Contents
Installation and Upgrade Guide
NSP deployment terms and concepts
NSP fault tolerance and disaster recovery
Workflow to deploy classic IP management
Workflow to deploy resource control
Workflow to deploy the Simulation tool
Workflow to deploy classic IP and model-driven management
Workflow to deploy model-driven management only
Workflow to upgrade small scale optical and classic IP management
Workflow to deploy optical and classic IP management
Workflow to deploy large-scale optical and classic IP management
2. NSP disk setup and partitioning
To deploy an NSP RHEL qcow2 disk image
To configure disk partitions using device UUIDs
To apply the VMware cloud-init workaround
To configure and mount an NSP disk partition
Disk partitioning for trial deployments
Trial partitioning requirements, NSP deployer host and cluster VMs
Trial partitioning requirements, additional NSP components
Trial partitioning requirements, NFM-P components
Disk partitioning for live deployments
Live partitioning requirements, NSP deployer host and cluster VMs
Live partitioning requirements, additional NSP components
Live partitioning requirements, NFM-P components
3. RHEL OS deployment for the NSP
To apply the RHEL 8 swappiness workaround
To apply a RHEL update to an NSP image-based OS
Manual NSP RHEL OS installation
Manually installing the RHEL OS for the NSP
Workflow for manual NSP RHEL OS installation
Required RHEL OS packages for NSP container elements
Required RHEL OS packages for ancillary NSP components
RHEL OS packages to remove from NSP container elements
RHEL OS packages to remove from ancillary components
Required additional OS packages, NFM-P single-user client or client delegate server
To verify the rngd service startup
To enable the NSP crypto-policy function on a manually installed RHEL OS
To set the default Python version
To create the nsp user on a manually installed NSP cluster RHEL OS
To disable the RHEL firewalld service
To set the default umask to 0027
HTTPS Strict-Transport Security (HSTS)
NSP Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Implementation and requirements
To generate custom TLS certificate files for the NSP
To configure and enable a PKI server
To reset the OpenSearch security configuration
To enable TLS communication with the NFM-P using the NFM-P certificate
To suppress security warnings in NSP browser sessions
To configure an NFM-P main server to request a PKI-server TLS certificate
To configure an NFM-P auxiliary server to request a PKI-server TLS certificate
To enable or disable TLS on an auxiliary database
To disable TLS for NFM-P XML API clients
To enable TLS for NFM-P XML API clients
Part II. NSP system deployment
Kubernetes deployment environment
To upgrade the NSP Kubernetes environment
NSP application log forwarding to OpenSearch
NSP application log forwarding to Elasticsearch
NSP application log forwarding to Splunk
NSP application log forwarding to syslog servers
NFM-P server log forwarding to syslog servers
NFM-P server log forwarding to OpenSearch
User activity log forwarding to syslog servers
Configuring Single-Sign-On (SSO)
Configuring LLDP link discovery
Supported installation scenarios
Workflow for NSP system installation
To provision the network bridge for NSP VMs
Workflow for independent NFM-P migration to the NSP
To migrate from an independent NFM-P system to the NSP
8. NSP system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
Upgrading from Release 22.6 or earlier
Workflow for standalone NSP system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
Workflow for DR NSP system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
To back up the Release 22.3 or earlier NSP file service data
To prepare for an NSP system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
To upgrade a Release 22.6 or earlier NSP cluster
9. NSP system upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
Upgrading from Release 22.9 or later
Workflow for standalone NSP system upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
Workflow for DR NSP system upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
To prepare for an NSP system upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
To upgrade a Release 22.9 or later NSP cluster
Supported NSP system conversions
To convert a standalone NSP system to DR
To convert an IPv4 NSP system to an IPv6-enabled NSP system
To migrate from CAS to OAUTH2 NSP user authentication
Workflow for NSP system conversion to multi-interface
Integrating other systems and the NSP
To integrate the NSP and NFM-P
To enable NSP compatibility with an earlier NFM-P system
To enable WS-NOC compatibility with an NSP system
To map external user groups to predefined WS-NOC roles
To install the NSP templates for NSP service management on the NFM-P
To integrate a containerized Release 21.12, 22.6, 22.12, 23.6, or 23.12 WS-NOC and the NSP
Workflow to uninstall an NSP cluster
To uninstall the NSP software from an NSP cluster
To uninstall the NSP Kubernetes software
To uninstall the NSP Kubernetes registry
Part III. NSP component deployment
13. NSP component configuration
Configuring NSP component deployments
NSP RPM-based configuration file
NFM-P deployment configuration
Configuring an NFM-P system deployment
To obtain the UUID of a station
Using hostnames in the management network
Enabling FIPS security for NFM-P network management
Workflow for FIPS-enabled NFM-P discovery of a new device
Workflow for NE conversion to FIPS mode
To verify Nokia RPM-file GPG signatures
To configure a GUI client login form to list multiple NFM-P systems
IGP topology data source configuration
Configuring the IGP topology data source
To change the IGP topology data source
14. NSP component installation
NSP component installation overview
NSP Flow Collector / Flow Collector Controller installation
To install NSP Flow Collectors and Flow Collector Controllers
NSP analytics server installation
To install an NSP analytics server
To commission the VSR-NRC for NSP management
To deploy a trial NFM-P system using a qcow2 disk image
Standalone NFM-P system installation
Standalone system installation workflow
To install a standalone NFM-P system
Redundant NFM-P system installation
Redundant system installation workflow
