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- Steel-Belted Radius Carrier 8.3.0 Installation
Guide
- Copyright and Trademark Information
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- About This Guide
- Overview of Steel-Belted Radius Carrier and Session State Register
Installation
- Standalone Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Installation Overview
- Migrating from Earlier SBR Releases
- Supporting SIM with Signalware
- Installation Workflow
- Release 8.3.0 Standalone Server Installation Checklist
- Session State Register Cluster Installation Overview
- SSR Cluster Overview
- SSR Cluster Concepts and Terminology
- Supported SBR Carrier SSR Cluster Configurations
- Failover Overview
- Failover Examples
- Distributed Cluster Failure and Recovery
- Failover Overview
- Session State Register Database Tables
- Supporting SIM, SIGTRAN, and Other Protocols with Signalware
- Cluster Installation Workflow
- Session State Register Cluster Installation Checklist
- Standalone Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Installation Overview
- Preparing for a Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Installation
- Planning Your Session State Register Cluster
- Planning the Cluster Topology
- Naming the Cluster and Its Machines
- Cluster Naming Worksheets
- Renaming Node Hosts
- Configuring Multipathing
- Planning the Cluster Topology
- Before You Install Software
- Reviewing the Release Notes
- Determining the Server’s Centralized Configuration Management Role
- Selecting an Appropriate Server
- Meeting System Requirements
- Standalone SBR Carrier Server Hardware
- Session State Register Host Hardware
- Software
- Verifying Root Access
- Verifying Network Requirements
- Creating Required Users and Groups
- Creating Share Directories
- Setting Up External Database Connectivity (Optional)
- Obtaining License Keys
- Creating a Copy of Existing SBR Server Release Files for Migration
- Installing the SIGTRAN Interface (Optional)
- Migrating from Previous SBR Releases
- Migration Overview
- Files from Earlier Releases That Require Manual Editing
- Migrating from SBR Release 6.X
- Migrating from SBR Carrier Release 7.0
- Migrating from SBR Carrier Release 7.4.0
- Migration and New Installations of SBR Carrier with WiMAX
- Historic Files
- Planning Your Session State Register Cluster
- Installing and Configuring a SBR Carrier Standalone Server
- Installation and Basic Configuration of a SBR Carrier Standalone
Server
- Unpacking the Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Software
- Running the Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Configure Script
- Starting and Stopping a Standalone Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Server
- Basic SBR Carrier Configuration
- Configuring the CST for a Standalone Server
- Configuring the sessionTable.ini file
- RadAttr Fields and the sessionTable.ini File
- Multi-Valued Attributes
- Using MVA Facilities
- Configuring the sessionTable.ini file
- Installation and Basic Configuration of a SBR Carrier Standalone
Server
- Installing Session State Register Nodes
- Installing Session State Register Nodes
- Cluster Installation Overview
- Unpacking Session State Register Software
- Setting Up a Starter Kit’s First SBR/Management Node
- Setting Up the Second SBR/Management Node in a Starter Kit
- Setting Up Data Node Hosts Included with the Starter Kit
- Initial Cluster Startup Procedure
- Recommendations before Configuring the Cluster
- Basic SBR Carrier Node Configuration
- Customizing the SSR Database Current Sessions Table
- Current Sessions Table Overview
- Sessions in the CST
- Customizing the CST
- Current Sessions Table Fields
- System Core Fields
- System Feature Fields
- System Optional Fields
- RadAttr Fields
- RadAttr Fields and the sessionTable.ini File
- Multi-Valued Attributes
- Using MVA Facilities
- Admin Private Fields
- System Keys and Indexes
- Admin Keys and Indexes
- SSR Datatypes
- Other Session State Register Configuration Files
- Tuning Other SSR Tables Overview
- Configuring the dbclusterndb.gen File
- Customizing Other Tables and Scripts
- Managing IP Pools
- When and How to Restart Session State Register Nodes, Hosts,
and Clusters
- Overview of Starting and Stopping a Session State Register
Cluster
- sbrd
- Starting the Cluster
- Proper Order for Starting Nodes in a Cluster
- Proper Order for Stopping Individual Nodes
- Stopping a Single Node
- Starting a Single Node
- Proper Order for Stopping the Entire Cluster
- Overview of Starting and Stopping a Session State Register
Cluster
- Installing Session State Register Nodes
- Expanding a Session State Register Cluster
- Expanding an SSR Cluster
- Upgrading from a Restricted Cluster to a Regular Cluster
- Adding Nodes to a Cluster Overview
- Adding a New SBR Carrier Server to an Existing Cluster
- Updating the Existing Cluster Definition Files for the New SBR Node
