asBSC Health

Checking Summary
Zhang Xiaotong
2022.09.20
asBSC health checking contents

• Daily I think health

1. Check Active alarms and Alarm History(asBSC and NCIR) checking work is
like maintenance
2. Check Working States of computer units work. No need
health checking
3. Check working states of I/O devices work if
maintenance work
4. Check CPU’s and process family’s load during traffic busy houris done well.
5. Check KPI report from NetAct
6. Update Fallback Build
7. Take backup copy of Fallback build to external drive/device
8. For troubleshooting follow the instructions for Handling Common Problem
Situations in BSC
asBSC health checking contents cont.
• Weekly
1. Print and save Unit States
2. Check blocked alarms
3. Check default active software package
4. Check Disk space
5. Check BSDATA database integrity
6. Check Technical Support Notes and act accordingly in case
needed(configuration, parameters, feature enabling, patching records)
7. Follow-up on SWSS Information Bulletin(other project fault/outage
reference)
• Monthly
1. Check HW Alarms in NCIR
• Half – Yearly
1. Switchover and run computer units for fault diagnosis
asBSC health checking items checked
all units state ok
bsc hardware and software capacity ok
wdu disk size and free space ratio recommend to delete
computer units load ok
all units memory ok
parameter value of CDED, CDEF and CMAX recommend to check
bsc Q3 version ok
bts omusig sapi value ok
bts bvci state ok
Almost all
pcum units load ok
parameter value of DIHNO ok
checking items
reversed hunting feature ok have been listed
local switching for packet abis ok and I will add
parameter value of FRT ok some new checking
7705 alarm parameter value of CDL and IDLrecommend to patch items into hit
multipoint A-if ok
macro(for example
etme units ping etma units ok
etma units ping etme units ok
CPU and process
all utpfil records ok family load
total fep usage feature ok monitoring).
bsdata, oedata and pddata state ok
2399 alarm state ok
fbpp database state ok
parameter value of N3101, N3103 and N3105recommend to patch
pcum units gp values ok
pcum units tbf values ok
pcum core-id load ok
all units software package version ok
bsc software package information ok
integrity of MNSFILSX file ok
parameters and state of multipoint a-if ok
psei value ok
all localports value of gb link ok
GIVAXI ports setting recommend to modify
Using HIT macro to output the checking items
#HIT_PRINT:***** PCUM-33 UNIT SW IS AB21C001 *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** GPLU-0 UNIT SW IS AB21C001 *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** WS DISK TOTAL SPACE IS 102400MB *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** WS DISK FREE SPACE RATIO IS 83% ***** C:\
#HIT_PRINT:***** WB DISK TOTAL SPACE IS 102400MB ***** N-PF1FRK4U-Data\zxt\Desktop\works
#HIT_PRINT:***** WB DISK FREE SPACE RATIO IS 84% *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** WDU-00 UNIT STATE IS WO-BU *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** WDU-01 UNIT STATE IS WO-BU *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** DEF SPC 06092, WEIGHT FACTOR 25, NULL NRI 31, MSC STATE WO-EX *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** OTHER SPC 06094, WEIGHT FACTOR 25, NULL NRI 31, MSC STATE WO-EX *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** OTHER SPC 06096, WEIGHT FACTOR 25, NULL NRI 31, MSC STATE WO-EX *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** OTHER SPC 06168, WEIGHT FACTOR 25, NULL NRI 31, MSC STATE WO-EX *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** NRI_LENGTH 5, LOAD BALANCING METHOD 1,, NAS NODE METHOD 1,, FORCED MODE 0, *****
The correct and
#HIT_PRINT:***** MNSFILSX FILE IS INTEGRITED ***** incorrect
#HIT_PRINT:***** HARDWARE SUPPORTED MAXIMUM TRX CAPACITY 8800 ***** information are
#HIT_PRINT:***** HW AND SW SUPPORTED MAXIMUM TRX CAPACITY 8800 ***** printed to output
#HIT_PRINT:***** FRT VALUE IN ALL TRXs ARE ZERO *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** 7705 ALARM PARAMETER IDL-0 CDL-0 *****
with different
#HIT_PRINT:***** REVERSED HUNTING FEATURE DEACATIVATED ***** marks in the
#HIT_PRINT:***** Local Switching for Packet Abis IS OFF ***** begin and end of
#HIT_PRINT:***** Multipoint A-if IS ON ***** the needed log.
#HIT_PRINT:***** BSC PARAMETER DIHNO VALUE IS N *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** PSEI IS 00 *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** ALL LOCALPORTS ARE DIFFERENT *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** UNDER NSEI-04941 PRE-REMOTE-PORT DIFFERENT WITH DYN-REMOTE-PORT *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** UNDER NSEI-04947 PRE-REMOTE-PORT DIFFERENT WITH DYN-REMOTE-PORT *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** UNDER NSEI-04947 PRE-REMOTE-PORT DIFFERENT WITH DYN-REMOTE-PORT *****
#HIT_PRINT:***** OMU UNIT STATE WO-EX *****
#HIT_PRINT:##### IDL AND CDL VALUE OF 7705 ALARM ARE NOT PATCHED #####
#HIT_PRINT:##### GIVAXI PORT ENABLED #####
#HIT_PRINT:##### BSC BLOCKED ALARM IS 2250 #####
#HIT_PRINT:##### BSC BLOCKED ALARM IS 3159 #####
#HIT_PRINT:##### PCUM-6 Segment-ID 878 BVCI 10878 POOL-ID NONE NSEI 4941 BVC-STATE SYSTEM #####
#HIT_PRINT:##### PCUM-6 Segment-ID 879 BVCI 10879 POOL-ID NONE NSEI 4941 BVC-STATE SYSTEM #####
 All units’ working state
Redundancy One VM(One FU)
FU Working State Main functions
8800 5500 vCPU RAM GB Storage GB

Radio network configuration and recovery

MCMU 2N(1+1) 2N(1+1) 4 4 - WO-EX/SP-EX
Database
RRMU 2N(1+1) 2N(1+1) 4 4 - WO-EX/SP-EX Radio resource and connections management

