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Cisco Signaling Link Terminal

Feature Overview

Supported Platforms

Supported Standards, MIBs, and RFCs

Configuration Tasks

Monitoring and Maintaining Signaling Link Terminal

Configuration Examples

Command Reference

Debug Commands

Glossary

Cisco Signaling Link Terminal

This document describes the Cisco Signaling Link Terminal (Cisco SLT), which is designed to perform SS7 signal pre-processing for a Cisco Media Gateway Controller. The Cisco SLT consists of a custom Cisco IOS 12.0(7)XR image running on a Cisco 2611 router.

This document includes the following sections:

Feature Overview

As part of a complete Cisco Systems end to end solution, the Cisco Signaling Link Terminal (Cisco SLT) enables Service Providers to reliably transport Signaling System 7 (SS7) protocols across an IP network. The Cisco SLT uses the Cisco Internetworking Operating System SS7 Cisco SLT feature set, providing reliable interoperability with the Media Gateway Controller. The Cisco SLT uses Cisco's Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) to backhaul, or transport, upper-layer SS7 protocols across an IP network, including:

The Cisco SLT supports the following Message Transfer Part level 1 (MTP 1) functions:

The Cisco SLT supports the following Message Transfer Part level 2 (MTP 2) functions:

The Session Manager software manages the communication sessions with the Cisco Media Gateway Controller. When the Cisco SLT is used with a redundant pair of controllers, the Session Manager maintains separate communication sessions with each controller in the pair. The session between the Cisco SLT and the active controller transports the SS7 traffic, while the session between the Cisco SLT and the standby controller provides backup.

The Session Manager uses RUDP to communicate between the Cisco SLT and the controller. RUDP is a simple, connection-oriented, packet-based transport protocol that is Cisco-proprietary and based on RFC 908 (Reliable Data Protocol) and RFC 1151(version 2 of the Reliable Data Protocol).

RUDP helps establish a reliable connection between a client and a server and provides flow and congestion control. The term client refers to the peer that initiates the connection and the term server refers to the peer that listened for the connection. At each end, the connection is made using the IP address of the peer and a specified User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port.

In combination with this application specific version of the Cisco IOS, the Cisco SLT hardware component leverages the widely deployed Cisco 2611 Multiservice Access Router. The Cisco 2611 has an RISC CPU architecture providing high performance routing. The Cisco 2600 series routers meet service provider's critical physical requirements for equipment depth fitting right alongside transmission equipment on standard 12 inch deep with a 1 Rack-unit height. NEBs compliance is assured by using the NEBs/ETSI Kit included with the TC -SLT. Common Language Equipment Identification (CLEI) coding is provided for easy identification and tracking of central-office equipment. Internal DC, or AC power supplies or a redundant AC power supply adapter options are available.

Specifically, when used for Signal Link Terminal applications, the modular Cisco 2611 dual Ethernet port router can be configured with dual serial as well as the Multiflex interface cards with integrated E1 DSUs or T1 CSU/DSUs WAN interface cards. These interface cards permit fast servicing as Field Replaceable Units (FRUs). For additional flexibility the Multiflex interface cards may also be ordered with a dual-port Drop and Insert capability.

Interface Card Overview

When used with the Cisco 2611, the T1/E1 Multiflex interface cards provide a highly manageable and reliable one box solution for Central Offices. These Multiflex cards offer the following features:

For additional information about the T1/E1 multiflex trunk interface cards, see Cisco WAN Interface Cards Hardware Installation Guide or datasheet.

The dual-port serial WAN interface cards feature Cisco's new, compact high-density Smart Serial connector to support a wide variety of electrical interfaces when used with the appropriate transition cables. Ports on each card can be configured individually to support a variety of synchronous or asynchronous protocols. The high-speed WIC-2T supports port speeds up to 2.048 Mbps.

The single serial port WIC-1T supports synchronous-only connections using the Cisco 5-in-1 connector. It should be noted this card does not use the same transition cables as the WIC-2T.

Benefits

SS7 Link Termination on a High-Availability Platform

SS7 network access and interconnection requires a high degree of reliability in the signaling links and associated equipment. The Cisco SLT provides the reliability of a dedicated signaling link terminal device and maximizes the availability of the SS7 signaling links.

Distributed SS7 MTP Processing

Processor-intensive parts of the SS7 Message Transfer Part (levels 1 and 2) are offloaded from the Media Gateway Controller to the Cisco SLT. This distributed MTP model allows the controller to better utilize its resources to provide optimal call control.

Call Control

Signaling backhaul provides a means for combining gateways into a virtual switch with the call control intelligence centralized in the Media Gateway Controller.

Standard Physical Interfaces

Interconnection with SS7 network elements is supported using the following SS7 physical interface standards:T1, E1, V.35, RS-449, and RS-530.

Drop and Insert

T1/E1 interface cards support Drop and Insert (also called TDM Cross-Connect), which allows individual T1/E1 channels to be transparently passed, uncompressed, between T1/E1 ports. This feature enables direct termination of SS7 A-links or F-links in T1 or E1 carriers, while the remaining bearer channels are passed on to a gateway device for processing.

Restrictions

Related Documents

For additional information on how to install and configure a Cisco 2600 series modular access router, see the documentation that shipped with the product.

The following documents, available from CCO, provide information about the router and VWIC interfaces:

Supported Platforms


Note Presently, only one ethernet port of the Cisco 2611 is supported for Cisco SLT communications with the Media Gateway Controller. The second ethernet port of the Cisco 2611 will be used to support future Cisco SLT capabilities.

Supported Standards, MIBs, and RFCs

MIBs

Aside from the MIBs supported in the Cisco IOS IP feature set for the Cisco 2600 series, no new or modified MIBs are supported by the Cisco SLT feature set.

RFCs

Aside from the RFCs supported in the Cisco IOS IP feature set for the Cisco 2600 series, no new or modified RFCs are supported by the Cisco SLT feature set.

Prerequisites

The Cisco SLT consists of a custom Cisco IOS Release 12.0(7)XR image running on a Cisco 2611 router. The Cisco SLT ships standard with the following items:

Optional items include:


Note If using an existing Cisco 2611, DRAM may be increased by ordering MEM2600-32D= in either a quantity of 1 or 2 to replace one or both existing DRAM DIMMs. Flash can be increased in an existing Cisco 2611 equipped with 4MB or 8MB of Flash by ordering Cisco part number MEM2600-16FS= to replace the existing Flash SIMM.

In addition, the router must be equipped with at least one of the following interface cards:

Although only two MTP 2 links can be terminated using the Cisco SLT, the two MTP 2 links can be terminated by using both ports of a 2-port VWIC/WIC, or two links can be terminated across two VWIC/WICs, one on each.

In addition to the WAN or dual-mode interface cards, the following minimum hardware is required:

Configuration Tasks

To configure the Cisco SLT for the Cisco 2611, complete the following:


Note With Cisco SLT, the SS7 MTP 2 protocol is the only serial protocol supported. Therefore, you cannot configure serial interfaces for other protocols, such as HDLC, PPP, X.25, LAPB, and Frame Relay.

Note The encapsulation interface configuration command is not supported on the Cisco SLT image. Also, all other commands related to non-SS7 serial protocols are not supported.

Note We recommend that you take MTP 2 links out of service at the Cisco Media Gateway Controller before issuing Cisco SLT commands.

Configuring the Basic Parameters

To configure the basic parameters of the Cisco SLT, complete the following steps:

Step 1 Power ON the Cisco SLT.


Note Do not press any keys until the system messages stop. Any keys pressed during this time are interpreted as the first command, which may cause the Cisco SLT to power off and start over. It will take a few minutes for these messages to stop.

Step 2 When you are asked if you would like to configure the initial configuration dialog, enter y (yes) to begin the configuration.

Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: y
 

At any point you may enter a question mark for help. Use Ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt. Default settings are in square brackets.

Basic management setup provides only enough connectivity for management of the system. Extended setup will ask you to configure each interface on the system.

Step 3 Enter y (yes) to enter basic management setup.

Would you like to enter basic management setup? [yes/no]: y
Configuring global parameters:
 

Step 4 Enter the host name for the Cisco 2611 router.

Enter host name [Router]: router_name
 

Step 5 Enter the enable secret password. This password is encrypted (more secure) and cannot be seen when viewing the configuration. The enable secret is a password used to protect access to privileged EXEC and configuration modes. This password, after entered, becomes encrypted in the configuration.

Enter enable secret: enable_secret
 

Step 6 Enter an enable password that is different from the enable secret password. This password is not encrypted (less secure) and can be seen when viewing the configuration. The enable password is used when you do not specify an enable secret password, with some older software versions, and with some boot images.

Enter enable password: enable_password
 

Step 7 Enter the virtual terminal password, which prevents unauthenticated access to the Cisco SLT through ports other than the console port. The virtual terminal password is used to protect access to the router over a network interface.

Enter virtual terminal password: vt_password
 

Step 8 Configure the SNMP parameters.

Configure SNMP Network Management? [yes]: yes
            Community string [public]: 
 

Step 9 Enter the interface name used to connect to the management network:

Current interface summary
 
Controller Timeslots D-Channel Configurable modes Status
T1 0/2     24        23        pri/channelized    Administratively up
T1 0/3     24        23        pri/channelized    Administratively up
 
Any interface listed with OK? value "NO" does not have a valid configuration
 
Interface                  IP-Address      OK? Method Status Protocol
Ethernet0/0                unassigned      NO  unset  up up      
Serial0/0                  unassigned      NO  unset  down                  down    
Ethernet0/1                unassigned      NO  unset  up                    down    
Serial0/1                  unassigned      NO  unset  down                  down    
 
Enter interface name used to connect to the management network from the above interface summary: Ethernet0/0
 

Step 10 Configure the Ethernet Interface:

Configuring interface Ethernet0/0:
Configure IP on this interface? [yes]: y
 

Step 11 Specify the IP address and the Subnet mask for the Interface:

IP address for this interface: 10.1.1.5     
Subnet mask for this interface [255.0.0.0]: 255.255.0.0
Class A network is 10.0.0.0, 16 subnet bits; mask is /16
 

Step 12 Save configuration to NVRAM and exit the Initial Configuration Mode.

The following configuration command script was created:
 
hostname aladdin
enable secret 5 $1$0gLU$vLK1YHrMcianH5oVWFJNP/
enable password lablab
line vty 0 4
password lab
no snmp-server
!
no ip routing
!
interface Ethernet0/0
no shutdown
ip address 10.1.1.5 255.255.0.0
!
interface Serial0/0
shutdown
no ip address
!
interface Ethernet0/1
shutdown
no ip address
!
interface Serial0/1
shutdown
no ip address
!
end
 
[0] Go to the IOS command prompt without saving this config.
[1] Return back to the setup without saving this config.
[2] Save this configuration to nvram and exit.
Enter your selection [2]: 2
Building configuration...
Use the enabled mode 'configure' command to modify this configuration.
 
Press RETURN to get started!
 

Step 13 Access global configuration mode. At the command prompt, enter the following commands:

enable password
config t
 

This completes the basic SLT configuration.

Configuring the Physical Interfaces

Configuring the T1/E1 Multiflex Trunk Interfaces

T1/E1 Multiflex Trunk Interface Card Overview

The T1/E1 multiflex trunk interface cards are dual-mode T1 or E1 interfaces in a VWIC (Voice/WAN Interface Card) form for voice, data, and integrated voice/data applications. They support the SS7 Cisco SLT function, as do serial WICs.

The T1/E1 VWIC supports the following T1/E1 functionality:

For additional information about the T1/E1 multiflex trunk interface cards, see Cisco WAN Interface Cards Hardware Installation Guide.

Configuring T1/E1 Multiflex Trunk Interface Card

The following steps show how to configure T1/E1 multiflex trunk interfaces.

For serial WICs, no particular configuration is required, except to ensure that the interfaces are not shut down.

For information about configuring other types of WICs, see Cisco WAN Interface Cards Hardware Installation Guide.

1 . 

Router# configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

2 .

Router(config)# controller {T1 | E1} 0/port

Enter controller configuration mode for the T1 controller at the specified slot/port location. The value for slot is always 0 and the port value is from 0 to 3.

Note For information about WAN interface slot and port numbering, see Cisco WAN Interface Cards Hardware Installation Guide.

3 . 

Router(config-controller)# framing esf

or

Router(config-controller)# framing crc4

For T1, you generally set the framing to the most common Extended SuperFrame (ESF) format.

For E1, set the framing to CRC4.

4 . 

Router(config-controller)# linecode b8zs

or

Router(config-controller)# linecode hdb3

For T1, set the line coding to the most common binary zero 0 substitution (B8ZS).

For E1, set the line coding to high density binary 3 (HDB3).

Note These are the most common settings. Consult your service provider and Wide Area Network Configuration Guide if you need more information.

5 . 

Router(config-controller)# line-termination {75-ohm | 120-ohm}

(E1 only) Enter a line-termination value. This command specifies the impedance (amount of wire resistance and reactivity to current) for the E1 termination. Impedance levels are maintained to avoid data corruption over long-distance links.

Specify 120-ohm to match the balanced 120-ohm interface. This is the default.

75-ohm is for an unbalanced BNC 75-ohm interface.

6 . 

Router(config-controller)# cablelength long {gain26 | gain36} {-15db | -22.5db | -7.5db | 0db}

or

cablelength short {133 | 266 | 399 | 533 | 655}

(T1 interfaces only) To set a cable length longer than 655 feet for a T1 link, enter the cablelength long command. The keywords are as follows:

  • gain26 specifies the decibel pulse gain at 26. This is the default pulse gain.

  • gain36 specifies the decibel pulse gain at 36.

  • -15db specifies the decibel pulse rate at -15 decibels.

  • -22.5db specifies the decibel pulse rate at -22.5 decibels.

  • -7.5db specifies the decibel pulse rate at -7.5 decibels.

  • 0db specifies the decibel pulse rate at 0 decibels. This is the default pulse rate.

To set a cable length 655 feet or shorter for a T1 link, enter the cablelength short command. There is no default for cablelength short. The keywords are as follows:

  • 133 specifies a cable length from 0-133 feet.

  • 266 specifies a cable length from 134-266 feet.

  • 399 specifies a cable length from 267-399 feet.

  • 533 specifies a cable length from 400-533 feet.

  • 655 specifies a cable length from 534-655 feet.

If you do not set the cable length, the system defaults to a setting of cablelength long gain26 0db.

7 . 

Router(config-controller)# channel-group 0 timeslots 24

or

Router(config-controller)# channel-group 0 timeslots 16

Specify the channel group and time slots to be mapped. Only channel group 0 can be configured. Generally, only one time slot is configured when you are using the Cisco SLT feature, as is shown in this example where time slot 24 is used for a T1 interface and time slot 16 is used for an E1 interface.

The channel group creates a virtual serial interface. It is numbered slot/port:subinterface, as follows:

  • slot is the slot location of the WIC/VWIC where the channel group was created (always 0).

  • port is the WIC/VWIC port address (0 to 3).

subinterface is the channel group number (always 0).

Return to Step 2 if your router has other T1/E1 interfaces that you need to configure.

8 . 

Router(config-controller)# exit

Exit controller configuration mode.

Configuring Drop and Insert

To configure Drop and Insert (the TDM cross-connect function), complete the following steps:

Step Command Purpose

1 . 

Router# configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

2 . 

Router(config)# controller {T1 | E1} 0/port

Enter controller configuration mode for the T1 or E1 controller at the specified slot/port location. The value for slot is always 0 and the port value is from 0 to 3.

Note For information about WAN interface slot and port numbering, see Cisco WAN Interface Cards Hardware Installation Guide.

3 .

Router(config-controller)# tdm-group tdm-group-no timeslots timeslot-list

Enter this command to create TDM channel groups for the Drop-and-Insert function with a two-port T1 or E1 multiflex trunk interface card. You must set up a TDM group for each interface that you wish to cross-connect.

tdm-group-no is a value from 1 to 31 that identifies the channel group. The group numbers for controller groups must be unique. For example, a TDM group should not have the same ID number as a channel group.

timeslot-list is a single number, numbers separated by commas, or a pair of numbers separated by a hyphen to indicate a range of time slots. For T1, allowable values are from 1 to 24. For E1, allowable values are from 1 to 15 and 17 to 31.

4 .

Router(config-controller)# no shutdown

Activate the controller. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for the second interface.

5 .

Router(config-controller)# exit

Exit controller configuration mode.

6 .

Router(config)# connect id T1 slot/port tdm-group-no-1 T1 slot/port tdm-group-no-2

Sets up the connection between two T1 or E1 TDM groups of timeslots on the trunk interfaces---for Drop and Insert.

id is a name for the connection.

