A Diameter network element consists of associated functions
and a list of prioritized peers. The functions associate a Diameter
application with the network element. The prioritization determines
failover or load-balancing behavior for peer selection.
Before you configure Diameter network elements, perform
the following task:
To configure a Diameter network element:
- Specify the name of the network element.
[edit access diameter]
user@host# set network-element element-name
- Associate one or more functions with the network element.
All functions are associated by default.
[edit access diameter network-element element-name]
user@host# set function function-name
- Associate a Diameter peer with the network element and
set the priority for the peer.
Peers with the lower priority number have the higher priority
for peer selection. Peers with the same priority are load-balancing
peers so the peer selection alternates between the two peers.
[edit access diameter network-element element-name]
user@host# set peer peer-name priority priority-value
- (Optional) Associate a Diameter peer with the network
element and set the amount of time to wait for a response from this
peer before retransmitting the request to another peer. The default
is 4 seconds.
[edit access diameter network-element element-name]
user@host# set peer peer-name timeout seconds