PCUM N+1(33+1) N+1(10+1) 12 16 10 WO-EX/SP-EX GPRS/EGPRS functions Abis PS u-plane Gb

BCXU N+1(16+1) N+1(10+1) 4 4 - WO-EX/SP-EX Abis and AoIP signaling Abis c/m-plane

ETME N+1(9+1) N+1(6+1) 10 16 10 WO-EX/SP-EX Abis CS u-plane

ETMA SN+ 7 SN+ 5 12 16 10 WO-EX AoIP u-plane

GPLU 1 1 2 4 - WO-EX Proxy VM for NTP synchronization
O&M interface and local user interface
OMU 1 1 4 4 200 WO-EX
Centralized alarm and statistics systems
EMB 2N(1+1) 2N(1+1) - - - WO-EX/SP-EX Message Bus over IP

All the units’ working state is

WO-EX/SP-EX and INFO is IDLE/-
BVCI operational state
We can use
Last login: Tue Oct 4 11:40:51 on pts/0 service terminal
command to
0085-$ dgbipbvc all
display the
------------------------------------------------------------ information about
certain BVC.
----> Command dgbipbvc executed on [04/10/2022 11:41:45:56324] <----
------------------------------------------------------------
SEG-ID BVCI POOL-ID NSEI BVC-STATE(RL) BVC-STATE(BG) NUM-RESETS RSTACK-DROP OAMTRIG

31 10031 NONE 4931 WORKING BGP_BVC_UNBLOCKED 1/255 0 BVC-RESET

32 10032 NONE 4931 WORKING BGP_BVC_UNBLOCKED 1/255 0 BVC-RESET
33 10033 NONE 4931 WORKING BGP_BVC_UNBLOCKED 1/255 0 BVC-RESET
1781 11781 NONE 4937 WORKING BGP_BVC_UNBLOCKED 1/255 0
2028 12028 NONE 4937 WORKING BGP_BVC_UNBLOCKED 1/255 0
2029 12029 NONE 4937 WORKING BGP_BVC_UNBLOCKED 1/255 0
2030 12030 NONE 4937 WORKING BGP_BVC_UNBLOCKED 1/255 0
2031 12031 NONE 4937 WORKING BGP_BVC_UNBLOCKED 1/255 0
Obsolete UTPFIL records
The parameters records for the UTPFIL must
ZDFD:OMU:5AC0002,,N,; be cleared because usage of those
LOADING PROGRAM VERSION 5.18-0 parameters will be prevented full
functionality of an AMR and a Multipoint –A
COMMAND EXECUTED interface.
The UTPFIL parameters are stored in the
Unit-type-associated Parameter File
ZDFD:MCMU,1:5AC006B,,N,; (UTPFIL) of computer unit.
LOADING PROGRAM VERSION 5.18-0 The UTPFIL file is empty when it is taken
to the BSC. You can change the UTPFIL
COMMAND EXECUTED parameter default values by adding the data
into the UTPFIL file of the unit in
question.
ZDFD:MCMU,1:5AC006B,,N,;
LOADING PROGRAM VERSION 5.18-0
Disk File Memory File Unit Unit in ZDFS command
COMMAND EXECUTED
UTP_B2SX 05AC0002 OMU OMU
UTP_BGSX 05AC006A MCMU MCMU
ZDFD:MCMU,1:5AC012B,,N,;
UTP_BFSX 05AC006B MCMU MCMU
LOADING PROGRAM VERSION 5.18-0
UTP_BTSX 05AC012B BCXU MCMU
COMMAND EXECUTED UTP_BUSX 05AC0148 RRMU RRMU
Connectivity between ETME and ETMA
ZQRX:ETME,0::PING:SRC="10.0.2.31",IP="10.0.2.16",:;
ASBSC MINIGNABSC1
PING, SENDING UNIT: ETME-0
Ping test between all ETME
units and all ETMA units.
The output of MML command
execution should be like the
2022-10-04 11:34:24
following:
"1 packets transmitted, 1
received, 0% packet loss, time
0ms"

PING 10.0.2.16 (10.0.2.16) from 10.0.2.31 : 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from 10.0.2.16: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.291 ms

--- 10.0.2.16 ping statistics ---

1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.291/0.291/0.291/0.000 ms
COMMAND EXECUTED
Connectivity between ETMA and ETME

ZQRX:ETMA,0::PING:SRC="10.0.2.4",IP="10.0.2.13",:; Ping test between all ETMA

units and all ETME units.
The output of MML command
ASBSC MINIGNABSC1 2022-10-04 11:36:18 execution should be like the
following:
"1 packets transmitted, 1
PING, SENDING UNIT: ETMA-0 received, 0% packet loss,
time 0ms"
PING 10.0.2.13 (10.0.2.13) from 10.0.2.4 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.0.2.13: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.238 ms

--- 10.0.2.13 ping statistics ---

1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.238/0.238/0.238/0.000 ms

COMMAND EXECUTED
Remote UDP port number
ZFXI:NSVLI=0&&65535:;
PSE-00 NSE-04931
================
LOCAL UDP PORT: 40001
NSE STATUS: TRAFFIC ALLOWED
The remote UDP port number
NSE PFC MODE: ON
must be unique in Pre-
NSE EC-GSM IOT MODE: OFF configured NS-VL vs. Dynamic
NSE PEO MODE: OFF configured NS-VL’s under one
NSE NRI LIST (BINARY/DECIMAL): PSE.
0110000000/384
If BSC has transmission
network issue, NS-VLs with
NSE NRI MASK: 1111100000
same remote UDP number will
PRE CONFIGURED NS-VL: remain blocked after
REMOTE REMOTE transmission recover.
ID NAME IP ADDRESS UDP PORT
----- ---------- --------------- --------
04931 NSVL1 10.178.167.108 2000
DYNAMIC CONFIGURED NS-VL(S):
OP REMOTE REMOTE
ID STATE RDW RSW IP ADDRESS UDP PORT
----- ----- --- --- --------------- --------
04932 WO-EX 255 255 10.178.167.108 1024
04933 WO-EX 255 255 10.178.167.109 4931
Local UDP port number
ZFXI:NSVLI=0&&65535:;
PSE-00 NSE-04931
================
LOCAL UDP PORT: 40001
NSE STATUS: TRAFFIC ALLOWED
The local UDP port should be
NSE PFC MODE: ON
different for all NESI’s
NSE EC-GSM IOT MODE: OFF configured under same PSE.
NSE PEO MODE: OFF Multiple alarms 3032 were
observed fluctuating for all
NSE NRI LIST (BINARY/DECIMAL):
the problematic segments.
0110000000/384 All problematic segments
PSE-00 NSE-04932 were having BVCI state as
================
BL-SY.
LOCAL UDP PORT: 40002
NSE STATUS: TRAFFIC ALLOWED
NSE PFC MODE: ON
NSE EC-GSM IOT MODE: OFF
NSE PEO MODE: OFF
NSE NRI LIST (BINARY/DECIMAL):
0110100000/416
NSE NRI MASK: 1111100000
Reversed hunting function