Identify each T1 controller by its slot/port location. The slot value is always 0; the port value can be from 0 to 3.

tdm-group-no-1 and tdm-group-no-2 identify the TDM group numbers (from 1 to 31) on the specified controller. The groups were set up in Step 3.

7 . 

Router(config)# exit

Exit global configuration mode.

Verifying T1/E1 Multiflex Trunk Interface Configuration

To verify the initial T1/E1 trunk interface configuration, follow these steps:

Step 1 Enter the privileged EXEC show controllers t1 or show controllers e1 command. Following is sample output from the commands. Important information appears in bold:

Router# show controllers e1
E1 0/2 is up.
  Applique type is Channelized E1 - balanced
  Cablelength is Unknown
  No alarms detected.
  Version info Firmware: 19990702, FPGA: 6
  Framing is CRC4, Line Code is HDB3, Clock Source is Line.
  Data in current interval (599 seconds elapsed):
     0 Line Code Violations, 0 Path Code Violations
     0 Slip Secs, 0 Fr Loss Secs, 0 Line Err Secs, 0 Degraded Mins
     0 Errored Secs, 0 Bursty Err Secs, 0 Severely Err Secs, 0 Unavail Secs
  Total Data (last 10 15 minute intervals):
     435334 Line Code Violations, 1 Path Code Violations,
     8 Slip Secs, 69 Fr Loss Secs, 9 Line Err Secs, 0 Degraded Mins,
     8 Errored Secs, 0 Bursty Err Secs, 0 Severely Err Secs, 69 Unavail Secs
E1 0/3 is down.
  Applique type is Channelized E1 - balanced
  Cablelength is Unknown
  Far End Block Errors Detected
  Receiver has loss of signal.
  Version info Firmware: 19990702, FPGA: 6
  Framing is CRC4, Line Code is HDB3, Clock Source is Line.
  Data in current interval (602 seconds elapsed):
     0 Line Code Violations, 0 Path Code Violations
     0 Slip Secs, 602 Fr Loss Secs, 0 Line Err Secs, 0 Degraded Mins
     0 Errored Secs, 0 Bursty Err Secs, 0 Severely Err Secs, 603 Unavail Secs
  Total Data (last 10 15 minute intervals):
     0 Line Code Violations, 0 Path Code Violations,
     0 Slip Secs, 9000 Fr Loss Secs, 0 Line Err Secs, 0 Degraded Mins,
     0 Errored Secs, 0 Bursty Err Secs, 0 Severely Err Secs, 9000 Unavail Secs
Router# show controllers t1
T1 0/0 is up.
  Applique type is Channelized T1
  Cablelength is short 133
  No alarms detected.
  Version info Firmware: 19990702, FPGA: 6
  Framing is ESF, Line Code is B8ZS, Clock Source is Line.
  Data in current interval (608 seconds elapsed):
     136066 Line Code Violations, 778727 Path Code Violations
     567 Slip Secs, 0 Fr Loss Secs, 608 Line Err Secs, 0 Degraded Mins
     0 Errored Secs, 0 Bursty Err Secs, 0 Severely Err Secs, 608 Unavail Secs
  Total Data (last 10 15 minute intervals):
     4286812 Line Code Violations, 11478885 Path Code Violations,
     7734 Slip Secs, 69 Fr Loss Secs, 8996 Line Err Secs, 0 Degraded Mins,
     0 Errored Secs, 0 Bursty Err Secs, 0 Severely Err Secs, 9000 Unavail Secs
 

Step 2 To find out about channel groups configured as virtual serial interfaces, enter the show interface serial slot/port:subinterface command, as shown in the following output:

Router# show interface serial 0/0:0
Serial0/0:0 is reset, line protocol is down
  Hardware is PowerQUICC Serial
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 56 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,
     reliability 253/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation SS7 MTP2, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Last input never, output 00:12:22, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
  Input queue: 0/75/0 (size/max/drops); Total output drops: 0
  Queueing strategy: weighted fair
  Output queue: 0/1000/64/0 (size/max total/threshold/drops)
     Conversations  0/0/256 (active/max active/max total)
     Reserved Conversations 0/0 (allocated/max allocated)
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
     0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     1437 input errors, 2 CRC, 31 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 1404 abort
     128055 packets output, 512220 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 2 interface resets
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
     1 carrier transitions
  Timeslot(s) Used:1, Transmitter delay is 0 flags
 

Step 3 To learn more about the virtual serial interface, enter the show controllers serial slot/port:subinterface command, as in the following example:

Router# show controllers serial 0/2:0
Interface Serial0/2:0
Hardware is PowerQUICC MPC860idb at 0x81143590, driver data structure at 0x81145
474
SCC Registers:
General [GSMR]=0x2:0x00000033, Protocol-specific [PSMR]=0x8
Events [SCCE]=0x0200, Mask [SCCM]=0x001F, Status [SCCS]=0x02
Transmit on Demand [TODR]=0x0, Data Sync [DSR]=0x7E7E
Interrupt Registers:
Config [CICR]=0x00367F80, Pending [CIPR]=0x04000246
Mask   [CIMR]=0x60240000, In-srv  [CISR]=0x00000000
Command register [CR]=0xD40
Port A [PADIR]=0x00F0, [PAPAR]=0x25F0
       [PAODR]=0x0000, [PADAT]=0x5A4F
Port B [PBDIR]=0x0000F, [PBPAR]=0x0000E
       [PBODR]=0x00000, [PBDAT]=0x37FFD
Port C [PCDIR]=0x00C, [PCPAR]=0xA00
       [PCSO]=0x000,  [PCDAT]=0x5F2, [PCINT]=0xFFF
Receive Ring
        rmd(68012930): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA22E4
        rmd(68012938): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA3AA4
        rmd(68012940): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA1E24
        rmd(68012948): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA27A4
        rmd(68012950): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA5724
        rmd(68012958): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA14A4
        rmd(68012960): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA5264
        rmd(68012968): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA4684
        rmd(68012970): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA4424
        rmd(68012978): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA1964
        rmd(68012980): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA4B44
        rmd(68012988): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA60A4
        rmd(68012990): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA2544
        rmd(68012998): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA3124
        rmd(680129A0): status 9000 length 6 address 2DA0FE4
        rmd(680129A8): status B000 length 6 address 2DA3844
Transmit Ring
        tmd(680129B0): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD9EA8
        tmd(680129B8): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD7568
        tmd(680129C0): status DC00 length 4 address 2ADA428
        tmd(680129C8): status DC00 length 4 address 2ADA6E8
        tmd(680129D0): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD7DA8
        tmd(680129D8): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD5468
        tmd(680129E0): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD8328
        tmd(680129E8): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD85E8
        tmd(680129F0): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD5CA8
        tmd(680129F8): status CE00 length 4 address 2AD8B68
        tmd(68012A00): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD8E28
        tmd(68012A08): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD64E8
        tmd(68012A10): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD67A8
        tmd(68012A18): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD9668
        tmd(68012A20): status DC00 length 4 address 2AD9928
        tmd(68012A28): status FC00 length 4 address 2AD6FE8
SPI Mode [SPMODE]=0xF70, Events [SPIE]=0x0
    Mask [SPIM]=0x0, Command [SPCOM]=0x0
SI Mode [SIMODE]=0x80408040, Global [SIGMR]=0xE
   Cmnd [SICMR]=0x0, Stat [SISTR]=0x0
SI Clock Route [SICR]=0x00004040
 
SCC GENERAL PARAMETER RAM (at 0x68013D00)
Rx BD Base [RBASE]=0x2930, Fn Code [RFCR]=0x18
Tx BD Base [TBASE]=0x29B0, Fn Code [TFCR]=0x18
Max Rx Buff Len [MRBLR]=1548
Rx State [RSTATE]=0x0, BD Ptr [RBPTR]=0x2970
Tx State [TSTATE]=0x188920A3, BD Ptr [TBPTR]=0x2A08
 
SCC SS7 PARAMETER RAM (at 0x68013D38)
CRC Preset [C_PRES]=0xFFFF, Mask [C_MASK]=0xF0B8
Error-free SUs [EFSUC] = 22927
Max frm len [MFLR] = 278
Erm [ERM] = 0x0,N [NOCTETS] = 16, N_cnt [NOCTETS_CNT] = 12, T [ERM_THRESH] = 64,
 D [ERM_EFSUS] = 256, D_cnt [ERM_EFSUS_CNT] = 97
SS7 options [SS7_OPT] = 0x10F
Filter masks [MASK1] = 0xFFFFFFFF, [MASK2] = 0xFF
 
buffer size 1524
PQUICC SCC specific errors:
0 input aborts on receiving flag sequence
0 throttles, 0 enables
0 overruns
0 transmitter underruns
0 transmitter CTS losts
 
 

Configuring the Serial Interfaces

The following steps show how to configure 1T and 2T serial interfaces.

Step Command Purpose

1 . 

Router# configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

2 . 

Router(config)# interface serial 0/2

Enter interface configuration mode for the serial interface.

3 . 

Router(config-if)# no shutdown

Activate the interface.

4 . 

Router(config-if)# end

Exit serial interface configuration mode.

Configuring the Ethernet Interface

The Cisco SLT uses the built-in Ethernet interface for connection to the IP network that backhauls SS7 MSUs between the Cisco 2611 router and the Media Gateway Controller. Follow the steps below to configure the Ethernet interface.

Step Command Purpose

1 . 

Router# configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

2 . 

Router(config)# interface Ethernet 0/0

Enter interface configuration mode for the built-in Ethernet interface.

3 . 

Router(config-if)# ip address 10.10.11.1 255.255.255.0

Assign an IP address and subnet mask to the interface.

4 . 

Router(config-if)# no shutdown

Activate the interface.

5 . 

Router(config-if)# exit

Exit back to global configuration mode.

Verifying the Ethernet Interface Configuration

To verify the Ethernet interface configuration, enter the show interface ethernet 0/0 privileged EXEC command. The following text is sample output from the command:

Router# show interface ethernet 0/0
Ethernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up
  Hardware is AmdP2, address is 0050.7337.5100 (bia 0050.7337.5100)
  Internet address is 255.251.111.6/24
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec,
     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters 10:00:36
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue -196/75, 0 drops
  5 minute input rate 3000 bits/sec, 5 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 2000 bits/sec, 4 packets/sec
     45891 packets input, 3234949 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 1593 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     61546 packets output, 3728838 bytes, 0 underruns(518/2091/0)
     0 output errors, 2609 collisions, 3 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 875 deferred
     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

Configuring the Session Manager and RUDP

The Session Manager and the Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) are responsible for managing the communication sessions with the Media Gateway Controllers. Regardless of the number of SS7 links that the Media Gateway Controller activates on the Cisco 2611, the router maintains only one Session Manager session with each of the Media Gateway Controller devices.


Note You must reboot the router after setting a new session configuration or after changing existing session configuration. Do not change session timers unless instructed to do so by Cisco technical support. Changing timers may result in service interruption or outage.

Perform the following tasks to configure the session for establishing communications with the Media Gateway Controller. You can define just one session or as many as two.

Step Command Purpose

1 . 

Router# configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

2 . 

Router(config)# ss7 set failover-timer 5

When an active session fails, the ss7 set failover-timer command specifies the number of seconds that the Session Manager waits for the the active session to recover or for the standby Media Gateway Controller to indicate that the Cisco SLT should switch traffic to the standby session and to make that session the active session. If the timer expires without a recovery of the original session or an active message from the standby Media Gateway Controller, the signaling links are taken out of service. The default setting is 3, and values from 1 through 10 are valid.

3 . 

Router(config)# ss7 session-0 address 10.10.11.1 255.255.255.0

Configure the address pairs and ports for the first Session Manager session, using the following syntax:

ss7 session-session number {address remote-address remote-port local-address local-port}

session number is either 1 or 0.

You specify the remote four-part IP address and the remote port first, then the local IP address and UDP port.

There are two sessions: one for the active Media Gateway Controller and one for the standby controller.

4 . 

Router(config)# ss7 session-1 address 10.10.11.1 255.255.255.0

Configures the address pairs and UDP ports for the second Session Manager session. You can specify any UDP port not used by another protocol defined in RFC 1700 or otherwise used within your network.

5 . 

Router(config)# exit

Exit configuration mode.

6 . 

Router# copy system:running-config nvram:startup-config

Save the new configuration as the startup configuration.

7 . 

Router# reload

Reloads the router. The router must be reloaded any time you delete a session or modify any of the parameters of a session.

Verifying the Session Manager and RUDP Configuration

Follow the steps below in order to verify the Session Manager and RUDP configuration.

Step 1 To see how sessions are configured, enter the privileged EXEC show ss7 sm session command, with or without a session number of 0 or 1:

Router# show ss7 sm session
Session[0]: Remote Host 255.251.250.252:8060, Local Host 255.251.251.252:8060
      retrans_t = 600
      cumack_t  = 300
      kp_t      = 2000
      m_retrans = 2
      m_cumack  = 3
      m_outseq  = 3
      m_rcvnum  = 32
 
Session[1]: Remote Host 255.251.250.253:8060, Local Host 255.251.251.252:8061
      retrans_t = 600
      cumack_t  = 300
      kp_t      = 2000
      m_retrans = 2
      m_cumack  = 3
      m_outseq  = 3
      m_rcvnum  = 32
 

Step 2 To check the failover timer setting, enter the privileged EXEC show ss7 sm set command:

Router# show ss7 sm set
Session Manager Set
      failover timer = 3 seconds
 

Step 3 To look at Session Manager statistics, enter the privileged EXEC show ss7 sm stats command. You can specify a session number of 1 or 2:

Router# show ss7 sm stats
 
-------------------- Session Manager  --------------------
 
Session Manager state             = SESSION SET STATE-ACTIVE
Session Manager Up count          = 1
Session Manager Down count        = 0
   lost control packet count      = 0
              lost PDU count      = 0
 failover timer expire count      = 0
 invalid_connection_id_count      = 0
 
Session[0] statistics  SM SESSION STATE-STANDBY:
Session Down count               = 0
   Open Retry count              = 0
 
   Total Pkts receive count      = 1
   Active Pkts receive count     = 0
   Standby Pkts receive count    = 1
   PDU Pkts receive count        = 0
   Unknown Pkts receive count    = 0
 
   Pkts send count               = 0
   Pkts requeue count            = 0
    -Pkts window full count      = 0
    -Pkts resource unavail count = 0
    -Pkts enqueue fail count     = 0
   PDUs dropped (Large)          = 0
   PDUs dropped (Empty)          = 0
 
   RUDP Not Ready Errs           = 0
   RUDP Connection Not Open      = 0
   RUDP Invalid Conn Handle      = 0
   RUDP Unknown Errors           = 0
   RUDP Unknown Signal           = 0
   NonActive Receive count       = 0
 
Session[1] statistics  SM SESSION STATE-ACTIVE:
Session Down count               = 0
   Open Retry count              = 0
 
   Total Pkts receive count      = 2440
   Active Pkts receive count     = 1
   Standby Pkts receive count    = 0
   PDU Pkts receive count        = 2439
   Unknown Pkts receive count    = 0
 
   Pkts send count               = 2905
   Pkts requeue count            = 0
    -Pkts window full count      = 0
    -Pkts resource unavail count = 0
    -Pkts enqueue fail count     = 0
   PDUs dropped (Large)          = 0
   PDUs dropped (Empty)          = 0
 
   RUDP Not Ready Errs           = 0
   RUDP Connection Not Open      = 0
   RUDP Invalid Conn Handle      = 0
   RUDP Unknown Errors           = 0
   RUDP Unknown Signal           = 0
   NonActive Receive count       = 0

Configuring the MTP2 Variant

SS7 MTP2 supports four variants: Telcordia (formerly Bellcore), ITU, NTT (Japan), and TTC (Japan Telecom). The parameters under one variant have different meanings, purposes, and ranges in another. See the "ss7 mtp2-variant" section for the appropriate MTP 2 variant commands and the parameters.


Note Parameters that are not configured will remain at the default values.

The channel to be configured must be out of service at the Media Gateway Controller before the variant or the variant configuration can be changed.


Note Once the variant configuration changes have been made, the router must be reloaded to apply the changes.

Step Command Purpose

1 . 

Router# configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

2 . 

Router(config)# mem iomem 40

Set the amount of DRAM to be used for I/O memory to 40 percent.

Note If you do not set the I/O memory to at least 40 percent, there will not be enough memory for the SS7 MTP2 signaling.

3 . 

Router(config)# ss7 mtp2-variant Bellcore 2

Configure the MTP2 variant Telcordia (formerly Bellcore) for channel 2.

4 . 

Router(config-Bellcore)# T3 30000

Set the aligned timer to 30,000 milliseconds.

