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LAN Connectivity

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Document change history

Date

15.10.2007

Version

0.1

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Objectives
After completing this module, the participant can:
Describe the options for connecting the required Ethernet and
IP connection in SGSN to external networks
Describe the configuration of the ESB card to an external site
switch
Describe the redundancy mechanisms available for Ethernet
based connectivity in SGSN

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Site connectivity
Firewall cluster
Load balancing cluster
Gigabit router

Server Site
Core Site
NSN
MSS

GRX

3G
NSN
NSN
GGSN SGSN SGSN

MMSC DB
servers

MMSC relay
GW

NSN
MGW

Multilayer LAN switch

LAN switch

WAP

Core Site
NSN
GGSN NSN

CPS

NSN
HLR

PSTN
Controller Site
NSN
MGW

NSN
BSC

NSN
RNC

Controller Site

NSN
BSC

Controller
Site

ISP
networks

Corporate
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Corp.

IP transport in NSN SGSN

PAPU

6 x L2 switch

Iu-Ps Control plane

CPU (16+1)

RNC

Gb over IP

WCDMA
RAN

IOCP-E (16+1)

BSS
Iu-Ps User plane

MCHU (2N)

GPRS
BSS

Gn

GGSN
Ga

SMMU (5+1)

CG
SS7 Network

OMU (2N)

Net Act
Gr, Gd, Gf

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O&M
(Q3/OSI)
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Traffica

SGSN connectivity with SG6 native hardware

SGSN CABINETS
LANU 0

SWU 2

Charging LAN

SWU 4

SWU 6

(CP816-A)

SS7 LAN

LANU 1
SWU 1

PAPU 0-16

Gb LAN

(CP816-A)

IOCP-E

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SWU 5
Iu LAN

Switch

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PAPU 0-16

Switch

SWU 3
Gn LAN

MSTP and VRRP are

recommended for
redundacy at L2 and
L3

Gb over IP
RANAP over IP
Iu GTP-U

Switch

MCHU 0&1
(CP816-A)

O&M
Charging
SIGTRAN
Gn

VRRP

O&M LAN

VRRP

(CP816-A)

SMMU 0-4

SWUs are expected

to be connected by
dual links to external
multilayer switches.

SWU 0

OMU 0&1

Switch

SWUs within a LANU

interconnected by a
shared LAN to
integrate SWUs as part
of DX200 HW
management.

SWU 7

SGSN connectivity with SG7 native hardware

SGSN CABINETS

(CP816-AC)

O&M LAN

VRRP

LANU 0
MCHU 0&1
(CP816-AC)

Charging LAN

SWU 2
ESB24-A

O&M
Charging
SIGTRAN
Gn

Switch

Main difference: Gn and

Iu interfaces share the
same IOCP ports
only one ESB24 pair is
needed for IOCPs.

SWU 0
ESB24-A

OMU 0&1

Switch

Similar to SGSN6C
solution.

MCHU 0

SWU 4
ESB24-A
SMMU 0-5
(CP816-AC)

SS7 LAN

MCHU 1

Gb LAN

SWU 1
ESB24-A

SWU 3
ESB24-A

SWU 5
ESB24-A
LAN Management cabling

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Switch

Gn LAN & Iu LAN

VRRP

LANU 1
PAPU 0-16
(IOCP-E/EA

Gb over IP
RANAP over IP
Iu GTP-U

Switch

PAPU 0-16
(CP816-AC)

ESB26 switch unit

20 full duplex 10/100BaseT/Tx Ethernet ports in

the back panel to connect SWU to different

computer units and/or to another SWU for
resiliency purposes
2 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet ports
2 1000BaseSX Ethernet ports
2 10/100BaseT Ethernet ports.
one RS-232 interface on the front panel for
management purposes.
ports on the SWU front panel aggregate the
connections of the back panel and provide
uplink/downlink connection towards the multilayer
site switch

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1000Base-Sx
(LC-connector)
1000Base-Sx
(LC-connector)
10/100/1000Base-T/Tx
(RJ45-connector)
10/100/1000Base-T/Tx
(RJ45-connector)
LED
RST
10/100Base-T/Tx
(RJ45-connector)
10/100Base-T/Tx
(RJ45-connector)
Serial port
(RJ45-connector)

