBoss messaging)
During run-time operations, the 5620 SAM GUI clients use this port
to send and receive information to and from the 5620 SAM Server.
These ports can be encrypted.
For example, GUI user operations, such as clicking "apply" on a
configuration form, will result in information being transmitted to
the server using this port.
Note that 5620 SAM can be configured to use a different port for this
purpose. The procedure is available from Alcatel-Lucent Personnel.
8080 TCP HTTP
This port provides an HTTP interface for 5620 SAM-O clients to
access the 5620 SAM server. Port 8443 can be used instead for
secure communications.
8085 TCP HTTP
This port provides an HTTP interface for 5620 SAM client. The 5620
SAM Client uses this port to verify the existence of the server. Port
8444 can be used instead for secure communications.
8093, 8094 TCP JMS (Java Message Service)
This port is used by the 5620 SAM server to send real-time
notifications of changes that have happened in the network such as
alarms or newly created configurations to the 5620 SAM GUI
clients and registered 5620 SAM-O OSS applications. The
messages are sent using the JMS protocol (over TCP).
8443 TCP HTTPS
This port provides an HTTPS (secure HTTP) interface for 5620 SAM-O
clients that wish to use this protocol to access the 5620 SAM server
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Component Default
port Type Description
8444 TCP HTTPS
This port provides an HTTPS (secure HTTP) interface for 5620 SAM
Client. This is a secure version of port 8085. Used only if 5620
SAM Client is connecting via SSL.
9735 TCP Corba Interface
This port is used by 5620 SAM-O 3GPP-compliant clients to access
the 5620 SAM-O 3GPP Corba interface
11800
Ports from
32768 -
65536
TCP Internal system communications protocol (JBoss Clustering)
This port is required to ensure that redundant 5620 SAM Servers can
monitor each other.
12800 TCP Internal system communications protocol (JBoss clustering)
During run-time operations, the 5620 SAM Auxiliary use this port to
send and receive information to and from the 5620 SAM Server.
The number of required ports depends on the number of 5620 SAM
Auxiliary workstations that are installed.
Note that 5620 SAM can be configured to use a different port for this
purpose. The procedure is available from Alcatel-Lucent Personnel.
21
Ports from
1023 -
65536
TCP FTP (Passive)
This port is used to enable ftp communication between the 5620 SAM
Server and the managed routers. Ftp occurs to transfer information
from the routers to the 5620 SAM Server such as accounting
statistics. See section 0 for a more detailed description of ftp
requirements.
22 TCP SSH
This port used by clients to request a SSH session to a managed
router.
Managed
Devices
23 TCP Telnet
This port used by clients to request a telnet session to a managed
router.
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Component Default
port Type Description
69 UDP TFTP
This port is used to do ftp when managing 7250 SAS or Telco T5C
equipment. If there are no 7250 SAS or Telco T5C nodes in the
network, this port is not required
80 TCP HTTP
This port is required for the 5620 SAM Client to communicate with
the network element Web GUIs. See Section 8.12 for the network
elements that require this port.
161 UDP SNMP
By default, 5620 SAM server sends SNMP messages, such as
configuration requests and service deployments, to this port on the
network elements.
443 TCP HTTPS
This port is required for the 5620 SAM Client to be able to
communicate with the 9471 DSC.
830 TCP SSH for eNodeB
This port is used by the eNodeB network element for SSH traffic.
1099 TCP RMI
This port is required for the 5620 SAM Client to be able to
communicate with the 9471 MME MI.
1234 TCP Search-agent
This port is required for the 5620 SAM Client to be able to
communicate with the 9471 MME MI.
1235 TCP Mosaicsysscv1
This port is required for the 5620 SAM Client to be able to
communicate with the 9471 MME MI.
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Component Default
port Type Description
3306 TCP Mysql
This port is required for the 5620 SAM Client to be able to
communicate with the 9471 MME MI.
5001 TCP Proprietary Java socket connection
This port is used by CPAM to communicate with the 7701 CPAA to
obtain control plane information.
8001 UDP SNMP
This port is used for SNMP communication with the 9471 MME MI
8443 TCP HTTPS
This port is required for the 5620 SAM Client to be able to
communicate with the 9471 MME MI.
9090 TCP Websm
This port is required for the 5620 SAM Client to be able to
communicate with the 9471 MME MI.
9683 TCP HTTPS
This port is required for the 5620 SAM Client to be able to
communicate with the 9471 MME MI.
42000 TCP WebNMS
This port is required for the 5620 SAM Client to be able to
communicate with the 9471 MME MI.
57074
57075
UDP Call Trace Data
This port is required by the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector
to retrieve the Call Trace information from the eNodeB.
Port 57075 is only required by authorized Alcatel-Lucent personnel
for debugging purposes.
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Component Default
port Type Description
N/A ICMP ICMP
Only used if the Ping Policy is enabled as part of network element
mediation.
22 TCP SSH
This port used by 5620 SAM for an optional resync feature between
56230 SAM Databases.
1523 TCP Oracle SQL*Net Listener
This port is used by the 5620 SAM Server to connect to and
communicate with the 5620 SAM Database. When there are
redundant databases, this port is also used by Oracle DataGuard
to keep the databases in sync. The data on this port is encrypted.
