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SDX 6.4.x Application Library Guide > Providing Admission Control with ACP > Monitoring and Managing ACP

Monitoring and Managing ACP

You can use a Web application to monitor the information about ACP.

If you want to protect communications between the Web application and a client browser, you can configure Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTPS), which uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the Web application. You configure HTTPS for the ACP Web application in the same way that you configure HTTPS for the SAE Web Admin. See SDX Monitoring and Troubleshooting Guide, Chapter 6, Monitoring and Managing SAE Data.

To start the Web application:

  1. Access the following URL with a Web browser:
    2. https://<host>:8445/

<host> is the name or the IP address of the host on which you installed the ACP software.

You will see a dialog box prompting you for a username and password.

  1. Enter the username and password for the Web application.

The defaults for the username and password are both admin.

  1. Click OK.

The Admission Control Plug-In Administration Web page appears.

Displaying Information About the Edge Network

To display information about the edge networks that ACP manages, click Edge in the navigation menu.

Displaying Information About Subscriber Sessions

To display information about subscriber sessions:

  1. Click User Sessions in the navigation menu.

The User Sessions Web page appears.
  1. In the field User Session ID contains, enter test to display information about one or more specific sessions, or leave this field empty to display information about all sessions.
  2. Choose a VR from the Virtual router name drop-down list, or leave this field empty to display information about all subscribers.
  3. Click Search.

The User Sessions Web page displays a list of current subscriber sessions in memory.

  1. Click a session to display information about it.

The User Sessions Web page displays information about this subscriber session and associated congestion points.

Displaying Information About Congestion Points

To display information about edge congestion points:

  1. In the navigation menu, click Congestion Points.

The Congestion Point Web page appears.
  1. Enter the DN for a congestion point, or leave the field blank to view all congestion points.
  2. In the field User session ID contains, enter all or part of a session identifier to display information about one or more specific sessions, or leave this field empty to display information about all session.
  3. Choose a VR from the Virtual router name drop-down list, or leave the field blank to view information for all VRs.
  4. Click Search.

The Congestion Point Web page displays a list of congestion points.

  1. Click a congestion point to view information about it.

The Congestion Point Web page displays information about this congestion point.

Displaying Information About the Backbone Network

To display information about the backbone networks that ACP manages, click Backbone in the navigation menu.

Displaying Information About Services

To display information about services that ACP manages in the backbone network, click Services in the navigation menu.

The Services Web page appears.
  1. In the Services name field, enter the name of a service to display information about one service, or leave this field empty to display information about all services.
  2. Choose a VR from the Virtual router name drop-down list, or leave this field empty to display information about all VRs.
  3. Click Search.

The Services Web page displays a list of current services in memory.

  1. Click Brief or Detail to display information about a service.

The Services Web page displays a summary or detailed information about this service.

Displaying Information About Congestion Points

The procedure for displaying information about backbone congestion points is similar to the procedure for displaying information about edge congestion points. However, you have the option of specifying a service, whereas in the edge network you have the option of specifying an identifier for a subscriber session. To display information about backbone congestion points, click Congestion Points under Backbone in the navigation menu, and follow the instructions on the screen. For information, see Displaying Information About Congestion Points.

Displaying Information About Action Congestion Points

Backbone congestion points that are configured to run applications are action congestion points. To display information about action congestion points, click the DN in the Congestion Points list that appears when you display information about services or congestion points.

Displaying Information About the Configuration

To display information about the configuration, click Configuration in the navigation menu. The Configuration Web page provides a list of ACP properties and their values.

Displaying Information About Redundancy

To display information about ACP redundancy, click Redundancy State in the navigation menu. The Redundancy State Web page provides information about the status of the ACPs in the redundancy configuration, including its synchronization state with the SAE.

Displaying Information Obtained from External Applications

To display information about subscribers and congestions points obtained through an external application, click Remote Update in the navigation menu.

Displaying Information About Subscribers

To display information about subscribers added through an external application:

  1. Click Users under Remote Update.

The User Remote Update Web page appears.
  1. Enter information in the fields to restrict the search, or leave the fields empty to search for all subscribers.
  2. Click Search.

The User Remote Update Web page displays identifiers for the subscribers.

  1. Click an identifier to obtain details for that subscriber.

The User Remote Update Web page displays information about the subscriber.

Displaying Information About Congestion Points

To display information about congestion points added through an external application:

  1. Click Congestion Points under Remote Update.

The Congestion Point Remote Update Web page appears.
  1. Enter information in the fields to restrict the search, or leave the fields empty to search for all subscribers.
  2. Click Search.

The Congestion Point Remote Update Web page displays the congestion points.

  1. Click an identifier to obtain details for that congestion point.

The Congestion Point Remote Update Web page displays information about the congestion point.

Reorganizing the File That Contains ACP Data

Periodically, you should reorganize the files that contain ACP data about subscribers, services, and congestion points. This action reduces the sizes of these files. To do so:

  1. Click Tools in the navigation menu.
  2. Click Reorganize Backup DB.

The software reorganizes the files.

Updating Congestion Point References

To ensure that congestion point changes are updated, run Java Virtual Machine (JVM) garbage collection. This process cleans up the unused congestion points that are no longer referenced by subscriber or service sessions so that changes are updated. To run JVM garbage collection:

  1. Click Tools in the navigation menu.
  2. Click Run JVM GC.

Modifying Congestion Points

By default, ACP does not register changes in congestion points until you stop and restart ACP. To modify the congestion point associated with a service without stopping and starting the ACP:

  1. Make sure that no subscribers have subscriptions to services that use the congestion point you want to modify.
  2. With the Configuration Editor, import data from the directory, and open the config.xml file in the ACP folder.
  3. Click the Data Manager tab (see Configuring Connections to the Services' Directory), and scroll to the heading called Service Data.
  4. Set the Load Congestion Points field to Yes.
  5. Save the config.xml file, and export it to the directory.
  6. Wait for 30 seconds before you proceed to the next step.

Depending on the value of the polling interval for directory eventing, ACP may take up to 30 seconds to register the change to the Load Congestion Points field. If you modify the congestion point before ACP registers the new setting for the Load Congestion Points field, ACP will not register the change for the congestion point.

  1. Modify the congestion point in the service definition.

ACP immediately registers the change.

  1. With the Configuration Editor, import data from the directory, and open the config.xml file in the ACP folder.
  2. Set the Load Congestion Points field to Yes.
  3. Save the config.xml file, and export it to the directory.
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