NAT Configuration

 

 

This chapter describes how to configure the Network Address Translation (NAT) in-line service feature.

Important: In release 8.x, NAT for CDMA and early UMTS releases used rulebase-based configurations, whereas in later UMTS releases NAT used policy-based configurations. In 9.0 and later releases, NAT for UMTS and CDMA releases both use policy-based configurations. For more information, please contact your local service representative.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

•	Before You Begin

•	Configuring the System

•	Configuring NAT

•	Verifying the Configuration

•	Gathering NAT Statistics

•	Saving the Configuration

 

Before You Begin

This section lists the steps to perform before you can start configuring NAT support on a system:

Step 1

Configure the required core network service on the system as described in the System Administration Guide.

Step 2

Obtain and install required licenses for the required number of subscriber sessions.

Step 3

Proceed to the Configuring the System section.

 

Configuring the System

This section lists the high-level steps to configure the NAT feature.

Step 1

Configure the NAT feature as described in the Configuring NAT section.

Step 2

Verify your configuration as described in the Verifying the Configuration section.

Step 3

Save the configuration as described in the Saving the Configuration section.

 

Configuring NAT

This section describes how to configure the NAT in-line service feature.

Step 1

Enable the Enhanced Charging Service (ECS) subsystem and create the enhanced charging service as described in the Enabling the ECS Subsystem and Creating the ECS Service section.

Step 2

Optional: Configure port maps as described in the Configuring Port Maps section.

Step 3

Optional: Configure host pools as described in the Configuring Host Pools section.

Step 4

Optional: Configure IMSI pools as described in the Configuring IMSI Pools section.

Step 5

Configure access ruledefs as described in the Configuring Access Ruledefs section.

Step 6

Configure NAT IP pools/NAT IP pool groups as described in the Configuring NAT Realms section.

Step 7

Configure Firewall-and-NAT policies as described in the Configuring Firewall-and-NAT Policy section.

Step 8

Configure Firewall-and-NAT actions as described in the Configuring Firewall-and-NAT Action section.

Step 9

Configure action on NAT IP address/port allocation failure as described in the Configuring Action on NAT IP AddressPort Allocation Failure section.

Step 10

Configure action on packets during NAT IP allocation as described in the Configuring Action on Packets During NAT IP Allocation section.

Step 11

Configure NAT TCP-2msl-timeout setting as described in the Configuring NAT TCP-2msl-timeout Setting section.

Step 12

Configure action on TCP idle timeout as described in the Configuring Action on TCP Idle Timeout section.

Step 13

Configure Private IP NPU Flow Timeout setting as described in the Configuring Private IP NPU Flow Timeout Setting section.

Step 14

Configure Flow Recovery as described in the Configuring Flow Recovery section.

Step 15

Enable NAT support for APN/subscribers as described in the Enabling NAT for APNSubscribers section.

Step 16

Optional: Configure the default Firewall-and-NAT policy as described in the Configuring the Default Firewall-and-NAT Policy section.

Step 17

Configure NAT ALGs as described in the Configuring Dynamic PinholesApplication Level Gateways section.

Step 18

Configure EDR format as described in the Configuring EDR Format section.

Step 19

Configure UDR format as described in the Configuring UDR Format section.

Step 20

Configure NBR formats as described in the Configuring NAT Binding Record Format section.

Step 21

Configure NAT realm bulk statistics collection as described in the Configuring Bulkstats Collection section.

Step 22

Configure NAT thresholds as described in the Configuring NAT Thresholds section.

Step 23

Configure a secondary IP pool, which is not overwritten by the RADIUS supplied list, as described in the Backing Out of NAT section.

Important: Commands used in the configuration examples in this section provide base functionality to the extent that the most common or likely commands and/or keyword options are presented. In many cases, other optional commands and/or keyword options are available. Refer to the Command Line Interface Reference for complete information regarding all commands.

 

Enabling the ECS Subsystem and Creating the ECS Service

To enable the ECS subsystem and create the enhanced charging service, use the following configuration:

configure

  require active-charging

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name> [ -noconfirm ]

  end

 

Configuring Port Maps

This is an optional configuration. To create and configure an application-port map for TCP and UDP protocols, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     port-map <port_map_name> [ -noconfirm ]

        port { <port_number> | range <start_port> to <end_port> }

        end

Notes:

•	A maximum of 256 host pools, IMSI pools, and port maps each, and a combined maximum of 4096 rules (host pools + IMSI pools + port maps + charging ruledefs + access ruledefs + routing ruledefs) can be created in a system.

