About this Guide

Revised: November 8, 2010, OL-23843-01

Introduction

This preface describes who should read the Cisco Service Control Value Added Services Solution Guide, how it is organized, and its document conventions.

This guide is for experienced network administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining the Cisco Service Control solution.

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-23843-01

Supports all 3.6.x releases
November 8, 2010

The Cisco Service Control Value Added Services Solution Guide was created.


Organization

This guide contains the following sections:

Table 2 Document Organization 

Section
Title
Description

1

Overview of the Value Added Services Feature, page 1-1

Overview

2

Configuring the SCE Platform to Support VAS Traffic Forwarding, page 2-1

Describes how to configure the SCE platform to support value added services (VAS). From the SCE platform you can do the following:

•enable VAS support

•configure global VAS parameters

•configure VAS servers

•configure VAS server groups

3

Configuring the SCA BB Application to Support VAS Traffic Forwarding, page 3-1

Describes how to configure packages for VAS support. From the SCA BB console you can do the following:

•enable VAS support

•assign meaningful names to VAS server groups

•assign specific traffic flows to specific VAS server groups

4

Monitoring VAS Traffic Forwarding, page 4-1

Describes how to monitor VAS support

5

VAS Configuration Example, page 5-1

Provides a complete VAS configuration example


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 relevant guide:

–Cisco SCE8000 CLI Command Reference

–Cisco SCE2000 and SCE1000 CLI Command Reference

•For further information regarding configuring the SCE platform, refer to the relevant guide:

–Cisco SCE8000 10GBE Software Configuration Guide

–Cisco SCE8000 GBE Software Configuration Guide

–Cisco SCE2000 and SCE1000 Software Configuration Guide

•For further information regarding configuring the SCA BB application, refer to the Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband 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 SCE 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.


Note Means reader take note.

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

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

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

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

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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