ZWOS:2,643:;
PARAMETER CLASS: 2 SYSTEM_FUNCT_CONFIGUR

IDENTIFIER NAME OF PARAMETER ACTIVATION STATUS

00643 REV_HUNT_USED DEACTIVATED

COMMAND EXECUTED
If feature 643 REV_HUNT_USED is set
to ACTIVATED without actual reversed
hunting activation from BSC and MSC
side no calls will be possible after
BSC RESTART.
Local switching for packet abis

ZW7I:FEA:FEA=1532;

FEATURE CODE FEATURE NAME FEATURE STATUS

------------ ------------------------------------ -------------
1532 Local Switching for Packet Abis OFF

COMMAND EXECUTED
If feature "Local switching for packet Abis" has activation
status ON and needed configuration has not been done strong
HO and Call KPIs degradation are observed.
Particular BSC features have to be switched off when they
are not used or unless proper configuration is done.
Otherwise KPI degradation or even BSC outage might be
experienced.
Multipoint A-interface
ZW7I:FEA:FEA=69;

FEATURE CODE FEATURE NAME FEATURE STATUS

------------ ------------------------------------ -------------
69 Multipoint A-interface ON

COMMAND EXECUTED

If setting the state of the Multipoint A

Interface feature to ON before configuring
it, calls to mobile stations are not
possible any longer.
Every time during new license file
installation use option OFF or CONF in
ZW7L, in order to avoid feature activation
without proper preparation:
ZW7L:<license file name>:CONF;
Wrong broadcast status
ZOBL::NA0;
INTERROGATING LOCAL BROADCAST STATUS OF SCCP SUBSYSTEMS
BROADCAST OF SUBSYSTEM STATES IS ACTIVE TO LOCAL SUBSYSTEMS
WITH THE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS Broadcast of subsystem
states to local subsystem
BROADCAST GROUPS (ALBG) /CONCERNED LOCAL SUBSYSTEMS STOPPED by making it as not
==================================== /================================== concerned

/NETWORK:NA1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOT FOUND

ZOBI;
INTERROGATING BROADCAST STATUS OF SCCP SIGNALLING POINTS Broadcast of subsystem
states to signalling point
BROADCAST OF SUBSYSTEM STATES IS ACTIVE TO SIGNALLING POINTS STOPPED by making it as not
WITH THE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS concerned

BROADCAST GROUPS (ASBG) /BROADCAST GROUPS (CSBG)

==================================== /================================== After BSC SW upgrade, all CS calls were
failing, but there was no impact on PS
NOT FOUND calls. There is a problem is configuration
mistake in setting local broadcasts.
Correct broadcast status
ZOBL::NA0;
INTERROGATING LOCAL BROADCAST STATUS OF SCCP SUBSYSTEMS
BROADCAST OF SUBSYSTEM STATES IS ACTIVE TO LOCAL SUBSYSTEMS
WITH THE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS

Broadcast of subsystem
BROADCAST GROUPS (ALBG) /CONCERNED LOCAL SUBSYSTEMS states to local
subsystem STARTED by
==================================== /================================== making it as not
/NETWORK:NA1 concerned

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 / FE/254
ZOBI;
INTERROGATING BROADCAST STATUS OF SCCP SIGNALLING POINTS
BROADCAST OF SUBSYSTEM STATES IS ACTIVE TO SIGNALLING POINTS
Broadcast of subsystem
WITH THE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS states to signalling
point STARTED by making
it as not concerned
BROADCAST GROUPS (ASBG) /BROADCAST GROUPS (CSBG)
==================================== /==================================
1 /1
 Recommend to do

GIVAXI TCP port setting

ZWOI:2,2093;

PARAMETER CLASS: 2 SYSTEM_FUNCT_CONFIGUR

IDENTIFIER NAME OF PARAMETER VALUE CHANGE POSSIBILITY
02093 GIVAXI_PORT 00FF YES

If the current value is 00 then the GIVAXI ports are already disabled.
If the current value is 00FF then the GIVAXI ports are currently enabled

Nokia Networks recommends to immediately

prevent unauthorized access to these ports
through PRFILE parameter setting in certain
software releases.
This GIVAXI TCP port should be disabled in
all living asBSCs.
 Recommend to check

Total and free capacity of two WDUs

ZIWX::WS,NODEF::%,%,;
FREE BLOCKS IN DISK 177489225 ( 84 %) 86664 MB
DISK SIZE 209715200 BLOCKS 102400 MB
The WDU capacity of the BSC is 100
COMMAND EXECUTED GB. The free blocks of the system
ZIWX::WB,NODEF::%,%,; disk must be close to those of the
backup disk.
FREE BLOCKS IN DISK 178666217 ( 85 %) 87239 MB
DISK SIZE 209715200 BLOCKS 102400 MB
COMMAND EXECUTED
WS DISK FREE SPACE RATIO IS 74% MINTGMABSC1 There are some useless
WB DISK FREE SPACE RATIO IS 85% MINTGMABSC1 data of system WDU disk in
these two BSCs and please
WS DISK FREE SPACE RATIO IS 71% VISBCDABSC1 check and delete them for
WB DISK FREE SPACE RATIO IS 80% VISBCDABSC1 two WDUs have same free
space.
Q3 interface version of BSC

