To configure AA TCP validation

Purpose

Perform this procedure to configure AA to monitor TCP packet discards on an ISA-AA group or partition for reasons such as packet corruption, malformation, or incorrect sequencing. The NFM-P can use the collected statistics to raise AA statistics TCAs.

Steps
Configure AA TCP validation policy
 

Choose Policies→ISA Policies→Application Assurance from the NFM-P main menu. The Application Assurance Policies form opens.


Click Create→AA TCP Validation, or select an AA TCP validation policy and click Properties. The AA TCP Validation (Create | Edit) form opens.


Configure the parameters.


Click Apply.


Distribute the policy to NEs, as required.


Close the AA TCP Validation (Create | Edit) form.


Configure AA TCP validation TCA
 

Click Create→AA Statistics TCA→TCP Validation, or select a TCP validation AAsStatistics TCA and click Properties. The AA Statistics TCA TCP Validation (Create | Edit) form opens.


Use the Select button to choose the new AA TCP validation policy.


Configure the parameters.


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Click Apply.


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Distribute the policy to NEs, as required.

Note: You can view the TCAs for an NE from the Faults tab of the local policy definition, which is listed on the Local Definitions tab of the AA TCP Validation form.


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Close the AA Statistics TCA TCP Validation (Create | Edit) form.


Bind TCA to AQP entry
 
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Choose Policies→ISA Policies→Application Assurance from the NFM-P main menu. The Application Assurance Policies form opens.


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Choose AA Group Policy (Application Assurance) from the drop-down menu and click Select. A list of AA group policies is displayed.


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Select a policy and click Properties. The AA Group Policy (Edit) form opens.


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Click on the Application QoS Entries tab.


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Select an entry and click Properties. The Application QoS Policy (Edit) form opens.


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Click on the Action tab.


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Use the Select button in the TCP Validation panel to specify the new TCP validation policy.


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Click OK. The Application QoS Policy (Edit) form closes, and the AA Group Policy (Edit) form is again displayed.


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Click Apply.


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Click on the General tab..


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Distribute the policy to NEs, as required.


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Close the AA Group Policy (Edit) form.


Enable TCP validation statistics collection
 
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Click Create→AA Accounting Policy, or select an AA accounting policy and click Properties. The AA Accounting Policy (Create | Edit) form opens.


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If you are creating a policy, configure the parameters and click Apply.


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Click on the Accounting Policies tab.


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Select the AA Admit Deny entry and click Properties. The AA Accounting Configuration - AA Admit Deny (Create | Edit) form opens.


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Select the Include TCP Validation Statistics parameter.


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Click OK. The AA Accounting Configuration — AA Admit Deny (Create | Edit) form closes, and the AA Accounting Policy (Edit) form is again displayed.


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Click on the General tab.


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Distribute the accounting policy to NEs, as required.

Note: You can view the collected statistics for an NE from the Statistics tab of the local policy definition, which is listed on the Local Definitions tab of the AA TCP Validation form.


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Close the AA Accounting Policy (Edit) form.


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Close the Application Assurance Policies form.

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