9002
Ports from
1023 -
65536
(Windows)
or
32768 -
65536
(Solaris)
TCP 5620 SAM Database Proxy
This port is used by the 5620 SAM Server to monitor disk usage on a
remote 5620 SAM Database. When there are redundant
databases, it is also allows the 5620 SAM Server to initiate
database switchovers and failovers.
Ports are allocated dynamically and temporarily in the range to
satisfy the initial requests that arrive on port 9002 (the listener
port).
5620 SAM
Database
9003
Ports from
1023 -
65536
(Windows)
or
32768 -
65536
(Solaris)
TCP Database file transfer Port
This port is used by the 5620 SAM Database workstations in a
redundant workstation configuration. This port allows Database
transfers between the primary and standby databases. For
example: when the standby database is re-instantiated, or when the
standby database is installed for the first time.
Ports are allocated dynamically and temporarily in the range to
satisfy the initial requests that arrive on port 9003 (the listener
port).
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10.7 FTP between the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics
Collector and the managed network
5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector will use FTP for several purposes.
The 5620 SAM Server will use FTP to receive backup images of managed devices, to send new software
images to the managed devices and to receive accounting statistics from the managed devices.
If a 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstation is installed, FTP will only be used to retrieve
accounting statistics from managed devices.
If STM Accounting tests are being executed, the 5620 SAM Server will retrieve the test results from the
managed devices by FTP.
The FTP communication is configured as an extended passive FTP connection, with the managed devices
serving as the FTP servers and the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary acting as the FTP client.
Extended passive FTP connections use dynamically-allocated ports on both sides of the communication
channel, and are ephemeral in nature. As such, the data sent from the managed devices will be sent from a
port in the range of 1024-65536. This data will be sent to the 5620 SAM Server on a port in the range of 1024-
65536. Support for EPSV/EPRT ftp commands (commands that can replace PASV/PORT commands) must
be enabled for connections to the 7x50 family of routers.
10.8 Firewall and NAT rules
Firewall rules are applied to the incoming network interface traffic of the 5620 SAM workstations. As a rule,
firewall rules are not applied to the outgoing network interface traffic.
It is imperative that all rules are considered completely for the 5620 SAM systems to interoperate correctly.
The following tables will define the rules to be applied to each 5620 SAM workstation. Within the section
there will be a number of conditions that indicate whether or not that particular table needs to be applied.
5620 SAM Server firewall and NAT rules
When there is a firewall at the 5620 SAM Server(s) interface that reaches the managed network (NIC 2 on
Figure 11 ), the following firewall rules need to be applied.
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Table 25 Firewall rules for traffic between the 5620 SAM Server(s) and the managed network
Protocol From port On To port On Notes
SNMP Communications: NOTE: Due to the size of SNMP packets, IP fragmentation may occur in the network. Ensure
the firewall will allow fragmented packets to reach the server(s).
UDP Any Managed Network 162 Server(s) SNMP trap initiated from
the NE
UDP >32768 Server(s) 161 Managed Network SNMP request
TCP Any Server(s) 8001 Managed Network SNMP for 9471 MME
UDP 161 Managed Network > 32768 Server(s) SNMP response
SSH/Telnet Communications
TCP >32768 Server(s) 22-23 Managed Network SSH/Telnet request
TCP 22-23 Managed Network > 32768 Server(s) SSH/Telnet response
TCP > 32768 Server(s) 830 Managed Network SSH for eNodeB
TCP 830 Managed Network > 32768 Server(s) SSH response for eNodeB
FTP
TCP Any Server(s) 21 Managed Network FTP requests (example:
STM, Accounting
statistics, NE backups))
TCP 21 Managed Network Any Server(s) FTP responses
TCP > 1023 Managed Network > 1023 Server(s) Passive FTP ports for data
transfer (See Section 0)
7250 SAS or Telco T5C
UDP Any 7250 SAS or Telco T5C 69 Server(s) TFTP initiated by NE
UDP Any 7250 SAS or Telco T5C Any Server(s) TFTP transfer
Other
ICMP N/A Managed Network N/A Server(s) Only used if Ping Policy is
enabled.
TCP 5001 7701 CPAA Elements > 32768 Server(s)
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When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the 5620 SAM Client(s) (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ) the
following rules need to be applied.
Table 26 Firewall rules for traffic coming into the 5620 SAM Server(s) from the 5620 SAM Client(s) (GUI/OSS)
Protocol From port On To port On Notes
TCP Any SAM-O Client 21 Server(s) If FTP is
required
TCP Any SAM-O Client 22 Server(s) If SFTP/SCP is
required
TCP > 1023 SAM-O Client > 1023 Server(s) If FTP is
required
TCP Any SAM-O/SAM GUI Client 1096-1097 Server(s) JMS
TCP Any SAM-O/SAM GUI Client 1098 Server(s) JNDI
TCP Any SAM-O/SAM GUI Client 1099 Server(s) JNDI
TCP Any SAM GUI Client 4444,4450 Server(s) JBoss
TCP Any SAM-O/SAM GUI Client 4446-4447 Server(s) JMS
TCP Any SAM-O Client 8080 Server(s) HTTP
TCP Any SAM GUI Client 8085 Server(s) HTTP
TCP Any SAM-O/SAM GUI Client 8093, 8094 Server(s) JMS
TCP Any SAM-O Client 8443 Server(s) HTTPs
TCP Any SAM GUI Client 8444 Server(s) HTTPs
TCP Any SAM-O 3GPP-compliant
Client
9735 Server(s) Corba
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When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the 5620 SAM Client(s) (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ) AND
redundant 5620 SAM Servers are used the following rules need to be applied. Configuration needs to be in
both directions to handle an activity switch.