•	Port maps, host pools, IMSI pools, and charging, access, and routing ruledefs must each have unique names.

•	A maximum of 10 entries can be configured in each port map.

 

Configuring Host Pools

This is an optional configuration. To create and configure a host pool, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     host-pool <host_pool_name> [ -noconfirm ]

        ip { <ip_address> | <ip_address/mask> | range <start_ip_address> to <end_ip_address> }

        end

Notes:

•	A maximum of 256 host pools, IMSI pools, and port maps each, and a combined maximum of 4096 rules (host pools + IMSI pools + port maps + charging ruledefs + access ruledefs + routing ruledefs) can be created in a system.

•	Port maps, host pools, IMSI pools, and charging, access, and routing ruledefs must each have unique names.

•	A maximum of 10 entries can be configured in each host pool.

 

Configuring IMSI Pools

This is an optional configuration. To create and configure an IMSI pool, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     imsi-pool <imsi_pool_name> [ -noconfirm ]

        imsi { <imsi_number> | range <start_imsi> to <end_imsi> }

        end

Notes:

•	A maximum of 256 host pools, IMSI pools, and port maps each, and a combined maximum of 4096 rules (host pools + IMSI pools + port maps + charging ruledefs + access ruledefs + routing ruledefs) can be created in a system.

•	Port maps, host pools, IMSI pools, and charging, access, and routing ruledefs must each have unique names.

•	A maximum of 10 entries can be configured in each port map.

 

Configuring Access Ruledefs

To create and configure an access rule definition, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     access-ruledef <access_ruledef_name> [ -noconfirm ]

        bearer 3gpp apn [ case-sensitive ] <operator> <value>

        bearer 3gpp imsi { <operator> <msid> | { !range | range } imsi-pool <imsi_pool> }

        bearer username [ case-sensitive ] <operator> <user_name>

        icmp { any-match <operator> <condition> | code <operator> <code> | type <operator> <type> }

        ip { { { any-match | downlink | uplink } <operator> <condition> } | { { dst-address | src-address } { { <operator> { <ip_address> | <ip_address/mask> } } | { !range | range } host-pool <host_pool_name> } | protocol { { <operator> { <protocol> | <protocol_assignment> } } | { <operator> <protocol_assignment> | server-ipv6-network-prefix operator ipv6_prefix/prefix_length } } }

        tcp { any-match <operator> <condition> | { { dst-port | either-port | src-port } { { <operator> <port_number> } | { !range | range } { <start_range> to <end_range> | port-map <port_map_name> } } }

        udp { any-match <operator> <condition> | { dst-port | either-port | src-port } { <operator> <port_number> | { !range | range } { <start_range> to <end_range> | port-map <port_map_name> } } }

        create-log-record

        end

Notes:

•	If the source IP address is not configured, then it is treated as any source IP.

•	If the destination IP address is not configured, then it is treated as any destination IP.

•	If the source port is not configured, then it is treated as any source port.

•	If the destination port is not configured, then it is treated as any destination port.

•	If no protocol is specified then it is treated as any protocol.

•	If both uplink and downlink fields are not configured, then the rule will be treated as either direction, i.e. packets from any direction will match that rule.

•	Access ruledefs are different from enhanced charging service ruledefs. A combined maximum of 4096 rules (host pools, IMSI pools, port maps, and access, charging, and routing ruledefs) can be created in a system. A combined maximum of 2048 access and charging ruledefs can be created in a system.

•	The server-ipv6-network-prefix operator ipv6_prefix/prefix_length rule is matched against the Destination IPv6 address of the incoming packet to decide whether NAT64 has to be applied or not.

•	Configuring access ruledefs involves the creation of several ruledefs with different sets of rules and parameters. For more information, see the Firewall Ruledef Configuration Mode Commands chapter of the Command Line Interface Reference.

 

Configuring NAT IP Pools/NAT IP Pool Groups

This section describes how to create and configure NAT IP pools/NAT IP pool groups.

The following topics are covered in this section:

 

•	Configuring One-to-One NAT Realm

•	Configuring Many-to-One NAT Realm

 

Configuring One-to-One NAT IP Pools/NAT IP Pool Groups

To create and configure a one-to-one NAT IP pool/NAT IP pool group, use the following configuration:

configure

  context <context_name> [ -noconfirm ]

     ip pool <nat_pool_name> { <ip_address> <subnet_mask> | <ip_address/mask> | range <start_ip_address> <end_ip_address> } nat-one-to-one [ alert-threshold { { pool-free | pool-hold | pool-release | pool-used } <low_thresh> [ clear <high_thresh> ] } + ] [ group-name <nat_pool_group_name> ] [ nat-binding-timer <binding_timer> ] [ nexthop-forwarding-address <ip_address> ] [ on-demand ] [ send-icmp-dest-unreachable ] [ send-nat-binding-update ] [ srp-activate ] + ]

     ip pool <pool_name> { <ip_address> <subnet_mask> | <ip_address/mask> | range <start_ip_address> <end_ip_address> } public <priority>

     end

Notes:

•	Within a context, all IP pool and NAT IP pool and NAT IP pool group names must be unique.

