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Chapter 25 Monitoring Mobile Technologies LTE Networks
Configuration Commands for Foreign Agent
To enable Mobile IP services on your network, you must deter mine which home agents will f acilitate t he
tunneling for selected IP address, and where these devices or router will be allowed to roam. The areas,
or subnets, into which the hosts are allowed to roam determine where foreign agent services need to be
set up.
The foreign agent commands allow you to configure foreign age nt s in yo ur netwo rk. Pl ea se note tha t
these commands are available only for Cisco ASR 5000 Mobile devices.
These commands can be launched from the logical inventory by choosing the
Context > Commands > Configuration or Context > Commands > Show.
Before executing any commands, you can preview them and view the results. If desired, you can also
schedule the commands.
The table below lists the FA commands. Additional commands may be available for yo ur devices. New
commands are often provided in Prime Network Device Packages, which can be downloaded from the
Prime Network software download site. For more information on how to download and install DPs and
enable new commands, see the information on “Adding Additional Device (VNE) support” in the Cisco
Prime Network 4.0 Administrator Guide.
Note You might be prompted to enter your device access credentials while executing a command. Once you
have entered them, these credentials will be used for every subsequent execution of a command in the
same GUI client session. If you want to change the creden tial s, clic k E dit Credentials. The Edit
Credentials button will not be available for SNMP commands or if the command is scheduled for a later
time.
Table 25-51 lists the Foreign Agent configuration commands.
Revocation Maximum
Retries The maximum number times a revocation message must be retransmitted
before failure. This value can be any value between 0 and 10, and defaults to
3.
Revocation Timeout The time period (in seconds) to wait for an acknowledgement f rom t he H A
before the revocation message is retransmitted. This time can be any value
between 1 and 10, and defaults to 3.
Table 25-50 Registration Revocation Configuration Details (continued)
Field Description
Table 25-51 Foreign Agent Configuration Commands
Command Navigation Description
Create FA Right-click on a context >
Commands > Configuration Use this command to create a new foreign
agent service for the selected context.
Modify FA
Delete FA
Expand FA node > right-click FA
service > Commands >
Configuration
Use these commands to modify/delete an
existing foreign agent service configured for
the selected context.
Show FA Expand FA node > right-click FA
service > Commands > Show Use this command to view and confirm the
foreign agent configuration details.