5 . 

Router(config-Bellcore)# unacked-MSUs 16

Set the maximum number of MSUs waiting for acknowledgment to 16.

6 . 

Router(config-Bellcore)# T7 50000

Set the excessive delay timer to 50,000 milliseconds.

7 . 

Router(config-Bellcore)# exit

Exit Bellcore variant configuration mode.

8 . 

Router(config)# end

Exit configuration mode.

9 . 

Router# copy running-config startup-config

Destination filename [startup-config]?

Building configuration...

[OK]

Save the running configuration to startup configuration.

Configuring the Media Gateway Controller

The Media Gateway Controller provides call control.

Once the Cisco SLT is configured, you must configure the point codes, linksets, SS7 signaling links, and the associated MTP 2 parameters on the Media Gateway Controller.

Each SS7 link defined on the Media Gateway Controller is considered a logical channel, and each logical channel corresponds to a physical interface on the Cisco 2611. You can define two SS7 links (logical channels) from the Media Gateway Controller to a Cisco 2600 series router. The logical channels defined on the TCS map to the physical serial interfaces on the router from right to left, as follows:

Table 1 shows some examples of how different signaling termination channels might map to interface positions.

For more information about configuring the Media Gateway Controller software, see the documentation that came with it.


Table 1:
Logical Channel Cisco 2600 Series Physical Interface
Two 2-Port WICs 1-Port WIC on Right, 2-Port on Left Two 2-Port WICs 2-Port WIC on Right, 1-Port on Left

0

Not used: Serial 0/0

Assigned to port in first (right) slot: Serial 0/0

Not used: Serial 0/0

Not used: Serial 0/0

1

Assigned to second port in first (right) slot: Serial 0/1

Not used: Serial 0/1

Assigned to second port in first (right) slot: Serial 0/1

2

Not used: Serial 0/2

Assigned to first port in second (left) slot: Serial 0/1

Assigned to first port in second (left) slot: Serial 0/2

Assigned to first port in second (left) slot: Serial 0/2

3

Assigned to second port in second (left) slot: Serial 0/3

Not used: Serial 0/2

Assigned to second port in second (left) slot: Serial 0/3

Examples of Logical Channels and Physical Interfaces

Monitoring and Maintaining Signaling Link Terminal

The following are the new show and clear commands that you can use to maintain the Cisco SLT:
Command Purpose

Router# clear rudpv0 statistics

Clears the counters that track RUDP statistics.

Router# clear ss7 sm stats

Clear the counters that track Session Manager statistics.

Router# show rudpv0 failures

Shows RUDP failure statistics.

Router# show rudpv0 statistics

Shows RUDP performance statistics.

Router# show ss7 mtp2 ccb

Shows channel control block information.

Router# show ss7 mtp2 state

Shows MTP 2 state machine information.

Router# show ss7 mtp2 stats

Shows MTP 2 operational statistics.

Router# show ss7 mtp2 timer

Shows MTP 2 timer settings.

Router# show ss7 mtp2 variant

Shows MTP 2 Telcordia (formerly Bellcore) protocol variant information.

Router# show ss7 sm session

Shows session configuration for timers, addresses, and ports.

Router# show ss7 sm set

Shows the setting of the failover timer.

Router# show ss7 sm stats

Shows Session Manager performance statistics.

Configuration Examples

This section provides the following configuration examples:

T1 Configuration

The following example shows the configuration of the Cisco SLT with a T1 interface card.

version 12.0
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec localtime
no service password-encryption
!
hostname Router_T1
!
logging buffered 4096 debugging
!
ip subnet-zero
!

Extended SuperFrame (ESF) framing and binary-8 zero substitution (B8ZS) are configured on the T1 0/0 controller. For these settings, the defaults are usually sufficient, and only need to be changed because the service provider requires it.

Because this is a short-haul link, the cable length is specified as short.

controller T1 0/0
 framing esf
 linecode b8zs
 cablelength short 133
 

The channel-group controller configuration command creates a channel group 0 that occupies a single time slot.

 channel-group 0 timeslots 24
!
controller T1 0/1
 framing esf
 tdm-group 2 timeslots 1-23
!
process-max-time 200
!

Ethernet 0/0 provides the IP connection for backhauling SS7 information between the Cisco 2600 series router and the Media Gateway Controller.

interface Ethernet0/0
 ip address 255.1.1.6
 no ip directed-broadcast
 no ip mroute-cache
 no cdp enable
!

The channel-group command creates a logical serial interface that corresponds to the slot and port location of the T1 interface, and to the channel group number of 0.

interface Serial0/0:0
 no ip address
 no ip directed-broadcast
!
interface Ethernet0/1
 no ip address
 no ip directed-broadcast
 no ip mroute-cache
!
ip classless
no ip http server
!

The SS7 commands all use the default settings. This is especially important for the session timers, which should not be changed except at the instruction of Cisco technical assistance. Two sessions are configured here.

ss7 set failover-timer 3
ss7 session-0 address 255.1.0.2 8060 255.1.1.6 8060
ss7 session-0 retrans_t 600
ss7 session-0 cumack_t 300
ss7 session-0 kp_t 2000
ss7 session-0 m_retrans 2
ss7 session-0 m_cumack 3
ss7 session-0 m_outseq 3
ss7 session-0 m_rcvnum 32
ss7 session-1 address 255.1.0.1 8061 255.1.1.6 8061
ss7 session-1 retrans_t 600
ss7 session-1 cumack_t 300
ss7 session-1 kp_t 2000
ss7 session-1 m_retrans 2
ss7 session-1 m_cumack 3
ss7 session-1 m_outseq 3
ss7 session-1 m_rcvnum 32
!
line con 0
 exec-timeout 0 0
 transport input none
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
 exec-timeout 0 0
 password lab
 login
!
end
 

The ss7 mtp2-variant command determines the MTP 2 variant on each channel.

ss7 mtp2-variant NTT 0
ss7 mtp2-variant NTT 1
ss7 mtp2-variant Bellcore 2
ss7 mtp2-variant Bellcore 3

E1 Configuration with Drop and Insert

The following example shows configuration of the Cisco SLT with an E1 voice/WAN interface card that has Drop-and-Insert capabilities.

version 12.0
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec localtime
no service password-encryption
!
hostname Router_E1
!
logging buffered 4096 debugging
!
ip subnet-zero
!

The channel-group controller configuration commands create channel groups 0, each of which occupies a single time slot. The TDM groups use the rest of the time slots.

!
controller E1 0/0
 channel-group 0 timeslots 16
 tdm-group 1 timeslots 1-15,17-31
!
controller E1 0/1
 clock source internal
 tdm-group 1 timeslots 1-15,17-31
!
controller E1 0/2
 channel-group 0 timeslots 16
!
controller E1 0/3
!
process-max-time 200
!

Ethernet 0/0 provides the IP connection for backhauling SS7 information between the Cisco 2600 series router and the Media Gateway Controller.

interface Ethernet0/0
 ip address 10.1.1.6
 no ip directed-broadcast
 no ip mroute-cache
 no cdp enable
!

The channel-group command creates two logical serial interfaces that correspond to the slot and port locations of the E1 interfaces, and to the channel group number of 0.

interface Serial0/0:0
 no ip address
 no ip directed-broadcast
 no keepalive
!
interface Ethernet0/1
 no ip address
 no ip directed-broadcast
 no ip mroute-cache
!
interface Serial0/2:0
 no ip address
 no ip directed-broadcast
 no keepalive
!
ip classless
no ip http server
!

The connect command links the two VWIC ports for Drop and Insert.

connect my_connection E1 0/0 1 E1 0/1 1
 !

The SS7 commands all use the default settings. This is especially important for the session timers, which should not be changed except at the direction of Cisco technical assistance. Two sessions are configured here.

ss7 set failover-timer 3
ss7 session-0 address 10.1.0.2 8060 10.1.1.6 8060
ss7 session-0 retrans_t 600
ss7 session-0 cumack_t 300
ss7 session-0 kp_t 2000
ss7 session-0 m_retrans 2
ss7 session-0 m_cumack 3
ss7 session-0 m_outseq 3
ss7 session-0 m_rcvnum 32
ss7 session-1 address 10.1.0.1 8061 10.1.1.6 8061
ss7 session-1 retrans_t 600
ss7 session-1 cumack_t 300
ss7 session-1 kp_t 2000
ss7 session-1 m_retrans 2
ss7 session-1 m_cumack 3
ss7 session-1 m_outseq 3
ss7 session-1 m_rcvnum 32
!
line con 0
 exec-timeout 0 0
 transport input none
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
 exec-timeout 0 0
 password lab
 login
!
end
 

The ss7 mtp2-variant command determines the MTP 2 variant on each channel.

ss7 mtp2-variant NTT 0
ss7 mtp2-variant NTT 1
ss7 mtp2-variant Bellcore 2
ss7 mtp2-variant Bellcore 3
 

Command Reference

This section documents new or modified commands (modified commands are marked by an asterisk). All other commands used with the Cisco SLT are documented in the Cisco IOS Release 12.0 command references and feature modules.

In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(1)T or later, you can search and filter the output for show and more commands. This functionality is useful when you need to sort through large amounts of output, or if you want to exclude output that you do not need to see.

To use this functionality, enter a show or more command followed by the pipe character (|), one of the keywords begin, include, or exclude, and an expression that you want to search or filter on:

command | {begin | include | exclude} regular-expression

Following is an example of the show atm vc command in which you want the command output to begin with the first line where the expression "PeakRate" appears:

show atm vc | begin PeakRate

For more information on the search and filter functionality, refer to the Cisco IOS Release 12.0(1)T feature module titled CLI String Search.

clear rudpv0 statistics

To clear the counters that track RUDP statistics, enter the privileged EXEC clear rudpv0 statistics command.

clear rudpv0 statistics

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Default

The statistical information accumulates.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following example shows how to clear RUDP statistics on a Cisco 2611:

Router# clear rudpv0 statistics

Related Commands

Command Description

show rudpv0 failures

Displays RUDP information about failed connections and the reasons for them. clear rudpv0 statistics resets the counters for these statistics to 0.

show rudpv0 statistics

Displays RUDP information about number of packets sent, received, and so forth. clear rudpv0 statistics resets the counters for these statistics to 0.

clear ss7 sm stats

To clear the counters that track Session Manager statistics, enter the privileged EXEC clear ss7 sm stats command.

clear ss7 sm stats

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Default

The statistical information accumulates.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following example shows how to clear Session Manager statistics on a Cisco 2611:

Router # clear ss7 sm stats

Related Command

Command Description

show ss7 sm stats

Displays Session Manager information about number of packets queued, received, and so forth. clear ss7 sm stats resets the counters for these statistics to 0.

forward-alarms

To turn on alarm forwarding so that alarms arriving on one T1/E1 port are sent to the other port on dual-mode multiflex trunk interface cards, enter the forward-alarms controller configuration command on the one port. Use the no form of this command to restore the default value so that no alarms are forwarded.

forward-alarms

no forward-alarms

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Default

Alarm forwarding is disabled.

Command Mode

Controller configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

When you enter this command, physical-layer alarms on the configured port are forwarded to the other port on dual-port cards, simulating a one-way repeater operation. The system forwards RAIs (remote alarm indications, Yellow Alarms), alarm indication signals (AIS, or Blue Alarms), losses of frame (LOF alarms or Red Alarms), and losses of signaling (LOS alarms or Red Alarms).

Example

The following example shows how to turn on alarm forwarding on controller E1 0/0 of a Cisco 2600 series router:

Router(config)# controller e1 0/0
Router(config-controller)# forward-alarms

line-termination

To set the line termination on an E1 controller, enter the line-termination controller configuration command. Use the no form of this command to restore the default value.

line-termination { 75-ohm | 120-ohm }

no line-termination

Syntax Description

120-ohm

Matches the unbalanced twisted-pair 120-ohm interface.

75-ohm

Matches the balanced BNC 75-ohm interface.

Default

The default value is 120-ohm.

Command Mode

Controller configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command applies to E1 controllers only.

Example

The following example shows how to set controller E1 0/0 to a line-termination of 75-ohm:

Router(config)# controller e1 0/0
Router(config-controller)# line-termination 75-ohm

loopback (E1 controller)

To set the loopback method for testing the E1 interface, enter the loopback controller configuration command. Use the no form of this command to restore the default value.

loopback {diag | local {line | payload} }

no loopback

Syntax Description

diag

Places the interface into local diagnostic loopback mode.

local

Places the interface into local loopback mode.

line

Places the interface into external loopback mode at the line level.

payload

Places the interface into external loopback mode at the payload level.

Default

No loopback is configured.

Command Mode

Controller configuration

Command History

Release Modification

11.3 MA

This command was introduced as a controller configuration command for the Cisco MC3810.

12.0(5)T and 12.0(7)XR

The command was introduced as an ATM interface configuration command for the Cisco 2600 and 3600 series.

12.0(5)XE

The command was introduced as an ATM interface configuration command for the Cisco 7200 and 7500 series.

12.1(1)T

The command was modified as a controller configuration command for the Cisco 2600 series.

Usage Guidelines

You can use a loopback test on lines to detect and distinguish equipment malfunctions caused either by line and Channel Service Unit/Digital Service Unit (CSU/DSU) or by the interface. If correct data transmission is not possible when an interface is in loopback mode, the interface is the source of the problem.

Example

The following example shows how to set the payload loopback method on controller E1 0/0:

Router(config)# controller e1 0/0
Router(config-controller)# loopback local payload

loopback (T1 controller)

To set the loopback method for testing the T1 interface, enter the loopback controller configuration command. Use the no form of this command to restore the default value.

loopback {diagnostic | local {payload | line} | remote {iboc | esf {payload | line}}

no loopback

Syntax Description

diagnostic

Loops the outgoing transmit signal back to the receive signal

line

Places the interface into external loopback mode at the line level.

local

Places the interface into local loopback mode.

payload

Places the interface into external loopback mode at the payload level.

remote

Keeps the local end of the connection in remote loopback mode.

iboc

Sends an in band bit oriented code to the far-end to cause it to go into line loopback.

esf

Specifies extended super frame as the T1 or E1 frame type.

Default

No loopback is configured.

Command Mode

Controller configuration

Command History

Release Modification

11.3 MA

This command was introduced as a controller configuration command for the Cisco MC3810.

12.0(5)T and 12.0(7)XR

The command was introduced as an ATM interface configuration command for the Cisco 2600 and Cisco 3600 series.

12.0(5)XE

The command was introduced as an ATM interface configuration command for the Cisco 7200 and Cisco 7500 series.

12.1(1)T

The command was introduced as a controller configuration command for the Cisco 2600 series.

Usage Guidelines

You can use a loopback test on lines to detect and distinguish equipment malfunctions caused either by line and Channel Service Unit/Digital Service Unit (CSU/DSU) or by the interface. If correct data transmission is not possible when an interface is in loopback mode, the interface is the source of the problem.

Example

The following example shows how to set the diagnostic loopback method on controller T1 0/0:

Router(config)# controller t1 0/0
Router(config-controller)# loopback diagnostic

show rudpv0 failures

To show SS7 Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) failure statistics, enter the show rudpv0 failures privileged EXEC command.

show rudpv0 failures

Syntax Description

There are no keywords or arguments.

Default

There are no default behaviors or values.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following example shows the display of RUDP failures. The fields are self-explanatory.

Router# show rudpv0 failures
 
**** RUDP Failure Stats ****
 
CreateBufHdrsFailure       0
CreateConnRecsFailure      0
CreateEventsFailure        0
 
NotReadyFailures           0
OptionNotSupportedFailures 0
OptionRequiredFailures     0
GetConnRecFailures         0
InvalidConnFailures        0
EventUnavailFailures       0
 
EmptyBufferSendFailures    0
BufferTooLargeFailures     0
ConnNotOpenFailures        0
SendWindowFullFailures     0
GetBufHdrSendFailures      0
 
GetDataBufFailures         0
GetBufHdrFailures          0
 
SendEackFailures           0
SendAckFailures            0
SendSynFailures            0
SendRstFailures            0
SendNullFailures           0
 
TimerNullFailures          0
FailedRetransmits          0
IncomingPktsDropped        0
UnknownRudpEvents          0
 

Related Commands

Command Description

clear rudpv0 statistics

Resets the counters for the statistics generated by show rudpv0 failures to 0.

show rudpv0 statistics

Displays RUDP information about number of packets sent, received, and so forth. clear rudpv0 statistics resets the counters for these statistics to 0.

show rudpv0 statistics

To show SS7 Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) internal statistics, enter the show rudpv0 statistics privileged EXEC command.

show rudpv0 statistics

Syntax Description

There are no keywords or arguments.