•	IP pool and NAT IP pool and NAT IP pool group names are case sensitive.

•	The IP addresses configured in the NAT IP pools within a context must not overlap. At any time, within a context, a NAT IP address must be configured in any one NAT IP pool.

•	The IP addresses in a NAT IP pool may be contiguous, and must be assignable as a subnet or a range that constitutes less than an entire subnet.

•	For many-to-one NAT IP pools, the default NAT Binding Timer value is 60 seconds. For one-to-one NAT IP pools, by default the feature is disabled—the IP addresses/ port-chunks once allocated will never be freed.

•

Thresholds configured using the alert-threshold keyword are specific to the pool that they are configured in. Thresholds configured using the threshold ip-pool-* commands in the Context Configuration Mode apply to all IP pools in the context, and override the threshold configurations set within individual pools.

•	Not-on-demand allocation mode is the default NAT IP Address Allocation mode.

•	To add a NAT IP pool to a NAT IP pool group, use the group-name <nat_pool_group_name> option.

NAT IP pool and NAT IP pool group names must be unique.

When configuring a NAT IP pool group, note that only those NAT IP pools that have similar characteristics can be grouped together. The similarity is determined by the “nat-one-to-one” and “on-demand” parameters. Dissimilar NAT IP pools cannot be grouped together.

It is recommended that for each NAT IP pool in a NAT IP pool group the other parameters (“nat-binding-timer”, “send-nat-binding-update”, “nexthop-forwarding-address”, “send-icmp-dest-unreachable”, and “srp-activate”) also be configured with the same values, so that the NAT behavior is predictable across all NAT IP pools in that NAT IP pool group.

The NAT IP pool from which a NAT IP address is assigned will determine the actual values to use for all parameters.

•	It is recommended that in a Firewall-and-NAT policy all the realms configured either be NAT IP pools or NAT IP pool groups. If both NAT IP pool(s) and NAT IP pool group(s) are configured, ensure that none of the NAT IP pool(s) are also included in the NAT IP pool group.

 

Configuring Many-to-One NAT IP Pools/NAT IP Pool Groups

To create and configure a Many-to-One NAT IP pool/NAT IP pool group, use the following configuration:

configure

  context <context_name> [ -noconfirm ]

     ip pool <nat_pool_name> { <ip_address> <subnet_mask> | <ip_address/mask> | range <start_ip_address> <end_ip_address> } napt-users-per-ip-address <users> [ alert-threshold { { pool-free | pool-hold | pool-release | pool-used } <low_thresh> [ clear <high_thresh> ] } + ] [ group-name <nat_pool_group_name> ] [ max-chunks-per-user <chunks> ] [ nat-binding-timer <binding_timer> ] [ nexthop-forwarding-address <ip_address> ] [ on-demand ] [ port-chunk-size <size> ] [ port-chunk-threshold <threshold> ] [ send-icmp-dest-unreachable ] [ send-nat-binding-update ] [ srp-activate ] + ]

     ip pool <pool_name> { <ip_address> <subnet_mask> | <ip_address/mask> | range <start_ip_address> <end_ip_address> } public <priority>

     end

Notes:

•	Within a context, all IP pool and NAT IP pool and NAT IP pool group names must be unique.

•	IP pool and NAT IP pool and NAT IP pool group names are case sensitive.

•	The IP addresses configured in the NAT IP pools within a context must not overlap. At any time, within a context, a NAT IP address must be configured in any one NAT IP pool.

•	The IP addresses in a NAT IP pool may be contiguous, and must be assignable as a subnet or a range that constitutes less than an entire subnet.

•	For many-to-one NAT IP pools, the default NAT Binding Timer value is 60 seconds. For one-to-one NAT IP pools, by default the feature is disabled—the IP addresses/port-chunks once allocated will never be freed.

•

Thresholds configured using the alert-threshold keyword are specific to the pool that they are configured in. Thresholds configured using the threshold ip-pool-* commands in the Context Configuration Mode apply to all IP pools in the context, and override the threshold configurations set within individual pools.

