Table Of Contents

About this Guide

Introduction

Document Revision History

Organization

Related Publications

Conventions

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

About this Guide

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Revised: November 07, 2012, OL-19896-07

Introduction

This preface describes who should read the Cisco SCE8000 GBE Software Configuration Guide, how it is organized, and its document conventions.

This guide is for experienced network administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining the SCE platform.

Document Revision History

The Document Revision History below records changes to this document.

Table 1 Document Revision History 

Revision	Cisco Service Control Release and Date	Change Summary
OL-19896-07	3.5.5 November 07, 2012	Updated Chapter 9 "Managing Subscribers."
OL-19896-07	3.5.5 February 15, 2011	Added the maximum rate of creating anonymous subscribers inAnonymous Groups and Subscriber Templates
OL-19896-06	3.5.5 January 26, 2011	•Added CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB definitions. •Corrections in Chapter 8 "Raw Data Formatting: The RDR Formatter and NetFlow Exporting".
OL-19896-05	3.5.5 December 24, 2010	Removed unsupported MIB mappings.
OL-19896-04	3.5.5 November 18, 2010	Added explanation of how to access shell function in the `Caution' in General AAA Fallback and Recovery Mechanism
OL-19896-03	3.5.5 October 14, 2010	Document corrections
OL-19896-02	3.5.5 September 9, 2010	Corrected the number of anonymous groups in the "Anonymous Groups and Subscriber Templates" section.
OL-19896-01	3.5.5 May 6, 2010	Republished
OL-19896-01	3.5.5 July 28, 2009	Created the Cisco SCE8000 GBE Software Configuration Guide.

Organization

This guide contains the following sections:

Table 2 Document Organization 

Section	Title	Description
1	Cisco Service Control Overview	Overview of SCE platform management.
2	Command Line Interface	Detailed explanation of how to use the Cisco SCE Command-line Interface.
3	Basic Cisco SCE8000 Platform Operations	Explanation of how to manage configurations, install applications and upgrade the system software.
4	Utilities	Explanation of the setup wizard and the user log, as well as of file operations.
5	Configuring the Management Interface and Security	Explanation of how to configure the various management options: Telnet, SSH, and SNMP. Also how to configure the system time, Domain Name Settings, management IP address, and passwords.
6	Configuring the Line Interface	Explanation of how to configure tunneling, TOS marking, and traffic rules.
7	Configuring the Connection	Explanation of how to configure the connection mode, link mode, and failure behaviors
8	Raw Data Formatting: The RDR Formatter and NetFlow Exporting	Explanation of how to configure the connection mode, link mode, and failure behaviors.
9	Managing Subscribers	Explanation of how to import and export subscriber information and how to monitor subscribers.
10	Redundancy and Fail-Over	Explanation of how to configure and manage a redundant system.
11	Identifying and Preventing Distributed-Denial-Of-Service Attacks	Explanation of how to configure attack filtering.
12	Managing the SCMP	Explanation of Service Control Management Protocol (SCMP), which is a protocol that integrates the SCE platform and the ISG (Intelligent Service Gateway) functionality of the Cisco routers. It also explains how to configure and manage SCMP, SCMP peer devices and the RADIUS client.
13	Intelligent Traffic Mirroring	Explanation of how to use traffic mirroring to provide subscriber data for offline analysis.
A	Cisco Service Control MIBs	Explanation of how to map the proprietary pcube MIB supported in previous releases to the new MIB structure.
B	Monitoring SCE Platform Utilization	Explanation of how to monitor SCE platforms that are installed in real traffic.
C	SCE8000 Licensing Information	Copy of Open SSH and NetSNMP license information.

Related Publications

Your SCE platform and the software running on it contain extensive features and functionality, which are documented in the following resources:

•For further information regarding the Service Control CLI and a complete listing of all CLI commands, refer to the Cisco SCE8000 CLI Command Reference

•For initial installation and startup information, refer to the relevant installation guide:

–Cisco SCE8000 GBE Installation and Configuration Guide

•For international agency compliance, safety, and statutory information for wide-area network (WAN) interfaces for the SCE 2000 platform, refer to the regulatory and safety information document:

–Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for Cisco SCE8000

•For installation and configuration of the other components of the Service Control Management Suite refer to:

–Cisco SCMS Subscriber Management User Guide

–Cisco SCMS Collection Manager User Guide

–Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband User Guide

–Cisco Service Control Application Reporter User Guide

•To view Cisco documentation or obtain general information about the documentation, refer to the following sources:

–Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

–The Cisco Information Packet that shipped with your SCE8000 platform.

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Table 3 Conventions 

Convention	Indication
bold font	Commands and keywords and user-entered text appear in bold font.
italic font	Document titles, new or emphasized terms, and arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.
[ ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
{x | y | z}	Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
[x | y | z]	Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.
courier font	Terminal sessions and information the system displays appear in courier font.
< >	Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets.
[ ]	Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

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Note Means reader take note.

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Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.

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Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.

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Warning Means reader be warned. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in bodily injury.

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