Default

There are no default behaviors or values.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

Because the statistics counters are continually updated, the cumulative total may not be exactly equal to individual connection counters. Once a connection is reset, previous statistics are lost, so the current connection statistics reflect only this instance of the RUDP connection---since the last reset.

Cumulative statistics reflect counts since the router was rebooted or since the last time the clear rudpv0 statistics command was issued.

Example

The following example shows the display of RUDP statistics and states for two connections. The fields are self-explanatory.

Router# show rudpv0 statistics
 
*** RUDP Internal Stats ****
 
Connection ID: 811641AC,   Current State: OPEN
 
RcvdInSeq                  1
RcvdOutOfSeq               0
 
SoftResets                 0
SoftResetsRcvd             0
 
TotalPacketsSent           4828
TotalPacketsReceived       4826
TotalDataBytesSent         0
TotalDataBytesReceived     4
TotalDataPacketsSent       0
TotalDataPacketsReceived   1
TotalPacketsRetrans        0
TotalPacketsDiscarded      0
 
Connection ID: 81163FD4,   Current State: OPEN
 
RcvdInSeq                  2265
RcvdOutOfSeq               0
 
SoftResets                 0
SoftResetsRcvd             0
 
TotalPacketsSent           7863
TotalPacketsReceived       6755
TotalDataBytesSent         173690
TotalDataBytesReceived     56121
TotalDataPacketsSent       2695
TotalDataPacketsReceived   2265
TotalPacketsRetrans        0
TotalPacketsDiscarded      0
 
Cumulative RudpV0 Statistics
 
RcvdInSeq                  2266
RcvdOutOfSeq               0
 
SoftResets                 0
SoftResetsRcvd             0
 
TotalPacketsSent           12691
TotalPacketsReceived       11581
TotalDataBytesSent         173690
TotalDataBytesReceived     56125
TotalDataPacketsSent       2695
TotalDataPacketsReceived   2266
TotalPacketsRetrans        0
TotalPacketsDiscarded      0

Related Commands

Command Description

clear rudpv0 statistics

Resets the counters for the statistics generated by show rudpv0 statistics to 0.

show rudpv0 failures

Displays RUDP information about failed connections and the reasons for them. clear rudpv0 statistics resets the counters for these statistics to 0.

show ss7 mtp2 ccb

To display SS7 MTP 2 Channel Control Block (CCB) information, enter the show ss7 mtp2 ccb privileged EXEC command.

show ss7 mtp2 ccb [channel]

Syntax Description

channel

Specifies a channel from 0 through 3.

Default

The default is set when you first configure the MTP 2 variant. The link must be out of service in order to change the MTP 2 variant.

If you do not specify a channel, the command shows Channel Control Block information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The application and meaning of the output is dependent on the MTP 2 variant. For example, NTT and TTC only support emergency alignment.

Example

The following example shows the display of MTP 2 CCB information.

Router# show ss7 mtp2 ccb 0
SS7 MTP2 Internal Channel Control Block Info for channel 0
Protocol version for channel 0 is Japan NTT Q.703 Version 1-1 
ModuloSeqNumber             = 128   (0x80  )
MaxSeqNumber                = 127   (0x7F  )
Unacked-MSUs (MaxInRTB)     = 40    (0x28  )
MaxProvingAttempts          = 5     (0x5   )
error_control               = Basic 
LSSU_Len                    = 1     (0x1   )
MSU_Len                     = 272   (0x110 )
 
SUERM-threshold             = 64    (0x40  )
SUERM-number-octets         = 16    (0x10  )
SUERM-number-SUs            = 256   (0x100 )
 
Tie-AERM-Emergency          = 1     (0x1   )
Tin-AERM-Normal             = 1     (0x1   )
 
MSU_FISU_Accepted_flag      = FALSE 
LSSU_available              = TRUE 
AbnormalBSN_flag            = FALSE 
AbnormalBSN_flag            = FALSE 
UnreasonableBSN             = FALSE 
UnreasonableFSN             = FALSE 
Abnormal_FIBR_flag          = FALSE 
congestionDiscard           = TRUE 
 
ThisIsA_MSU                 = FALSE 
local_processor_outage      = FALSE 
remote_processor_outage     = FALSE 
 
provingEmergencyFlag        = FALSE 
RemoteProvingEmergencyFlag  = FALSE 
further_proving_required    = FALSE 
ForceRetransmitFlag         = FALSE 
RetransmissionFlag          = FALSE 
 
link_present                = FALSE 
Debug Mask                  = 0x0

show ss7 mtp2 state

To display internal SS7 Message Transfer Part level 2 (MTP 2) state machine information, enter the show ss7 mtp2 state privileged EXEC command.

show ss7 mtp2 state [channel]

Syntax Description

channel

Specifies a channel from 0 to 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel, the command shows state machine information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Examples

The following examples show the display of MTP 2 state machine information for two different channels. Table 2 explains the fields.

Router# show ss7 mtp2 state 0
SS7 MTP2 states for channel 0
Protocol version for channel 0 is Japan NTT Q.703 Version 1-1 
  MTP2LSC_OOS             MTP2IAC_IDLE           
  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE       MTP2RC_IDLE            
  MTP2SUERM_IDLE          MTP2AERM_IDLE          
  MTP2CONGESTION_IDLE    
    Congestion Backhaul  = Abate 
Remote Processor Outage  = FALSE 
 
Router# show ss7 mtp2 state 1
SS7 MTP2 states for channel 1
Protocol version for channel 1 is Japan NTT Q.703 Version 1-1 
  MTP2LSC_OOS             MTP2IAC_IDLE           
  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE       MTP2RC_IDLE            
  MTP2SUERM_IDLE          MTP2AERM_IDLE          
  MTP2CONGESTION_IDLE    
    Congestion Backhaul  = Abate 
Remote Processor Outage  = FALSE 

Table 2: SS7 MTP 2 State Information Fields
State Description Possible Values

MTP2LSC

Indicates the overall status of the link.

OOS---The link is Out-of-Service.

INITIAL_ALIGNMENT---The link is in a transitional link alignment state.

ALIGNED_READY---The link is in a transitional link alignment state.

ALIGNED_NOT_READY---The link is in a transitional link alignment state.

INSERVICE---The link is in service.

PROCESSOR_OUTAGE---There is an outage in the local processor. This state implies that the link has been aligned.

POWER_OFF---It is possible you don't have the I/O memory set to at least 40 percent. There may not be enough memory for the SS7 MTP2 signaling.

MTP2IAC

Indicates the status of the initial alignment control state machine.

IDLE---The state machine is idle. It is not aligning the link.

NOT_ALIGNED---The state machine has begun the alignment process.

ALIGNED--- The link has exchanged the alignment handshake with the remote device.

PROVING---The link alignment is being proven. This is a waiting period before the LSC state changes to INSERVICE.

MTP2TXC

Indicates the status of the transmission control state machine.

IDLE---The state machine is inactive.

INSERVICE---The state machine is the active transmitter.

MTP2RC

Indicates the status of the receive control state machine.

IDLE---The state machine is inactive.

INSERVICE---The state machine is the active receiver.

MTP2SUERM

Indicates the status of the signal unit error monitor (SUERM).

IDLE---The state machine is inactive.

MONITORING---The SUERM is active. SUERM uses a leaky-bucket algorithm to track link errors while the link is in service. If the number of link errors reaches the threshold, the link is taken out of service.

MTP2AERM

Indicates the status of the alignment error rate monitor state machine (AERM).

IDLE---The state machine is inactive.

MONITORING---Alignment error monitor is active. This is part of the alignment process.

MTP2CONGESTION

Indicates the status of the congestion control state machine.

IDLE---The state machine is inactive. No congestion is detected; normal traffic flow.

ACTIVE---Congestion has been declared. The Cisco 2600 series router is sending SIBs every T5, which indicates that the remote end should stop sending new MSUs until the local Cisco 2600 series router can catch up.

Congestion Backhaul

Indicates congestion status of the backhaul link between the Cisco SLT and the Media Gateway Controller.

Abate---The link between the Cisco 2600 series router and the Media Gateway Controller is not under congestion.

Onset---The link between the Cisco 2600 series router and the Media Gateway Controller is under congestion. and the Media Gateway Controller should stop sending new MSUs until the local Cisco 2600 series router can catch up.

Remote Processor Outage

Indicates the processor outage status of the remote.

TRUE indicates that the remote is in processor outage.

FALSE indicates that the remote has not declared processor outage.

show ss7 mtp2 stats

To display SS7 MTP 2 operational statistics, enter the show ss7 mtp2 stats privileged EXEC command.

show ss7 mtp2 stats [channel]

Syntax Description

channel

Specifies a channel from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel, the command shows status information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following example shows operations and maintenance (OM) statistics for MTP 2 channel 0. Table 3 explains some of the fields.

Router# show ss7 mtp2 stats 0
SS7 MTP2 Statistics for channel 0
Protocol version for channel 0 is Japan NTT Q.703 Version 1-1 
OMIACAlignAttemptCount  = 0        
OMIACAlignFailCount     = 0        
OMIACAlignCompleteCount = 0        
 
OMMSU_TO_XMIT_Count     = 0        
OMMSU_XMIT_Count        = 0        
OMMSU_RE_XMIT_Count     = 0        
OMMSU_RCV_Count         = 0        
OMMSU_Posted_Count      = 0        
OMMSU_too_long          = 0        
 
OMFISU_XMIT_Count       = 0        
OMFISU_RCV_Count        = 0        
 
OMLSSU_XMIT_Count       = 17       
OMLSSU_XMIT_SINCount    = 0        
OMLSSU_XMIT_SIECount    = 0        
OMLSSU_XMIT_SIOCount    = 0        
OMLSSU_XMIT_SIOSCount   = 17       
OMLSSU_XMIT_SIPOCount   = 0        
OMLSSU_XMIT_SIBCount    = 0        
 
OMLSSU_RCV_Count        = 0        
OMLSSU_RCV_SINCount     = 0        
OMLSSU_RCV_SIECount     = 0        
OMLSSU_RCV_SIOCount     = 0        
OMLSSU_RCV_SIOSCount    = 0        
OMLSSU_RCV_SIPOCount    = 0        
OMLSSU_RCV_SIBCount     = 0        
OMLSSU_RCV_InvalidCount = 0        
 
OMRemote_PO_Count       = 0        
OMRemote_Congestion_Cnt = 0        
 
OMtimeINSV (secs)       = 0        
OMtimeNotINSV (secs)    = 9550     
OMMSUBytesTransmitted   = 0        
OMMSUBytesReceived      = 0        
 
OMTransmitReqCount      = 33       
OMPDU_notAcceptedCount  = 0        
OMPDU_NACK_Count        = 0        
OMunreasonableFSN_rcvd  = 0        
OMunreasonableBSN_rcvd  = 0        
 
OMT1_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMT2_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMT3_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMT4_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMT5_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMT6_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMT7_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMT8_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMTA_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMTF_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMTO_TMO_Count          = 0        
OMTS_TMO_Count          = 477218   
OMLostTimerCount        = 0        
 
OMOMLostBackHaulMsgs    = 0        
 
OMAERMCount             = 0        
OMAERMFailCount         = 0        
OMSUERMCount            = 0        
OMSUERMFailCount        = 0        
OMCongestionCount       = 0        
OMCongestionBackhaulCnt = 0 


Table 3: SS7 OM Information Fields
Field Description

OMIACAlignAttemptCount

OMIACAlignFailCount

OMIACAlignCompleteCount

Counts for Initial Alignment Control (IAC) attempts.

OMMSU_TO_XMIT-_Count

This count is some what related to the results of the show ss7 sm stats command's PDU_pkts_recieve_count statistic. The number shown in OMMSU_TO_XMIT_Count is less than the PDU_pkts_recieve_count because OMMSU_TO_XMIT_Count shows the number of PDUs going out on the link, while the PDU_pkts_recieve_count includes PDUs that are internal to MTP2.

OMMSU_RCV_Count

Related to the results of the show ss7 sm stats command's packets_send_count.

OMLSSU_XMIT_Count

OMLSSU_XMIT_SINCount

OMLSSU_XMIT_SIECount

OMLSSU_XMIT_SIOCount

OMLSSU_XMIT_SIOSCount

OMLSSU_XMIT_SIPOCount

OMLSSU_XMIT_SIBCount

These counters represent the number of times that MTP 2 has posted the specific Link Status Signal Unit (LSSU) to MTP 1. They do not show the number of LSSUs actually sent over the link.

OMLSSU_RCV_Count

OMLSSU_RCV_SINCount

OMLSSU_RCV_SIECount

OMLSSU_RCV_SIOCount

OMLSSU_RCV_SIOSCount

OMLSSU_RCV_SIPOCount

OMLSSU_RCV_SIBCount

OMLSSU_RCV_InvalidCount

These counters represent the number of LSSUs received by MTP 2 from MTP 1. Due to MTP 1 filtering, this is not the same as the actual LSSUs sent over the link.

OMT1_TMO_Count

OMT2_TMO_Count

OMT3_TMO_Count

OMT4_TMO_Count

OMT5_TMO_Count

OMT6_TMO_Count

OMT7_TMO_Count

OMT8_TMO_Count

OMTA_TMO_Count

OMTF_TMO_Count

OMTO_TMO_Count

OMTA_TMO_Count

OMLostTimerCount

These fields show information about timers in use.

OMLostBackhaulMsgs

This count is some what related to the results of the show ss7 sm stats command's PDU_pkts_recieve_count statistic. The counter indicates how many messages received from the Media Gateway Controller have been lost due to a lack of resources in the Cisco 2600 series router. For example, if the Media Gateway Controller sends 100 MSUs and the Cisco 2600 series router only has 65 free buffers, 35 MSUs might be lost.

show ss7 mtp2 timer

To display durations of the SS7 MTP 2 state machine timers, enter the show ss7 mtp2 timer privileged EXEC command.

show ss7 mtp2 timer [channel]


Note The eight timers whose status is displayed using the show ss7 mtp2 timer command are set on the Media Gateway Controller using MML commands. The timers are then downloaded from the controller to the Cisco SLT.

Syntax Description

channel

Specifies a channel from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel, the command shows status information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

MTP 2 uses eight different timers on each link. Throughout the link state transitions, multiple timers are active. An in-service MTP 2 link requires timers that are constantly started, stopped and restarted. Use this command to display the configured timer durations.


Note All MTP 2 configuration parameters are set at the Cisco SLT command line interface. The Media Gateway Controller parameter data files are no longer used to configure the Cisco SLT.

Example

The following example shows how to display timer information for channel 0:

Router# show ss7 mtp2 timer 0
SS7 MTP2 Timers for channel 0 in milliseconds
Protocol version for channel 0 is Japan NTT Q.703 Version 1-1 
    T1 aligned/ready = 15000 
      T2 not aligned = 5000  
          T3 aligned = 3000  
T4 Emergency Proving = 3000 
   T4 Normal Proving = 3000 
      T5 sending SIB = 200   
      T6 remote cong = 3000  
 T7 excess ack delay = 2000  
  T8 errored int mon = 0     
TA SIE timer = 20    
       TF FISU timer = 20    
        TO SIO timer = 20    
       TS SIOS timer = 20 

show ss7 mtp2 variant

To display information about the SS7 MTP 2 protocol variant, enter the show ss7 mtp2 variant privileged EXEC command.

show ss7 mtp2 variant [channel]

Syntax Description

channel

Specifies a channel from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel, the command shows protocol information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

Each country specifies its own variant of SS7, and the Cisco SLT supports several variants of the MTP 2 protocol. The selected variant can affect the MTP 2 statistics displayed by various commands. The Cisco SLT support the following variants:

Each channel can be configured to any one of the protocol variants. When you change from one variant to another, for example from Bellcore to NTT, the MTP 2 parameters default to those specified by NTT. You can then change the defaults as required.

Example

The following example shows how to display protocol variant information for channel 1:

Router# show ss7 mtp2 variant 1
Protocol version for channel 1 is Bellcore GR-246-Core Issue 2, Dec 1997

show ss7 sm session

To display information about SS7 Session Manager session, enter the show ss7 sm session privileged EXEC command.

show ss7 sm session [session]

Syntax Description

session

Specifies a session, 0 or 1.

Default

If you do not specify a session, the command shows information for both sessions.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

If no sessions are configured, the message "No Session is configured" appears.

