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EricssonAutomated
Configuration
Consistency rApp
Solution brief

Available on Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform

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Ericsson | Automated Configuration Consistency rApp

Ericsson AutomatedConfiguration
Consistency rApp
Ericsson Automated Configuration Consistency (EACC) rApp
enables users to uncover baseline CM consistency errors. EACC
can correct any inconsistency found in either open-loop or
closed loop mode and has the ability to rollback changes if KPIdegradation is detected.
The network is an ever-evolving landscapewith many changes performed by differentorganizations impacting the network
behavior. This is in addition to the need forintelligence in the parameter settings forthe different features to work in harmony.

settings were different than what is desired
and distracted the troubleshooting.

Without the stabilizing influence ofconfiguration governance and usageof rules across the network, network
actuations can be a time costuming
maintenance task.

• Increased network automation byusing closed loop for the inconsistency
identification and the auto-correction ofinconsistencies, will allowing engineers
more time for ingenuity at non-routinetasks.

Faulty and unusual network behavior areboth harder to identify and understandwhen the network configuration isinconsistent and unstable.
Ericsson Automated Configuration
Consistency (EACC) rApp gives time backto the operator.
The time-consuming tasks of consistency
checking, the subsequent operations taskof making the necessary changes and thefollow-up monitoring activity ensuring allis as expected, can now been done quietly
and efficiently in the background.
The time wasted finding a fault or abehavioral change because the network

The time given back as it allows to focus onvalue added activities.
Benefits:• The planning and roll-out of RAN
releases and features can be madefaster and more reliable by automating
the consistency tasks.
• With good ruleset governance withsimple, moderate and complicatedrules applied against the network scope,
the EACC rApp shall enable improved
network performance and therefore
customer experience with a consistentbehavior.
• The auto-rollback of any changes
that has caused degradation brings
confidence to the autonomous natureof the changes.

rApps benefit strongly from Ericsson
Intelligent Automation Platform
capabilities
Beyond adherence to R1 for inter-rApp
communication and access to externalinterfaces, the platform facilitates all
the tasks around design, development,testing and life cycle management forrApp developers. The most relevant
capabilities in these regards are thefollowing:• AI/ML APIs for model training,
execution and life cycle management• analytics data collection capabilities
for raw data in a file- or streambased format, with fault andperformance management (FM/PM)
provided out of the box• analytics processing capabilities toprovide insights on network behaviorand performance• data management and movement• controller framework uses the open
standard R1 interface to abstract
details of the underlying system,
allowing developers to focus on theuse case• inventory and topology offers nearreal-time source of truth• policy design and execution forpolicy handling using multiple
engines• service orchestration covers theTOSCA-based orchestration engine
for declarative orchestration• workflow execution realization for
activities supports the design andcreation of new use cases• design and onboarding
environment

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Ericsson | Automated Configuration Consistency rAppOur solution

Ericsson Automated Configuration Consistency (EACC) rApp
provides self-service analytics to enable users to uncover baseline
consistency errors and visualize overview of configuration
management, thus empowering data-driven decisions.
It provides a scheduled automated correction of inconsistencies
for selected MO classes and attributes for selected nodes withability to rollback changes if KPI degradation detected.

EACC provides the means for a user
to schedule a CM consistency audit ona regular basis and at a time of theirchoosing.
Each audit can be configured to run on aselection of nodes for selected MO classes

and attributes. Support for parameters
rulesets is provided which allows for local
modifications and additions.

user needs to approve any change tobe applied to the network including any
necessary rollback changes.

Once the audit begins, EACC analyses
and produces an audit report of allinconsistencies found. In open loop, theIn closed loop, all changes are applied
without approval and EACC operates inzero touch mode.

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EACC rApp uses the capabilities of theEricsson Intelligent Controller (EIC) to read
network CM data and write CM changes tothe network. The topology service is usedfor choosing network scope.
EIC enabler rApp, Ericsson Performance
Monitoring Enabler (EPME) rApp, is used tohandle the job of performance monitoring,which in turn uses the KPI service in EIC.

Working together with the EPME rApp,
EACC monitors possible impacts for eachindividual change with the help of theEPME.
The rollback in case of degradation can be
performed in closed loop and the rollback
policy can be configured bythe user.

Key benefits
Exclusions

Exclusion lists are catered for, where theuser defines cells/nodes that are not to beaudited.
A Quarantine solution also omits
cells/nodes for changes for a period
automatically.

Audit
An Audit is run against live
network data and detects
inconsistencies in the network

User deﬁnes cells/nodes thatare not to be audited

cells/nodes for changes
Quarantine Omits
for a period automaticallyRollback
Rollback of any change
if it has caused adegradation in thenetwork

Implement changes
Applies proposed changes
to the network

MonitorMonitors performance of any
network element where achange has been applied

Key benefits• Increased network automation by identifying and auto-correction of inconsistencies, reducing time
to find faults and simpler consistency checks, allowing engineers more time for ingenuity at
non-routine tasks.
• Faster roll out of RAN releases & features by automating the consistency tasks.
• Enable improved network performance and therefore customer experience with a consistent behavior.

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