The OCS emulator (Primary OCS Ro Node) is used in the OCS Node test case to simulate OCS Servers that can provide Online Charging services. The test case can emulate two servers: one primary server and a secondary server for failover testing.
In DRA Nodal test case, OCS Node is used to provide Online Charging services when you select OCS under PCRF Interfaces and then select to emulate OCS I/F on the Test Configuration tab.
| NOTE: The maximum number of sessions is determined by your OCS server license. |
In OCS Node test case, The number of nodes is controlled by the Primary and Secondary Proxy checkbox on the OCS Node Emulator Configuration tab. Selecting Secondary OCS Node allows you to define both the emulators on the Primary OCS Ro Node and Secondary OCS Ro Node sub-tabs.
Define the following:
Multi-Homed: Select to indicate that SCTP endpoint is multi-homed, where more than one destination transport address is used to reach the endpoint.
Tcl Parameter: DiaSrvSctpMultiHomedMultiSrcEn
Host: Depending on whether the node emulates originating or destination point, Host identifies the endpoint that originated the Diameter message or the Diameter Identity of the destination host.
Realm: Depending on whether the node emulates originating or destination point, Realm identifies the realm of the originator of any Diameter message or the realm the message is to be routed to.
With a OCS node, you can define:
With an Ethernet node, you can define:
The IP address and routing options... The node IP address provisions the Host-IP-Address AVP in CEA messages sent to the peer.
The MAC Address to override the Hardware MAC address so the packets sent out of the interface will use the provisioned MAC address rather the Hardware MAC Address.
Custom port selection... and error injection with the Advanced... button.
The Outbound Traffic Port to disable the normal routing function and to force packets out of the selected interface.
The OCS Server and Diameter Server Node report tab displays the processing measurements for the emulator.