In this section:

DSC-SWe

This platform supports Virtual Machines (VMs). The DSC SWe is supported on KVM, VMware, OpenStack, and MA-RMS.

The supported number of VMs on the DSC SWe depends on the licensing configuration and the capacity of the KVM and the VMware hosts. Two of these VMs (required by default) are in virtual slots 1 and 2. These VMs are used for both management and routing purposes and are referred to as

  • Routing and Management VM1 [virtual slot 01 – (RTNG_MGMT_CPU)]
  • Routing and Management VM2 [virtual slot 02 – (RTNG_MGMT_CPU)]

All other VMs are referred to as Application VMs [(Routing or Load Balancer) Slots 3 to 20 – (RTNG_CPU and Load Balancer n, respectively)].

For more information about the VMs, refer to the appropriate chapter of the Installation Guides and the DSC - SP2000 Platform Manager User Guide.

DSC 8000

This platform supports Management, Routing, and Application CPUs. Consider the following regarding these CPUs:

  • Management traffic is supported on the Management CPUs.
  • DSC and SIGTRAN traffic are supported on the Routing CPU (can be the same CPU but different subnets).

  • DSC Database (DB) is supported on the Application CPU (only for the DSC 8000)

For more information about the DSC 8000 CPUs, refer to the appropriate chapter in the DSC 8000 Hardware Installation Guide.

Identify the Supported Applications on a Particular CPU

  1. From the Web UI Main Menu, click Licensing.
  2. Under the License Features (per CPU) heading, click the CPU on which you want to identify the licensed applications.
  3. Click Update.

References to Routing and Management VMs (Management CPUs) and Routing VMs (Routing CPUs)

For simplicity, the Documentation Library uses the terms Routing and Management CPU (VM) and Routing CPU (VM) in place of the DSC SWe Web UI terms RTNG_MGMT_CPU and RTNG_CPU, respectively. 

Likewise, the terms Management CPU and Routing CPU are considered synonymous with DSC 8000 Web UI terms MGMT_CPU and RTNG_CPU, respectively. This is summarized in the following table. Apply these terms as required for your respective system.

All occurrences of VM apply to the applicable CPU if your system is a DSC 8000.

Naming Conventions

PlatformVM and CPU Name as referenced in documentationName used in the Web UI 
DSC SWeRouting and Management CPU (VM)RTNG_MGMT_CPU
Routing CPU (VM)RTNG_CPU
DSC 8000Management CPUMGMT_CPU
Routing CPURTNG_CPU

For more information about terminology for the DSC Platforms, see Terminology.

Limitations for the DSC-SP2000

DSC-SP2000 in this Documentation Library refers to the DSC or the SP2000 on a KVM, VMware Host, or OpenStack. The software for these platforms is similar; any differences will be clearly identified in the documentation as required.

  • Some applications for the DSC such as Gateway Screening (GWS), Global Title Translation (GTT), Point Code Emulator (PCE), Diameter Signaling Controller (DSC), and so on are license dependent. If your system is not licensed for an application, the Web-based UI (also referred to as Web UI) side menu bar does not display the associated button to access the application. For a screen capture of the Web UI Main Menu with all applications enabled and running and for a description of each Main Menu button, refer to the Web UI and Menu UI Guide.

  • The alarm panels in the screen captures, which appear in this library, may display a number of alarms because the screen captures were obtained using test systems.

For other limitation and exclusions, refer to DSC - SP2000 Documentation.




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