Example

The following example shows how to display session information for both sessions:

Router# show ss7 sm session
Session[0]: Remote Host 255.255.251.254:8060, Local Host 255.255.255.254:8060
      retrans_t = 600
      cumack_t  = 300
      kp_t      = 2000
      m_retrans = 2
      m_cumack  = 3
      m_outseq  = 3
      m_rcvnum  = 32
 
Session[1]: Remote Host 255.255.251.255:8061, Local Host 255.255.255.254:8061
      retrans_t = 600
      cumack_t  = 300
      kp_t      = 2000
      m_retrans = 2
      m_cumack  = 3
      m_outseq  = 3
      m_rcvnum  = 32


Table 4: Session Manager Session information
Field Description

Remote Host, Local Host

Shows the IP address and port number for the session.

retrans_t

Shows the retransmission timer value.

cumack_t

Shows the cumulative acknowledgment timer value.

m_cumack

Shows the maximum number of segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an acknowledgment.

m_outseq

Shows the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an extended acknowledgment.

m_rcvnum

Shows the maximum number of segments that the remote end can send before receiving an acknowledgment

Related Commands


Note Use the default settings for the timer commands listed below. Do not change session timers unless instructed to do so by Cisco technical support. Changing timers may result in service interruption or outage.

Command Description

ss7 session retrans_t

Sets the retransmission timer.

ss7 session m_rcvnum

Sets the maximum number of segments that the remote end can send before receiving an acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_outseq

Sets the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an extended acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_cumack

Sets the maximum number of segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an acknowledgment.

ss7 session cumack_t

Sets the cumulative acknowledgment timer.

ss7 session

Establishes a session.


show ss7 sm set

To display information about the SS7 failover timer, enter the show ss7 sm set privileged EXEC command.

show ss7 sm set

Syntax Description

There are no arguments or keywords.

Default

There is no default.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following example shows how to display failover timer information; the failover timer is set to the default of 3 seconds.

Router# show ss7 sm set
Session Manager Set
      failover timer = 3 seconds

Related Command

Command Description

ss7 set failover timer

Specifies the amount of time that the Session Manager waits for the session to recover before declaring the session inactive.

ss7 session

Establishes a session.

show ss7 sm stats

To display SS7 Session Manager session statistics, enter the show ss7 sm stats privileged EXEC command.

show ss7 sm stats

Syntax Description

There are no arguments or keywords for this command.

Default

The command shows information for both sessions.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

If no sessions are configured, the message "No Session is configured" appears.

Example

The following example shows how to display SS7 Session Manager statistics. The fields are self-explanatory and show information about the session state, protocol data units (PDUs) packets sent and received, and SS7 Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) performance:

Router# show ss7 sm stats
 
-------------------- Session Manager  --------------------
 
Session Manager state             = SESSION SET STATE-ACTIVE
Session Manager Up count          = 1
Session Manager Down count        = 0
   lost control packet count      = 0
              lost PDU count      = 0
 failover timer expire count      = 0
 invalid_connection_id_count      = 0
 
Session[0] statistics  SM SESSION STATE-STANDBY:
Session Down count               = 0
   Open Retry count              = 0
 
   Total Pkts receive count      = 1
   Active Pkts receive count     = 0
   Standby Pkts receive count    = 1
   PDU Pkts receive count        = 0
   Unknown Pkts receive count    = 0
 
   Pkts send count               = 0
   Pkts requeue count            = 0
    -Pkts window full count      = 0
    -Pkts resource unavail count = 0
    -Pkts enqueue fail count     = 0
   PDUs dropped (Large)          = 0
   PDUs dropped (Empty)          = 0
 
   RUDP Not Ready Errs           = 0
   RUDP Connection Not Open      = 0
   RUDP Invalid Conn Handle      = 0
   RUDP Unknown Errors           = 0
   RUDP Unknown Signal           = 0
   NonActive Receive count       = 0
 
Session[1] statistics  SM SESSION STATE-ACTIVE:
Session Down count               = 0
   Open Retry count              = 0
 
   Total Pkts receive count      = 2440
   Active Pkts receive count     = 1
   Standby Pkts receive count    = 0
   PDU Pkts receive count        = 2439
   Unknown Pkts receive count    = 0
 
   Pkts send count               = 2905
   Pkts requeue count            = 0
    -Pkts window full count      = 0
    -Pkts resource unavail count = 0
    -Pkts enqueue fail count     = 0
   PDUs dropped (Large)          = 0
   PDUs dropped (Empty)          = 0
 
   RUDP Not Ready Errs           = 0
   RUDP Connection Not Open      = 0
   RUDP Invalid Conn Handle      = 0
   RUDP Unknown Errors           = 0
   RUDP Unknown Signal           = 0
   NonActive Receive count       = 0

Related Commands

Command Description

clear ss7 sm-stats

Clears the counters that track Session Manager statistics for the show ss7 sm stats command.

ss7 session

Establishes a session.

ss7 mtp2-variant bellcore

To configure the device for Telcordia (formerly Bellcore) standards, enter the ss7 mtp2-variant bellcore global configuration command.

ss7 mtp-variant bellcore [channel] [parameters]

Syntax Description

channel

Specifies the channel, 0 through 3.

parameters

See table below for timer descriptions, defaults, and ranges.

Default

Bellcore is the default variant if no other is configured.

See Table 5 for default parameters.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This MTP2 variant has timers and parameters that can be configured using the following quick-reference table. To restore the designated default, use the no or the default form of the command (see example below).


Note Timer durations are converted to 10 millisecond units. For example, a T1 value of 1005 is converted to 100 which results in a actual timeout duration of 1000 milliseconds.
This is true for all timers and all variants.


Table 5: Bellcore (Telcordia) Parameters and Values
Parameter Description Default Range

T1

aligned/ready timer duration (milliseconds)

13000

1000 to 65535

T2

not aligned timer (milliseconds)

11500

1000 to 65535

T3

aligned timer (milliseconds)

11500

1000 to 65535

T4-Emergency-Proving

emergency proving timer (milliseconds)

600

1000 to 65535

T4-Normal-Proving

normal proving period (milliseconds)

2300

1000 to 65535

T5

sending SIB timer (milliseconds)

100

80 to 65535

T6

remote congestion timer (milliseconds)

6000

1000 to 65535

T7

excessive delay timer (milliseconds)

1000

500 to 65535

lssu-len

1 or 2 byte LSSU format

1

1 to 2

unacked-MSUs

Maximum number of MSUs waiting ACK

127

16 to 127

proving-attempts

Maximum number of attempts to prove alignment

5

3 to 8

SUERM-threshold

SUERM error rate threshold

64

32 to 128

SUERM-number-octets

SUERM octet counting mode

16

8 to 32

SUERM-number-signal-
units

signal units (good or bad) needed to dec ERM

256

128 to 512

Tie-AERM-Emergency

AERM emergency error rate threshold

1

1 to 8

Tie-AERM-Normal

AERM normal error rate threshold

4

1 to 8

Example

The following example sets the aligned/ready timer duration on channel 0 to 30,000 milliseconds:

Router(config)# ss7 mtp2-variant Bellcore 0
Router(config-Bellcore)# T1 30000
 

The following example restores the aligned/ready timer default value of 13,000 milliseconds:

Router(config)# ss7 mtp2-variant Bellcore 0
Router(config-Bellcore)# no T1

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 mtp2-variant itu

Specifies the mtp2-variant as ITU.

ss7 mtp2-variant ntt

Specifies the mtp2-variant as NTT.

ss7 mtp2-variant ttc

Specifies the mtp2-variant as TTC.

ss7 mtp2-variant itu

To configure the device for ITU (International Telecom United) standards, enter the ss7 mtp2-variant itu global configuration command.

ss7 mtp-variant itu [channel] [parameters]

Syntax Description

channel

Specifies the channel, 0 through 3.

parameters

See table below for timer descriptions, defaults, and ranges.

Default

Bellcore is the default variant if no other is configured.

See Table 6 for ITU default parameters.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The ITU MTP2 variant has timers and parameters that can be configured using the following quick-reference table. To restore the designated default, use the no or the default form of the command (see the example below).


Table 6: ITU (White) Parameters and Values
Parameter Description Default Range

T1

aligned/ready timer duration (milliseconds)

40000

1000 - 65535

T2

not aligned timer (milliseconds)

5000

1000 - 65535

T3

aligned timer (milliseconds)

1000

1000 - 65535

T4-Emergency-Proving

emergency proving timer (milliseconds)

500

1000 - 65535

T4-Normal-Proving

normal proving timer (milliseconds)

8200

1000 - 65535

T5

sending SIB timer (milliseconds)

100

80 - 65535

T6

remote congestion timer (milliseconds)

6000

1000 - 65535

T7

excessive delay timer (milliseconds)

1000

1000 - 65535

lssu-len

1 or 2 byte LSSU format

1

1 - 2

msu-len

unacked-MSUs

Maximum number of MSUs waiting ACK

127

16 - 127

proving-attempts

Maximum number of attempts to prove alignment

5

3 - 8

SUERM-threshold

SUERM error rate threshold

64

32 - 128

SUERM-number-octets

SUERM octet counting mode

16

8 - 32

SUERM-number-signal-units

signal units (good or bad) needed to dec ERM

256

128 - 512

Tie-AERM-Emergency

AERM emergency error rate threshold

1

1 - 8

Tin-AERM-Normal

AERM normal error rate threshold

4

1 - 8

Example

The following example sets the emergency proving period on channel 1 to 10,000 milliseconds:

Router(config)# ss7 mtp2-variant itu 1
Router(config-itu)# t4-Emergency-Proving 10000
 

The following example restores the emergency proving period default value of 5,000 milliseconds:

Router(config)# ss7 mtp2-variant itu 1
Router(config-itu)# default t4-Emergency-Proving

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 mtp2-variant bellcore

Specifies the mtp2-variant as Bellcore.

ss7 mtp2-variant ntt

Specifies the mtp2-variant as NTT.

ss7 mtp2-variant ttc

Specifies the mtp2-variant as TTC.

ss7 mtp2-variant ntt

To configure the device for NTT (Japan) standards, enter the ss7 mtp2-variant ntt global configuration command.

ss7 mtp-variant ntt [channel] [parameters]

Syntax Description

channel

Specifies the channel, 0 through 3.

parameters

See table below for timer descriptions, defaults, and ranges.

Default

Bellcore is the default variant if no other is configured.

See Table 7 for NTT default parameters.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The NTT MTP2 variant has timers and parameters that can be configured using the following quick-reference table. To restore the designated default, use the no or the default form of the command (see the example below).


Table 7: NTT Parameters and Values
Parm Description Default Range

T1

aligned/ready timer duration (milliseconds)

15000

1000 to 65535

T2

not aligned timer (milliseconds)

5000

1000 to 65535

T3

aligned timer (milliseconds)

3000

1000 to 65535

T4-Emergency-Proving

emergency proving timer (milliseconds)

3000

1000 to 65535

T5

sending SIB timer (milliseconds)

200

80 to 65535

T6

remote congestion timer (milliseconds)

2000

1000 to 65535

T7

excessive delay timer (milliseconds)

3000

1000 to 65535

TA

SIE interval timer (milliseconds)

20

10 to 500

TF

FISU interval timer (milliseconds)

20

10 to 500

TO

SIO interval timer (milliseconds)

20

10 to 500

TS

SIOS interval timer (milliseconds)

20

10 to 500

unacked-MSUs

Maximum number of MSUs waiting ACK

40

16 to 40

proving-attempts

Maximum number of attempts to prove alignment

5

3 to 8

SUERM-threshold

SUERM error rate threshold

64

32 to 128

SUERM-number-octets

SUERM octet counting mode

16

8 to 32

SUERM-number-signal-units

signal units (good or bad) needed to dec ERM

256

128 to 512

Tie-AERM-Emergency

AERM emergency error rate threshold

1

1 to 8

Example

The following example sets the SUERM error rate threshold on channel 2 to 100:

Router(config)# ss7 mtp2-variant ntt 2
Router(config-ntt)# SUERM-threshold 100
 

The following example restores the SUERM error rate threshold default value of 64:

Router(config)# ss7 mtp2-variant ntt 2
Router(config-ntt)# no SUERM-threshold

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 mtp2-variant bellcore

Specifies the mtp2-variant as Bellcore.

ss7 mtp2-variant itu

Specifies the mtp2-variant as ITU.

ss7 mtp2-variant ttc

Specifies the mtp2-variant as TTC.

ss7 mtp2-variant ttc

To configure the device for TTC (Japan Telecom) standards, enter the ss7 mtp2-variant ttc global configuration command.

ss7 mtp-variant ttc [channel] [parameters]

Syntax Description

channel

Specifies the channel, 0 through 3.

parameters

See table below for timer descriptions, defaults, and ranges.

Default

Bellcore is the default variant if no other is configured.

See Table 8 for TTC default parameters.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The TTC MTP2 variant has timers and parameters that can be configured using the following quick-reference table. To restore the designated default, use the no or the default form of the command (see the example below).


Table 8: TTC Parameters and Values
Parm Description Default Range

T1

aligned/ready timer duration (milliseconds)

15000

1000 to 65535

T2

not aligned timer (milliseconds)

5000

1000 to 65535

T3

aligned timer (milliseconds)

3000

1000 to 65535

T4-Emergency-Proving

emergency proving timer (milliseconds)

3000

1000 to 65535

T5

sending SIB timer (milliseconds)

200

80 to 65535

T6

remote congestion timer (milliseconds)

2000

1000 to 65535

T7

excessive delay timer (milliseconds)

3000

1000 to 65535

TA

SIE interval timer (milliseconds)

20

10 to 500

TF

FISU interval timer (milliseconds)

20

10 to 500

TO

SIO interval timer (milliseconds)

20

10 to 500

TS

SIOS interval timer (milliseconds)

20

10 to 500

unacked-MSUs

Maximum number of MSUs waiting ACK

40

16 to 40

proving-attempts

Maximum number of attempts to prove alignment

5

3 to 8

SUERM-threshold

SUERM error rate threshold

64

32 to 128

SUERM-number-octets

SUERM octet counting mode

16

8 to 32

SUERM-number-signal-units

signal units (good or bad) needed to dec ERM

256

128 to 512

Tie-AERM-Emergency

AERM emergency error rate threshold

1

1 to 8

Example

The following example sets the maximum number of proving attempts for channel 3 to 3:

Router(config)# ss7 mtp2-variant ttc 3
Router(config-ttc)# proving-attempts 3
 

The following example restores the maximum number of proving attempts to the default value:

Router(config)# ss7 mtp2-variant ttc 3
Router(config-ttc)# default proving-attempts

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 mtp2-variant bellcore

Specifies the mtp2-variant as Bellcore.

ss7 mtp2-variant itu

Specifies the mtp2-variant as ITU.

ss7 mtp2-variant ntt

Specifies the mtp2-variant as NTT.

ss7 session

To create a Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) session, enter the ss7 session global configuration command. The no form of the command deletes the session.

ss7 session-session number {address remote-address remote-port local-address local-port}

no ss7session-session number address

Syntax Description

session-number

SS7 session number. Valid values are 0 and 1. You must enter the hyphen, with no space following it, after the session keyword.

remote-address

The remote IP address of the Media Gateway Controller in four-part dotted-decimal format.

remote-port

The number of the remote UDP port on which the Media Gateway Controller is configured to listen. This UDP port cannot be used by another protocol as defined in RFC 1700 and cannot be otherwise used in the network.

local-address

The local IP address of the router in four-part dotted-decimal format.

The local IP address for both sessions, 0 and 1, must be the same.

local-port

The number of the local UDP port on which the router expects to receive messages from the Media Gateway Controller. Specify any UDP port that is not used by another protocol as defined in RFC 1700 and that is not otherwise used in your network.

The local UDP port must be different for session-0 and session-1.

Default

No session is configured.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

You can configure a maximum of two sessions, one for each signaling link. In a redundant Media Gateway Controller configuration, session-0 is configured to one MGC and session-1 is configured to the other.

The Media Gateway Controller must be configured to send messages to the local port, and it must be configured to listen on the remote port.

You must reload the router whenever you remove a session or change the parameters of a session.

Example

The following example sets up two sessions on a Cisco 2611:

ss7 session-0 address 255.251.255.255 7000 255.255.255.254 7000
ss7 session-1 address 255.255.255.252 7002 255.255.255.254 7001

Note The example above shows how the local IP addresses in session-0 and session-1 must be the same.

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 session retrans_t

Sets the retransmission timer.

ss7 session m_retrans

Sets the maximum number of times that the RUDP attempts to resend a segment before declaring the connection invalid.

ss7 session m_rcvnum

Sets the maximum number of segments that the remote end can send before receiving an acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_outseq

Sets the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an extended acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_cumack

Sets the maximum number of segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an acknowledgment.

ss7 session k_pt

Sets the null segment (keepalive) timer.

ss7 session cumack_t

Sets the cumulative acknowledgment timer.

ss7 session cumack_t

To set the Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) cumulative acknowledgment timer for a specific SS7 signaling link session, enter the ss7 session cumack_t global configuration command. The no form of the command restores the default value.

ss7 session-session number cumack_t milliseconds

no ss7 session-session number cumack_t


Note Use the default setting. Do not change session timers unless instructed to do so by Cisco technical support. Changing timers may result in service interruption or outage.