ZDFD:OMU:88E;
LOADING PROGRAM VERSION 5.18-0
ASBSC VISILOABSC1 2022-10-04 11:11:44
OMU FILE N:O 088E0000 RECORD N:O 00000000
4F 4D 43 30 30 30 30 30 30 44 31 20 20 20 20 20 OMC000000D1
41 53 42 53 43 46 50 32 31 42 20 20 20 20 20 20 ASBSCFP21B
00 00 01 9D 8C 9C 9A 89 9A 91 8B 8C D0 9D 8C 9C

COMMAND EXECUTED

To ensure the complete

functionality of the Q3
interface, the setting of
Q3PreferredConfiguration
must be checked.
 Recommend to do

Patching Instructions for N310X counters

ZDFD:OMU:FF,,N,; display the records of PRFILE file
OMU FILE N:O 00FF0000 RECORD N:O 0000017A
2D 00 FE FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00
002D and 002E
FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 01 00 is 0th
denote message index and
parameter OMU FILE N:O 00FF0000 RECORD N:O 0000017B 12 00 is 1st
class. These2E 00 01 00 12 00 01 00 12 00 0A 00 14 00 1B 00 message index
three counters
belong to 0E 00 02 00 96 00 64 00 32 00 64 00 58 02 4A 01
parameter Class
OMU FILE N:O 00FF0000 RECORD N:O 0000017C Message index Parameter Parameter number Default value
002E(46 in 19 PR_NR_T_PCU_MAC_N3101_MAX 19 15
decimal) 2E 00 06 00 20 03 05 00 05 00 0F 00 04 00 08 00 20 PR_NR_T_PCU_MAC_N3103_MAX 20 4
21 PR_NR_T_PCU_MAC_N3105_MAX 21 8
D0 07 80 3E D0 07 B8 0B 04 00 C8 00 00 00 02 00

The service terminal command

0080-$ dpcuparams 2
“dpcuparams 2” displays all the
PCU_MAC_N3101_MAX :15
PCU parameters received. We can
PCU_MAC_N3103_MAX :4
check actual values of N3101,
PCU_MAC_N3105_MAX :8
N3103 and N3105.
 Recommend to do

Patching Instructions for N310X counters

ZDFD:OMU:FF,,N,;
OMU FILE N:O 00FF0000 RECORD N:O 0000017A
2D 00 FE FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00
FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF After patching the values
of N3101, N3103 and N3105
OMU FILE N:O 00FF0000 RECORD N:O 0000017B
should be like this.
2E 00 01 00 12 00 01 00 12 00 0A 00 14 00 1B 00
0E 00 02 00 96 00 64 00 32 00 64 00 58 02 4A 01
OMU FILE N:O 00FF0000 RECORD N:O 0000017C Message index Parameter Default value Recommended value
19 PR_NR_T_PCU_MAC_N3101_MAX 15d = 0FH (Hex)           80d = 50H
2E 00 06 00 20 03 05 00 05 00 50 00 05 00 14 00 20 PR_NR_T_PCU_MAC_N3103_MAX   4d = 04H             5d = 05H
21 PR_NR_T_PCU_MAC_N3105_MAX   8d = 08H           20d = 14H
D0 07 80 3E D0 07 B8 0B 04 00 C8 00 00 00 02 00

The three counters N3101, N3103 and N3105 are important in the field to avoid PS TBF drops. This
TN suggests that the values of the three counters n3101, n3103 and n3105 should be made larger,
which will reduce the number of abnormal TBF releases. It also gives instructions on how to
patch the counter values of N3101, N3103 and N3105.
RRMU CPU load monitoring
ZDDE:RRMU,0:"ZTOP:D=1000";
0058-MAN> ZTOP:D=1000
RRMU-0 WOEX SG 15.11-0 1 18.10.2022 10:05:51
Mem usage: 1270709Kb/ 3140327Kb, header usage count 13326 / 131072
Load History -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Average 10s 20s 30s 60s The service
terminal command
CPU1 66% ( 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% ) 56% 53% 51% 54%
“ZTOP:D=1000”
CPU2 51% ( 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% ) 49% 44% 37% 44%
displays real time
CPU3 0% ( 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% ) 0% 0% 9% 4% system view of
CPU4 0% ( 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% ) 11% 20% 20% 14% processors, memory
TOTAL 29% ( 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% ) 28% 29% 29% 29% and processes. If
the load of CPU1
NAME FAM PID PRI MEM_USAGE RUN_TIME RUN_COUNT CPU CPU_LOAD SYS_LOAD
and CPU2 is above
RRM_BX 01B4 0000 60 213252Kb 1147928 2802684620 1 91.8% 22.9% 50% and the load of
EPOFFI 066B 0001 F2 3747Kb 176084 812060791 2 14.0% 3.5% CPU_LOAD is above
WYNONA 03CA 0003 D4 2080Kb 73305 1991597342 1 5.8% 1.4% 90%, then it show
WYNONA 03CA 0004 D4 2080Kb 39690 1413471513 1 3.1% 0.7%
that the BSC is in
overload. Maybe
RC0_BX 014F 0000 60 0Kb 11203 3817322263 2 0.8% 0.2%
there is an
DMXRTE 0000 0001 FD 0Kb 3032 331214180 1 0.2% 0.0% existing bottleneck
DMXRTE 0000 0002 02 0Kb 2777 34315607 1 0.2% 0.0% in asbsc with 8800
POZMAN 03A1 0013 D7 0Kb 1323 335528382 1 0.1% 0.0% capacity.
DPALAR 0143 0000 B0 0Kb 1188 7971826 2 0.0% 0.0%
POZMAN 03A1 0003 D7 0Kb 1003 337305161 2 0.0% 0.0%
EPOFFI 066B 0002 F3 0Kb 789 301902271 1 0.0% 0.0%
 Recommend to do