Table 27 5620 SAM Server interface to Client firewall rules for setups with redundant 5620 SAM Servers
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Client 1100 Servers
When there is a firewall configured, and there are redundant 5620 SAM Servers, the following rules need to
be applied to the appropriate interface. If multiple interfaces are used for communication to the clients (GUI
and OSS) and auxiliary servers, the network traffic from the 5620 SAM Servers and 5620 SAM Auxiliaries
could pass through the SAM client interface (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ) or the SAM network interface (NIC 1 on
Figure 11 ) on the 5620 SAM Server. Configuration needs to be in both directions to handle an activity
switch.
Table 28 5620 SAM Server-to-Server firewall rules for setups with redundant 5620 SAM Servers
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Servers 1098 Servers
TCP Any Auxiliary Servers 1100 Servers
TCP Any Servers 1100 Servers
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When there is a firewall configured, and there are redundant 5620 SAM Auxiliary workstation(s), the
following rules need to be applied to the appropriate interface. If multiple interfaces are used for
communication to the clients (GUI and OSS) and auxiliary servers, the network traffic from the 5620 SAM
Servers and 5620 SAM Auxiliaries could pass through the SAM client interface (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ) or the
SAM network interface (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) on the 5620 SAM Server.
Table 29 Firewall rules for traffic coming into the 5620 SAM Server(s) from the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Server(s)
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 1096-1097 Server(s)
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 1098 Server(s)
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 1099 Server(s)
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 4444 Server(s)
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 4446-4447 Server(s)
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 4450 Server(s)
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 8093 Server(s)
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 8094 Server(s)
When a firewall and NAT are configured to the 5620 SAM Server at the SAM client interface (NIC 3 on Figure
11 ) the following rules need to be applied to allow the OSS clients to retrieve the logToFile accounting
statistics information. Services require the use of public addresses. An xml tag (ftpServerIpAddress) in
nms-server.xml is used to indicate where the OSS client can pickup the logToFile files in the event that the
clients cannot reach the published public address of the 5620 SAM Server.
Table 30 Additional firewall rules required to allow services on the 5620 SAM client(s) to communicate with
the 5620 SAM Server if NAT is used.
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Server Public Address 21 Server Private Address
TCP 21 Server Public Address Any Server Private Address
TCP > 1023 Server Public Address > 1023 Server Private Address
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When a firewall and NAT are configured to the 5620 SAM Server the following rules need to be applied to the
appropriate interface. If multiple interfaces are used for communication to the clients (GUI and OSS) and
auxiliary servers, the network traffic could pass through the SAM client interface (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ) or the
SAM network interface (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) on the 5620 SAM Server. The following rules are required to
allow services on the 5620 SAM Server to communicate with other services on the same server. Services
require the use of public addresses.
Table 31 Additional firewall rules required to allow services on the 5620 SAM Server to communicate with
other services on the same server if NAT is used on the 5620 SAM Server(s)
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Server Public Address 1096-1097 Server Private Address
TCP Any Server Public Address 1098 Server Private Address
TCP Any Server Public Address 1099 Server Private Address
TCP Any Server Public Address 4444 Server Private Address
TCP Any Server Public Address 4446-4447 Server Private Address
TCP Any Server Public Address 4450 Server Private Address
TCP Any Server Public Address 8093 Server Private Address
TCP Any Server Public Address 8094 Server Private Address
TCP Any Server Public Address > 32768 Server Private Address
When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the SAM management network (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ), the
following rules apply.
Table 32 Firewall rules for traffic coming into the 5620 SAM Server(s) from the 5620 SAM Database Server(s)
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP 1523 Database Server(s) Any Server(s)
TCP 9002 Database Server(s) Any Server(s)
TCP > 32768 Database Server(s) > 32768 Server(s)
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When there is a firewall at the SAM management interface (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) and 5620 SAM Server
redundancy is configured, then the following rules need to be applied. Configuration needs to be in both
directions to handle an activity switch.
Table 33 Firewall rules for setups with redundant 5620 SAM Servers.
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Servers 22 Servers
TCP 22 Servers Any Servers
TCP Any Servers 11800 Servers
TCP 11800 Servers Any Servers
TCP > 32768 Servers > 32768 Servers
When there is a firewall at the SAM management interface (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) and 5620 SAM Auxiliary
Servers are configured, then the following rules need to be applied:
Table 34 Firewall rules for traffic coming into the 5620 SAM Server(s) from the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Server(s).
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 12800 Server(s)
TCP 12800 Auxiliary Server(s) Any Server(s)
When there is a firewall at the SAM management interface (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) and NAT is configured, then
the following rules need to be applied. Services require the use of public addresses.
Table 35 Additional firewall rules required to allow services on the 5620 SAM Server(s) to communicate with
other services on the same server if NAT is used on the 5620 SAM Server(s).
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Server Public Address 11800 Server Private Address
TCP Any Server Public Address 12800 Server Private Address
TCP Any Server Public Address > 32768 Server Private Address
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5620 SAM Database firewall and NAT rules
When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the SAM management network (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ), the
following rules apply.