•	Not-on-demand allocation mode is the default NAT IP Address Allocation mode.

•	To add a NAT IP pool to a NAT IP pool group, use the group-name <nat_pool_group_name> option.

NAT IP pool and NAT IP pool group names must be unique.

When configuring a NAT IP pool group, note that only those NAT IP pools that have similar characteristics can be grouped together. The similarity is determined by the “napt-users-per-ip-address”, “napt-users-per-ip-address <users>”, “on-demand”, and “port-chunk-size” parameters. Dissimilar NAT IP pools cannot be grouped together.

It is recommended that for each NAT IP pool in a NAT IP pool group the other parameters (“nat-binding-timer”, “send-nat-binding-update”, “nexthop-forwarding-address”, “send-icmp-dest-unreachable”, “srp-activate”, and “port-chunk-threshold”) also be configured with the same values, so that the NAT behavior is predictable across all NAT IP pools in that NAT IP pool group.

The NAT IP pool from which a NAT IP address is assigned will determine the actual values to use for all parameters.

•	It is recommended that in a Firewall-and-NAT policy all the realms configured either be NAT IP pools or NAT IP pool groups. If both NAT IP pool(s) and NAT IP pool group(s) are configured, ensure that none of the NAT IP pool(s) are also included in the NAT IP pool group.

 

Configuring Firewall-and-NAT Policies

To create and configure a Firewall-and-NAT Policy, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     fw-and-nat policy <fw_nat_policy_name> [ -noconfirm ]

        nat policy [ ipv4-and-ipv6 | ipv4-only | ipv6-only ] [ default-nat-realm nat_realm_name [ fw-and-nat-action action_name ] ]

        access-rule priority <priority> { [ dynamic-only | static-and-dynamic ] access-ruledef <access_ruledef_name> { deny [ charging-action <charging_action_name> ] | permit [ nat-realm <nat_pool_name/nat_pool_group_name> | [ bypass-nat ] ] }

        access-rule no-ruledef-matches { downlink | uplink } action { deny [ charging-action <charging_action_name> ] | permit [ bypass-nat | nat-realm <nat_pool_name/nat_pool_group_name> ] }

        end

Notes:

•

In StarOS 8.x, NAT for CDMA and early UMTS releases used rulebase-based configurations, whereas in later UMTS releases NAT used policy-based configurations. In StarOS 9.0 and later releases, NAT for UMTS and CDMA releases both use policy-based configurations. For more information, please contact your local service representative.

•	In 12.1 and earlier releases: The nat policy nat-required command enables NAT44 for all subscribers using the policy. This keyword is supported in release 12.2 for backward compatibility.

•	In 12.2 and later releases: The nat policy [ ipv4-and-ipv6 | ipv4-only | ipv6-only ] command enables NAT processing for IPv4/IPv6 or both using the policy.

•	Duplicate ruledef names or priorities are not allowed in the same rulebase

•

A maximum of three NAT IP pools/NAT IP pool groups can be configured in a policy. A subscriber can be allocated only one NAT IP address per NAT IP pool/NAT IP pool group from a maximum of three pools/pool groups. Hence, at anytime, there can only be a maximum of three NAT IP addresses allocated to a subscriber.

•	It is recommended that in a Firewall-and-NAT policy all the realms configured either be NAT IP pools or NAT IP pool groups. If both NAT IP pool(s) and NAT IP pool group(s) are configured, ensure that a NAT IP pool is not a part of a NAT IP pool group.

•	NAT is applied only to packets in the uplink direction.

•	Rule matching is done for the first packet for a flow. Only when no rules match, the no-ruledef-matches configuration is considered. The default settings for uplink direction is “permit”, and for downlink direction “deny”.

•	If there are no rules matching a packet, then the NAT IP pool/NAT IP pool group to be used for the flow is taken from the following configuration:

access-rule no-ruledef-matches uplink action permit nat-realm <nat_pool_name/nat_pool_group_name>

•	If there is no NAT IP pool/NAT IP pool group name configured in the matching access ruledef, NAT will be bypassed, i.e., NAT will not be applied to the flow.

