Aptilo Networks ALE Platform
The Aptilo Networks ALE Platform is used to monitor the ALE Architecture. This is a purpose-built carrier-grade system for control of billing, user services and access in wireless networks. Monitoring is possible via the Management Layer, which is connected to the three functional ALE Architecture layers. The layered architecture supports high scalability, availability and flexible geographical deployment while providing an efficient, centralized operational interface for the system administrators.
About
The Aptilo Networks ALE Platform protocol is used to monitor the services via SNMPv2. SNMP Get commands are used to read information from the device. The connector also receives unsolicited messages from the device via SNMP Traps.
Version Info
| Range | Description | DCF Integration | Cassandra Compliant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | Initial version | No | No |
Product Info
| Range | Supported Firmware Version |
|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | ALE 4.1 build 41324 |
Installation and configuration
Creation
SNMP Main connection
This connector uses a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) connection and requires the following input during element creation:
SNMP CONNECTION:
- IP address/host: The polling IP of the device, e.g. 10.1.15.6.
SNMP Settings:
- Port number: The port of the connected device, by default 161.
- Get community string: The community string used when reading values from the device, by default public.
- Set community string: The community string used when setting values on the device, by default private.
Usage
Authentication
This page displays information about the authentication, including a trap that indicates if the authentication service is down.
Statistics
This page displays the Request & Response Rate for both the Radius Accounting and the Radius Authentication.
Core
This page displays two tables with information related to the Core Services and the Disk Partitioning respectively.
Database
This page displays all the information about the Databases.
Backup
This page displays all the information regarding the Backup.
Policy
This page contains custom-designed counters specific for a customer solution.
Call Data Records
This page contains all the information about the Call Data Record generation by the system.
CDR Sessions
This page displays the CDR Events table.
With the FTP Connection page button, you can configure the FTP Connection Settings. Those FTP Connections Settings include a parameter that enables/disables the polling of the FTP Server. By default, this is Disabled. As soon as it is Enabled, polling will start, but only if all the other parameters were entered correctly (username, password, folder). As such, it is recommended to enter all the settings before enabling FTP polling. The IP address at startup is the IP address of the element (sometimes the FTP's IP address is the same as the element's IP). If it is different, change the IP address to the correct address. The Polling Time denotes how frequently the FTP server will be polled in order to retrieve the required number of records. The Record Time Span determines how much information all the records contain (by default this is set to 5 minutes of events).
With the Old Records page button, historic data can be retrieved from the FTP Server.
System
This page contains general information about the system, including the interfaces.
IP
This page contains all the information about the routing, the IP interfaces, IP addresses, etc.
ICMP
This page displays two tables, containing the Generic System-Wide Counters and System-Wide Per-Version-Message Counters respectively.
TCP
This page contains all the information regarding the TCP communication.
UDP
This page contains all the information regarding the UDP communication.
SNMP
This page displays all the incoming and outgoing packet data.
Host
This page contains information about the Uptime, Memory Size and Storage.
Radius
This page contains information about the Authentication Server and the Accounting Server.