C H A P T E R 9
Service/Subscriber Provisioning
The Cisco 6400 Service Connection Manager (SCM) allows you to make and manage network connections through a set of menu options available by right clicking on an appropriate
Cisco 6400 Chassis, NSP, NRP, NLC, or port object in MapViewer window. These menu options allow you to create and configure services and subscribers, and to manage the subsequent connection of the subscribers to the services. Figure
This chapter details the tasks you need to use during day to day service connection management and the name we use to describe combined service and subscriber provisioning.
Figure 9-1 Service/Subscriber Provisioning Workflow
Defining Policies for Service and Subscriber Provisioning
Create
Service Profiles
Create/Configure
Connection
Templates
Service profiles allow you to configure and save some or all of the configuration information for a service instance. You can then later apply the profile to many service instances.
Connection templates allow you to set the Quality of Service (QoS) parameters for the connection between the Cisco 6400 UAC and the subscriber.
Apply an existing
Service Profile to a
Service Instance
Service
Provisioning
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Subscriber | Create a subscriber to connect to a service |
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Cisco 6400 Service Connection Manager User Guide
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