IMEI Profile Configuration
Mode
Essentially, an IMEI
profile is a template which groups a set of device-specific commands that
may be applicable to one or more IMEIs. The same IMEI profile can
be associated with multiple IMEI ranges and multiple operator policies.
An SGSN supports a total
of 1000 IMEI profile configurations.
Mode
The IMEI profile configuration
mode defines a set of parameters controlling the SGSN behavior when a
Request is received from a device in the specified IMEI (International
Mobile Equipment Identity) range. An IMEI profile is a key element
in the Operator Policy feature and an IMEI profile is not used or
valid unless it is associated with an IMEI range and this association
is specified in an operator policy (see the Operator Policy Configuration Mode
Commands chapter elsewhere in the Command Line Interface
Reference).
Exec > Global Configuration
> IMEI Profile Configuration
configure > imei-profile profile_name
Entering the above
command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-imei-profile-profile_name)#
Important: The commands or keywords/variables
that are available are dependent on platform type, product version,
and installed license(s).
associate
Associate an APN remap
table with this IMEI profile.
Note that an APN remap
table can be associated with an IMEI profile before the table has
actually been created/configured.
Privilege
Security Administrator,
Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
> IMEI Profile Configuration
configure > imei-profile profile_name
Entering the above
command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-imei-profile-profile_name)#
Syntax
Syntax Description
associate apn-remap-table table_name
no associate apn-remap-table
no
Disables the configured
remap table association.
table_name
Define the name of an
APN remap table that is to be associated with this IMEI profile
for call routing based in IMEI.
Usage Guidelines
Use this command to
associate an APN remap table with this IMEI profile. With such an association,
it is possible to override an APN call-routing based on an IMEI.
For example, with
the APN exceptions defined in an APN remap table (refer to the APN Remap Table Configuration
Mode chapter), a blank APN or an incorrect APN could be overriden.
So during PDP Activation for in incoming call, the call could be
rerouted based on an IMEI in the range defined for the IMEI profile.
Example
Associate the APN remap
table 'remapHO' (remaps all calls with blank APNS
to the head-office) to this IMEI profile:associate apn-remap-table remapHO
blacklist
Blacklist all mobile
devices that fit the IMEI definitions associated with this IMEI
profile.
Privilege
Security Administrator,
Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
> IMEI Profile Configuration
configure > imei-profile profile_name
Entering the above
command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-imei-profile-profile_name)#
Syntax
Syntax Description
blacklist
remove blacklist
remove
Including this keyword
with the command, removes the blacklist command from the IMEI profile
configuration.
Usage Guidelines
Blacklists subscribers
whose devices bear IMEI that match the defined IMEI range for this profile.
Example
Use this command to
black list all subscribers with IMEI that fall within the range
set for this IMEI profile:blacklist
description
Define a descriptive
string relevant to the specific APN profile.
Privilege
Security Administrator,
Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
> IMEI Profile Configuration
configure > imei-profile profile_name
Entering the above
command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-imei-profile-profile_name)#
Syntax
Syntax Description
description description
remove description
remove
Removes the configured
description from this APN profile.
description
Enter an alphanumeric
string of 1 to 100 alphanumeric characters. The string may include spaces,
punctuation, and case-sensitive letters if the string is enclosed
in double quotes ( " ).
Usage Guidelines
Define information
that identifies this particularly APN profile.
Example
Indicate that this
IMEI profile IMEIprof1 is
to be used for customers in the United Kingdom and that the profile:description "IMEIprof1 defines routing actions based on IMEI for customers in the UK."
direct-tunnel
Instruct the SGSN
to enable/disable a direct tunnel between the RNC and the GGSN
based on the IuPS service configuration.
Privilege
Security Administrator,
Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
> IMEI Profile Configuration
configure > imei-profile profile_name
Entering the above
command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-imei-profile-profile_name)#
Syntax
Syntax Description
direct-tunnel check-iups-service
no direct-tunnel
no direct-tunnel
This command instructs
the SGSN to disable the direct tunnel function between the GGSN and
the RNC.
Usage Guidelines
Direct tunnel is enabled
by default on the GGSN and often on the RNC. This leaves it to the
SGSN's configuration to actually enable or disable a direct
tunnel.
With the SGSN, the options
for configuring a direct tunnel are complex -- enable/disable on
the basis of APNs, or RNCs, or GGSNs, or on the basis of the IMEI
range. Refer to the SGSN
Administration Guide for configuration details.