Table 36 Firewall rules for traffic coming into the 5620 SAM Database Server(s) from the 5620 SAM Server(s)
and 5620 SAM Auxiliary Server(s)
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Server(s) & Auxiliary Server(s) 1523 Database Server(s)
TCP Any Server(s) & Auxiliary Server(s) 9002 Database Server(s)
TCP > 32768 Server(s) & Auxiliary Server(s) > 32768 Database Server(s)
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When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the SAM management network (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) and
redundancy is configured, the following rules apply. Configuration needs to be in both directions to handle an
activity switch.
Table 37 Firewall rules for traffic between the 5620 SAM Database Servers (redundant only)
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Database Servers 22 Database Servers
TCP 22 Database Servers Any Database Servers
TCP Any Database Servers 1523 Database Servers
TCP 1523 Database Servers > 32768 Database Servers
TCP Any Database Servers 9002
>32768
Database Servers
Ports are allocated
dynamically and
temporarily in the range
to satisfy the initial
requests that arrive on
port 9002.
TCP 9002 Database Servers > 32768 Database Servers
TCP Any Database Servers 9003
> 32768
Database Servers
Ports are allocated
dynamically and
temporarily in the range
to satisfy the initial
requests that arrive on
port 9003.
TCP 9003 Database Servers > 32768 Database Servers
When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the SAM management network (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) and
NAT is configured, the following rules apply.
Table 38 Additional rules that are required to allow Oracle services to communicate if NAT is used on the 5620
SAM Database Server(s).
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Database Server Public
Address
> 32768 Database Server Private
Address
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5620 SAM Auxiliary Server firewall and NAT rules
When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the managed network (NIC 2 on Figure 11 ), the
following rules apply.
Table 39 Firewall rules for traffic coming into the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector Server(s) from the
Managed Network
Protocol From
port On To port On Notes
SNMP Communications: NOTE: Due to the size of SNMP packets, IP fragmentation may occur in the network.
Ensure the firewall will allow fragmented packets to reach the server(s).
UDP >32768 Auxiliary Server(s) 161 Managed Network SNMP request
UDP 161 Managed Network > 32768 Auxiliary Server(s) SNMP response
SSH/Telnet Communications
TCP >32768 Auxiliary Server(s) 22-23 Managed Network SSH/SCP/Telnet
request
TCP 22-23 Managed Network > 32768 Auxiliary Server(s) SSH/SCP/Telnet
response
FTP. Only required for 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 21 Managed Network FTP requests (example:
STM, Accounting
statistics, NE
backups))
TCP 21 Managed Network Any Auxiliary Server(s) FTP responses
TCP > 1023 Managed Network > 1023 Auxiliary Server(s) Passive FTP ports for
data transfer (See
Section 0)
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Table 40 Firewall rules for traffic coming into the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Server(s) from the Managed
Network
Protocol From
port On To port On Notes
SNMP Communications: NOTE: Due to the size of SNMP packets, IP fragmentation may occur in the network.
Ensure the firewall will allow fragmented packets to reach the server(s).
UDP >32768 Auxiliary Server(s) 161 Managed Network SNMP request
UDP 161 Managed Network > 32768 Auxiliary Server(s) SNMP response
Call Trace Data from eNodeB network elements.
UDP Any Managed Network 57074,57075 Auxiliary Server(s) Call Trace Data
When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the 5620 SAM Client(s) (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ), the
following rules apply for FTP access to the 5620 SAM Auxiliary by the OSS Client.
Table 41 Firewall rules for OSS Client communication to the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Server(s)
Protocol From port On To port On Notes
TCP 21 SAM-O Client Any Auxiliary Server(s) FTP requests (logToFile
statistics, and call
trace information)
TCP Any SAM-O Client 21 Auxiliary Server(s) FTP responses
TCP > 1023 SAM-O Client Any Auxiliary Server(s) Passive FTP ports for
data transfer (See
Section 0)
Only for 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collectors
TCP Any SAM-O 3GPP-
compliant
Client
9735 Auxiliary Server(s) Corba interface to
access Call Trace
information
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When there is a firewall at the interface that communicates with the 5620 SAM Servers, the following rules
apply for inter process communication. If multiple interfaces are used for 5620 SAM Server communication
to the clients (GUI and OSS) and auxiliary servers, the network traffic from the 5620 SAM Auxiliaries could
pass through the SAM client interface (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ) or the SAM network interface (NIC 1 on Figure
11 ) of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary.
Table 42 Firewall rules for inter process communication on the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Server(s)
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 1094-1095 Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP Any Auxiliary Server(s) 4448-4449 Auxiliary Server(s)
When there is a firewall at the interface that communicates with the 5620 SAM Servers, the following rules
apply. If multiple interfaces are used for 5620 SAM Server communication to the clients (GUI and OSS) and
auxiliary servers, the network traffic from the 5620 SAM Auxiliaries could pass through the SAM client
interface (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ) or the SAM network interface (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) of the 5620 SAM
Auxiliary.
Table 43 Firewall rules for traffic coming into the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Server(s) from the 5620 SAM Server(s)
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP 1096-1097 Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP 1098 Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP 1099 Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP 4444 Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP 4446-4447 Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP 4450 Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP 8093 Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP 8094 Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP > 32768 Server(s) > 32768 Auxiliary Server(s)
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When there is a firewall at the interface that communicates with the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Server
redundancy is configured, the following rules apply. If multiple interfaces are used for 5620 SAM Server
communication to the clients (GUI and OSS) and auxiliary servers, the network traffic from the 5620 SAM
Auxiliaries could pass through the SAM client interface (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ) or the SAM network interface
(NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary.