7705 alarm parameter patching

ZEOO:7705:TEXT=YES:;
NUMBER CLASS RECOVERY PRINTING OMC UPD. IDL CDL STATE
In networks where there are
------ ----- -------- -------- -------- --- --- ---------
frequent transport
7705 * ON OFF ON 0 0 UNBLOCKED fluctuations, there will be
instantaneous reconfigurations
of the BCCH and other carriers.
ZDFD:MCMU,0:6D70000,192,,W; In order to have a stable
performance for the GSM
MCMU-0 FILE N:O 06D70000 RECORD N:O 00000192
services, it is recommended to
7705 0000 0000 0000 0300 0800 0001 0201 change the alarm informing and
cancellation time if there are
0000 0000 0000 00
frequent D-Channel
fluctuations. By default, the
IDL and CDL for Alarm 7705 is
ZDFS:MCMU,<WO_MCMU_INDEX>:6D70000,192,12,W:;
set as 0.
ZDFS:MCMU,<WO_MCMU_INDEX>:6D70000,192,14,W:; In cases where the Transmission
is not stable it is recommended
to increase the time to avoid
ZDFD:MCMU,0:6D70000,192,,W,; BCCH reconfiguration by
changing the IDL and CDL values
MCMU-0 FILE N:O 06D70000 RECORD N:O 00000192
for the alarm 7705.
7705 0000 0000 0000 0300 0800 0001 0201
0000 1770 1770 00
FBPP status and alarms(2399)
ZEEK;
RADIO NETWORK PLAN DATABASE STATES IN BSC:
RNW PLAN DATABASE STATE ............................ ACTIVATED A recovery action such
as OMU, MCMU, BCSU
RNW CONFIGURATION ID ............................... 332871 restarts and
RNW PLAN CONFIGURATION ID .......................... 332871 switchovers are
allowed when PLAN
RNW FALLBACK CONFIGURATION ID ...................... 332871 STATE should be in
COMMAND EXECUTED ACTIVATED,
VALIDATED,DOWNLOADED
or CLEAR state. The
ZAHO::NR=2399:; alarm(2399 DATABASE
DISK UPDATES ARE
LOADING PROGRAM VERSION 6.23-0 PREVENTED) should be
ALARMS CURRENTLY ON cancelled by the
system.
END OF ALARMS CURRENTLY ON
COMMAND EXECUTED
 Recommend to do

BSC and BTS Blocked alarms

ZABO;
BLOCKED ALARMS
2250 FAILURE IN D-CHANNEL ACTIVATION OR RESTORATION ALL UNITS
3159 SCTP ASSOCIATION LOST ALL UNITS

ZEOE; Block alarms(3159,2250)

while enabling
BLOCKED ALARMS Intelligent MCPA TRX
NUMBER ALARM DEFINITION These three BTS shutdown feature and
alarms are for old using packet abis in
7752 TRX TEST FAILED BSC.
BTS products, are
7753 TRX LOOP TEST FAILED not applicable
now, should be
7754 ANTENNA LOOP TEST FAILED
blocked

It is to
ZABB:0690:VTP,:; recommend to
BLOCKED ALARMS block 0690 alarm
with VTP to
690 WORKING STATE CHANGE VTP avoid more
useless alarms.
BSC parameter(DINHO) value
ZEEO:ALL;
BCSU LOAD THRESHOLD ..............................(BCSUL).. 1.50 %
LAPD LOAD THRESHOLD ..............................(LAPDL).. 1.50 %
UPPER LIMIT OF MS SPEED CLASS 1 ..................(MSSCF).. 15 ( 30 km/h)
UPPER LIMIT OF MS SPEED CLASS 2 ..................(MSSCS).. 15 ( 30 km/h)
ALARM LIMIT FOR FULL RATE TCH AVAILABILITY .......(ALFRT).. 30 %
ALARM LIMIT FOR HALF RATE TCH AVAILABILITY .......(ALHRT).. 30 %
ALARM LIMIT FOR SDCCH AVAILABILITY ...............(ALSDC).. 30 %
DISABLE INTERNAL HO ..............................(DINHO).. N

It has been noticed that some mobiles do not accept

intra-cell handover performed by HANDOVER COMMAND and
reject it. The intra-cell handovers are normally
performed by ASSIGNMENT COMMAND, but in case the
parameter DISABLE INTERNAL HO is set to have the value
YES, all the handovers are signaled according to MSC
controlled handover procedure, which means that intra-
cell handovers are performed by HANDOVER COMMAND too.
 Recommend to check

