Cisco Packet Data Serving Node Service Manager

Table Of Contents

Release Notes for the Packet Data Serving Node Service Manager, Release 4.1.2

Contents

Introduction

Prerequisites for Installing the PDSN Service Manager

Installing the PDSN Service Manager

What's New in This Release

Batch Mode Scheduling

Open Caveats and Workarounds

Supported Device Versions

Prerequisites for Configuring PDSN Devices for Mobile IP

PDSN Configurations for Service Activation

Documentation Support

Product Documentation and Related Documentation

Product Documentation

Related Documentation

Additional Information Online

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Release Notes for the Packet Data Serving Node Service Manager, Release 4.1.2

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Revised: August 2007, OL-13310-01

The Cisco Packet Data Serving Node Service Manager (PDSN SM) facilitates service activation or deactivation in Cisco PDSN devices in Cisco Mobile Exchange networks.

These release notes contain important information for Release 4.1.2 of the PDSN SM. These notes include the installation procedure and information on resolved and open caveats.

Contents

This document covers the following topics:

•Introduction

•Prerequisites for Installing the PDSN Service Manager

•Installing the PDSN Service Manager

•What's New in This Release

•Batch Mode Scheduling

•Open Caveats and Workarounds

•Supported Device Versions

•Prerequisites for Configuring PDSN Devices for Mobile IP

•Documentation Support

•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Introduction

A Cisco Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) provides access to the Internet, intranets, and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) servers for mobile stations that use a CDMA2000 radio access network (RAN).

The PDSN SM is an application that provides an easy and intuitive way to provision service activation or deactivation in Cisco PDSN devices in Cisco Mobile Exchange networks. You can also use the PDSN SM to troubleshoot and debug by using show and debug commands.

The PDSN SM includes:

•Inventory—Manages and displays PDSN device group information. It interfaces with the Common Services Device Credentials Repository (DCR) to obtain information about PDSN devices in the network.

•Service Manager—Activates and manages the various services in a PDSN device group.

•Tools—Troubleshoot and debug by using show and debug commands. You can assess the status of the PDSN devices and, by so doing, improve network serviceability.

The User Guide for Cisco Packet Data Serving Node Service Manager provides complete information on the PDSN SM. See Product Documentation, for information on accessing the electronic version of this document on the Cisco website.

The PDSN SM is part of the Mobile Wireless Center (MWC) for Cisco Mobile Exchange, a suite of element-management applications that provide configuration and fault-monitoring capabilities to mobile wireless operators. The MWC for Cisco Mobile Exchange applications complement the CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS) to manage the Cisco Mobile Exchange. The LMS is prerequisite to the MWC for Cisco Mobile Exchange.

The LMS 2.6 includes:

•Common Services 3.0.5 with CiscoView 6.1.5

•Resource Manager Essentials 4.0.5

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Note The LMS 2.6 also includes Internet Performance Monitor (IPM), Device Fault Manager, and Campus Manager, but these applications are not required for the MWC for Cisco Mobile Exchange.

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Refer to the Release Notes for Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange Release 4.1.2, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6401/prod_release_notes_list.html, for information on the MWC for Cisco Mobile Exchange and the LMS requirement.

Prerequisites for Installing the PDSN Service Manager

Refer to the Release Notes for Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange 4.1.2, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6401/prod_release_notes_list.html, for information on MWC for Cisco Mobile Exchange hardware and software requirements, including information on Sun patches and package requirements.

Installing the PDSN Service Manager

Refer to the Release Notes for Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange 4.1.2, which is available here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6401/prod_release_notes_list.html

That document describes the installation sequence of the MWC for Cisco Mobile Exchange for Release 4.1.2, which includes the PDSN Service Manager. The document also provides the steps for installing one or more service managers within the context of the overall solution.

What's New in This Release

Patch Release	What's New
4.1.1	Batch mode scheduling feature (Batch Mode Scheduling)
4.1.2	The PDSN SM 4.1.2 provides a minor bug fix to the service manager core module. Compared to Release 4.1.1, Release 4.1.2 contains no functional changes .

Batch Mode Scheduling

In previous releases, you used the Service Activation and Batch Mode features to deploy batch configurations to devices on demand. In patch release 4.1.1, you can use a new feature, Batch Mode Scheduling, to schedule deployment of batch configurations at a future time. You can also monitor the configurations that you have scheduled.

You launch the Batch Mode Scheduling feature by clicking the:

•Schedule and Job Browser/History buttons in the Batch Config dialog box. (Choose Service Manager > Batch Config to access this dialog box.)

•Schedule button in the Add to Batch dialog box (in the Service Activation windows).

Refer to the Release Notes for Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange Release 4.1.2 at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6401/prod_release_notes_list.html for information on this procedure.

Open Caveats and Workarounds

Table 1 lists the ID number, summary, and any available workaround for each open caveat in this release.

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Note To obtain updated information about open caveats and workarounds, access the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/home.pl. You will be prompted to log in to Cisco.com.

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Table 1 Open Caveats and Workarounds 

Bug ID	Summary	Workaround
CSCsb83848	Service-activation jobs take more than 5 minutes in stress testing.	None.
CSCsc08624	In some service-activation screens, sorting is not accurate. The known examples are: •Service-activation screens dealing with Packet Control Function (PCF) security associations using a Peer Identity or Security Parameter Index •Service-activation screens dealing with modem over IP (MoIP) security associations using the Network Address Identifier string or Security Parameter Index	None.
CSCsc77370	Foreign agent-related fields in several of the GUI screens remain enabled, even when you select a PDSN device that is not used as a foreign agent. If you input values in those fields and attempt to download the configuration to the device, the job will fail because foreign agent-related configuration is not allowed.	None.