- Distributing the Updated Cluster Definition Files to the Existing Nodes
- Installing the SBR Carrier Software on the New SBR Node Host Machine
- Configuring the Software on the New SBR Node
- Configuring Each Existing Node in the Cluster with the New Cluster Definition Files
- Starting the New SBR Node
- Adding a Management Node Expansion Kit to an Existing Cluster
- Updating the Existing Cluster Definition Files for the New Management Node
- Distributing the Updated Cluster Definition Files to the Existing Nodes
- Installing the SBR Carrier Software on the New Management Node Host Machine
- Configuring the SBR Carrier Software on the New Management Node
- Configuring Each Existing Node in the Cluster with the New Cluster Definition Files
- Starting the New Management Node
- Running CreateDB.sh on the New Management Node
- Adding a Data Expansion Kit to an Existing Cluster
- Requirements for Selecting a Transition Server in Your Environment
- Using a Transition Server When Adding Data Nodes to an Existing Cluster
- Existing Cluster Configuration for This Example Procedure
- Creating the Transition Server
- Creating the Updated Cluster Definition Files
- Installing the SBR Carrier Software on the Two New Data Node Host Machines
- Distributing the Updated Cluster Definition Files to the Existing Nodes
- Destroying the Session Database on the Original Cluster
- Configuring the Nodes in the Expanded Cluster with the Updated Cluster Definition Files
- Creating the Session Database and IP Pools on the Expanded Cluster
- Removing the Transition Server from Service
- Unconfiguring and Rebuilding the Transition Server
- Non-Transition Server Method—Terminating Connections
- Expanding an SSR Cluster
- SIGTRAN Support for Steel-Belted Radius Carrier
- Migrating Signalware
- Installing Signalware 9 on Oracle Solaris 10
- Installing Signalware 9 on Linux
- Configuring SIGTRAN/IP Network Communication Files
- Starting and Stopping Signalware
- Configuring Communication Files Overview
- Communication Pathways and Corresponding Files
- Configuration Activities
- Signalware MML Commands
- Defining Links, Link Sets, and Route Sets
- Configuring authGateway and GWrelay Applications for HLR Communication
- Configuring the authGateway Routing Location Information
- Configuring the authGateway.conf File
- Configuring the authGateway Startup Information
- Configuring the GWrelay.conf File
- Starting the GWrelay Process
- Configuring the ulcmmg.conf File
- Loading the MML Configuration Settings
- Sample authGateway Command and File
- Uninstalling Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Software
- Removing Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Software
- Upgrading Your SSR Cluster
- Overview of Upgrading Your SSR Cluster
- Using a Transition Server to Mitigate Downtime While Upgrading
Your Cluster
- Cluster Migration Strategy
- Cluster Migration Workflow
- Creating a Transition Server
- Installing the Cluster
- Removing the Transition Server from Service
- Cleaning the Transition Server
- Upgrading Your Cluster Using the Rolling Restart Method
- Overview of the Rolling Restart Upgrade Method
- Preparation
- Upgrading the M Nodes in the Cluster
- Upgrading the SM Nodes in the Cluster
- Upgrading the S Nodes in the Cluster
- Upgrading the Data (D) Nodes with the New Software
- Launching Web GUI
- Upgrading Your Cluster Using the Backup, Destroy, and Re-Create
Method
- Overview of the Backup, Destroy, and Re-Create Upgrade Method
- Capturing Your Current Cluster Configuration
- Backing Up the State of the Sessions in Your SSR Database
- Destroying the Cluster Database
- Stopping All Processes on All Nodes
- Installing the New SBRC Software on the Data Nodes
- Installing the New SBRC Software on the SM Nodes
- Configuring the First SM Node and Creating a New Cluster Definition
- Configuring the SBRC Software on the SM Nodes
- Configuring the SBRC Software on the Data Nodes
- Starting the SSR Processes
- Creating and Restoring the SSR Database
- Starting the RADIUS Process
- Launching Web GUI
- Appendix
- Testing the Installation with DemoSetup.sh
- Creating a Test Database
- DemoSetup.sh Syntax
- Testing the Installation with DemoSetup.sh
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Installation and Basic Configuration of a SBR Carrier Standalone Server
This chapter describes how to run the configure script that installs Steel-Belted Radius Carrier software on a standalone server, and the basic information about setting up a new Steel-Belted Radius Carrier server.
These topics are in the chapter:
- Unpacking the Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Software
- Running the Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Configure Script
- Starting and Stopping a Standalone Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Server
- Basic SBR Carrier Configuration
- Configuring the CST for a Standalone Server