Syntax Description

session-number

SS7 session number. Valid values are 0 and 1. You must enter the hyphen, with no space following it, after the session keyword.

milliseconds

Use this parameter to specify the amount of time (in milliseconds) that the RUDP waits before it sends an acknowledgment after receiving a segment.

Valid values are from 100 to 65535. This value should be less than the value configured for the retransmission timer by using the ss7 session-session number retrans_t command.

Default

The default value is 300 milliseconds.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The cumulative acknowledgment timer determines when the receiver sends an acknowledgment. If the timer is not already running, it is initialized when a valid data, null, or reset segment is received. When the cumulative acknowledgment timer expires, the last in-sequence segment is acknowledged. The RUDP typically tries to "piggyback" acknowledgments on data segments being sent. However, if no data segment is sent in this period of time, it sends a standalone acknowledgment.

Example

The following example sets up two sessions and sets the cumulative acknowledgment timer to 320 milliseconds for each one:

ss7 session-0 address 255.255.255.251 7000 255.255.255.254 7000
ss7 session-0 cumack_t 320
ss7 session-1 address 255.255.255.253 7002 255.255.255.254 7001
ss7 session-1 cumack_t 320

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 session retrans_t

Sets the retransmission timer.

ss7 session m_retrans

Sets the maximum number of times that the RUDP attempts to resend a segment before declaring the connection invalid.

ss7 session m_rcvnum

Sets the maximum number of segments that the remote end can send before receiving an acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_outseq

Sets the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an extended acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_cumack

Sets the maximum number of segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an acknowledgment.

ss7 session k_pt

Sets the null segment (keepalive) timer.

show ss7

Displays the SS7 configuration.

ss7 session kp_t

To set the null segment (keepalive) timer for a specific SS7 signaling link session, enter the ss7 session kp_t global configuration command. The no form of the command restores the default value.

ss7 session-session number kp_t milliseconds

no ss7 session-session number kp_t


Note Use the default setting. Do not change session timers unless instructed to do so by Cisco technical support. Changing timers may result in service interruption or outage.

Syntax Description

session-number

SS7 session number. Valid values are 0 and 1. You must enter the hyphen, with no space following it, after the session keyword.

milliseconds

Use this parameter to specify the amount of time (in milliseconds) that the Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) waits before sending a keepalive to verify that the connection is still active.

Valid values are 0 and from100 to 65535.

Default

The default value is 2000 milliseconds.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The null segment timer determines when a null segment (keepalive) is sent by the client Cisco 2600 series router. On the client, the timer starts when the connection is established and is reset each time a data segment is sent. If the null segment timer expires, the client sends a keepalive to the server to verify that the connection is still functional. On the server, the timer restarts each time a data or null segment is received from the client.

The value of the server's null segment timer is twice the value configured for the client. If no segments are received by the server in this period of time, the connection is no longer valid.

To disable keepalive, set this parameter to 0.

Example

The following example sets up two sessions and sets a keepalive of 1,800 milliseconds for each one:

ss7 session-0 address 255.255.255.251 7000 255.255.255.254 7000
ss7 session-0 kp_t 1800
ss7 session-1 address 255.255.255.253 7002 255.255.255.254 7001
ss7 session-1 kp_t 1800

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 session retrans_t

Sets the retransmission timer.

ss7 session m_retrans

Sets the maximum number of times that the RUDP attempts to resend a segment before declaring the connection invalid.

ss7 session m_rcvnum

Sets the maximum number of segments that the remote end can send before receiving an acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_outseq

Sets the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an extended acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_cumack

Sets the maximum number of segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an acknowledgment.

ss7 session cumack_t

Sets the cumulative acknowledgment timer.

show ss7

Displays the SS7 configuration.

ss7 session m_cumack

To set the maximum number of segments that can be received before the Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) sends an acknowledgment in a specific SS7 signaling link session, enter the ss7 session m_cumack global configuration command. The no form of the command restores the default value.

ss7 session-session number m_cumack segments

no ss7 session-session number m_cumack


Note Use the default setting. Do not change session timers unless instructed to do so by Cisco technical support. Changing timers may result in service interruption or outage.

Syntax Description

session-number

SS7 session number. Valid values are 0 and 1. You must enter the hyphen, with no space following it, after the session keyword.

segments

Use this parameter to specify maximum number of segments that can be received before the Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) sends an acknowledgment.

Valid values are from 0 to 255.

Default

The default value is 3 segments.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The cumulative acknowledgment counter records the number of unacknowledged, in-sequence data, null, or reset segments received without a data, null, or reset segment being sent to the transmitter. If this counter reaches the configured maximum, the receiver sends a standalone acknowledgment (a standalone acknowledgment is a segment that contains only acknowledgment information). The standalone acknowledgment contains the sequence number of the last data, null, or reset segment received.

If you set this parameter to 0, an acknowledgment is sent immediately after a data, null, or reset segment is received.

Example

The following example sets up two sessions and in each session sets a maximum of two segments for receipt before acknowledgment:

ss7 session-0 address 255.255.255.251 7000 255.255.255.254 7001
ss7 session-0 m_cumack 2
ss7 session-1 address 255.255.255.253 7002 255.255.255.254 7000
ss7 session-1 m_cumack 2

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 session retrans_t

Sets the retransmission timer.

ss7 session m_retrans

Sets the maximum number of times that the RUDP attempts to resend a segment before declaring the connection invalid.

ss7 session m_rcvnum

Sets the maximum number of segments that the remote end can send before receiving an acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_outseq

Sets the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an extended acknowledgment.

ss7 session k_pt

Sets the null segment (keepalive) timer.

ss7 session cumack_t

Sets the cumulative acknowledgment timer.

show ss7

Displays the SS7 configuration.

ss7 session m_outseq

To set the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) sends an extended acknowledgment in a specific SS7 signaling link session, enter the ss7 session m_outseq global configuration command. The no form of the command restores the default value.

ss7 session-session number m_outseq segments

no ss7 session-session number m_outseq


Note Use the default setting. Do not change session timers unless instructed to do so by Cisco technical support. Changing timers may result in service interruption or outage.

Syntax Description

session-number

SS7 session number. Valid values are 0 and 1. You must enter the hyphen, with no space following it, after the session keyword.

segments

Use this parameter to specify the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an extended acknowledgment. If the specified number of segments are received out of sequence, an Extended Acknowledgment segment is sent to inform the sender which segments are missing.

Valid values are from 0 to 255.

Default

The default value is 3 segments.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The out-of-sequence acknowledgment counter records the number of data segments that have arrived out of sequence. If this counter reaches the configured maximum, the receiver sends an extended acknowledgment segment that contains the sequence numbers of the out-of-sequence data, null, and reset segments received. When the transmitter receives the extended acknowledgment segment, it retransmits the missing data segments.

If you set this parameter to 0, an acknowledgment is sent immediately after an out-of-sequence segment is received.

Example

The following example sets up two sessions and sets a maximum number of four out-of-sequence segments for each session:

ss7 session-0 address 255.255.255.251 7000 255.255.255.254 7001
ss7 session-0 m_outseq 4
ss7 session-1 address 255.255.255.253 7002 255.255.255.254 7000
ss7 session-1 m_outseq 4

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 session retrans_t

Sets the retransmission timer.

ss7 session m_retrans

Sets the maximum number of times that the RUDP attempts to resend a segment before declaring the connection invalid.

ss7 session m_rcvnum

Sets the maximum number of segments that the remote end can send before receiving an acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_cumack

Sets the maximum number of segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an acknowledgment.

ss7 session k_pt

Sets the null segment (keepalive) timer.

ss7 session cumack_t

Sets the cumulative acknowledgment timer.

show ss7

Displays the SS7 configuration.

ss7 session m_rcvnum

To set the maximum number of segments that the remote end can send before receiving an acknowledgment in a specific SS7 signaling link session, enter the ss7 session m_rcvnum global configuration command. The no form of the command restores the default value.

ss7 session-session number m_rcvnum segments

no ss7 session-session number m_rcvnum


Note Use the default setting. Do not change session timers unless instructed to do so by Cisco technical support. Changing timers may result in service interruption or outage.

Syntax Description

session-number

SS7 session number. Valid values are 0 and 1. You must enter the hyphen, with no space following it, after the session keyword.

segments

Use this parameter to specify the maximum number of segments that the remote (Cisco IOS) end can send before receiving an acknowledgment.

Valid values are from 1 to 64.

Default

The default value is 32 segments.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The outstanding segments counter is the maximum number of segments that the Cisco IOS end of the connection can send without getting an acknowledgment from the receiver. The receiver uses the counter for flow control.

Example

The following example sets up two sessions and for each session sets a maximum of 36 segments for receipt before an acknowledgment:

ss7 session-0 address 255.255.255.251 7000 255.255.255.254 7001
ss7 session-0 m_rcvnum 36
ss7 session-1 address 255.255.255.253 7002 255.255.255.254 7000
ss7 session-1 m_rcvnum 36

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 session retrans_t

Sets the retransmission timer.

ss7 session m_retrans

Sets the maximum number of times that the Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) attempts to resend a segment before declaring the connection invalid.

ss7 session m_outseq

Sets the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an extended acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_cumack

Sets the maximum number of segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an acknowledgment.

ss7 session k_pt

Sets the null segment (keepalive) timer.

ss7 session cumack_t

Sets the cumulative acknowledgment timer.

show ss7

Displays the SS7 configuration.

ss7 session m_retrans

To set the maximum number of times that the Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) attempts to resend a segment before declaring the connection invalid in a specific SS7 signaling link session, enter the ss7 session m_retrans global configuration command. The no form of the command restores the default value.

ss7 session-session number m_retrans number

no ss7 session-session number m_retrans


Note Use the default setting. Do not change session timers unless instructed to do so by Cisco technical support. Changing timers may result in service interruption or outage.

Syntax Description

session-number

SS7 session number. Valid values are 0 and 1. You must enter the hyphen, with no space following it, after the session keyword.

number

Use this parameter to specify the maximum number of times that the RRUDP attempts to resend a segment before declaring the connection broken.

Valid values are from 0 to 255.

Default

The default value is 2 times.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The retransmission counter is the number of times a segment has been retransmitted. If this counter reaches the configured maximum, the transmitter resets the connection and informs the upper-layer protocol.

If you set this parameter to 0, the RUDP attempts to resend the segment continuously.

Example

The following example sets up two sessions and for each session sets a maximum number of three times to resend before a session becomes invalid:

ss7 session-0 address 255.255.255.251 7000 255.255.255.254 7001
ss7 session-0 m_retrans 3
ss7 session-1 address 255.255.255.253 7002 255.255.255.254 7000
ss7 session-1 m_retrans 3

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 session retrans_t

Sets the retransmission timer.

ss7 session m_rcvnum

Sets the maximum number of segments that the remote end can send before receiving an acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_outseq

Sets the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an extended acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_cumack

Sets the maximum number of segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an acknowledgment.

ss7 session k_pt

Sets the null segment (keepalive) timer.

ss7 session cumack_t

Sets the cumulative acknowledgment timer.

show ss7

Displays the SS7 configuration.

ss7 session retrans_t

To set the amount of time that the Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) waits to receive an acknowledgment for a segment in a specific SS7 signaling link session, enter the ss7 session retrans_t global configuration command. If it does not receive the acknowledgment in this time period, the RUDP retransmits the segment. The no form of the command restores the default value.

ss7 session-session number retrans_t milliseconds

no ss7 session-session number retrans_t


Note Use the default setting. Do not change session timers unless instructed to do so by Cisco technical support. Changing timers may result in service interruption or outage.

Syntax Description

session-number

SS7 session number. Valid values are 0 and 1. You must enter the hyphen, with no space following it, after the session keyword.

milliseconds

Use this parameter to specify the amount of time that the RUDP waits to receive an acknowledgment for a segment.

Valid values are from 100 to 65535.

Default

The default value is 600 milliseconds.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The retransmission timer is used to determine whether a packet must be retransmitted and is initialized each time a data, null, or reset segment is sent. If an acknowledgment for the segment is not received by the time the retransmission timer expires, all segments that have been transmitted---but not acknowledged---are retransmitted.

This value should be greater than the value configured for the cumulative acknowledgment timer by using the ss7 session cumack_t command.

Example

The following example sets up two sessions and specifies 550 milliseconds as the time to wait for an acknowledgment for each session:

ss7 session-0 address 255.255.255.251 7000 255.255.255.254 7001
ss7 session-0 retrans_t 550
ss7 session-1 address 255.255.255.253 7002 255.255.255.254 7000
ss7 session-1 retrans_t 550

Related Commands

Command Description

ss7 session m_retrans

Sets the maximum number of times that the RUDP attempts to resend a segment before declaring the connection invalid.

ss7 session m_rcvnum

Sets the maximum number of segments that the remote end can send before receiving an acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_outseq

Sets the maximum number of out-of-sequence segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an extended acknowledgment.

ss7 session m_cumack

Sets the maximum number of segments that can be received before the RUDP sends an acknowledgment.

ss7 session k_pt

Sets the null segment (keepalive) timer.

ss7 session cumack_t

Sets the cumulative acknowledgment timer.

show ss7

Displays the SS7 configuration.

ss7 set failover-timer

To specify the amount of time that the SS7 Session Manager waits for the active session to recover or for the standby Media Gateway Controller to indicate that the SLT should switch traffic to the standby session, enter the ss7 set failover-timer global configuration command. The no form of the command restores the default setting.

ss7 set failover-timer [seconds]

no ss7 set failover-timer

Syntax Description

seconds

Time in seconds that the Session Manager waits for a session to recover. Values from 1 through 10 are valid.

Default

The default is 3 seconds.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command specifies the number of seconds that the Session Manager waits for the the active session to recover or for the standby Media Gateway Controller to indicate that the SLT should switch traffic to the standby session and to make that session the active session. If the timer expires without a recovery of the original session or an active message from the standby Media Gateway Controller, the signaling links are taken out of service.

Example

The following example sets the failover timer to four seconds:

ss7 set failover-timer 4

Related Commands

Command Description

show ss7 sm set

Displays the current failover timer setting.

ss7 session

Establishes a session.

Debug Commands

This section documents new or modified debug commands.

debug rudpv0 application

To enable SS7 Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) application debugging, enter the debug rudpv0 application privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug rudpv0 application

no debug rudpv0 application


Note  Use this command only for testing problems in a controlled environment. This command can generate signficant amounts of output. If there is any significant amount of traffic flow when you issue the command, the processor may slow down so much that RUDP connections fail.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command's output shows the sequence numbers of segments as they are being passed to the upper layer protocol.

Example

The following is an example of debug rudpv0 application command output:

*Mar  1 00:41:09.387: Turning application debugging on
*Mar  1 00:41:09.395: Send to appl, seq 204
*Mar  1 00:41:13.722: Send to appl, seq 205
*Mar  1 00:41:23.631: Send to appl, seq 206
*Mar  1 00:41:37.225: Send to appl, seq 207
*Mar  1 00:41:37.225: Send to appl, seq 208
*Mar  1 00:41:37.225: Send to appl, seq 209
*Mar  1 00:41:39.404: Send to appl, seq 210
*Mar  1 00:41:39.444: Send to appl, seq 211
*Mar  1 00:41:48.632: Send to appl, seq 212

debug rudpv0 performance

To view information about sent and received SS7 Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) packets, enter the debug rudpv0 performance privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug rudpv0 performance

no debug rudpv0 performance

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command's output shows the average number of segments sent and received per second for all RUDP connections combined. The "Sent" and "Rcvd" counts report the total number of segments (both internal RUDP segments and data segments) averaged over the time since the last issue of the clear rudpv0 statistics command or the last reboot.

The "Data Bytes" and packet counts are averaged only over the number of segments when there is actual data traffic flowing. For example, sent keepalive segments do not affect these counts.