Table 44 Firewall rules for setups with redundant 5620 SAM Servers
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP 1100 Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the 5620 SAM Client(s) (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ) and NAT is
used on the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Server(s), the following rules apply to allow the OSS clients to collect the
logToFile accounting statistics files. Services require the use of public addresses. An xml tag
(ftpServerIpAddress) in nms-auxiliary.xml is used to indicate where the OSS client can pickup the logToFile
files in the event that the clients cannot reach the published public address of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary.
Table 45 Additional Firewall rules required to allow services on the 5620 SAM client(s) to communicate with
the 5620 SAM Auxiliary(s) if NAT is used on the Auxiliary Server(s).
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Auxiliary Server Public Address
21 Auxiliary Server Private Address
TCP 21 Auxiliary Server Public Address
Any Auxiliary Server Private Address
TCP > 1023 Auxiliary Server Public Address
> 1023 Auxiliary Server Private Address
When there is a firewall and NAT at the interface that communicates with the 5620 SAM Server and 5620
SAM Server redundancy is configured, the following rules apply. If multiple interfaces are used for 5620
SAM Server communication to the clients (GUI and OSS) and auxiliary servers, the network traffic from the
5620 SAM Auxiliaries could pass through the SAM client interface (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ) or the SAM network
interface (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary.
Table 46 Additional rules required to allow services on the Auxiliary Server(s) to communicate with other
services on the Auxiliary server(s) if NAT is used on the Auxiliary Server(s).
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Auxiliary Server Public Address
1094-1095 Auxiliary Server Private
Address
TCP Any Auxiliary Server Public Address
4448-4449 Auxiliary Server Private
Address
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When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the SAM management network (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ), the
following rules apply.
Table 47 Firewall rules for traffic coming into the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Server(s) from the 5620 SAM Database
Server(s)
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP 1523 Database Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP 9002 Database Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP > 32768 Database Server(s) > 32768 Auxiliary Server(s)
When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the SAM management network (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ), the
following rules apply.
Table 48 Firewall rules for traffic coming into the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Server(s) from the 5620 SAM Server(s)
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Server(s) 12800 Auxiliary Server(s)
TCP 12800 Server(s) Any Auxiliary Server(s)
When there is a firewall at the interface that reaches the SAM management network (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ) and
NAT is configured, the following rules apply and services require the use of public addresses.
Table 49 Additional firewall rules required to allow services on the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Server(s) to
communicate with other services on the 5620 SAM Auxiliary server(s) if NAT is used on the 5620 SAM
Auxiliary Server(s).
Protocol From port On To port On
TCP Any Auxiliary Server Public
Address
12800 Auxiliary Server Private
Address
TCP 12800 Auxiliary Server Public
Address
Any Auxiliary Server Private
Address
TCP Any Auxiliary Server Public
Address
> 32768 Auxiliary Server Private
Address
5620 SAM Server to delegate workstation
Ensure that ICMP protocol traffic from the 5620 SAM Server workstation(s) can reach the 5620 SAM delegate
workstation.
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5620 SAM Client to managed network communications
Apply the following changes to the connection between the 5620 SAM Client and the managed network.
Table 50 Port requirements for firewall rules for setups
Protocol From port On To port On Notes
For 5870 DSC:
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client(s) 80 Managed Network HTTP
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client(s) 443 Managed Network HTTPS
For 9471 MME:
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client(s) 80 Managed Network HTTP
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 1099 Managed Network RMI
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 1234 Managed Network Search-agent
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 1235 Managed Network Search-agent
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 3306 Managed Network mysql
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 8443 Managed Network HTTPS
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 9090 Managed Network websm
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 9683 Managed Network HTTPS
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 42000 Managed Network WebNMS
For GNE management:
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 80/8080 Managed Network HTTP (See GNE
vendor for
specifics)
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 443/8443
Managed Network HTTPS (See GNE
vendor for
specifics)
For the Omni-switch family of switches:
TCP Any 5620 SAM Client (s) 80 Managed Network HTTP
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11 Deploying 5620 SAM with multiple network
interfaces/IP addresses
The 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary components of the application communicate with very
different entities: a managed network, a collection of Clients (GUIs and OSS), and between each other. Since
these entities usually exist in very different spaces, Alcatel-Lucent recognizes the importance of separating
these different types of traffic. Alcatel-Lucent therefore supports configuring the 5620 SAM Server and 5620
SAM Auxiliary such that it uses different network interfaces (IP addresses) to manage the network and to
service the requirements of the 5620 SAM Clients.
5620 SAM Server uses an internal communications system (JGoups/JMS) to handle bi-directional access to
the 5620 SAM Server for the 5620 SAM Clients and the 5620 SAM Auxiliary servers. In 5620 SAM Release
8.0, this communication system can be configured to allow the 5620 SAM Clients and 5620 SAM Auxiliaries
to communicate using different network interfaces on the 5620 SAM Server. This adds significant flexibility
when isolating the different types of traffic to the 5620 SAM Server. If using this mode, special attention
must be paid to the firewall rules on the network interfaces on the 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary
(NICs 1 and NICs 3 on Figure 11 ).