Supported Device Versions

Table 2 lists the devices that the PDSN SM supports.

Table 2 Supported Devices and Versions 

Device	Device Platform	Minimum Image/IOS on Device	Minimum IOS on Supervisor	Supervisor Platform
PDSN 2.1	7200 NPE-400	12.3(11)YF	N/A	N/A
	7200 NPE-G1	12.3(11)YF	N/A	N/A
PDSN 3.0	MWAM	12.3(14)YX	12.2(18)SXE2	Sup 720
	MWAM	12.3(14)YX	12.2(18)SXF	Sup 32
	7200 NPE-400	12.3(14)YX	N/A	N/A
	7200 NPE-G1	12.3(14)YX	N/A	N/A

You can find further information about all supported devices on Cisco.com at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps3992/products_device_support_tables_list.html

Prerequisites for Configuring PDSN Devices for Mobile IP

Before you configure a PDSN device by using the PDSN SM:

1. Ensure that the device is one of those in Table 2.

2. Ensure that the device is configured as a PDSN. Without this step, the PDSN SM will fail to identify the device as a Cisco PDSN device.

3. Enable Mobile IP service in the device.

4. Enable Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) so that the PDSN SM can check the version of the device.

5. Ensure that you configure all the PDSN devices with some prerequisite configurations to manage and configure service-activation commands. For more information on this procedure, see PDSN Configurations for Service Activation.

6. Complete installation of the PDSN SM in the correct installation order. See the Release Notes for the Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange 4.1.2 for more information.

7. Ensure that the PDSN device to be configured has been added into the RME DCR, so that the RME Inventory Manager manages the device.

For more information on the RME inventory function, see the section "Adding and Troubleshooting Devices Using Device Management" in the User Guide for Resource Manager Essentials 4.0.5 (With LMS 2.6) at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps2073/products_user_guide_book09186a008055b137.html. The specific section is here.

8. Ensure that the device is in Normal device state. When the device is in Normal state, RME has successfully contacted the device or the device has contacted RME at least once (polling, successful job completion, Syslog receipt, and so on). This action indicates that this device has been recognized by RME as a real device in the network at least once.

PDSN Configurations for Service Activation

You must configure the PDSN devices with the following configurations as a prerequisite to managing and configuring some service-activation commands by using PDSN SM:

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Step 1 Enable PDSN service on the device:

service cdma pdsn

Step 2 Enable FA and Mobile IP service:

router mobile

ip mobile foreign-agent care-of <Interface Name>

ip mobile router

Step 3 Enable the AAA access control model for Packet of Disconnect (POD) or RADIUS Disconnect configuration:

aaa new-model

Step 4 Enable local user access (using Telnet) when AAA is configured.

If you do not require user login:

aaa authentication login default enable

If you do not require username and password:

aaa authentication login default local

username <login name> privilege <user privelege level> password <user password>

Step 5 Enable AAA authorization for MSID-based (mobile station ID-based) user authentication:

aaa authorization configuration default group radius

Step 6 Configure SNMP community strings.

Configure read-only (RO) community string:

snmp-server community <read community> RO

Configure read-write (RW) community string:

snmp-server community <write community> RW

Step 7 Configure the service internal command in Multiprocessor WAN Application Module (MWAM) devices to monitor redundancy statistics.

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Documentation Support

This section provides information on:

•Product Documentation and Related Documentation

•Additional Information Online

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Note Cisco Systems sometimes updates printed and electronic documentation after original publication. Therefore, review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.

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Product Documentation and Related Documentation

This section provides information on:

•Product Documentation

•Related Documentation

Product Documentation

Table 3 lists the available product documentation.

Table 3 Product Documentation 

Document Title	Cisco.com Location
User Guide for Cisco Packet Data Serving Node Service Manager 4.1	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6696/ products_user_guide_list.html
Release Notes for Cisco Packet Data Serving Node Service Manager 4.1.2 (this document)	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6696/ prod_release_notes_list.html

Related Documentation

Table 4 lists the available related documentation for the Cisco PDSN SM.

Table 4 Related Documentation 

Document Title	Cisco.com Location
Release Notes for Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange 4.1.2	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6401/ prod_release_notes_list.html
The CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0 documentation set	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps3996/products_user_guide_list.html
The Resource Manager Essentials (RME) 4.0.5 documentation set	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps2073/products_user_guide_list.html
End-user guides for Packet Data Serving Node	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/wirelssw/ps4341/products_user_guide_list.html

Additional Information Online

Your application might support incremental device updates (IDUs). An IDU is a software package that enables an application to support new devices. An IDU might also contain bug fixes. You can download IDUs and their Readme files by logging in to Cisco.com at:

http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/cw2000/lan-planner.shtml.

To determine which packages are installed on your CiscoWorks Server, go to your CiscoWorks page and choose Common Services > Software Center > Software Update.

You can also obtain any published patches from the download site.

You can find information about all supported devices on Cisco.com at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps3992/products_device_support_tables_list.html

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

Any Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used in this document are not intended to be actual addresses. Any examples, command display output, and figures included in the document are shown for illustrative purposes only. Any use of actual IP addresses in illustrative content is unintentional and coincidental.

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