Example

The following is an example of debug rudpv0 performance command output:

Router# debug rudpv0 performance
*Mar  1 01:12:34.065: Turning performance debugging on
*Mar  1 01:12:41.817:
*Mar  1 01:12:41.817: Sent: Pkts 1,  Data Bytes 118,  Data Pkts 1
*Mar  1 01:12:41.817: Rcvd: Pkts 1,  Data Bytes 47,  Data Pkts 1
*Mar  1 01:12:41.817: Discarded: 0,  Retransmitted 0
*Mar  1 01:12:41.817:
*Mar  1 01:12:51.846:
*Mar  1 01:12:51.846: Sent: Pkts 1,  Data Bytes 118,  Data Pkts 1
*Mar  1 01:12:51.846: Rcvd: Pkts 1,  Data Bytes 47,  Data Pkts 1
*Mar  1 01:12:51.846: Discarded: 0,  Retransmitted 0
*Mar  1 01:12:51.846:
*Mar  1 01:13:01.874:
*Mar  1 01:13:01.874: Sent: Pkts 1,  Data Bytes 118,  Data Pkts 1
*Mar  1 01:13:01.874: Rcvd: Pkts 1,  Data Bytes 47,  Data Pkts 1
*Mar  1 01:13:01.874: Discarded: 0,  Retransmitted 0
*Mar  1 01:13:01.874:
*Mar  1 01:13:11.907:
*Mar  1 01:13:11.907: Sent: Pkts 1,  Data Bytes 118,  Data Pkts 1
*Mar  1 01:13:11.907: Rcvd: Pkts 1,  Data Bytes 47,  Data Pkts 1
*Mar  1 01:13:11.907: Discarded: 0,  Retransmitted 0
*Mar  1 01:13:11.907:
*Mar  1 01:13:21.931:
*Mar  1 01:13:21.931: Sent: Pkts 1,  Data Bytes 118,  Data Pkts 1
*Mar  1 01:13:21.931: Rcvd: Pkts 1,  Data Bytes 47,  Data Pkts 1

debug rudpv0 retransmit

To show information about SS7 Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) retransmit timer performance, enter the debug rudpv0 retransmit privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug rudpv0 retransmit

no debug rudpv0 retransmit


Note  Use this command only for testing problems in a controlled environment. This command can generate signficant amounts of output. If there is any significant amount of traffic flow when you issue the command, the processor may slow down so much that RUDP connections fail.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command's output shows internal RUDP events involved in retransmitting segments.

Example

The following is an example of debug rudpv0 retransmit command output:

Router# debug rudpv0 retransmit
*Mar  1 01:14:21.405: Turning retransmit/softreset debugging on
*Mar  1 01:14:21.633: Retrans timer, set to ack 67
*Mar  1 01:14:22.647: Retrans timer, set to ack 45
*Mar  1 01:14:23.636: Retrans timer, set to ack 46
*Mar  1 01:14:23.636: Retrans timer, set to ack 68
*Mar  1 01:14:25.640: Retrans timer, set to ack 47
*Mar  1 01:14:25.644: Retrans timer, set to ack 69
*Mar  1 01:14:27.639: Retrans timer, set to ack 48
*Mar  1 01:14:27.643: Retrans timer, set to ack 70
*Mar  1 01:14:29.642: Retrans timer, set to ack 49
*Mar  1 01:14:29.646: Retrans timer, set to ack 71
*Mar  1 01:14:31.645: Retrans timer, set to ack 50
*Mar  1 01:14:31.649: Retrans timer, set to ack 72
*Mar  1 01:14:33.649: Retrans timer, set to ack 51
*Mar  1 01:14:33.653: Retrans timer, set to ack 73
*Mar  1 01:14:35.648: Retrans timer, set to ack 52
*Mar  1 01:14:35.652: Retrans timer, set to ack 74
*Mar  1 01:14:37.203: Retrans timer, set to ack 53
*Mar  1 01:14:37.655: Retrans timer, set to ack 75
*Mar  1 01:14:39.210: Retrans timer, set to ack 56
*Mar  1 01:14:39.659: Retrans timer, set to ack 76
*Mar  1 01:14:41.209: Retrans timer, set to ack 57
*Mar  1 01:14:41.662: Retrans timer, set to ack 77

debug rudpv0 segment

To show information about segments being sent and received by the SS7 Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP), enter the debug rudpv0 segment privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug rudpv0 segment

no debug rudpv0 segment


Note  Use this command only for testing problems in a controlled environment. This command can generate signficant amounts of output. If there is any significant amount of traffic flow when you issue the command, the processor may slow down so much that RUDP connections fail.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command's output shows segments that are being sent and received by the RUDP and the control bits that are set in those segments. The number in parentheses is the length of the segment.

Example

The following is an example of debug rudpv0 segment command output:

*Mar  1 01:16:57.981: Turning segment debugging on
*Mar  1 01:16:58.005: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 30..145 (4),
*Mar  1 01:16:58.642: RUDP:  Send NUL ACK 143..155 (4),
*Mar  1 01:16:58.895: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 156..143 (4),
*Mar  1 01:16:59.808: RUDP:  Send NUL ACK 146..29 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:00.105: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 30..146 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:00.646: RUDP:  Send NUL ACK 144..155 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:00.898: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 156..144 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:01.812: RUDP:  Send NUL ACK 147..29 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:02.108: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 30..147 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:02.645: RUDP:  Send NUL ACK 145..155 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:02.897: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 156..145 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:03.811: RUDP:  Send NUL ACK 148..29 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:04.107: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 30..148 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:04.648: RUDP:  Send NUL ACK 146..155 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:04.897: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 156..146 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:05.814: RUDP:  Send NUL ACK 149..29 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:06.107: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 30..149 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:06.652: RUDP:  Send NUL ACK 147..155 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:06.896: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 156..147 (4),
*Mar  1 01:17:07.188: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 156..147 (24),
*Mar  1 01:17:07.192: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 157..147 (24),
*Mar  1 01:17:07.192: RUDP:  Rcvd ACK 158..147 (24),
*Mar  1 01:17:07.196: RUDP:  Send ACK 148..158 (136),

debug rudpv0 signal

To enable SS7 Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) signaling debugging, enter the debug rudpv0 signal privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug rudpv0 signal

no debug rudpv0 signal

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command's output shows the signals the RUDP is sending to the upper-layer protocol.

Example

The following is an example of debug rudpv0 signal command output:

Router# debug rudpv0 signal
*Mar  1 00:00:35.093:Turning signal debugging on
*Mar  1 00:02:29.060:Sent CONN_RESET_SIG to connID 811BE94C
*Mar  1 00:02:30.061:Sent CONN_OPEN_SIG to connID 811BE94C
*Mar  1 00:04:11.195:Sent CONN_RESET_SIG to connID 811BEB24
*Mar  1 00:04:15.202:Sent CONN_OPEN_SIG to connID 811BEB24

debug rudpv0 timer

To see SS7 Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) timer delay setting and start and stops, enter the debug rudpv0 timer privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug rudpv0 timer

no debug rudpv0 timer

Warning Use this command only for testing problems in a controlled environment. This command can generate signficant amounts of output. If there is any significant amount of traffic flow when you issue the command, the processor may slow down so much that RUDP connections fail. This command is recommended for field support personnel only, and is not recommended for use without prior recommendation from Cisco.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command's output shows the timers that RUDP starts and stops, as well as those that expire.

Example

The following is an example of debug rudpv0 timer command output showing the configured delays for active timers used in the specified connections (connection ID 81164054 and so on):

Router# debug rudpv0 timer
*Mar  1 01:19:46.842: Turning timer debugging on
*Mar  1 01:19:47.479: Timer Keepalive (NullSeg) triggered for conn = 81164054
*Mar  1 01:19:47.479: Starting Retrans timer for connP = 81164054, delay = 600
*Mar  1 01:19:47.479: Stopping SentList timer for connP = 81164054
*Mar  1 01:19:47.479: Starting NullSeg timer for connP = 81164054, delay = 2000
*Mar  1 01:19:47.700: Stopping Retrans timer for connP = 81164054
*Mar  1 01:19:47.992: Timer Keepalive (NullSeg) triggered for conn = 8116422C
*Mar  1 01:19:47.992: Starting Retrans timer for connP = 8116422C, delay = 600
*Mar  1 01:19:47.992: Stopping SentList timer for connP = 8116422C
*Mar  1 01:19:47.992: Starting NullSeg timer for connP = 8116422C, delay = 2000
*Mar  1 01:19:48.196: Stopping Retrans timer for connP = 8116422C
*Mar  1 01:19:48.629: Starting Retrans timer for connP = 81164054, delay = 600
*Mar  1 01:19:48.629: Stopping SentList timer for connP = 81164054

debug ss7 mtp2 aerm

To display SS7 MTP 2 Alignment Error Rate Monitor (AERM) events and state transitions, enter the debug ss7 mtp2 aerm privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 aerm [channel]

no debug ss7 mtp2 aerm

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 aerm command output. See the MTP 2 specification for details:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 aerm 0
*Mar  8 08:59:30.991:itu2AERM_Start  chnl=0  MTP2AERM_IDLE
*Mar  8 08:59:35.070:itu2AERM_Stop  chnl=0  MTP2AERM_MONITORING

debug ss7 mtp2 backhaul

To display SS7 MTP 2 events and messages received from the Media Gateway Controller and sent to the Media Gateway Controller, enter the debug ss7 mtp2 backhaul privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 backhaul [channel]

no debug ss7 mtp2 backhaul

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command helps debug communications between the Media Gateway Controller and the Cisco 2611.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 backhaul command output for channel 0:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 backhaul 0
*Mar  1 03:08:04.433: MTP2: send Disc Ind  ch=0  reason=0x14-T2 expired waiting for SIO
*Mar  1 03:08:04.433: MTP2: send LSC Ind  ch=0  event=0x8-lost link alignment cause=0x0
*Mar  1 03:08:08.721: MTP2: rcvd Conn Req - Normal  ch=0
*Mar  1 03:08:10.311: MTP2: rcvd Statistics Req-Send&Reset   ch=0
*Mar  1 03:08:10.311: MTP2: send Stats Cfm  ch=0
*Mar  1 03:08:20.440: MTP2: send Disc Ind  ch=0  reason=0x14-T2 expired waiting for SIO
*Mar  1 03:08:20.444: MTP2: send LSC Ind  ch=0  event=0x8-lost link alignment cause=0x0
*Mar  1 03:08:24.719: MTP2: rcvd Conn Req - Normal  ch=0
*Mar  1 03:08:36.438: MTP2: send Disc Ind  ch=0  reason=0x14-T2 expired waiting for SIO
*Mar  1 03:08:36.438: MTP2: send LSC Ind  ch=0  event=0x8-lost link alignment cause=0x0
*Mar  1 03:08:40.312: MTP2: rcvd Statistics Req-Send&Reset   ch=0
*Mar  1 03:08:40.312: MTP2: send Stats Cfm  ch=0
*Mar  1 03:08:40.721: MTP2: rcvd Conn Req - Normal  ch=0
*Mar  1 03:08:52.444: MTP2: send Disc Ind  ch=0  reason=0x14-T2 expired waiting for SIO
*Mar  1 03:08:52.444: MTP2: send LSC Ind  ch=0  event=0x8-lost link alignment cause=0x0
*Mar  1 03:08:56.719: MTP2: rcvd Conn Req - Normal  ch=0
*Mar  1 03:09:08.438: MTP2: send Disc Ind  ch=0  reason=0x14-T2 expired waiting for SIO
*Mar  1 03:09:08.438: MTP2: send LSC Ind  ch=0  event=0x8-lost link alignment cause=0x0
 

The following tables explain codes that appear in the command output.


Table 9:
Event Code Explanation

0x0

local processor outage

0x1

Local processor outage recovered

0x2

Entered a congested state

0x3

Exited a congested state

0x4

Physical layer up

0x5

Physical layer down

0x7

Protocol error (see cause code)

0x8

Link alignment lost

0x9

Retransmit buffer full

0xa

Retransmit buffer no longer full

0xb

Negative acknowledgment received from far end

0xc

Remote entered congestion

0xd

Remote exited congestion

0xe

Remote entered processor outage

0xf

Remote exited processor outage

Backhaul Debug Event Codes

Table 10:
Cause Code Explanation

0x0

Cause unknown - default

0x1

Management initiated

0x2

Abnormal BSN (Backward Sequence Number)

0x3

Abnormal FIB (Forward Indicator Bit)

0x4

Congestion discard

Backhaul Debug Cause Codes

Table 11:
Cause Code Explanation

0x0

Layer management request

0x1

SUERM (Signal Unit Error Monitor) failure

0x2

Excessively long alignment period

0x3

T7 timer expired

0x4

Physical interface failure

0x5

Two or three invalid BSNs

0x6

Two or three invalid FIBs

0x7

LSSU (Link Status Signal Unit) condition

0x8

Excessive MTP 2 congestion

0x13

SIOs (Service Information Octets) received in Link State Control (LSC)

0x14

Timer T2 expired waiting for SIO

0x15

Timer T3 expired waiting for SIE/SIN

0x16

SIO received in initial alignment control (IAC)

0x17

Proving period failure

0x18

Timer T1 expired waiting for FISU (Fill-In Signal Unit)

0x19

SIN received in in-service state

0x20

CTS lost

0x25

No resources

Backhaul Debug Reason Codes

debug ss7 mtp2 cong

To display information about SS7 MTP 2 congestion state machine events and transitions, enter the debug mtp2 cong privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 cong [channel]

no debug mtp2 cong

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 cong command output. See the MTP 2 specification for details:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 cong 0
*Mar  8 09:10:56.219:itu2CongestionOnset  chnl=0  MTP2CONGESTION_IDLE
*Mar  8 09:10:59.332:itu2CongestionAbatement chnl=0
MTP2CONGESTION_ACTIVE
*Mar  8 09:11:01.143:itu2CongestionAbatement chnl=0  MTP2CONGESTION_IDLE

debug ss7 mtp2 iac

To display information about SS7 MTP 2 initial alignment control (IAC) events and transitions, enter the debug ss7 mtp2 iac privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 iac [channel]
no debug mtp2 iac

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 iac command output. See the MTP 2 specification for details:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 iac 0
*Mar  8 09:17:58.367:itu2IAC_Start  chnl=0  MTP2IAC_IDLE
*Mar  8 09:17:58.739:itu2IAC_Rcvd_SIO  chnl=0  MTP2IAC_NOT_ALIGNED
*Mar  8 09:17:58.739:itu2IAC_Rcvd_SIN  chnl=0  MTP2IAC_ALIGNED
*Mar  8 09:17:58.739:itu2IAC_Rcvd_SIN  chnl=0  MTP2IAC_PROVING
*Mar  8 09:18:02.814:itu2IAC_T4_TMO   chnl=0  MTP2IAC_PROVING

debug ss7 mtp2 lsc

To display information about SS7 MTP 2 Link State Control (LSC) events and transitions, enter the debug ss7 mtp2 lsc privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 lsc [channel]
no debug mtp2 lsc

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 lsc command output. See the MTP 2 specification for details:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 lsc 0
*Mar  8 09:20:21.105:itu2LSC_Rcvd_SIOS  chnl=0  MTP2LSC_INSERVICE
*Mar  8 09:20:21.121:itu2LSC_Retrieve_BSNT  chnl=0  MTP2LSC_OOS
*Mar  8 09:20:22.058:itu2LSC_SetEmergency  chnl=0  MTP2LSC_OOS
*Mar  8 09:20:22.058:itu2LSC_Start  chnl=0  MTP2LSC_OOS
*Mar  8 09:20:33.785:itu2LSC_AlignmentNotPossible  chnl=0
MTP2LSC_INITIAL_ALIGNMENT
*Mar  8 09:20:38.758:itu2LSC_SetEmergency  chnl=0  MTP2LSC_OOS
*Mar  8 09:20:38.758:itu2LSC_Start  chnl=0  MTP2LSC_OOS
*Mar  8 09:20:44.315:itu2LSC_Rcvd_SIO  chnl=0  MTP2LSC_INITIAL_ALIGNMENT
*Mar  8 09:20:44.315:itu2LSC_Rcvd_SIO  chnl=0  MTP2LSC_INITIAL_ALIGNMENT
*Mar  8 09:20:44.319:itu2LSC_Rcvd_SIE  chnl=0  MTP2LSC_INITIAL_ALIGNMENT
*Mar  8 09:20:44.319:itu2LSC_Rcvd_SIE  chnl=0  MTP2LSC_INITIAL_ALIGNMENT
*Mar  8 09:20:48.397:itu2LSC_AlignmentComplete  chnl=0
MTP2LSC_INITIAL_ALIGNMENT
 

debug ss7 mtp2 msu

To trace backhaul SS7 MTP 2 Message Signaling Units (MSUs), enter the debug ss7 mtp2 msu command during a low-traffic period. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 msu [channel]
no debug mtp2 msu

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

MSUs carry addressed signaling information for call setup and tear down and SS7 network management.