ESB24 switch unit

20 full duplex 10/100BaseT/Tx Ethernet ports in

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1Gbit/s SFP Port

(RJ45 or LC connector)
1Gbit/s SFP Port
(RJ45 or LC connector)
1Gbit/s SFP Port
(RJ45 or LC connector)
1Gbit/s SFP Port
(RJ45 or LC connector)
OPR

LED
RST

RST

10/100Base-T/Tx
(RJ45-connector)
SER1

the back panel to connect SWU to different

computer units and/or to another SWU for
resiliency purposes
four 1Gbit/s SFP Ports
one 10/100BaseT Ethernet port for manageent
purposes.
one RS-232 interface on the front panel for
debugging purposes.
ports on the SWU front panel aggregate the
connections of the back panel and provide
uplink/downlink connection towards the multilayer
site switch

Serial Port
(RJ45-connector)

Redundancy of SWUs
LANUs are replicated with load sharing
In case there is a malfunction in the SWU or in the LANU, the pair
SWU/LANU takes over and provides connectivity towards the multilayer
switches.

SWUs are managed by the active MCHU

Within each group, SWUs are interconnected with an Ethernet interface
With two active Ethernet interfaces, the MCHU can manage all SWUs.

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VLANs in NSN SGSN (no VLANs at CPU)

NSN SGSN uses VLAN technology to separate the different traffic types
at the switches
These VLANs are bound to the unit types of the SGSN
VLAN function

Serving SWU

Unit type

Traffic type

- Gb over IP traffic
- Iu over IP control traffic

2G RAN user data

3G RAN control
data

SWU-2, SWU-3

3G RAN user data

SWU-4, SWU-5

IOCP-E

- Iu over IP user traffic

Gn user data

SWU-4, SWU-5

IOCP-E

- Gn traffic
- Internal SWU management traffic
- Charging traffic
- Lawful Interception traffic
- Link to Traffica
- Statistics to NetAct

PAPU

- Lawful Interception traffic

Charging

SWU-0, SWU-1

MCHU

O&M

SWU-0, SWU-1

OMU

Signalling

SWU-0, SWU-1

SMMU

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- O&M traffic to NetAct

- SS7 over IP (SIGTRAN) traffic

VLANs in NSN SGSN (VLANs at CPU)

VLANs can (and is recommended to do so) be initiated at the CPUs
In this case, the CPUs with VLANs configured, are trunked to the SWUs
VLAN name

VLAN

Serving SWU

Unit type

Traffic type

Gn User Data

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SWU-4, SWU-5

IOCP

Gn traffic (both user data and

signalling)

Gb User Data

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SWU-2,SWU-3

PAPU

Gb over IP traffic

Iu User Data

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SWU-4.SWU-5

IOCP

Iu PS User Plane

LRAS forw.

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SWU-2,SWU-3

PAPU

LRAS forwarding between PAPUs

LIB User Data

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SWU-2,SWU-3

PAPU

Lawful Interception traffic

LIC control

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SWU-0,SWU-1

MCHU

Lawful Interception traffic

Traffica

16

SWU-0,SWU-1

MCHU

Link to Traffica

Charging

17

SWU-0, SWU-1

MCHU

Internal SWU management traffic

Charging traffic (GTP)
Statistics to NetAct

O&M

18

SWU-0, SWU-1

OMU

O&M traffic to NetAct

Signaling

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SWU-0, SWU-1

SMMU

SS7 over IP (SIGTRAN) traffic

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Multiple spanning tree regions

SGSN CABINETS
MCHU 0

Site switches are

Multilayer switches.

OMU 0&1

MST region contains

instances where VLANs are
mapped

SMMU 0-4
(CP816-A)

SS7 LAN

SWU 4

MSTP region 1

MCHU 1

PAPU 0-16

Gb LAN

MSTP region 2

(CP816-A)
SWU 1

PAPU 0-16

Gn &Iu LAN

LANU 1

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VRRP

(IOCP-E)
SWU 3
Switch

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O&M
Charging
SIGTRAN
Gb over IP

SWU 2

Switch

Port priorities in SWUs

and site switches must be
set consistently with the
MST instance
configuration

Charging LAN

VRRP

Site switches act as root

switches

LANU 0

MCHU 0&1
(CP816-A)

SWU 0

Switch

SWUs and Site switches

belong to MST regions

O&M LAN

Switch

(CP816-A)

