Configuring the SAE to Manage PCMM Devices with SDX Configuration Editor
The SAE connects to the PCMM device by using a COPS over TCP connection. The PCMM device driver controls this connection. You create a PCMM device driver for each CMTS device that the SAE manages. You can specify properties for the PCMM device driver in the Router tab of SDX Configuration Editor.
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Keepalive Interval [s]
- Interval between keepalive messages sent from the COPS client (the PCMM device) to the COPS server (the SAE). The COPS client monitors the COPS connection by sending keepalive messages at random intervals between one-fourth and three-fourths of the specified interval. If the client or the server does not receive the expected keepalive answer within the specified timeout, the client closes the connection.
- Value—Number of seconds in the range 0-2147483647. A value of 0 means that the timeout is disabled.
- Default—45
- Property name—Router.pcmm.keepalive
TCP Connection Timeout [s]
- Timeout for opening a TCP connection to the PCMM device.
- Value—Number of seconds in the range 0-2147483647
- Default—5
- Property name—Router.pcmm.open_connection_timeout
Application Manager ID
- When this SAE is configured as the application manager, the identifier of the application manager. The application manager includes this identifier in all messages that it sends to the policy server. The policy server passes this ID to the CMTS device in Gate Control messages. The CMTS device returns the ID associated with the gate to the policy server. The policy server uses this information to associate gate messages with a particular application manager.
- Value—4-byte unsigned integer; must be unique in a service provider network
- Default—0
Message Timeout [ms]
- Amount of time that the COPS server (the SAE) waits for a response to COPS requests from the COPS client (the PCMM device). Under a high load the PCMM device may not be able to respond fast enough to COPS requests. Change this value only if a high number of COPS timeout events appear in the error log.
- Value—Number of milliseconds in the range 0-2147483647
- Default—120000
- Property name—Router.pcmm.message_timeout
COPS Message Maximum Length [bytes]
- Maximum length of a COPS message.
- Value—Number of bytes in the range 4 bytes to 2 GB
- Guidelines—We recommend that you use the default setting.
- Default—204800
- Property name—Router.pcmm.message_max_length
COPS Message Read Buffer Size [bytes]
- Buffer size for receiving COPS messages from the COPS client.
- Value—Number of bytes in the range 4 bytes to 2 GB
- Guidelines—We recommend that you use the default setting unless you are instructed to change it by Juniper Networks engineers.
- Default—30000
- Property name—Router.pcmm.message_read_buffer_size
COPS Message Write Buffer Size [bytes]
- Buffer size for sending COPS messages to the COPS client.
- Value—Number of bytes in the range 4 bytes to 2 GB
- Guidelines—We recommend that you use the default setting unless you are instructed to change it by Juniper Networks engineers.
- Default—30000
- Property name—Router.pcmm.message_write_buffer_size
SAE Community Manager
- Name of the community manager that manages PCMM driver communities. Active SAEs are selected from this community. You define community managers in the Ext. Interfaces tab of SDX Configuration Editor. See Configuring the SAE Community Manager.
- Value—Community name
- Default—PCMMCommunityManager
- Property name—Router.pcmm.community.name
Session Recovery Retry Interval
- Time between attempts by the SAE to restore service sessions that are being recovered in the background when state synchronization completes with a state-data-incomplete error. The SAE attempts to restore a service session if it receives a service modification or deactivation request for an unrecovered service session before the next interval.
- Value—Number of milliseconds in the range 0-2147483647
- Guidelines—We recommend setting this value to 3600000 (1 hour) or longer.
- Default—3600000
Element ID
- Enables or disables and sets the unique identifier that the SAE uses to identify itself when it originates RKS events.
- Value—8-byte unsigned integer in the range 0-99999; must be unique within a PCMM network
- Default—0
- Property name—Router.pcmm.emid
Default RKS Plug-In
- Enables or disables and sets the RKS plug-in to which the SAE sends event messages.
- Value—Name of an RKS plug-in; see Configuring PCMM Record-Keeping Server Plug-Ins
- Default—Disabled
- Property name—Router.pcmm.rks.plugin