Cisco Systems SCE 2000 4/8xFE manual Network Management, Subscriber Management

Chapter 1 General Overview

Management and Collection

Network Management

Cisco provides complete network FCAPS (Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance,

Security) Management.

Two interfaces are provided for network management:

•Command-line interface (CLI)—Accessible through the Console port or through a Telnet connection, the CLI is used for configuration and security functions.

•SNMP—Provides fault management (via SNMP traps) and performance monitoring functionality.

Subscriber Management

Where the Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband (SCA BB) enforces different policies on different subscribers and tracks usage on an individual subscriber basis, the Cisco Service Control Management Suite (SCMS) Subscriber Manager (SM) may be used as middleware software for bridging between the OSS and the SCE platforms. Subscriber information is stored in the SM database and can be distributed between multiple platforms according to actual subscriber placement.

The SM provides subscriber awareness by mapping network IDs to subscriber IDs. It can obtain subscriber information using dedicated integration modules that integrate with AAA devices, such as Radius or DHCP servers.

Subscriber information may be obtained in one of two ways:

•Push Mode—The SM pushes subscriber information to the SCE platform automatically upon logon of a subscriber.

•Pull Mode—The SM sends subscriber information to the SCE platform in response to a query from the SCE platform.

Service Configuration Management

Service configuration management is the ability to configure the general service definitions of a service control application. A service configuration file containing settings for traffic classification, accounting and reporting, and control is created and applied to an SCE platform. The SCA BB application provides tools to automate the distribution of these configuration files to SCE platforms. This simple, standards-based approach makes it easy to manage multiple devices in a large network.

Service Control provides an easy-to-use GUI to edit and create these files and a complete set of APIs to automate their creation.

Cisco SCE 2000 4/8xFE Installation and Configuration Guide

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