Deploying a 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary with multiple IP addresses is only supported when the
5620 SAM Server is installed on Solaris.
11.1 5620 SAM Server multiple IP addresses deployment scenarios
The 5620 SAM Server supports the configuration of different IP addresses for the following purposes:
• One network interface can be used to manage the network. (NIC 2 on Figure 11 ) This network
interface contains the IP address that the managed devices will use to communicate with the 5620
SAM Server and 5620 SAM Auxiliary. All managed devices must be configured to use the same IP
address to communicate to the 5620 SAM Server.
• One network interface can be used to service the requirements of the 5620 SAM clients (GUIs and
OSS) (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ). This network interface contains the IP address that all clients (GUIs and
OSS) will use to communicate with the 5620 SAM Server. All clients (GUIs and OSS) must be
configured to use the same IP address to communicate to the 5620 SAM Server. This IP address can
be different from the one used by the managed devices to communicate with the 5620 SAM Server.
• One network interface can be used to communicate with the 5620 SAM Database as well as any
redundant 5620 SAM components should they be present (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ). This network
interface contains the IP address that the 5620 SAM Database and redundant 5620 SAM
components will use to communicate with the 5620 SAM Server. This IP address can be different
from the addresses used by the 5620 SAM clients and the managed devices to communicate with the
5620 SAM Server.
• In a redundant 5620 SAM installation, the 5620 SAM Servers and 5620 SAM Auxiliary must have IP
connectivity to the 5620 SAM Server peer. If multiple interfaces are used for communication to the
clients and auxiliary servers, the connectivity required could be to the client interface (NIC 3 on
Figure 11 ) or the database/server interface (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ).
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• Additional network interfaces may be configured on the 5620 SAM Server workstation, at the
customer’s discretion, to perform maintenance operations such as workstation backups.
• IPv4 and IPv6 network elements can be managed from the same interface or from separate
interfaces. (NIC3 and/or NIC4 on Figure 11 ).
11.2 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector multiple IP addresses deployment
scenarios
The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector supports the configuration of different IP addresses for the
following purposes:
• One network interface can be used to retrieve information from the managed network. (NIC 2 on
Figure 11 ) This network interface contains the IP address that the managed devices will use to
retrieve the accounting statistics files from the network elements.
• One network interface can be used to service the requirements of the 5620 SAM clients (GUIs and
OSS) (NIC 3 on Figure 11 ). This network interface contains the IP address that all OSS clients will
use to communicate with the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector. OSS Clients will use this IP
address to retrieve the logToFile statistics collection data from the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics
Collector.
• One network interface can be used to communicate with the 5620 SAM Database as well as any
redundant 5620 SAM components should they be present (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ). This network
interface contains the IP address that the 5620 SAM Database and redundant 5620 SAM
components will use to communicate with the 5620 SAM Server. This IP address can be different
from the addresses used by the 5620 SAM OSS clients and the managed devices to communicate
with the 5620 SAM Server.
• In a redundant 5620 SAM installation, the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector must have IP
connectivity to the 5620 SAM Server peer. If multiple interfaces are used for the 5620 SAM Server
to communicate to the clients and auxiliary servers, the connectivity required could be to the client
interface (NIC 3 on Figure 11 or the database/server interface (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ).
• Additional network interfaces may be configured on the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector
workstation, at the customer’s discretion, to perform maintenance operations such as workstation
backups.
• IPv4 and IPv6 network elements can be managed from the same interface or from separate
interfaces. (NIC3 and/or NIC4 on Figure 11 ).
11.3 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector multiple IP addresses deployment
scenarios
The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector supports the configuration of different IP addresses for the
following purposes:
• One network interface can be used to retrieve information from the managed network. (NIC 2 on
Figure 11 ) This network interface contains the IP address that the managed devices will use to send
the call trace messages from the network elements.
• One network interface can be used to service the requirements of the 5620 SAM-O 3GPP clients
(NIC 3 on Figure 11 ). This network interface contains the IP address that all OSS clients will use to
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communicate with the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector. OSS Clients will use this IP address
to retrieve the Call Trace data from the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector.
• One network interface can be used to communicate with the 5620 SAM Database as well as any
redundant 5620 SAM components should they be present (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ). This network
interface contains the IP address that the 5620 SAM Database and redundant 5620 SAM
components will use to communicate with the 5620 SAM Server. This IP address can be different
from the addresses used by the 5620 SAM-O 3GPP clients and the managed devices to communicate
with the 5620 SAM Server.
• In a redundant 5620 SAM installation, the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector must have IP
connectivity to the 5620 SAM Server peer. If multiple interfaces are used for the 5620 SAM Server
to communicate to the clients and auxiliary servers, the connectivity required could be to the client
interface (NIC 3 on Figure 11 or the database/server interface (NIC 1 on Figure 11 ).
• Additional network interfaces may be configured on the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Call Trace Collector
workstation, at the customer’s discretion, to perform maintenance operations such as workstation
backups.
• IPv4 and IPv6 network elements can be managed from the same interface or from separate
interfaces. (NIC3 and/or NIC4 on Figure 11 ).
It is not necessary to use the first network interface on the 5620 SAM Server workstation (i.e. ce0, bge0) to
communicate with the 5620 SAM GUI Clients.
The following figure illustrates a collocated 5620 SAM Server/Database deployment where the 5620 SAM
Server is configured to actively use more than one network interface.
Figure 10 Collocated 5620 SAM Server/Database deployment with multiple network interfaces
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The following figure illustrates a distributed, redundant 5620 SAM deployment where the 5620 SAM Servers
are configured to actively use more than one network interface.