This command's output can slow traffic under busy conditions, so enter it when there is low traffic.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 msu command output for channel 2:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 msu 2
*Mar  1 01:01:12.447: MTP2: send MSU Ind  ch=2  len=25
*Mar  1 01:01:12.455: MTP2: rcvd MSU Req  ch=2  len=252

debug ss7 mtp2 packet

To display debug messages for SS7 MTP 2 packets, enter the debug ss7 mtp2 packet privileged EXEC privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 packet [channel] [all]

no debug ss7 mtp2 packet

Warning Use this command only for testing problems in a controlled environment. This command can generate signficant amounts of output. If there is any significant amount of traffic flow when you issue the command, the processor may slow down so much that RUDP connections fail. This command is recommended for field support personnel only, and is not recommended for use without prior recommendation from Cisco.

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

all

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number or enter the all keyword, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 packet command output for channel 0:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 packet 0
*Mar  1 00:53:00.052: MTP2 incoming trace enabled on channel 0.
*Mar  1 00:53:00.052: MTP2 outgoing trace enabled on channel 0.
*Mar  1 00:53:07.220: ---- Incoming Rudp msg (20 bytes) ----
SM_msg_type    0x00008000
protocol_type  0x0001
msg_ID         0x0001
msg_type       0x0044
channel_ID     0x0000
bearer_ID      0x0000
length         0x0004
data           0x00000001
 
*Mar  1 00:53:07.224: ---- Outgoing Rudp msg (132 bytes) ----
SM_msg_type    0x00008000
protocol_type  0x0001
msg_ID         0x0001
msg_type       0x0045
channel_ID     0x0000
bearer_ID      0x0000
length         0x0074
data           0x0000001E 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
               0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
               0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
               0x00000002 0x00000000 0x00008317 0x00000000
               0x00000002 0x00000000 0x00000008 0x009B5C97
               0x00000000 0x0032A2A7 0x0000061C 0x000000BF
               0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000006 0x00000000
               0x000000ED
 
*Mar  1 00:53:11.343: ---- Outgoing Rudp msg (41 bytes) ----
SM_msg_type    0x00008000
protocol_type  0x0001
msg_ID         0x0000
msg_type       0x0011
channel_ID     0x0000
bearer_ID      0x0000
length         0x0019
data           0x8201190A 0x03190A00 0x11F01122 0x33445566
               0x778899AA 0xBBCCDDEE
 
*Mar  1 00:53:11.351: ---- Incoming Rudp msg (41 bytes) ----
SM_msg_type    0x00008000
protocol_type  0x0001
msg_ID         0x0001
msg_type       0x0010
channel_ID     0x0000
bearer_ID      0x0000
length         0x0019
data           0xB203190A 0x01190A00 0x21F01122 0x33445566
               0x778899AA 0xBBCCDDEE
 
*Mar  1 00:53:13.739: ---- Incoming Rudp msg (27 bytes) ----
SM_msg_type    0x00008000
protocol_type  0x0001
msg_ID         0x0001
msg_type       0x0010
channel_ID     0x0000
bearer_ID      0x0000
length         0x000B
data           0x9503190A 0x01190A00
 
 

debug ss7 mtp2 rcv

To display information about SS7 MTP 2 receiver state machine events and transitions, enter the debug ss7 mtp2 rcv privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 rcv [channel]

no debug mtp2 rcv

Warning Use this command only for testing problems in a controlled environment. This command can generate signficant amounts of output. If there is any significant amount of traffic flow when you issue the command, the processor may slow down so much that RUDP connections fail. This command is recommended for field support personnel only, and is not recommended for use without prior recommendation from Cisco.

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 to 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 rcv command output. See the MTP 2 specification for details:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 rcv 0
*Mar  8 09:22:35.160:itu2RC_Stop  chnl=0  MTP2RC_INSERVICE
*Mar  8 09:22:35.164:itu2RC_Start  chnl=0  MTP2RC_IDLE
*Mar  8 09:22:52.565:BSNR not in window
        bsnr=2  bibr=0x80    fsnr=66  fibr=0x80  fsnf=0  fsnl=127  fsnx=0
fsnt=127
 
*Mar  8 09:22:52.569:BSNR not in window
        bsnr=2  bibr=0x80    fsnr=66  fibr=0x80  fsnf=0  fsnl=127  fsnx=0
fsnt=127
 
*Mar  8 09:22:52.569:AbnormalBSN_flag == TRUE
*Mar  8 09:22:52.569:itu2RC_Stop  chnl=0  MTP2RC_INSERVICE
*Mar  8 09:22:57.561:itu2RC_Start  chnl=0  MTP2RC_IDLE

debug ss7 mtp2 suerm

To display information about SS7 MTP 2 Signal Unit Error Rate Monitor (SUERM) state machine events and transitions, enter the debug ss7 mtp2 suerm privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 suerm [channel]

no debug mtp2 suerm

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 suerm command output. See the MTP 2 specification for details:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 suerm 0
*Mar  8 09:33:51.108:itu2SUERM_Stop  chnl=0  MTP2SUERM_MONITORING
*Mar  8 09:34:00.155:itu2SUERM_Start  chnl=0  MTP2SUERM_IDLE

debug ss7 mtp2 timer

To display information about SS7 Message Transfer Part level 2 (MTP 2) timer starts and stops, enter the debug ss7 mtp2 timer privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 timer [channel]

no debug mtp2 timer

Warning Use this command only for testing problems in a controlled environment. This command can generate signficant amounts of output. If there is any significant amount of traffic flow when you issue the command, the processor may slow down so much that RUDP connections fail. This command is recommended for field support personnel only, and is not recommended for use without prior recommendation from Cisco.

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 timer command output for channel 0:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 timer 0
*Mar  1 01:08:13.738: Timer T7 (ex delay) Start    chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:08:13.762: Timer T7 (ex delay) Stop     chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:08:13.786: Timer T7 (ex delay) Start    chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:08:13.810: Timer T7 (ex delay) Stop     chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:08:43.819: Timer T7 (ex delay) Start    chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:08:43.843: Timer T7 (ex delay) Stop     chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:08:48.603: Timer T7 (ex delay) Start    chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:08:48.627: Timer T7 (ex delay) Stop     chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:09:13.784: Timer T7 (ex delay) Start    chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:09:13.808: Timer T7 (ex delay) Stop     chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:09:13.885: Timer T7 (ex delay) Start    chnl=0
*Mar  1 01:09:13.909: Timer T7 (ex delay) Stop     chnl=0

debug ss7 mtp2 txc

To display information about SS7 MTP 2 transmit state machine events and transitions, enter the debug ss7 mtp2 txc privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 mtp2 txc [channel]

no debug mtp2 txc

Warning Use this command only for testing problems in a controlled environment. This command can generate signficant amounts of output. If there is any significant amount of traffic flow when you issue the command, the processor may slow down so much that RUDP connections fail. This command is recommended for field support personnel only, and is not recommended for use without prior recommendation from Cisco.

Syntax Description

channel

Enter a logical channel number. Valid values are from 0 through 3.

Default

If you do not specify a channel number, the command displays information for channel 0.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 mtp2 txc command output for channel 2. The transmission control is functioning and updating Backward Sequence Numbers (BSNs). See the MTP 2 specification for details:

Router# debug ss7 mtp2 txc 2
*Mar  1 01:10:13.831: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:13.831: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:13.831: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:13.839: itu2TXC_PDU2xmit  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:13.863: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:13.863: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:23.603: itu2TXC_PDU2xmit  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:23.627: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:23.627: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:23.631: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:23.631: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:23.635: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:43.900: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:43.900: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:43.900: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:43.908: itu2TXC_PDU2xmit  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:43.928: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVICE
*Mar  1 01:10:43.932: itu2TXC_bsn_update  chnl=2  MTP2TXC_INSERVIC

debug ss7 sm session

To display debugging information for an SS7 Session Manager session, enter the debug ss7 sm session privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 sm session [session]

no debug ss7 sm session

Syntax Description

session

Specifies a session, 0 or 1.

Default

If you do not specify a session, the command shows information for both sessions.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to watch the Session Manager and RUDP sessions. The Session Manager is responsible for establishing the RUDP connectivity to the Media Gateway Controller.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 sm session command output for session 0. The Session Manager has established the connection (RUDP_CONN_OPEN_SIG):

Router# debug ss7 sm session-0
*Mar  8 09:37:52.119:SM:rudp signal RUDP_SOFT_RESET_SIG, session = 0
*Mar  8 09:37:58.129:SM:rudp signal RUDP_CONN_RESET_SIG, session = 0
*Mar  8 09:37:58.129:SM:Opening session[0] to 10.5.0.4:8060
*Mar  8 09:37:58.137:SM:rudp signal RUDP_CONN_OPEN_SIG, session = 0

debug ss7 sm set

To display debugging information for the SS7 Session Manager failover timer, enter the debug ss7 sm set privileged EXEC privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 sm set

no debug ss7 sm set

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Default

There is no default.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to watch the Session Manager progression for the set, which is the aggregation of the two RUDP sessions. **What should the user be looking for?**

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 sm set command output. The Session Manager connection is up (SM_UP):

Router# debug ss7 sm set
*Mar  6 12:37:10.176:SESSION SET STATE-INACTIVE   Active session = 1
*Mar  6 12:37:10.176:Session[0]:SM SESSION STATE-OPENING  |  Session[1]:
SM SESSION STATE-STANDBY
*Mar  6 12:37:10.176:Event:0x02-SM EVENT-ACTIVE on Session 1
*Mar  6 12:37:10.176:SM:SM_UP sent to MTP2

debug ss7 sm timer

To enable SS7 Session Manager timer debugging, enter the debug rudp timer privileged EXEC privileged EXEC command. The no form of this command disables debugging output.

debug ss7 sm timer

no ss7 sm timer

Warning Use this command only for testing problems in a controlled environment. This command can generate signficant amounts of output. If there is any significant amount of traffic flow when you issue the command, the processor may slow down so much that RUDP connections fail. This command is recommended for field support personnel only, and is not recommended for use without prior recommendation from Cisco.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)XR and 12.1(1)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to watch the Session Manager timer progressions.

Example

The following is an example of debug ss7 sm timer command output:

Router# debug ss7 sm timer
*Mar  6 12:38:30.483:SM:Open Timer is stoped for Session=0
*Mar  6 12:38:30.483:SM:Open Timer is started for Session=0
*Mar  6 12:41:56.141:SM:Fail-Over Timer is stopped

Glossary

AIN---Advanced Intelligent Network.

AERM---Alignment Error Rate Monitor. SS7 MTP 2 function that provides monitoring of link alignment errors.

AIS---Alarm Indication Signal. In a T1 transmission, an all-ones signal transmitted instead of the normal signal to maintain transmission continuity and to indicate to the receiving terminal that there is a transmission fault that is located either at, or upstream from, the transmitting terminal.

AMI---Alternate Mark Inversion. Line-code type used on T1 and E1 circuits. In AMI, zeros are represented by 01 during each bit cell, and ones are represented by 11 or 00, alternately, during each bit cell. AMI requires that the sending device maintain ones density. Ones density is not maintained independently of the data stream. Sometimes called binary coded alternate mark inversion. Compare with B8ZS.

B8ZS---binary 8-zero substitution. Line-code type, used on T1 and E1 circuits, in which a special code is substituted whenever 8 consecutive zeros are sent over the link. This code is then interpreted at the remote end of the connection. This technique guarantees ones density independent of the data stream. Sometimes called bipolar 8-zero substitution. Compare with AMI.

BER---bit error rate. Ratio of received bits that contain errors.

BIB---Backward Indicator Bit. Part of an SS7 MSU that when toggled signals a negative acknowledgment by the remote signaling point.

BISDN---Broadband ISDN. ITU-T communication standards designed to handle high-bandwidth applications such as video. BISDN currently uses ATM technology over SONET-based transmission circuits to provide data rates from 155 to 622 Mbps and more.

BSN---Backward Sequence Number. Part of SS7 MSU that acknowledges the receipt of signal units by the remote signaling point, contains the sequence number of the signal unit being acknowledged.

CEPT---European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations.

CCB---Channel Control Block.

CRC---cyclic redundancy check. Error-checking technique in which the frame recipient calculates a remainder by dividing frame contents by a prime binary divisor and compares the calculated remainder to a value stored in the frame by the sending node.

CCS---common channel signaling. Signaling system used in telephone networks that separates signaling information from user data. A specified channel is exclusively designated to carry signaling information for all other channels in the system. See also SS7.

CSU---channel service unit. Digital interface device that connects end-user equipment to the local digital telephone loop. Often referred to together with DSU, as CSU/DSU.

DSU---data service unit. Device used in digital transmission that adapts the physical interface on a DTE device to a transmission facility such as T1 or E1. The DSU is also responsible for such functions as signal timing. Often referred to together with CSU, as CSU/DSU.

E1---Wide-area digital transmission scheme used predominantly in Europe that carries data at a rate of 2.048 Mbps. E1 lines can be leased for private use from common carriers.

ESF---Extended Super Frame. Framing type used on T1 circuits that consists of 24 frames of 192 bits each, with the 193rd bit providing timing and other functions. ESF is an enhanced version of SF.

FDL---Facility Data Link. A 4-Kbps channel, provided by the Extended SuperFrame (ESF) T1 framing format. The FDL performs outside the payload capacity and allows a service provider to check error statistics on terminating equipment, without intrusion.

FISU---Fill-In Signal Unit. SS7 message that is transmitted in both directions whenever other signal units are not present. Provides a CRC checksum for use by both signaling endpoints.

FSN---Forward Sequence Number. Part of an SS7 MSU that contains the sequence number of the signal unit.

HDB3---high density binary 3. Zero suppression line coding used on E1 links.

HDLC---High-Level Data Link Control. Bit-oriented synchronous data link layer protocol developed by ISO. Derived from SDLC, HDLC specifies a data encapsulation method on synchronous serial links using frame characters and checksums.

IAC---Initial Alignment Control. SS7 MTP 2 function that provides the link alignment processing.

INAP---Intelligent Network Application Part. SS7 architectural protocol layer.

ISDN---Integrated Services Digital Network. Communication protocol, offered by telephone companies, that permits telephone networks to carry data, voice, and other source traffic.

ISUP---ISDN User Part. SS7 protocol layer that defines the protocol used to prepare, manage, and release trunks that carry voice and data between calling and called parties.

LOF---loss of frame. Red alarm.

LOS---loss of signal. Red alarm.

LSC---Link State Control. SS7 MTP 2 function that provides the overall coordination of a session.

LSSU---SS7 message that carries one or two octets (8-bit bytes) of link status information between signaling points at either end of a link, used to control link alignment and to provide the status of a signaling point (such as a local processor outage) to the remote signaling point.

MIB---Management Information Base.

MSU---Message Signal Unit. SS7 message that carries call control, database traffic, network management, and network maintenance data in the signaling information field (SIF).

MTP---SS7 protocol layer consisting of three levels.

MTP 1---Message Transfer Part Level 1. SS7 architectural level that defines the physical, electrical, and functional characteristics of the digital signaling link.

MTP 2---Message Transfer Part Level 2. SS7 data link layer protocol. SS7 architectural level that exercises flow control, message sequence validation, error checking, and retransmission.

MTP 3---Message Transfer Part Level 2. SS7 architectural level that provides messages between signaling points in the network, helping control traffic when congestion or failures occur.

PDU---protocol data unit.

RAI---Remote Alarm Indication. Yellow alarm.

RTB---ReTransmit Buffer.

RUDP---Reliable User Datagram Protocol. Cisco proprietary signaling backhaul protocol.

SCCP---Signaling Connection Control Part. SS7 protocol level that provides connectionless and connection-oriented network services, and addressing services. Is the transport layer for TCAP-based services.

SF---SuperFrame. Common framing type used on T1 circuits. SF consists of 12 frames of 192 bits each, with the 193rd bit providing error checking and other functions. SF is superseded by ESF, but is still widely used. Also called D4 framing.

SIF---signaling information field. Part of the MSU that carries call control information.

SLT---Signaling Link Terminal for SS7.

SS7---Signaling System 7. Signaling System 7. Standard CCS system used with BISDN and ISDN. Developed by Bellcore (now Telcordia).

SIO---Service Information Octet. Field of an SS7 MSU that contains a four-bit subservice field and a four-bit service indicator.

SUERM---Signal Unit Error Rate Monitor. SS7 MTP 2 function that provides monitoring of signal unit events.

T1---Digital WAN carrier facility. T1 transmits DS-1-formatted data at 1.544 Mbps through the telephone-switching network, using AMI or B8ZS coding. Compare with E1.

TCAP---Transaction Capabilities Applications Part. SS7 protocol layer that helps exchange non-circuit related data between applications across the network. Handles queries such as verification of a caller's Personal Identification Number (PIN) for telephony billing purposes.

WAN---Wide-area network.

WIC---WAN interface card.


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