 

Configuring Firewall-and-NAT Action

To create and configure a Firewall-and-NAT Action, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <acs_service_name>

     fw-and-nat action <fw_nat_action_name> [ -noconfirm ]

        flow check-point [ data-usage data_usage [ and | or ] | time-duration duration [ and | or ] ]

        end

 

Configuring Action on NAT IP Address/Port Allocation Failure

To configure sending ICMP error messages in the event of NAT IP address/port allocation failure, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <acs_service_name>

     nat allocation-failure send-icmp-dest-unreachable

     end

 

Configuring Action on Packets During NAT IP Allocation

To configure action to take on packets when NAT IP/NPU allocation is in progress, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     nat allocation-in-progress { buffer | drop }

     end

Notes:

•

In On-demand NAT IP allocation (wherein a NAT IP address is allocated to the subscriber when a packet is being sent), if no free NAT IP address is available, a NAT-IP Alloc Request is sent to the VPNMgr to get a NAT IP. During that time packets are dropped. This command enables to either buffer or drop the packets received when IP Alloc Request is sent to VPNMgr.

 

Configuring NAT TCP-2msl-timeout Setting

To configure NAT TCP 2msl Timeout setting, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     nat tcp-2msl-timeout <timeout>

     end

 

Configuring Action on TCP Idle Timeout

To configure action to take on TCP idle timeout expiry for NAT flows, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     fw-and-nat policy <fw_nat_policy_name>

        firewall tcp-idle-timeout-action { drop | reset }

        end

 

Configuring Private IP NPU Flow Timeout Setting

To configure Private IP NPU Flow Timeout setting, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     fw-and-nat policy <fw_nat_policy_name>

        nat private-ip-flow-timeout <timeout>

        end

Notes:

•

By default, for NAT-enabled calls the downlink private IP NPU flow will not be installed at call setup for a subscriber session. The flow will only be installed for uplink traffic on demand. When there is no traffic on the private flow, the private IP flow will be removed after the configurable timeout period.

•	Downlink traffic will be dropped after flow is deleted after the configurable timeout period.

 

Configuring Flow Recovery

To configure Flow Recovery parameters for NAT flows, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     firewall flow-recovery { downlink | uplink } [ [ no-flow-creation ] [ timeout <timeout> ] + ]

     end

Notes:

•	The no-flow-creation keyword specifies not to create data session/flow-related information for downlink-initiated packets (from the Internet to the subscriber) while the downlink flow-recovery timer is running, but send to subscriber.

 

Configuring Flow-mapping Timeout

To configure flow-mapping timeout, use the following configuration in either of the two modes: Active Charging Service Configuration mode and ACS Charging Action Configuration mode.

In ACS Configuration mode:

configure

  active-charging service <acs_service_name>

     idle-timeout flow-mapping { tcp | udp } <timeout>

     end

In ACS Charging Action Configuration mode:

configure

  active-charging service <acs_service_name>

  charging-action <charging_action_name>

     flow idle-timeout flow-mapping <flow_timeout>

     end

Notes:

•	The value configured in charging action takes precedence to the value configured in the ACS service mode. In global mode (ACS Configuration mode), the default values are different for TCP and UDP.

•	Even if the flow-mapping timeout is configured inside a charging action, and if the flow that matched the charging action was not a TCP or a UDP flow, then the Mapping timer will not be triggered for the flow.

 

Enabling NAT for APN/Subscribers

This section describes how to enable NAT support for APN/subscribers.

The following topics are covered in this section:

•	Enabling NAT for APN

•	Enabling NAT for Subscribers

 

Enabling NAT for APN

To configure the Firewall-and-NAT Policy within an APN, use the following configuration:

Important: This configuration is only applicable to UMTS networks.

configure

  context <context_name>

     apn <apn_name>

        fw-and-nat policy <fw_nat_policy_name>

        end

Notes:

•	<fw_nat_policy_name> must be a valid Firewall-and-NAT policy in which NAT policy is enabled as described in the Configuring Firewall-and-NAT Policy section.

•	To specify that the default Firewall-and-NAT policy configured in the rulebase be used for subscribers who use this APN, in the APN Configuration Mode, apply the following command: default fw-and-nat policy

 

Enabling NAT for Subscribers

To configure the Firewall-and-NAT Policy in a subscriber template, use the following configuration:

configure

  context <context_name>

     subscriber default

        fw-and-nat policy <fw_nat_policy_name>

        end

Notes:

•	<fw_nat_policy_name> must be a valid Firewall-and-NAT policy in which NAT policy is enabled as described in the Configuring Firewall-and-NAT Policy section.

•	To specify that the default Firewall-and-NAT policy configured in the rulebase be used for subscribers, in the Subscriber Configuration Mode, apply the following command: default fw-and-nat policy

 

Configuring the Default Firewall-and-NAT Policy

This is an optional configuration to specify a default Firewall-and-NAT policy to use if in the APN/subscriber configurations the following command is configured:

default fw-and-nat policy

To create a rulebase and configure a default Firewall-and-NAT policy in it, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     rulebase <rulebase_name> [ -noconfirm ]

        fw-and-nat default-policy <fw_nat_policy_name>

        end

 

Configuring NAT Application Level Gateways/Dynamic Pinholes

This section describes how to configure routing rules to open up dynamic pinholes for Application Level Gateways (ALG) functionality.

