> Diameter Thresholds
> Threshold monitoring can be enabled for the Diameter-related values described in the following table.

> Threshold | Description | To configure, go to section:
> DCCA Bad Answers | Enables generation of alerts or alarms based on the number of times DIAMETER-BAD-ANSWER code is sent to the Diameter server during a polling interval. | DCCA Bad Answers Threshold
> DCCA Protocol Errors | Enables generation of alerts or alarms based on the number protocol error messages received from the Diameter server during a polling interval. | DCCA Protocol Errors Threshold
> DCCA Rating Failure | Enables generation of alerts or alarms based on the number of times the Diameter server rejected requests for a block of credits, due to the Rating Group (content-id) being invalid during a polling interval. | DCCA Rating Failure Threshold
> DCCA Unknown Rating Group | Enables generation of alerts or alarms based on the number of times the block of credits returned by the Diameter server is rejected due to the Rating Group being unknown during a polling interval. | DCCA Unknown Rating Group Threshold
> Diameter Retry Rate | Enables generation of alerts or alarms based on the percentage of Diameter requests that were re-tried during a polling interval. | Diameter Retry Rate Threshold

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> Configuring Diameter Thresholds
> This section describes how to enable and configure Diameter thresholds.
> DCCA Bad Answers Threshold
> DCCA Bad Answers threshold generates alerts or alarms based on the number of times DIAMETER-BAD-ANSWER code is sent to the Diameter server during the polling interval.
> Alerts or alarms are triggered based on the following rules:

> • | Enter condition : Actual number of times DIAMETER-BAD-ANSWER code sent > or = High Threshold

> • | Clear condition : Actual number of times DIAMETER-BAD-ANSWER code sent < Low Threshold

> If a trigger condition occurs within the polling interval, the alert or alarm will not be generated until the end of the polling interval.
> Configuring DCCA Bad Answers Threshold
> To configure the DCCA Bad Answers threshold use the following configuration:
> configure
> threshold dcca-bad-answers <high_thresh> [ clear <low_thresh> ]
> threshold poll dcca-bad-answers interval <seconds>
> threshold monitoring ecs
> end
> DCCA Protocol Errors Threshold
> DCCA Protocol Errors threshold generates alerts or alarms based on the number protocol error messages received from the Diameter server during the polling interval.
> Alerts or alarms are triggered based on the following rules:

> • | Enter condition : Actual number of protocol error messages received > or = High Threshold

> • | Clear condition : Actual number of protocol error messages received < Low Threshold

> If a trigger condition occurs within the polling interval, the alert or alarm will not be generated until the end of the polling interval.
> Configuring DCCA Protocol Errors Threshold
> To configure the DCCA Protocol Errors threshold use the following configuration:
> configure
> threshold dcca-protocol-error <high_thresh> [ clear <low_thresh> ]
> threshold poll dcca-protocol-error interval <seconds>
> threshold monitoring ecs
> end
> DCCA Rating Failure Threshold
> DCCA Rating Failure threshold generates alerts or alarms based on the number of times the Diameter server rejected requests for a block of credits, due to the Rating Group (content-id) being invalid during the polling interval.
> Alerts or alarms are triggered based on the following rules:

> • | Enter condition : Actual number of rating failures > or = High Threshold

> • | Clear condition : Actual number of rating failures < Low Threshold

> If a trigger condition occurs within the polling interval, the alert or alarm will not be generated until the end of the polling interval.
> Configuring DCCA Rating Failure Threshold
> To configure the DCCA Rating Failure threshold use the following configuration:
> configure
> threshold dcca-rating-failed <high_thresh> [ clear <low_thresh> ]
> threshold poll dcca-rating-failed interval <seconds>
> threshold monitoring ecs
> end
> DCCA Unknown Rating Group Threshold
> DCCA Unknown Rating Group threshold generates alerts or alarms based on the number of times the block of credits returned by the Diameter server is rejected due to the Rating Group being unknown during the polling interval.
> Alerts or alarms are triggered based on the following rules:

> • | Enter condition : Actual number of “unknown rating group” failures > or = High Threshold

> • | Clear condition : Actual number of “unknown rating group” < Low Threshold

> If a trigger condition occurs within the polling interval, the alert or alarm will not be generated until the end of the polling interval.
> Configuring DCCA Unknown Rating Group Threshold
> To configure the DCCA Unknown Rating Group threshold use the following configuration:
> configure
> threshold dcca-unknown-rating-group <high_thresh> [ clear <low_thresh> ]
> threshold poll dcca-unknown-rating-group interval <seconds>
> threshold monitoring ecs
> end
> Diameter Retry Rate Threshold
> Diameter Retry Rate threshold generates alerts or alarms based on the percentage of Diameter requests that were re-tried during the polling interval.
> Alerts or alarms are triggered based on the following rules:

> • | Enter condition: Percentage of Diameter requests retried > or = High Threshold

> • | Clear condition: Percentage of Diameter requests retried < Low Threshold

> If a trigger condition occurs within the polling interval, the alert or alarm will not be generated until the end of the polling interval.
> Configuring Diameter Retry Rate Threshold
> To configure the Diameter Retry Rate threshold use the following configuration:
> configure
> threshold diameter diameter-retry-rate <high_thresh> [ clear <low_thresh> ]
> threshold poll diameter-retry-rate interval <seconds>
> threshold monitoring diameter
> end
> Saving Your Configuration
> When you configure thresholds they are not permanent unless you save the changes. When you have completed configuring thresholds, save your configuration as described in the Verifying and Saving Your Configuration chapter.

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