Example
Assuming the IuPS service
configuration has enabled DT for associated RNCs, then use this command
to enable DT from the RNC to the GGSN associated with this IMEI
profile:direct tunnel check-iups-service
end
Exits the current
configuration mode and returns to the Exec mode.
Privilege
Security Administrator,
Administrator
Syntax
Syntax Description
end
Usage Guidelines
Return to the Exec
mode.
exit
Exits the current
configuration mode and returns to the context configuration mode.
Privilege
Security Administrator,
Administrator
Syntax
Syntax Description
exit
Usage Guidelines
Move to the previous
configuration mode.
ggsn-address
Identify the target
GGSN for traffic being managed by this IMEI profile.
Privilege
Security Administrator,
Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
> IMEI Profile Configuration
configure > imei-profile profile_name
Entering the above
command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-imei-profile-profile_name)#
Syntax
Syntax Description
ggsn-address IPv4/IPv6_address
IPv4/IPv6_address
Enter the IP address
of the target GGSN. Enter the address in either standard IPv4 dotted decimal
format or in standard IPv6 colon notation format.
Usage Guidelines
Use this command to
define the IP address of the target GGSN to be associated with this IMEI
profile.
Example
The following command
identifes the address of the GGSN associated with this IMEI profile
as 123.123.11.1
ggsn-address 123.123.11.1
ignore-pdp-data-inactivity
On executing this
command the SGSN ignores PDP Data Inactivity configuration under the
APN profile for one or more matching IMEIs.
Privilege
Security Administrator,
Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
> IMEI Profile Configuration
configure > imei-profile profile_name
Entering the above
command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-imei-profile-profile_name)#
Syntax
Syntax Description
ignore-pdp-data-inactivity
remove ignore-pdp-data-inactivity
remove
This command is used
to disable or remove the option to ignore PDP data inactivity from
the IMEI profile.
Usage Guidelines
The SGSN supports
options to configure PDP Data Inactivity detection duration and
actions to be performed on timeout under the APN-Profile. The following
configurable actions are supported under APN-Profile in case of
PDP Data Inactivity detection in the PDP context:
- De-activate all PDPs
of the subscriber
- De-activate all PDPs
of the bundle (all linked PDPs)
- Detach the subscriber.
This action is triggered when:
- Data in-activity is
detected for all PDPs
- Data in-activity is
detected for any of the PDPs
On the Detection of
the PDP Data Inactivity, depending on the configuration option the SGSN
either de-activates the PDP or detaches the subscriber.
The ignore-pdp-data-inactivity CLI
is added to provide an option under the IMEI-Profile to ignore PDP
Data Inactivity configuration for one or more IMEIs. On configuring
this CLI, the SGSN ignores the application of in-activity configuration
(configured in the APN-Profile) for a specified set of IMEI's.
 Note |
The IMEI range or set
of IMEI's are mapped to specific IMEI-Profile using the
CLI configuration option under Operator-policy.
|
Example
Use this command to
ignore PDP Data Inactivity configuration under the APN profile for one
or more matching IMEIs.
ignore-pdp-data-inactivity
pdp-activate
This command enables
the operator to configure the SGSN to reject Secondary PDPActivation
Requests from the UE based on IMEI range.
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
> IMEI Profile Configuration
configure > imei-profile profile_name
Entering the above
command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-imei-profile-profile_name)#
Syntax
Syntax Description
[ remove ] pdp-activate { drop | restrict } secondary-activation� access-type { gprs | umts }
remove
Removes the configured
value and returns the pdp-activate configuration to the default 'not configured' state.
drop
This keyword causes
the GSN to ignore the Request.
restrict
This keyword instructs
the SGSN to reject Secondary PDP Activation Requests.
access-type { gprs | umts }
This keyword instructs
the SGSN to ignore or reject Secondary PDP Activation Requests on the
basis of the UE's access network type:
- gprs : from
a 2G network.
- umts : from
a 3G network.
Usage Guidelines
The SGSN administrator
can use this command to configure the IMEI profile in the operator
policy to either ignore or reject Secondary PDP Activation Requests
from UEs based on an IMEI range and UE access-type.
Restricting secondary
PDP activation based on the IMEI (in the IMEI profile) takes precedence
over secondary PDP activation that might be configured in the call
control profile.
Example
Enable rejection of
Secondary PDP Activation Requests for 2G callers:
pdp-activate restrict secondary-activation access-type gprs