The following topics are covered in this section:

•	Creating Routing Ruledefs

•	Configuring Routing Ruledefs in Rulebase

•	Enabling NAT ALG

 

Creating Routing Ruledefs

To configure ECS routing rules for FTP and RTSP protocols, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     ruledef <ruledef_name>

        tcp either-port <operator> <value>

        rule-application routing

        end

Notes:

•	Create a separate routing ruledef for each protocol.

 

Configuring Routing Ruledefs in Rulebase

To configure the routing ruledefs in the rulebase, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     rulebase <rulebase_name>

        route priority <priority> ruledef <ruledef_name> analyzer { ftp-control | h323 | pptp | rtsp | sip advanced | tftp }

        rtp dynamic-flow-detection

        end

Notes:

•	Add each routing ruledef as a separate route priority.

•	If PPTP ALG is enabled, NAT is supported for GREv1 flows that are generated by PPTP.

•	For RTSP ALG processing, in the rulebase, the rtp dynamic-flow-detection command must be configured.

•	For SIP ALG processing, the advanced option must be configured to ensure that packets matching the routing rule will be routed to the SIP ALG for processing and not to the ECS SIP analyzer.

 

Enabling NAT ALG

To enable NAT44/NAT64 ALGs, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     firewall nat-alg { all | ftp | h323 | pptp | rtsp | sip } [ ipv4-and-ipv6 | ipv4-only | ipv6-only ]

     idle-timeout alg-media <idle_timeout>

     end

Notes:

•	If enabled, in the rulebase, a routing rule for the protocol must be configured. For example:

route priority 1 ruledef ftp analyzer ftp-control

route priority 2 ruledef rtsp analyzer rtsp

•	For RTSP NAT ALG processing, in the rulebase, the following command must be configured:

rtp dynamic-flow-detection

•

The idle-timeout alg-media idle_timeout CLI command configures the Media Inactivity Timeout setting. The timeout gets applied on RTP and RTCP media flows that are created for SIP calls. The timeout is applied only on those flows that actually match the RTP and RTCP media pinholes that are created by the SIP ALG.

•	Configuration changes are only applied to new flows.

•	The ipv4-and-ipv6 | ipv4-only | ipv6-only keyword enables or disables NAT44/NAT64 ALG or both.

•	NAT64 supports only the FTP, PPTP, RTSP and TFTP ALGs.

 

Configuring EDR Format

To configure EDR format for NAT-specific attributes, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     edr-format <edr_format_name>

        attribute sn-nat-subscribers-per-ip-address priority <priority>

        attribute sn-subscriber-nat-flow-ip priority <priority>

        attribute sn-subscriber-nat-flow-port priority <priority>

        end

 

Configuring UDR Format

To configure UDR format for NAT-specific attributes, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     udr-format <udr_format_name>

        attribute sn-subscriber-nat-flow-ip priority <priority>

        end

 

Configuring NAT Binding Record Format

To configure NBR format, use the following configuration:

configure

  active-charging service <ecs_service_name>

     edr-format <nbr_format_name>

        attribute sn-correlation-id priority <priority>

        rule-variable ip subscriber-ip-address priority <priority>

        rule-variable bearer 3gpp charging-id priority <priority>

        rule-variable bearer 3gpp sgsn-address priority <priority>

        rule-variable bearer ggsn-address priority <priority>

        rule-variable bearer 3gpp imsi priority <priority>

        attribute sn-fa-correlation-id priority <priority>

        attribute radius-fa-nas-ip-address priority <priority>

        attribute radius-fa-nas-identifier priority <priority>

        attribute radius-user-name priority <priority>

        attribute radius-calling-station-id priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-ip priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-port-block-start priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-port-block-end priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-binding-timer priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-subscribers-per-ip-address priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-realm-name priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-gmt-offset priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-port-chunk-alloc-dealloc-flag priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-port-chunk-alloc-time-gmt priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-port-chunk-dealloc-time-gmt priority <priority>

        attribute sn-nat-last-activity-time-gmt priority <priority>

        exit

     fw-and-nat policy <fw_nat_policy_name>

        nat binding-record edr-format <nbr_format_name> port-chunk-allocation port-chunk-release

        end

Notes:

•	The NBR format name configured in the edr-format <nbr_format_name> and the nat binding-record edr-format <nbr_format_name> commands must be the same.

