Table Of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Document Revision History

Organization

Related Documentation

Conventions

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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Revised: January 11, 2013, OL-21082-04

Introduction

This preface describes Cisco Service Control Management Suite Quota Manager User Guide, how it is organized, its document conventions, and how to obtain documentation and technical assistance. This guide assumes a basic familiarity with the concept of the Cisco Service Control solution, the Service Control Engine (SCE) platforms, and related components.

The Cisco Service Control Quota Management Solution Guide is a guide to enable integration engineers and ISPs to police subscriber bandwidth usage over time using quota management.

This document is for ISPs and system integrators who integrate the Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband solution (Cisco SCA BB) with external components belonging to the customer ecosystem to provide a quota management solution. The document assumes that the reader is familiar with the Cisco SCA BB solution.

Document Revision History

lists changes to this document.

Table 1 Document Revision History 

Revision	Cisco Service Control Release and Date	Change Summary
OL-21082-04	Supports all 3.6.x releases January 11, 2013	Updated Chapter 2 "Quota Management Scenarios."
OL-21082-04	Supports all 3.6.x releases November 15, 2012	Updated Chapter 3 "Configuring the Quota Manager."
OL-21082-04	Supports all 3.6.x releases February 2, 2011	Updated the replenish quota command and Figure 3-1.
OL-21082-03	Supports all 3.6.x releases November 8, 2010	Release 3.6.5 updates in Chapter 3.
OL-21082-02	Release 3.6.x	Updated the external quota settings in the "Setting Quota Management and Buckets" section.
OL-21082-01	Release 3.6.x April 14, 2010	Original version of the document.

Organization

lists the sections in this document.

Table 2 Document Organization 

Section	Title	Description
1	Quota Management Overview	Overview of the Cisco Service Control solution and the advantages in applying quota management to the subscriber traffic consumption.
2	Quota Management Scenarios	Overview of the Cisco Service Control Quota Manager major functionality, components, interfaces, and integration models.
3	Configuring the Quota Manager	Introduction to ways to configure the Cisco Service Control Quota Manager.
4	Using the Quota Manager Command-Line Utility	Description and sample configurations illustrating the use of the Cisco Service Control Quota Manager solution in different integration models.

Related Documentation

Use this Cisco Service Control Management Suite Quota Manager User Guide in conjunction with the following Cisco documentation:

•Cisco Service Control Management Suite Subscriber Manager User Guide

•Cisco Service Control Management Suite Service Control Engine Subscriber API Programmer Guide

•Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband User Guide

•Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband Service Configuration API Programmer Guide

Conventions

lists the conventions used in this document.

Table 3 Document 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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