BSC parameter CMAX, CDEF and CDED value

ZEQO:BTS=1&&4400:GPRS;
GPRS ENABLED.....................................(GENA)... Y
PACKET SERVICE ENTITY IDENTIFIER..............(PSEI)... 0
SERVING PCU
PCU INDEX............................................ 4 Check the value of
PCU ID............................................... 20 parameters(CMAX, CDEF
and CDED) and the
PCU OBJECT STATE..................................... WORKING setting rule of three
BSSGP VIRTUAL CONNECTION IDENTIFIER...........(BVCI)... 10004 parameters is
CMAX=>CDEF=>CDED and
ROUTING AREA IDENTIFICATION......................(RAI) if setting
MOBILE COUNTRY CODE...........................(MCC).... 515 CDEF=CMAX=100%, then
there will be having
MOBILE NETWORK CODE...........................(MNC).... 02 more PCU territory
LOCATION AREA CODE............................(LAC).... 23613 upgrade and downgrade
to cause high load in
ROUTING AREA CODE................................(RAC).... 195 PCU.
EGPRS ENABLED....................................(EGENA).. Y
DEDICATED GPRS CAPACITY..........................(CDED)... 10 %
DEFAULT GPRS CAPACITY............................(CDEF)... 100 %
MAX GPRS CAPACITY................................(CMAX)... 100 %
Package running in all units
ZWQO:RUN;
MBA UNIT NAME STATUS PACKAGE_ID (REP-ID)
0 OMU AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
4 MCMU-0 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
5 MCMU-1 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
43 BCXU-0 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
44 BCXU-1 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
45 BCXU-2 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
Check the package
46 BCXU-3 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1 running in all units and
47 BCXU-4 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1 the package name and
status loaded into all
48 BCXU-5 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1 units should be same.
49 BCXU-6 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
4A BCXU-7 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
4B BCXU-8 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
4C BCXU-9 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
4D BCXU-10 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
4E BCXU-11 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
4F BCXU-12 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
50 BCXU-13 AB21C001 BU SG 15.11-0 1
The packages created in BSC
ZWQO:CR;
PACKAGES CREATED IN OMU:
SW-PACKAGE STATUS DIRECTORY ENVIRONMENT DEF ACT
PACKAGE-ID (REP-ID) DELIVERY
In the list of
CD-ID software builds, the
FBSUN FB FBSUN SG 15.11-0 - Y running build has
the value of
SG 15.11-0 1 CIDC00SX 4.2-0
parameters DEF
AB21C001 (Default) and ACT
AB21C001 BU ASB_FP21B SG 15.11-0 Y Y (Active) is Y (Yes).
And the running
SG 15.11-0 1 CIDC00SX 4.2-0
build status
AB21C001 (STATUS) is BU
FBTHU UT FBTHU SG 15.11-0 - Y (backup build).
SG 15.11-0 1 CIDC00SX 4.2-0
AB21C001
FBB4PP04 UT FBB4PP04831 SG 14.5-0 - Y
SG 14.5-0 1 CIDC00SX 4.1-0
AB20B004
FBWED UT FBWED SG 15.11-0 - Y
SG 15.11-0 1 CIDC00SX 4.2-0
AB21C001
Display PCUMs’ cores average load
ZDDE:PCUM,1:"dla";
0081-$ dla
Load averages
Core#, 30s, 60s, 5m, 15m
2,21.06,21.21,21.37,21.25 Check average load
3,04.98,04.93,04.79,04.75 of AI cores in PCUM
and this load is
4,06.13,06.25,06.55,06.43 related to 3164
5,06.04,06.15,06.50,06.30 alarm(PCU PROCESSOR
OVERLOAD).
6,04.44,04.46,04.61,04.49 We can the value
7,06.86,06.83,06.59,06.11 with red font in the
supplementary
8,01.71,01.77,01.82,01.60 information fields
9,06.10,06.28,06.90,06.72 of 3164 alarm

