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(Policy Enforcement Points). The PDPs are network-based servers that decide which types of traffic (such as voice or video) receive priority treatment. The PEPs are routers that implement the decisions made by the PDPs. In the Nokia implementation, the Nokia platform functions as a PEP.

Configuring a COPS Client ID and Policy Decision Point

You must configure at least one COPS Client ID and a corresponding policy decision point, that is, policy server, for the COPS Policy Module to function.

1.Click COPS under Configuration > Traffic Management in the tree view.

2.In the Configured COPS Modules section click the Diffserv PIB link. The COPS Diffserv specific configuration page appears.

3.In Diffserv PIB specific configuration section, enter the name of the new client ID. Click Apply.

To view the new client ID, click on the Client ID drop-down window. The name of the new COPS client appears in a Client ID list in the COPS Security configuration section.

Note

You can configure multiple client IDs. Only one client ID can be active at a time.

4.To configure a COPS client, click on the Client ID drop-down list and select a client name. Click Apply.

5.Enter either the IP address or domain name the server to act as the Policy Decision Point (PDP) in the Primary PDP edit box.

6.(Optional) Enter the IP address or domain name of the server to act as the secondary Policy Decision Point (PDP) in the Secondary PDP edit box.

7.Click Apply.

8.Click Save to make your changes permanent.

Configuring Security Parameters for a COPS Client ID

The Nokia implementation lets you configure send and receive key IDs for each COPS Client ID to authenticate sessions with the PDP, or policy server.

1.Click COPS under Configuration > Traffic Management in the tree view.

2.In the Configured COPS Modules section click the Diffserv PIB link. The COPS Diffserv specific configuration page appears.

3.In the COPS security configuration section, click on the link for the name of the COPS Client ID for which you want to configure security. This action takes you to the COPS Security Configuration page for that client.

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