Figure 11 Distributed 5620 SAM Server/Database deployment with multiple network interfaces
Due to limitations with the inter-process and inter-workstation communication mechanisms, a specific
network topology and the use of hostnames may be required (See Section 11.6). Contact an Alcatel-Lucent
representative to obtain further details.
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11.4 Using Network Address Translation
5620 SAM supports the use of Network Address Translation (NAT) between the following components:
• The 5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Clients (GUIs or OSS)
• The 5620 SAM Server and the managed network
• The 5620 SAM Auxiliary and the managed network
• The 5620 SAM Server and the 5620 SAM Auxiliary
• All redundant components of a 5620 SAM deployment (5620 SAM Server and 5620 SAM Database)
The following figure illustrates a deployment of 5620 SAM where NAT is used between the 5620 SAM Server
and the managed network.
Figure 12 5620 SAM Server deployments with NAT between the Server and the managed network
The following figure illustrates a deployment of 5620 SAM where NAT is used between the 5620 SAM Server
and the 5620 SAM Clients (GUIs, OSS or Client Delegates). The 5620 SAM Auxiliary will need to be able to
connect to the public IP address of the 5620 SAM server.
Figure 13 5620 SAM Server deployments with NAT between the 5620 SAM Server and the 5620 SAM clients
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The following figure illustrates a deployment of 5620 SAM where NAT is used between the 5620 SAM Server
and Database components of a redundant 5620 SAM deployment.
Figure 14 5620 SAM deployments with NAT between the 5620 SAM Servers and Databases
NAT rules must be in place before 5620 SAM installation can occur, since the installation scripts will access
other systems for configuration purposes.
11.5 Configuring 5620 SAM Server to utilize multiple network interfaces
The configuration of the 5620 SAM Server application to use multiple interfaces is done at installation time.
At that time, the installation utility prompts the user to enter the IP addresses of the various network
interfaces that are to be used within the 5620 SAM network management complex.
11.6 Use of hostnames for the 5620 SAM Client
There are a number of situations where it is necessary for the 5620 SAM Client to be configured to use a
hostname rather than a fixed IP address to reach the 5620 SAM Server.
For situations where the 5620 SAM Server’s public address is exposed to multiple networks with different IP
addresses, a hostname can be used instead of a fixed IP address. This is most useful when NAT is used
between 5620 SAM clients and the 5620 SAM Server that can be accessed via multiple networks.
For situations where the 5620 SAM Client and the 5620 SAM Auxiliary are using different network interfaces
to the 5620 SAM Server, the 5620 SAM Client must use a hostname to reach the 5620 SAM Server.
In both cases, a hostname can be used by configuring DNS, or by configuring the local host file to ensure that
the hostname can be translated to an IP address.
This feature is available as of 5620 SAM Release 6.0 R4
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12 Obtaining technical support
Technical Support Engineers are available to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For the list of regional contact telephone and fax numbers, visit: http://www Alcatel-Lucent.com/support/
and click on the Alcatel-Lucent Support link.
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13 Glossary
Term Description
5620 SAM 5620 Service Aware Manager
The 5620 SAM is the network management system.
5620 SAM client The 5620 SAM client provides a GUI to configure IP network elements.
5620 SAM-O client A 5620 SAM-O client is an application that uses the 5620 SAM-O interface to perform
functions such as inventory management or alarm monitoring.
5620 SAM-O 3GPP
client
A 5620 SAM-O 3GPP client is a Corba client that is used to access the information from
the 5620 SAM auxiliary call trace collector.
5620 SAM auxiliary The 5620 SAM auxiliary is a generic term that covers both the 5620 SAM auxiliary
statistics collector and the 5620 SAM auxiliary call trace collector
5620 SAM auxiliary call
trace collector
The 5620 SAM auxiliary call trace collector handles the call trace information from the
eNodeB network elements and places the information into files that are accessible via
the 5620 SAM-O 3GPP client.
5620 SAM auxiliary
statistics collector
The 5620 SAM auxiliary statistics collector handles statistics collection from the network
elements and passes the results to the 5620 SAM database.
5620 SAM database The 5620 SAM database stores network objects, configurations, and statistics.
5620 SAM server The 5620 SAM server mediates between the 5620 SAM database, 5620 SAM client, and
the network. In some installations it also handles statistics collection.
5780 DSC The 5780 Dynamic Services Controller is the policy entity that forms the linkage between
the service and transport layers.
OmniSwitch 6400,
6850, 6885, and
9000 series
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitches
An advanced, stackable, fixed configuration, triple-speed family of Ethernet switches.
7210 SAS-E Alcatel-Lucent 7210
Designed as a service-provider owned and managed CLE device, the 7210 SAS-E is a
small footprint, Carrier Ethernet, customer-edge device. The 7210 SAS-E can also be
deployed as a cost-effective aggregation device for smaller sites. The 7210 SAS-E is
MEF 9 and 14 certified and built to provide cost-effective, highly scalable Carrier
Ethernet services delivery.
7250 SAS Alcatel-Lucent 7250 Service Access Switch
A feature-rich customer premises device purpose-built to deliver a complete portfolio of
voice, video and data services to enterprise customers.
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7450 ESS Alcatel-Lucent 7450 Ethernet Service Switch
An Ethernet switch that enables the delivery of metro Ethernet services and high-density
service-aware Ethernet aggregation over IP/MPLS-based networks.