10,08.41,08.71,09.14,08.43

PCUM
** IDALARM PCUM-1 0435H
129Dec=81Hex
(39032)
AI Core ID 3164 PCU PROCESSOR OVERLOAD
10Dec=0AHex
129d 0A
Display PCUM GPRS channels and TBFs
ZDDE:PCUM,20:"dpcuchannelinfo";
0094-$ dpcuchannelinfo
------------------------------------------------------------
----> Command dpcuchannelinfo executed on [04/10/2022 11:08:36:836154] <----
------------------------------------------------------------
############################### TSL CNT INFO ########################################
PCUM-0 SEG-GP 360 BTS-GP 360
PCUM-1 SEG-GP 478 BTS-GP 478
Display the static
PCUM-2 SEG-GP 308 BTS-GP 308 GPRS channels of all
PCUM-3 SEG-GP 333 BTS-GP 333 BTSs in one PCUM
unit. The number of
PCUM-4 SEG-GP 403 BTS-GP 403 GP channels is
PCUM-5 SEG-GP 330 BTS-GP 330 related to CDEF
parameter and check
PCUM-6 SEG-GP 220 BTS-GP 220 whether the number
PCUM-7 SEG-GP 244 BTS-GP 244 of GP channels in
each PCUM unit is
PCUM-8 SEG-GP 217 BTS-GP 217 balanced
PCUM-9 SEG-GP 294 BTS-GP 294
Display UL/DL TBFs for active segments in PCUM
ZDDE:PCUM,1:"dpcutbf";
0081-$ dpcutbf
------------------------------------------------------------
----> Command dpcutbf executed on [04/10/2022 11:08:59:704939] <----
------------------------------------------------------------
************************************START OF TRACE**************************************
PCUM-0 Num-UL-TBFs 118 Num-DL-TBFs 224
PCUM-1 Num-UL-TBFs 276 Num-DL-TBFs 408
PCUM-2 Num-UL-TBFs 155 Num-DL-TBFs 303 Display the TBFs
number for all
PCUM-3 Num-UL-TBFs 115 Num-DL-TBFs 240 active segments in
PCUM-4 Num-UL-TBFs 159 Num-DL-TBFs 216 PCUM unit and get a
snapshot of the
PCUM-5 Num-UL-TBFs 171 Num-DL-TBFs 287 number of real-time
PCUM-6 Num-UL-TBFs 125 Num-DL-TBFs 220 TBFs in each PCUM
unit.
PCUM-7 Num-UL-TBFs 116 Num-DL-TBFs 202
PCUM-8 Num-UL-TBFs 74 Num-DL-TBFs 152
PCUM-9 Num-UL-TBFs 156 Num-DL-TBFs 258
Check the contents of POCIPXZZ image Make sure that
ZIWY:S:DRIVE=WDU-S,PATH=-LFILES; POCIPXZZ image is
not corrupted, the
ZIBT:,,POCIPXZZ,IMG,,,,A,; file should end
FILE DEF:LFILES/ POCIPXZZ.IMG:0 with “:.” and the
number of “.”
....................POCIPXZZ.PAC 1.5-0 **/**/** PLAENVY2.PAC 66.3-0 CIDC00SX 4 characters can be
.2-0 15.11-0.................................................................... 0,1,2,3. copy
pocip* and xipifc*
......................$.................................#[File_version = 3] files from other
OMU-0: : :5dest 0.0.0.0:masklen 0:ipgateway 10.200.162.113:ifname :preference 0: LFILES directory
instead if
route_id 1:route_type 0:dmx_addr 16386: corruption.
OMU-0: : :5policy_src_net:source_addr 10.200.162.139:addr_mask 32:dest_addr 0.0.
0.0:dest_mask 0:gw_addr 10.200.162.129:route_type 0:dmx_addr 16386:tos 0:dscp 0:
......
......
......
RRMU-1: : :5policy_src_net:source_addr 10.200.162.151:addr_mask 32:dest_addr 0.0
.0.0:dest_mask 0:gw_addr 10.200.162.129:route_type 0:dmx_addr 28894:tos 0:dscp 0
:policy_id 5:
Check the contents of MNSFILSX image
ZIWY:S:SYSTEM=,UNIT=OMU,PATH=-LFILES,DRIVE=WDU-SB,;
ZIBT:WDU,S,MNS%,%,:;
FILE DEF:LFILES/ MNSFILSX.IMG: 2 Make sure that
00000200 7C 07 00 00 10 00 10 00 27 EC 07 DE 00 00 00 00 |.......'....... MNSFILSX image
is not
00000210 B4 00 00 00 4D 4E 53 46 49 4C 53 58 2E 50 41 43 ....MNSFILSX.PAC corrupted, the
00000220 20 32 2E 31 2D 30 20 2A 2A 2F 2A 2A 2F 2A 2A 20 2.1-0 **/**/** file should not
only contain
00000230 42 58 58 45 4E 56 53 47 2E 50 41 43 20 31 35 2E BXXENVSG.PAC 15. the records of
00000240 31 31 2D 30 20 20 43 49 44 43 30 30 53 58 20 34 11-0 CIDC00SX 4 “00” and “99”.
copy mnsfilsx
00000250 2E 32 2D 30 20 31 35 2E 31 31 2D 30 00 00 00 00 .2-0 15.11-0.... files from
00000260 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ other LFILES
directory
00000270 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ instead if
00000280 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ corruption.
Relations
...... between
...... SPCs(MSCs) and
PLMN codes are
...... defined via new
00000960 99 99 99 00 99 99 99 00 99 99 99 00 99 99 99 00 ................ parameters in
MNSFIL.
00000970 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 05 01 01 00 ............
The value of all multipoint A interface
parameters
ZE7I:ALL;
SPC DEFAULT WEIGHT GLOBAL CN_ID NULL MSC
HEX/DEC SPC FACTOR MNC + MCC + CN_ID NRI STATE NRI
Make sure that
17CC/06092 DEF 25 02 - 515 - 1 31 WO-EX 21
all MSC state
24 is “WO-EX” and
all parameters
17CE/06094 25 02 - 515 - 2 31 WO-EX 22
are correctly
25 defined
according to
17D0/06096 25 02 - 515 - 3 31 WO-EX 23
the network
26 planning
parameters.
1818/06168 25 02 - 515 - 4 31 WO-EX 27
29
NRI_LENGTH = 5
LOAD BALANCING METHOD = 1, NRI AMOUNT
NAS NODE METHOD = 1, DONE WITH WEIGHTED-ROUND-ROBIN
FORCED MODE = 0, NORMAL NRI BASED TRAFFIC ROUTING
BSDATA database state
ZDBS:BSDATA,0:;
DATABASE OCCURRENCE WO/SP STATE SUBSTATE
BSDATA 0 WO NORMAL NORMAL BSDATA means BSS radio
BSDATA 0 SP NORMAL NORMAL network configuration
database. The state and
MEMORY UPDATES DISK UPDATES TRANSACTION BACK UP
substate of BSDATA
PREVENTED PREVENTED OVERFLOW IS ON should be normal in
NO NO NO NO both MCMU units. And
the information below
LOGBUF ID
“memory update, disk
0013 update, overflow, back
LATEST TRANSACTIONS: up is on” should be NO.
REQUESTOR`S COMPUTER REQUESTOR`S FAMILY TRANSACTION ID TRANSACTION PHASE
4505 01B5 000C EXEC SUCCESS
4505 01B5 000C EXEC SUCCESS
4505 01B5 000C EXEC SUCCESS
4505 01B5 000C EXEC SUCCESS
4505 01B5 000C EXEC SUCCESS
4505 01B5 000D EXEC SUCCESS
4505 01B5 000C EXEC SUCCESS
4505 01B5 000C EXEC SUCCESS
OEDATA database state
ZDBS:OEDATA,0:;
DATABASE OCCURRENCE WO/SP STATE SUBSTATE
OEDATA 0 WO NORMAL NORMAL OEDATA means OSI
OEDATA 0 SP NORMAL NORMAL environment
configuration database.
MEMORY UPDATES DISK UPDATES TRANSACTION BACK UP The state and substate
PREVENTED PREVENTED OVERFLOW IS ON of OEDATA should be
normal in both MCMU
NO NO NO NO units. And the
LOGBUF ID information below
“memory update, disk
0009 update, overflow, back
LATEST TRANSACTIONS: up is on” should be NO.

