Workflow for accounting statistics collection

Process
 
1 

Ensure that FTP is enabled on the NEs from which you want to collect accounting statistics. See the NSP NFM-P Classic Management User Guide for information about device commissioning and enabling FTP.

2 

Configure polling policies to enable NFM-P FTP or SCP access to the NEs, as required. See the NSP NFM-P Classic Management User Guide for information about configuring polling policies.

3 

If required by OSS applications

4 

Enable statistics collection on the object. See the NSP NFM-P Classic Management User Guide for information about enabling statistics collection on an object.

5 

Configure a file policy with rollover and retention values that are appropriate for the traffic volume, number of objects, and available file storage space. See   To configure a file policy .

6 

Configure an accounting policy. See To configure an accounting policy .

7 

Note: It is recommended to apply an accounting policy to an object, rather than distribute the policy to an NE. The NFM-P distributes the policy to the NE when the policy is applied to the object.

Apply the accounting policy. You can apply one accounting policy to a SAP, SDP, network object such as a port, or a subscriber profile.

  1. For service accounting statistics, apply the service accounting policy to a SAP or SDP.

    1. Administratively disable accounting on the SAP.

    2. Choose the newly created accounting policy.

  2. For network accounting statistics, apply the accounting policy to a network object such as a port. You can specify a network accounting policy when you configure a port in network mode.

    1. Administratively disable accounting for the network object.

    2. Choose the newly created accounting policy.

    For network accounting statistics on LSPs, see To configure ingress and egress accounting policies for an LSP .

  3. For subscriber accounting statistics, apply the accounting policy to a subscriber profile.

    1. Administratively disable accounting on the subscriber.

    2. Choose the newly created accounting policy.

  4. For AA accounting statistics, apply the accounting policy to an AA group or partition.

See the NSP NFM-P Classic Management User Guide for information about applying an accounting policy to an object.

8 

Configure a statistics policy to define the retention requirements for the accounting statistics records.

  1. For service accounting statistics, see To configure a statistics policy for accounting statistics on a SAP or an SDP .

  2. For network accounting statistics, see To configure a statistics policy for accounting statistics on a network interface .

  3. For subscriber accounting statistics, see To configure a statistics policy for accounting statistics on a subscriber .

  4. For AA accounting statistics per subscriber, see   To configure a statistics policy for AA accounting statistics on a subscriber .

  5. For AA accounting statistics for an application, see To configure a statistics policy for an AA accounting statistics application .

  6. For AA accounting statistics for an application group, see To configure a statistics policy for an AA accounting statistics application .

  7. For AA accounting statistics for a protocol, see   To configure a statistics policy for an AA accounting statistics protocol .

9 

View the status of accounting statistics collection for NEs. See the NSP System Administrator Guide for more information.

10 

If required, use the NFM-P client to view accounting statistics. See   Chapter 7, Statistics presentation for more information.

11 

Use the XML API to retrieve the accounting statistics records from the NFM-P for processing by a third-party application.

See the NSP NFM-P XML API Developer Guide for information about using the XML API to transfer statistics records from the NFM-P database to an OSS client application.

12 

As required, create or manage periodic accounting statistics calculations; see To create and manage periodic accounting statistics calculations.