Re: m3ua querry..

Devayya,

Devayya BOPAIAH wrote:                         (Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:41:04)
> Hi,
> 
> We are testing the m3ua Implementation at the ASP side.(i.e MGC)
> Other side is the testing equipment.(Consider this as a AS)
> Also there is only one ASP in that AS. Traffic mode is loadshare.
> 
> 1) Suppose ASP is in DOWN state and If I send Notify with AS-INACTIVE 
> from test equipment, what should be the state of ASP ?

RFC 4666 4.3.1 ...

   ASP-DOWN: The remote M3UA peer at the ASP/IPSP is unavailable, and/or
   the related SCTP association is down.  Initially, all ASPs/IPSPs will
   be in this state.  An ASP/IPSP in this state SHOULD NOT be sent any
   M3UA messages, with the exception of Heartbeat, ASP Down Ack, and
   Error messages.

The ASP should stay in the ASP-DOWN state and send ERR(Unexpected Message).

> 
> 2) Suppose ASP is in DOWN state and if I send Notify with AS-ACTIVE from 
> test equipment, what should be the state of the ASP ?

The ASP should stay in the ASP-DOWN state and send ERR(Unexpected Message).

> 
> 3) Suppose ASP has recieved ASP-UP-ACK message and if I send a Notify 
> with AS-ACTIVE message from test equipment what should be the state of ASP ?


RFC 4666 4.3.1 ...

   ASP-INACTIVE: The remote M3UA peer at the ASP/IPSP is available (and
   the related SCTP association is up), but application traffic is
   stopped.  In this state, the ASP/IPSP SHOULD NOT be sent any DATA or
   SSNM messages for the AS for which the ASP/IPSP is inactive.

The ASP should stay in the ASP-INACTIVE state for the AS: the peer has
gone insane (it is sending AS-ACTIVE when no ASP is active for the AS),
so informing local management might be an idea.

--brian

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