To install a redundant NFM-P system
Auxiliary server installation workflow
To install an NFM-P auxiliary server
To add auxiliary servers to an NFM-P system
Auxiliary database installation
Installing an auxiliary database
Auxiliary database installation workflow
To prepare a station for auxiliary database installation
To install the auxiliary database software
To add an auxiliary database to a deployment
To add a station to an auxiliary database
To convert a standalone auxiliary database to geo-redundancy
NFM-P single-user GUI client installation
Installing an NFM-P single-user GUI client
To install an NFM-P single-user GUI client
NFM-P client delegate server installation
Installing an NFM-P client delegate server
To add a client delegate server to an NFM-P system
To install an NFM-P client delegate server
15. NSP component upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
NSP component upgrade overview
NSP Flow Collector and Flow Collector Controller upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
To upgrade Release 22.6 or earlier NSP Flow Collector Controllers and NSP Flow Collectors
NSP analytics server upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
To upgrade Release 22.6 or earlier NSP analytics servers
NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
NFM-P system upgrade restrictions
General NFM-P Release 22.6 or earlier upgrade workflow
NFM-P Release 22.6 or earlier pre-upgrade procedures
To prepare for an NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
To prepare an SELinux-enabled Release 22.6 or earlier NFM-P system for an upgrade
Standalone NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
Workflow to upgrade a standalone Release 22.6 or earlier NFM-P system
To upgrade a standalone Release 22.6 or earlier NFM-P system
Redundant NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
Workflow to upgrade a redundant Release 22.6 or earlier NFM-P system
To upgrade a redundant Release 22.6 or earlier NFM-P system
Auxiliary server upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
To upgrade a Release 22.6 or earlier NFM-P auxiliary server
Auxiliary database upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
To upgrade a Release 22.6 or earlier auxiliary database cluster
NFM-P single-user GUI client upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
Upgrading a Release 22.6 or earlier single-user GUI client
To upgrade a Release 22.6 or earlier NFM-P single-user GUI client
NFM-P client delegate server upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier
Upgrading a Release 22.6 or earlier client delegate server
To upgrade a Release 22.6 or earlier NFM-P client delegate server
16. NSP component upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
Upgrading NSP components from Release 22.9 or later
NSP component upgrade overview
NSP Flow Collector and Flow Collector Controller upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
To upgrade Release 22.9 or later NSP Flow Collectors and Flow Collector Controllers
NSP analytics server upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
To upgrade Release 22.9 or later NSP analytics servers
NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
NFM-P system upgrade restrictions
General NFM-P Release 22.9 or later upgrade workflow
NFM-P pre-upgrade procedures for Release 22.9 or later
To prepare for an NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
To prepare an SELinux-enabled NFM-P Release 22.9 or later system for an upgrade
Standalone NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
Workflow to upgrade a standalone Release 22.9 or later NFM-P system
To upgrade a standalone Release 22.9 or later NFM-P system
Redundant NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
Workflow to upgrade a redundant Release 22.9 or later NFM-P system
To upgrade a redundant Release 22.9 or later NFM-P system
Auxiliary server upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
To upgrade a Release 22.9 or later NFM-P auxiliary server
Auxiliary database upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
To upgrade a Release 22.9 or later NFM-P auxiliary database cluster
NFM-P single-user GUI client upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
Upgrading a Release 22.9 or later single-user GUI client
To upgrade a Release 22.9 or later NFM-P single-user GUI client
NFM-P client delegate server upgrade from Release 22.9 or later
Upgrading a Release 22.9 or later client delegate server
To upgrade a Release 22.9 or later NFM-P client delegate server
NSP component conversion procedures
To enable redundancy support on an NSP analytics server
NFM-P system conversion to IPv6
Converting an NFM-P system to IPv6
NFM-P conversion to IPv6 workflow
To perform the pre-conversion tasks
To convert a standalone NFM-P system to IPv6
To convert a redundant NFM-P system to IPv6
NFM-P system conversion to redundancy
Converting an NFM-P system to redundancy
System conversion to redundancy workflow
To convert a standalone NFM-P system to a redundant system
To integrate IP-optical coordination and path simulation
To add a WS-RC controller to IP-optical coordination
19. NSP component uninstallation
Uninstalling supplementary system components
To uninstall an NSP analytics server
To uninstall NSP Flow Collectors
To uninstall NSP Flow Collector Controllers
NFM-P system uninstallation workflow
To uninstall a single-user GUI client
To uninstall a client delegate server
To uninstall an auxiliary server
To uninstall an auxiliary database
To uninstall a collocated main server and database
To uninstall a distributed main server or main database
Appendix A. Removing world permissions from compiler executables
Resetting GCC-compiler file permissions
To remove world permissions from compiler executables
To restore compiler world permissions
Appendix B. NSP Single Sign-On configuration examples
Configuring LDAPS or secure AD
LDAPS configuration for OAUTH2 mode
Secure AD configuration for OAUTH2 mode
LDAPS configuration for CAS mode
Secure AD configuration for CAS mode
Configuring RADIUS authentication
RADIUS configuration for OAUTH2 mode
RADIUS configuration for CAS mode
TACACS+ configuration examples
Configuring TACACS+ authentication