REQUESTOR`S COMPUTER REQUESTOR`S FAMILY TRANSACTION ID TRANSACTION PHASE

4505 00AF 0016 ABORTED
0000 0000 0000 FREE
0000 0000 0000 FREE
0000 0000 0000 FREE
0000 0000 0000 FREE
PDDATA database state
ZDBS:PDDATA,0:;
DATABASE OCCURRENCE WO/SP STATE SUBSTATE
PDDATA means BSS radio
PDDATA 0 WO NORMAL NORMAL
network plan
PDDATA 0 SP NORMAL NORMAL configuration database.
MEMORY UPDATES DISK UPDATES TRANSACTION BACK UP The state and substate
of PDDATA should be
PREVENTED PREVENTED OVERFLOW IS ON normal in both MCMU
NO NO NO NO units. And the
information below
LOGBUF ID
“memory update, disk
000D update, overflow, back
LATEST TRANSACTIONS: up is on” should be NO.
REQUESTOR`S COMPUTER REQUESTOR`S FAMILY TRANSACTION ID TRANSACTION PHASE
4505 06B7 00E7 EXEC SUCCESS
4505 06B7 00E7 EXEC SUCCESS
4505 06B7 00E7 EXEC SUCCESS
4505 06B7 00E7 EXEC SUCCESS
4505 06B7 00E7 EXEC SUCCESS
4505 06B7 0093 EXEC SUCCESS
4505 06B7 00E7 EXEC SUCCESS
4505 06B7 00E7 EXEC SUCCESS
PCUM’s and Segment’s load information
ZFXL:PSEI=0&&99:ALL:;
PSE-00
AVERAGE PCU POOL LOAD: 299 (PERMILLE)
PCU PCU PCU OBJECT PCU SEG
ID INDEX STATE LOAD (PERMILLE)
00 20 WORKING 01066 We can get PCUM units’
30 32 WORKING 01054 and segments’ load every
measurement period of
29 06 WORKING 01061
one hour.
28 03 WORKING 01120
27 28 WORKING 01050
PCU ID-27 PCU-28
SEG - LOAD (PERMILLE)
0255-0023 0256-0021 0257-0014 0401-0011 0402-0014
0403-0028 0476-0046 0477-0025 0478-0030 0619-0014
0620-0032 0621-0032 0622-0023 0623-0065 0624-0025
1253-0030 1254-0030 1255-0014 1256-0025 1257-0014
1258-0014 1426-0007 1427-0007 1428-0009 1429-0007
1430-0007 1431-0009 1432-0007 1433-0007 1434-0009
2022-0014 2023-0014 2024-0014 2025-0014 2026-0014
2027-0014 3109-0035 3110-0028 3111-0032 3112-0065
3113-0063 3114-0032 3300-0032 3301-0032 3302-0032
 Check and configure brief report setting
ZDHX:;
ZDHX:BRFCONT="ALL";
-- BRIEF REPORT CONTENT (IN THE ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
DEFPACK Default Active Software Package
DISKSPACE Disk Space
CPULOAD CPU Load of Units
DXALARM Active DX Alarms
COMPLOG Computer Logs
BTSALARM Active BTS Alarms
BCFBLOCKED Blocked BCF, BTS and TRX Counts
DBINTBSC Database Integrity in BSC
TSLUSAGE TSL Usage
 Create the brief report
ZDHC;
NETWORK ELEMENT HEALTH REPORT - VISLHGABSC1
-- DEFAULT ACTIVE SOFTWARE PACKAGE
SW Package & Status: AB21C001 / Backup (BU)
Directory & Package ID: ASB_FP21B / SG 15.11-0 1
Environment & Delivery: SG 15.11-0 / CIDC00SX 4.2-0
CD & Repair ID: AB21C001 / 20526
-- DISK SPACE (FREE/TOTAL BLOCKS)
OMU WDU-0: 170961259 / 209715200
OMU WDU-1: 173654289 / 209715200
-- CPU LOAD OF UNITS (%)
Unit State Load Unit State Load Unit State Load
OMU WO-EX 0
MCMU-0 SP-EX 1 MCMU-1 WO-EX 1
-- ACTIVE DX ALARMS
Critical: 0 Major: 52 Minor: 2
 Create the brief report cont.
ZDHC;
NETWORK ELEMENT HEALTH REPORT - VISLHGABSC1
-- COMPUTER LOGS
Unit State Crit Error Info Unit State Crit. Error Info
PCUM-0 WO-EX 198 3 6 PCUM-1 WO-EX 190 3 7
PCUM-6 WO-EX 65 6 4 PCUM-7 WO-EX 0 0 0
-- ACTIVE BTS ALARMS
Critical: 37 Major: 357 Minor: 59 There is no output of
brief report in 12
-- BLOCKED BCF, BTS AND TRX COUNTS
asBSCs after ZDHC MML
BCF: 35 BTS: 216 TRX: 837 CMD executed. We can
raise a case for root
-- DATABASE INTEGRITY IN BSC
casue.
Database Occurrence Memory Disk (WS) Disk (WB)
OEDATA 0 - OK OK
BSDATA 0 OK SKIPPED SKIPPED
PDDATA 0 OK - -
-- TIMESLOT USAGE
CS: 8047 PS: 17236 DTM: 0
BSDATA database integrity check
BSDATA consistency checking:
• ZDBC:BSDATA,0; Copy the BSDATA to a disk
• ZDBP:BSDATA,0:DISK; Prevent the updating of the database to disk.
• ZDBV:BSDATA,0:DISK; Start the integrity check.
• ZDBR:BSDATA,0:DISK; Resume the updating of the database to disk.

If Databases Integrity check shows no

errors, FBPP activity can continue.
If errors are present, FBPP activities
must be cancel1ed and a problem report
needs to be created for further
investigations by Nokia.
Estimation of PCU Utilization
If this counter 110000-PEAK RESERVED PCUPCM CHANNELS shows 100% peak utilization
consistently, then below factors should also be checked:
a) Counter 072265: UL MCS REDUCTION DUE PCU RESOURCES
b) Counter 072266: DL MCS REDUCTION DUE PCU RESOURCES
c) ALARM 3415: GPRS/EDGE LOAD IS VERY HIGH IN PCU OF PSE
d) ZFXL command output:
e) ALARM 3164: PCU PROCESSOR OVERLOAD
f) Counter 002063: PEAK GPRS CHANNELS
g) Counter 073000: UL DL RLC MAC BLOCKS
 Recommend to check

Optimized RM19 BIOS settings for Cloud RAN Solution

Optimized NDCS RM19 server BIOS settings for Cloud RAN Solution VNFs (AirScale BSC and AirScale
RNC) to ensure optimal and predictable performance.
BIOS Menu Parameter Name Key Value
Advanced ► CSM Configuration Network CSM007 Do not launch
Boot Mode Select FBO001 LEGACY
Legacy - Boot Option #1 FBO101 Hard Disk
Boot Legacy - Boot Option #2 FBO102 USB
Legacy - Boot Option #3 FBO103 Disabled
Legacy - Boot Option #4 FBO104 Disabled
Socket Configuration ► IIO Configuration ►Intel® VT Intel® VT for Directed
for DirectedI/O (VT-d) I/O (VT-d) IIOS1FE Enable
Socket Configuration ►Advanced Power Management
Configuration ►CPU PState Control Turbo Mode PMS002 Disable
Socket Configuration ►Advanced Power Management
Configuration ►Hardware PM State Control Hardware P-States PMS003 Disable