 

Configuring Bulkstats Collection

To configure NAT realm bulk statistics collection, use the following configuration:

configure

  bulkstats collection

  bulkstats historical collection

  bulkstats mode

     sample-interval <sample_interval>

     transfer-interval <transfer_interval>

     file <file_number>

        remotefile format <format>

        receiver <ip_address> primary mechanism { tftp | { ftp | sftp } login <login> encrypted password <password> }

        exit

     nat-realm schema <schema_name> format <format_string>

     end

The following is a sample configuration for cumulative bulkstats collection:

nat-realm schema cumulativenatschema format "NAT-REALM Schema: cumulativenatschema\nVPN Name: %vpnname%\nRealm Name: %realmname%\n Total binding updates sent to AAA: %nat-bind-updates%\nTotal bytes transferred by realm: %nat-rlm-bytes-tx%\nTotal flows used by realm: %nat-rlm-flows%\nTotal flows denied IP: %nat-rlm-ip-denied%\nTotal flows denied ports: %nat-rlm-port-denied%\n-----------------------\n "

The following is a sample configuration for snapshot bulkstats collection:

nat-realm schema snapshotnatschema format "NAT-REALM Schema: snapshotnatschema\nVPN Name: %vpnname%\nRealm Name: %realmname%\nTotal NAT public IP address: %nat-rlm-ttl-ips%\nCurrent NAT public IP address in use: %nat-rlm-ips-in-use%\nCurrent subscribers using realm: %nat-rlm-current-users%\nTotal port chunks: %nat-rlm-ttl-port-chunks%\nCurrent port chunks in use: %nat-rlm-chunks-in-use%\n-----------------------\n "

 

Configuring NAT Thresholds

This section describes how to configure NAT thresholds.

The following topics are covered in this section:

•	Enabling Thresholds

•	Configuring Threshold Poll Interval

•	Configuring Thresholds Limits

•	Enabling SNMP Notifications

 

Enabling Thresholds

To enable thresholds, use the following configuration:

configure

  threshold monitoring firewall

  context <context_name>

     threshold monitoring available-ip-pool-group

     end

Notes:

•	The threshold monitoring available-ip-pool-group command is required only if you are configuring IP pool thresholds. It is not required if you are only configuring NAT port chunks usage threshold.

 

Configuring Threshold Poll Interval

To configure threshold polling interval, use the following configuration:

configure

  threshold poll ip-pool-used interval <interval>

  threshold poll nat-port-chunks-usage interval <interval>

  end

 

Configuring Thresholds Limits

To configure threshold limits, use the following configuration:

configure

  context <context_name>

     threshold ip-pool-free <high_threshold> clear <low_threshold>

     threshold ip-pool-hold <high_threshold> clear <low_threshold>

     threshold ip-pool-release <high_threshold> clear <low_threshold>

     threshold ip-pool-used <high_threshold> clear <low_threshold>

     exit

  threshold nat-port-chunks-usage <high_threshold> clear <low_threshold>

  end

Notes:

•	Thresholds configured using the threshold ip-pool-* commands in the Context Configuration Mode apply to all IP pools in the context.

•	The thresholds configured for an individual NAT IP pool using the alert-threshold keyword will take priority, i.e it will override the above context-wide configuration.

 

Enabling SNMP Notifications

To enable SNMP notifications, use the following configuration:

configure

  snmp trap { enable | suppress } { ThreshNATPortChunksUsage | ThreshClearNATPortChunksUsage }

  snmp trap { enable | suppress } { ThreshIPPoolUsed | ThreshIPPoolFree | ThreshIPPoolRelease | ThreshIPPoolHold | ThreshClearIPPoolUsed }

  end

 

Backing Out of NAT

This is a licensed feature requiring the [600-00-7871] NAT Bypass license. For more information please contact your local sales representative.

 

Configuring NAT Backout for APN

To configure a secondary IP pool that is not overwritten by the RADIUS supplied list, use the following configuration. The secondary pool configured will be appended to the RADIUS supplied IP pool list / APN provided IP pool list whichever is applicable during call setup.

Important: This configuration is only applicable to UMTS networks.

configure

  context <context_name>

     apn <apn_name>

        secondary ip pool <pool_name>

        exit

     busyout ip pool name <private_pool_name>

     end

Notes:

•	The secondary ip pool <pool_name> command is license dependent.

•	The busyout ip pool name <private_pool_name> command must be configured in the destination context. This command makes addresses from the specified IP pool in the current context unavailable once they are free.

