Q & A
Broadband Access Center
for Broadband Aggregation
Q. What is Cisco® Broadband Access Center?
A. Cisco Broadband Access Center (BAC) is a family of network management products devoted to managing the broadband access and aggregation domain. Cisco BAC allows easier, faster deployment of voice and data services in broadband networks.
Q. What modules are available for Cisco BAC?
A. The modules are Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation, Cisco BAC for Cable, Cisco BAC for Convergent Network Subscriber Provisioning.
Q. What equipment is managed by Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation?
A. Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation manages the Cisco 7200, 7400, and 10000 series routers in broadband aggregation deployments.
Q. What deployment models are supported by Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation?
A. Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation supports Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) termination aggregation (PTA), Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) access concentrator (LAC)/L2TP network server (LNS), and routed bridge encapsulation (RBE) deployment models.
Q. What encapsulation types are supported by Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation?
A. PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), PPP over ATM (PPPoA), PPP over Ethernet over ATM (PPPoEoA), PPP over Ethernet over Ethernet (PPPoEoE), and PPP over Ethernet over VLAN (PPPoEoVLAN) are among the encapsulation types supported by Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation.
Q. What hardware platforms are supported by Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation?
A. Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation runs on Sun workstations. SunFire 280R is the minimum recommended platform.
Q. What software is required by Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation?
A. Sun Solaris 8 and Oracle 8.1.7 are required.
Q. What client software is required by Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation?
A. Cisco BAC for Broadband Aggregation provides a Web-based graphical user interface, accessible through the Internet Explorer 6.0 browser.