SWU 5

Gn
Iu GTPU
RANAP over IP

Alternative LAN connectivity Redundant L3 connectivity

for SGSN (1/2)
L3 Connectivity means that multilayer functionality from Multilayer Site

Switch is transferred to SGSNs L3 ESB (MSTP root, virtual gateway and

routing)
SGSN can be connected to Site Router instead of Multilayer Site Switch
In redundant L3 solution, all SGSNs have MSTP region of its own thus
Multilayer Site Switches and SGSNs are not controlled by the same
spanning tree.
MSTP Region

L3

L2
MSTP Region
L3

MSTP Region

L2

L2
L3

L2

IP backbone

MSTP Region

L2
L2

L3

L2

MSTP Region
NEL2 ESBs
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L2

NE
L3 ESBs

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Alternative LAN connectivity Redundant L3

connectivity for SGSN (2/2)
Either static or dynamic

routing (OSPF, RIP) is

used between backbone
routers and ESB24 SWUs.
ESB24 SWU pair form a
redundant VRRP pair.
L3 loop cabling for VRRP
will be connected via
backplane in native SG7
NE. These cables are
present but not connected
by default.
Connectivity is activated
by configuring IP
address/route

SGSN CABINETS
MCHU 0
OMU 0&1
(CP816-AC)

O&M LAN

SWU 0
ESB24-A

O&M switch 1
MCHU 0&1

Charging LAN

LANU 0

(CP816-AC)
SWU 2
ESB24-A

SMMU 0-5
(CP816-AC)

SS7 LAN

SWU 4
ESB24-A

Core NW switch 1
PAPU 0-16
(CP816-AC)

Gb LAN

MCHU 1
SWU 1
ESB24-A

PAPU 0-16 Gn LAN & Iu LAN

(IOCP-E/EA)

Access NW switch 2
SWU 3
ESB24-A

LAN Management cabling

VRRP cabling

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O&M switch 2

LANU 1

SWU 5
ESB24-A

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Access NW switch 1

Core NW switch 2

Redundancy of interfaces in computer units

LAN redundancy is further enhanced with the use of active and standby LAN
interfaces and carrier-sense IP addresses.
Each DX200 SGSN computer unit has two functionally independent LAN
interfaces.
When the CPU selects the LAN interface to be used, it also selects the SWU
to be used

Automatic
switchover L2 switch

SGSN

Rapid STP for fast

LAN convergence.
L2/L3 switch

EL0

CPU-0 EL1
CPU-1

EL0
EL1

L2 switch
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L2/L3 switch

Redundancy of multilayer switches

Multilayer switch 1

Site switches must be

interconnected physically by a
redundant trunk link (802.1Q)
for transporting multiple VLANs
over a single physical interface

VRRP

Switch

Link capacity can be increased

by grouping multiple physical
interfaces to one logical
interface (i.e. EtherChannel)
EtherChannel
Site switches support IP
redundancy features, such as
VRRP or HSRP

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Switch

MSTP
Domain
SWU

CPU
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Multilayer switch 2

SWU

CPU

CPU

CPU

Redundancy of integrated L2 switches

Multilayer switch 1

CPU cannot detect interface

changeover if the link between
the SWU and the site switch
fails
each SWU is connected to
both of the multilayer site
switches for redundancy
duplicated connection creates
an L2 loop between the SWU
and the multilayer site switch
use of MSTP breaks the loops
by disabling loop causing
interfaces.
MSTP provides fast failure
recovery by enabling
previously disabled ports if
needed during topology
changes
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Multilayer switch 2

VRRP

Switch

Switch

MSTP
Domain
SWU

CPU

SWU

CPU

CPU

CPU

Backbone configuration options

The site must be connected to the backbone with a minimum of two links to
provide redundancy
Dynamic routing protocol is used between the site routers and the backbone
Commonly used L1/L2 interfaces towards the backbone are shown

Ethernet

Core site
Nokia
Nokia MSC
HLR Server

Nokia
GGSN

Nokia Nokia Nokia

RNC MGW
3G
SGSN

Nokia Nokia
GGSN SGSN

PPP/TDM
Packet over SDH
Frame Relay/TDM

ATM backbone
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Nokia Nokia Nokia

RNC MGW
3G
SGSN