 

Configuring NAT Backout for Subscribers

To configure a secondary IP pool that is not overwritten by the RADIUS supplied list, use the following configuration. The secondary pool configured will be appended to the RADIUS supplied IP pool list/subscriber template provided IP pool list whichever is applicable during call setup.

configure

  context <context_name>

     subscriber default

        secondary ip pool <pool_name>

        exit

     busyout ip pool name <private_pool_name>

     end

Notes:

•	The secondary ip pool <pool_name> command is license dependent.

•	The busyout ip pool name <private_pool_name> command must be configured in the destination context. This command makes addresses from the specified IP pool in the current context unavailable once they are free.

 

Changing Firewall-and-NAT Policy in Mid-session

To change Firewall-and-NAT policy in mid-session, use the following configuration:

update active-charging { switch-to-fw-and-nat-policy <fw_nat_policy_name> | switch-to-rulebase <rulebase_name> } { all | callid <call_id> | fw-and-nat-policy <fw_nat_policy_name> | imsi <imsi> | ip-address <ipv4_address> | msid <msid> | rulebase <rulebase_name> | username <user_name> } [ -noconfirm ]

Notes:

•	To be able to change the Firewall-and-NAT policy in mid session, firewall-and-NAT must have been enabled for the subscriber in the APN/Subscriber template configuration, or in the rulebase (the default policy) during call setup.

•	The above command takes effect only for current calls. For new calls, the RADIUS returned/APN/subscriber template/rulebase configured policy is used.

 

Verifying the Configuration

To verify your configurations:

Step 1

To view subscriber configuration, in the Exec mode, enter the following command:

show subscriber full

The output displays subscriber information. Verify the NAT IP pools associated with subscriber and the NAT IP addresses allocated from each pool.

If a pool type is not-on-demand, the pool’s type is indicated explicitly.

Step 2

To view enhanced charging flow information, in the Exec mode, enter the following command:

show active-charging flows full

The output displays enhanced charging flow information.

For many-to-one NAT, verify the NAT IP address and NAT port used for the subscriber flow.

For one-to-one NAT, verify the NAT IP address.

For ICMP, the NAT IP address is displayed only if an active ICMP record is available.

 

Saving the Configuration

To save changes to the configuration, see the Verifying and Saving Your Configuration chapter.

 

Gathering NAT Statistics

The following table lists the commands that can be used to gather NAT statistics.

In the following table, the first column lists what statistics to gather and the second column lists the command to use.

Gathering NAT Statistics

Statistics/Information	Action to perform
NAT statistics	show active-charging nat statistics
Statistics of a specific NAT IP pool	show active-charging nat statistics nat-realm <nat_pool_name>
Statistics of all NAT IP pools in a NAT IP pool group	show active-charging nat statistics nat-realm <pool_group_name>
Summary statistics of all NAT IP pools in a NAT IP pool group	show active-charging nat statistics nat-realm <pool_group_name> summary
Firewall-and-NAT Policy statistics.	show active-charging fw-and-nat policy statistics all show active-charging fw-and-nat policy statistics name <fw_nat_policy_name>
Information on NAT bind records generated for port chunk allocation and release.	show active-charging rulebase statistics name <rulebase_name>
Information on NAT bind records generated.	show active-charging edr-format statistics
Information for subscriber flows with NAT disabled.	show active-charging flows nat not-required
Information for subscriber flows with NAT enabled.	show active-charging flows nat required
Information for subscriber flows with NAT enabled, and using specific NAT IP address.	show active-charging flows nat required nat-ip <nat_ip_address>
Information for subscriber flows with NAT enabled, and using specific NAT IP address and NAT port number.	show active-charging flows nat required nat-ip <nat_ip_address> nat-port <nat_port>
NAT session details.	show active-charging sessions nat { not-required | required }
SIP ALG Advanced session statistics.	show active-charging analyzer statistics name sip
Information for all the active flow-mappings based on the applied filters.	show active-charging flow-mappings all
Information for all current subscribers who have either active or dormant sessions. Check IP address associated with subscriber.	show subscribers full all
Information for subscribers with NAT processing not required.	show subscribers nat not-required
Information for subscribers with NAT processing enabled and using the specified NAT IP address.	show subscribers nat required nat-ip <nat_ip_address>
Information for subscribers with NAT processing enabled and using the specified NAT realm.	show subscribers nat required nat-realm <nat_pool_name>
NAT realm IP address pool information.	show ip pool nat-realm wide
Call drop reason due to invalid NAT configuration.	show session disconnect-reasons

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