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Managing the Message Tracing of the

GGSN9811

About This Chapter

The tracing function is used in daily maintenance. You can locate the fault in the service flow
by tracing the message. After the data is configured, you can enable the tracing function to verify
whether the signaling links are normal, and then locate the fault.
8.1 Creating Message Tracing Tasks
This part describes how to create the message tracing tasks. The tracing management of the local
maintenance terminal (LMT) contains interface tracing and user tracing. The LMT provides
message descriptors to describe the messages. If you double-click a specified message in the
browsing window, you can query the details of the message. This facilitates the operator to
analyze the tracing message.
8.2 Browsing Tracing Messages Online
This part describes how to browse the tracing messages online. You can browse the tracing
message displayed after the tracing task is created. When browsing the messages online, you
can scroll down the window and browse the message description.
8.3 Saving Tracing Results
This part describes how to save the tracing results locally.
8.4 Stopping/Restarting Tracing Tasks
This part describes how to stop or restart the tracing tasks. When you do not need to trace the
task temporarily, you can stop the tracing task. When you need to trace the task again, you can
restart the tracing task.
8.5 Closing Tracing Tasks
This part describes how to close the tracing tasks. When you do not need to trace the task, you
must close the tracing task to save system resources.
8.6 Browsing Tracing Results Offline
This part describes how to browse the tmf file offline through the trace viewer.

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8.1 Creating Message Tracing Tasks

This part describes how to create the message tracing tasks. The tracing management of the local
maintenance terminal (LMT) contains interface tracing and user tracing. The LMT provides
message descriptors to describe the messages. If you double-click a specified message in the
browsing window, you can query the details of the message. This facilitates the operator to
analyze the tracing message.
8.1.1 Creating Interface Tracing Tasks
This part describes how to creating interface tracing tasks.
8.1.2 Creating User Tracing Tasks
User tracing refers to the tracing of the interface message in terms of the mobile station ID
(MSID).

8.1.1 Creating Interface Tracing Tasks

This part describes how to creating interface tracing tasks.

Prerequisite
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The local maintenance terminal (LMT) is started.

The user logs in to the GGSN9811 as an operator with tracing authority.

Context
Interface tracing includes the following tasks:
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Tracing Gn/Gp

Tracing Ga

Tracing Gi

Tracing Go

Tracing Gy

This section gives an example of creating a Gn/Gp interface tracing task. Refer to this example
to create other tracing tasks.

Procedure
Step 1 Click the Maintenance tab. Then click Interface Trace Task under Trace Management, and
select the object to be traced. The Gn/Gp Trace dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure
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Figure 8-1 Gn/Gp Interface Trace window

Step 2 Set the fields in the dialog box. Press F1 to view the descriptions. The descriptions are listed in
Table 8-1.
Table 8-1 Parameters for tracing Gn/Gp
Field name

Description

Slot Number

Slot number of the active SPU.

SGSN IP

IP address of the signaling plane of the SGSN.

Message Type

PATH: path management message.

TUNNEL: tunnel management message.
MIP: MIP message.

Auto Save

The traced message file is automatically

saved in the trace directory under the
software installation directory.

The file is named in this format:

OfficeName_TraceType_year-monthday-hour-minute-second.tmf. For
example,
201_Gn_Gp_2006-07-27-11-22-04.tmf.

Each file may contain up to 5,000 records.

When the number of records exceeds
5,000, the system creates a new file.

Step 3 Click OK to start the tracing task. The message browse window displays the traced signaling in
real time, as shown in Figure 8-2.

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Figure 8-2 Message browse window for interface tracing

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8.1.2 Creating User Tracing Tasks

User tracing refers to the tracing of the interface message in terms of the mobile station ID
(MSID).

Prerequisite
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The local maintenance terminal (LMT) is started.

The user logs in to the GGSN9811 as an operator with tracing authority.

Context
Subscriber tracing is performed to trace messages at each interface, based on the IMSI or
MSISDN.

Procedure
Step 1 Click the Maintenance tab. Double-click Trace Management > User Trace Task > User
Trace. The User Trace dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 8-3.

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Figure 8-3 Setting parameters for subscriber tracing

Step 2 Set the fields in the dialog box. Press F1 to view the descriptions of the fields. The descriptions
are listed in Table 8-2.
Table 8-2 Descriptions of the fields in User Trace
Field name

Description

IMSI/MSISDN

IMSI length: 15.

MSISDN length: 16.
You must select either IMSI or MSISDN.

Message Type

GTP: GTP_C messages that go between the

online subscribers on the SPU and the SGSN
through the Gn/Gp interface.
AAA: messages that between the online
subscribers on the SPU and the AAA through
the Gi interface.
CAP: Camel intelligent service messages that
go between the online subscribers on the SPU
and the SCP.
UP: uplink data of the online subscribers on
the SPU. DOWN: downlink data of the online
subscribers on the SPU.
MIP: MIP messages that are sent by the online
subscribers on the SPU through the Gn and
Gi interfaces.

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Field name

Description

Auto Save

The traced message file is automatically

saved in the trace directory under the
software installation directory.

The file is named in this format:

OfficeName_TraceType_year-monthday-hour-minute-second.tmf. For
example,
201_Gn_Gp_2006-10-29-11-29-30.tmf.

Each file may contain up to 5,000 records.

When the number of records exceeds
5,000, the system creates a new file.

