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Traffic Monitor Course

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Traffic Monitor - Outline Apuntes JFK

• A tool for Veraz PSEs that helps them analyze GW problems.

• It must be installed in the xMS server.

• Activate after installation as follows:Start Programs Traffic Monitor Traffic Monitor

• Define the card with which you want to connect:– With a DSPK card for traffic monitoring – With a D32M card for signaling monitoring

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Traffic Monitor

• Traffic Monitor was designed for– R&D integration environment– Debug tool (Technical support)

• Possibility to check traffic status in different locations– Incoming to the I Gate terminal – TDM level– Between Terminals – IP level

• The Traffic monitor scope – Voice

• This course will describes how to configure and activate the monitor options

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Three Monitor options

Traffic Monitor

Voice TDM Recording

Media GatewayOr

Interface Manager

IP Recording

Signaling,RTP, MGCP

Dynamic Recording

IPRecording

Voice TDMRecording

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Monitor location

• The following drawing describe the different traffic monitor location.

DSPK

D32M

TPSM

DSPK

D32M

TPSM

IP

Side A Side B

TDM Recording in (TM ) Voice

Recording from single TDM card IP Sniffing (in TM) -

( In DSPK and also D32M )

Soft Switch Recording

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Traffic Monitor main screen

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ICON list

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Connection to MG cards

1.Connect to the Terminal 2.Select the MG address IP card3.Click – Get card

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Row..

• In the details table double click on the first empty row.

• In the Configuration Row window, select - All Trunks –option.

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Connect the MG

• MG connection was created• Mark the MG card and click on the –

Connect - Icon

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Led View

• The Led View window will be open

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TDM Recording example

• Point the mouse to the channel (TS)

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TDM recording activation

• Right click and select , “ TDM Recording in TM”

• Assigned a new folder in the file name and click on Start

• TDM recording will start

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End of record

• When we wish to end the record, from the Led View window select the –Stop Record icon – and select – Stop TDM Recording (in TM)

• Select the TDM record• Stop TDM Record• A new record file was created

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Recording Proc

Select the Recording Proc icon and open the recorded file

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Recording Proc

• Mark the lower check box• Click on the Analyze icon• Two . BIN file were created

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Voice file creation

• 4 types of Voice record were created

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TDM card recording

• Second possible option is to record a TDM channel from the Interface management card

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TDM card recording

• Select the D32M card• Select the SPAN location• Select – Start Sniff

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Stop TDM card recording

• Select MG card and stop the recording

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Recording Proc – for Voice Recording

• Select the Recording Proc icon and open the recorded file

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Tdm2cap – Use for Signaling

• 2 .snf files were created• Use the Tdm2cap to

create .eth file

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Open the file ……..

• Use WireShark to open eth files

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Option - Recording from two cards …

• Select one MG card to activate double recording

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Stop recording from two cards …

• This type of recording will generate two files– (one file per card)

• Use WireShark application to check the files

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IP sniffing

• Possible option to record different types of Signaling over IP• Select the card • Select IP sniffing (in TM) option

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Types of filter

• Different types of Filter level can be selected

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Stop IP sniffing

• To Stop Sniffing, select the card• Select – stop IP sniffing

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Open the file ……..

• Use WireShark to open eth files

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Dynamic Records

• The ability to record using the Traffic Monitor with out knowing the TS location. – (The TS that was selected for test call )

xMS GWConnect

CCP

CRCX

Recall

Call

Trace

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Dynamic Recording – Step by step

• Check MG connection – Side A and Side B

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Lunch the Soft Switch recording option

• Select the S tab• Select Start tab to activate the recording

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Call trace activation

• Use Calling and Called Party Number

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Stop recording

• Select the STOP tab to stop recording• Two types of file were created

– .IP and .TDM

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TDM file…..

• Select the Recording Proc icon and open the recorded file• 4 Voice file were created

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IP file…..

• Use the WireShark to open the file

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IP sniffing example (1)

• Select the IAM message (double click it)

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IP sniffing example (2)

• Or …. Select the message and right click it• Select Show packet in new window

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IP sniffing example (3)

• Possible option to see different layers in the IAM massage

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