7705 SAR Alcatel-Lucent 7705 Service Aggregator Router
A router that provides IP/MPLS and pseudowire capabilities in an aggregation platform.
7710 SR Alcatel-Lucent 7710 Service Router
The 7710 SR is a 10-Gbyte version of the 7750 SR that provides granular lower-speed
private data services with SLAs
7750 SR Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router
A superior multi-service edge router - purpose built for service providers who are looking
to deliver a new wave of residential and business services on a single IP/MPLS network.
9471 MME The 9471 Mobility Management Entity is based on an ATCA-based Linux platform.
9500 MPR Alcatel-Lucent 9500 Microwave Packet Radio
An efficient switch that transports multimedia traffic, while supporting legacy TDM with
the QoS.
Telco T5C Telco Systems T5 Compact Service Extension Node
Enables the delivery of high-performance and media-rich metro Ethernet services. The
unique flexibility, efficiency, service, and high-availability characteristics of the Telco
Systems T5C provide seamless service extension capabilities to the Alcatel-Lucent 7450
Ethernet Service Switch (ESS) and the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR) product
portfolios in the Metro Core, Metro Edge, Metro Access, and at the customer premises'
boundary
failover Failover is the process of changing the roles of a redundant system, for example, when
the standby database takes over the role of a failed active database. A failover
required manual intervention to be reversible.
BPD Bandwidth delay product
The maximum amount of data that can be in transit on the network at any given time.
GNE Generic Network Element
A network element for which 5620 SAM provides a light level of network management.
5620 SAM provides SNMP status to monitor interface statuses as well as the ability to
log in to the network element and the ability to launch scripts to the network element.
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JMS Java Message Service
JMS is an API that combines Java technology with enterprise messaging. The JMS API
defines a common set of interfaces for creating applications for reliable asynchronous
communication among components in a distributed computing environment, so that
the applications are portable across different enterprise systems.
LAN local area network
A LAN is a group of computers or associated devices that share a common
communications line and typically share the resources of a single processor or server
within a small geographic area, for example, within an office building.
MDA media dependent adaptor
MDA is a pluggable interface module on a 7750 SR or a 7450 ESS that distributes traffic
between the network and the system I/O module. An MDA is also referred to as a
daughter card.
NIC network interface card
A NIC connects a workstation to network hubs or switches.
OSS operational support system
An OSS is a network management system supporting a specific management function,
such as alarm surveillance and provisioning, in a service provider network.
SAP service access point
An SAP is a point of communication exchange between an application and the LLC or
between layers of software.
SDP service distribution path
A service distribution path acts as a logical way of directing traffic from one 7750 SR to
another 7750 SR through a unidirectional service tunnel. The SDP terminates at the
far-end 7750 SR, which directs packets to the correct service egress SAPs on that
device. A distributed service consists of a configuration with at least one SAP on a local
node, one SAP on a remote node, and an SDP binding the service to the service
tunnel.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
A protocol used for the transport of network management information between a
network manager and a network element. SNMP is the most commonly used standard
for most interworking devices.
SNMP trap An SNMP trap is an unsolicited notification that indicates that the SNMP agent on the
node has detected a node event, and that the network management domain should be
aware of the event. SNMP trap information typically includes alarm and status
information, and standard SNMP messages.
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Solaris The name for the UNIX operating system variant developed by SUN Microsystems.
STM Service Test Manager
The 5620 SAM service test manager (STM) system provides the ability to group various
OAM tests into test suites for network troubleshooting and for verifying compliance
with SLAs.
switchover Switchover is the process of switching the roles of a redundant system, for example,
switching the roles of an active and standby database. A switchover is reversible.
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP is a protocol used, along with the Internet Protocol (IP), to send data in the form of
message units between computers over the Internet. While IP takes care of handling
the actual delivery of the data, TCP takes care of keeping track of the individual units
of data (called packets) that a message is divided into for efficient routing through the
Internet.
Telnet Telnet is the Internet-standard TCP/IP protocol for remote terminal connection service. It
allows a user at one site to interact with a remote timesharing system at another site as
if the user’s terminal connected directly to the remote machine. The Telnet command
and program are used to log in from one Internet site to another. It gets the user to the
login prompt of another host.
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UNIX UNIX is a multi-user, multitasking operating system, which is used on mainframes,
workstations, and PCs. UNIX is the basis of Solaris and SunOS, which are operating
systems used by Sun workstations.
XML eXtensible Markup Language
XML defines the syntax to customize markup languages. The markup languages are used
to create, manage, and transmit documents across the Web.
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ISSUE HISTORY OF THIS RELEASE OF THE
5620 SAM PLANNING GUIDE
Edition number Date of issue Reason for issue
3HE 05916 AAAA TQZZA Ed.01 BETA March 12th,2010 Creation for Beta
3HE 05916 AAAB TQZZA Ed.01 April 21st, 2010 Creation for R1
3HE 05916 AAAC TQZZA Ed.01 May 31st, 2010 Updates for R2
3HE 05916 AAAD TQZZA Ed.01 June 21st, 2010 Updates for R3
3HE 05916 AAAE TQZZA Ed.01 August 3rd, 2010 Updates for R4
3HE 05916 AAAF TQZZA Ed.01 September 26th, 2010 Updates for R5 Beta
3HE 05916 AAAG TQZZA Ed.01 October 27th, 2010 Updates for R5

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