Step 3 Click OK to start the tracing task. The message browse window displays the traced signaling in
real time, as shown in Figure 8-4.
Figure 8-4 Message browse window for subscriber tracing

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8.2 Browsing Tracing Messages Online

This part describes how to browse the tracing messages online. You can browse the tracing
message displayed after the tracing task is created. When browsing the messages online, you
can scroll down the window and browse the message description.
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Prerequisite
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The tracing task is created.

The tracing message is reported.

Procedure
Step 1 Browse the tracing messages in real time. Right-click in the window, then the following
operations can be performed.
If you select...

Then...

Stop Trace Task

All the tracing tasks are terminated.

Restart Trace Task

Terminated tracing tasks are started again.

Save All Messages...

All the tracing messages are saved to a specified

path.

Save Selected Message(s)...

Selected tracing messages are saved to a

specified path.

Auto Scroll

Messages in the browsing window are refreshed

in real time and scroll up automatically.

Clear Messages

All messages in the browsing window are

cleared.

Prompt When Overload Control Occurs Overload control generated on the LM is

prompted.
Close All xxx Trace Tasks

All the xxx tracing tasks are closed (xxx

represents the specified tasks).

Property...

Properties of the task being traced are displayed.

Step 2 Double-click the message if you want to obtain more details on the message. The Message
Browser window is displayed. Refer to Figure 8-5.

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Figure 8-5 Message Browser window

NOTE

The window contains two parts, that is, the upper window and the lower window. You can adjust the size
of the window by moving the line in the window. When you select a line in the upper window, the selected
line is in blue. The hexadecimal code specified by the message body is displayed in blue in the lower
window.

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8.3 Saving Tracing Results

This part describes how to save the tracing results locally.

Prerequisite
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The tracing message is reported.

Context
You can save the tracing results in two ways.

Procedure
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System automatically saving

1.

When the tracing task is created, by default, the system automatically saves all the
messages of the tracing task as a tmf file.
By default, the system automatically saves the tracing results to Installation path
\client\output\GGSN9811\LMT software version\trace. The rule for naming the file
is Office name_Tracing item_year-month-date-hour-minute-second.tmf.
NOTE

You can open the tmf file offline through Trace Viewer. For details, see 8.6 Browsing Tracing
Results Offline.

Operator manually saving

1.

Right-click on the tracing message window. Then, choose Save All Messages or Save
Selected Message(s).... Alternatively, choose Save All Messages or Save Selected
Message(s)... in the tracing message window of the trace viewer.
NOTE

2.

Save All Messages: All the messages displayed in the tracing message window are
dynamically saved in the file.

Save Selected Message(s)...: You can select a message by clicking. In addition, you can
select multiple messages by using Ctrl+Mouse or Shift+Mouse. If you need to select
consecutive messages, move the cursor the the end of the messages to be selected, and then
drag the cursor to the desired message.

Select a path where the file is to be saved, enter the file name, and select the save type
in the Save dialog box. Table 8-3 lists the save types.
Table 8-3 Save types

3.

Save Type

Description

Remarks

File of tracing
messages (*.tmf)

The file can be opened with trace viewer

so that the messages can be browsed
offline. This way to browse the messages
is clear.

It can be used to
find the message
text quickly.

Text file (*.txt)

It is used to save the message texts in the

tracing window to the text file.

Click Save to save the file to a specified path.

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8.4 Stopping/Restarting Tracing Tasks

This part describes how to stop or restart the tracing tasks. When you do not need to trace the
task temporarily, you can stop the tracing task. When you need to trace the task again, you can
restart the tracing task.

Prerequisite
The tracing task is created.

Procedure
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Stopping the tracing task

1.

Right-click in the tracing message window, and then choose Stop Trace Task.

Restarting the tracing task

1.

Right-click in the tracing message window, and then choose Restart Trace Task.

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8.5 Closing Tracing Tasks

This part describes how to close the tracing tasks. When you do not need to trace the task, you
must close the tracing task to save system resources.

Prerequisite
The tracing task is created.

Context
You can close the tracing task in the following ways.

Procedure
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Click

Right-click in the tracing message window, and then choose Close All xxx Trace Tasks
(xxx represents the tracing type such as R3 tracing message).

at the upper right corner of the tracing message window.

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8.6 Browsing Tracing Results Offline

This part describes how to browse the tmf file offline through the trace viewer.

Prerequisite
The tracing messages are saved as the tmf file.
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Context
The txt and csv files are available in the specified path. Double-click the file to browse the
messages.

Procedure
Step 1 Choose start > Programs > HUAWEI Local Maintenance Terminal > Trace Viewer on the
LMT. Alternatively, click

in toolbar of the Local Maintenance Terminal window.

Step 2 Select the file in the Open dialog box.

Step 3 Click Open or double-click the file. Then, the file is open in the trace viewer window. Refer to
Figure 8-6.
Figure 8-6 Trace Viewer window

Step 4 Double-click the message to obtain more details. Refer to Figure 8-5.
Step 5 Choose File > Open if you want to open other files. Then, choose the file in the Open dialog
box.
Step 6 Right-click in the Trace Viewer window to perform the following operations:
If you select...

Then...

Save All Messages

All the messages displayed in the window are saved as tracing

message file (.tmf) or text file (.txt).

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If you select...

Then...

Save Selected Message(s)... Selected messages are saved as either the tmf file or the txt file.
Find

Messages to be found are located in the window.

Property...

Properties of the specified task are displayed.

Buttons in the title bar

Messages in the window can be listed in terms of serial No.,

time, message direction, and message type.

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