Residential subscriber management configuration workflows

Workflow to manage residential subscribers
 

Create a service that effectively delivers the proposed residential service offering; see Chapter 70, Service management and QoS.


Depending on your service delivery model, configure the following policies as required:

  1. subscriber identification policy; see To configure a subscriber identification policy.

  2. ANCP policy; see To configure an ANCP policy.

  3. PPP policy; see To configure a PPP policy.

  4. MSAP policy; see To configure an MSAP policy.

  5. host tracking policy; see To configure a host tracking policy.

  6. category map policy; see To configure a category map policy.

  7. credit control policy; see To configure a credit control policy.

  8. IGMP policy; see To configure an IGMP policy.

  9. BGP Peering policy; see To configure a BGP Peering policy.

  10. diameter policy; see To configure a diameter policy.

  11. diameter application policy; see To configure a diameter application policy.

  12. subscriber multicast CAC policy; see To configure a subscriber multicast CAC policy.

  13. mobile gateway/peer profile; see To configure a mobile gateway/peer profile.

  14. host lockout policy; see To configure a host lockout policy.

  15. RADIUS script policy; see To configure a RADIUS script policy.

See Chapter 64, Residential subscriber policies for more information about policies related to residential subscribers.


Create ingress and egress scheduler policies for the subscriber hosts in accordance with the customer SLA; see To configure a scheduler policy.


Create an accounting policy for the customer; see the NSP NFM-P Statistics Management Guide.


Create access ingress and access egress QoS policies for the different applications, for example, HSI and VoIP, and levels of service, for example, gold, silver, and bronze, that subscriber hosts are to receive; see To configure a SAP access ingress policy and To configure a SAP access egress policy. Associate the queues in the QoS policies with the previously created ingress and egress scheduler policies.


Specify a unique subscriber identification string for the subscriber, according to your customer specifications; see Overview for the different options for specifying a subscriber identification string.


Create a RADIUS-based accounting policy for the subscriber, as required; see To configure a RADIUS-based accounting policy.


Create a policer control policy for the subscriber, as required; see To configure a policer control policy.


Create SLA profiles that name the previously created QoS policies; see To configure an SLA profile.

  1. Create a different SLA profile for each class of service offering.

  2. Use override values to customize the policy values, as required.

  3. Use override values to customize the policer values, as required.


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Create a subscriber profile; see To configure a subscriber profile.

  1. Choose the previously created ingress and egress scheduler policies.

  2. Choose the previously created accounting policy.

  3. Enable accounting.

  4. Assign the previously created RADIUS-based accounting policy, as required.

  5. Assign the previously created ingress and egress policer control policies, as required.

  6. Associate one or more of the previously created SLA profiles with the subscriber profile.


11 

Create, configure, and manage SAPs, as required.

  1. Enable automatic generation of subscriber IDs; see To enable automatic generation of subscriber IDs.

  2. Assign the subscriber profile and SLA profiles to the service SAP; see To configure residential subscriber management components on a SAP.

  3. Enable or disable residential subscriber management on a SAP; see To enable or disable residential subscriber management on a SAP.

  4. Specify a subscriber identifier, subscriber profile, and SLA profile for each static host, as required, if default values are not configured on the SAP; see To create a static host for residential subscriber management on a SAP.

  5. Configure a MEP on a SAP; see To configure a MEP on a SAP.


12 

Create, configure, and manage MSAPs, as required.

  1. Create a capture SAP that will enable the creation of an MSAP; see To configure a capture SAP.

  2. List MSAPs and view MSAP properties; see To list MSAPs and view MSAP properties.

  3. View an MSAP event log, modify the global MSAP log policy, and purge MSAP log records; see To view an MSAP event log, modify the global MSAP log policy, and purge MSAP log records.

  4. Modify and re-evaluate an MSAP policy on an MSAP; see To modify and re-evaluate an MSAP policy on an MSAP.

  5. Modify an MSAP policy and re-evaluate the MSAPs; see To modify an MSAP policy and re-evaluate the MSAPs.


13 

Configure or monitor DHCP or NE SHCV events or databases, as required.

  1. Configure DHCP event monitoring for a SAP; see To configure DHCP event monitoring for a SAP.

  2. Monitor DHCP events for a SAP; see To monitor DHCP events for a SAP.

  3. Configure DHCP lease management for a subscriber host; see To renew or terminate a DHCP lease on a subscriber host.

  4. Configure DHCP event monitoring for a subscriber host; see To configure DHCP event monitoring for a subscriber host.

  5. Monitor DHCP events for a subscriber host; see To manage DHCP event monitoring for a subscriber host.

  6. Configure a local user database to authenticate DHCP clients; see To configure a local user database for subscriber host authentication.

  7. Configure NE SHCV event handling; see To configure NE SHCV event handling.


14 

Turn up the service.


15 

Provide the customer with the necessary IP information for provisioning dynamic and static hosts in the customer network.


16 

Perform one or more of the following, as required.

  1. Create a subscriber explicit map, if required; see To configure a subscriber explicit map entry.

  2. Configure a MEP on an SDP Binding; see To configure a MEP on an SDP Binding.

  3. Configure L2Aware static port forwarding on a subscriber instance; see To configure L2Aware static port forwarding on a subscriber instance.

  4. Resynchronize static port forwarding entries; see To resynchronize static port forwarding entries.

Workflow to configure IPoE sessions
 

Configure an IPoE session policy; see To configure an IPoE session policy .


Configure a VPLS capture SAP with IPoE session information. Associate the capture SAP with the IPoE session policy configured in Stage 1; see To configure a capture SAP.


Configure IPoE session information, including the IPoE session policy configured in Stage 1, on the following service objects, as required:

Workflow to configure data-triggered host creation on IPoE sessions
 

Configure a local user database IPoE host with a Match List type of IP, and a host identification option of IP Address Prefix; see To configure IPoE hosts on a local user database.


Configure a VPLS capture SAP with a Trigger Packet type of Data; see To configure a capture SAP.


Configure the Data-triggered Administrative State parameter on the following service objects, as required:

Workflow to configure diameter NASREQ
 

Configure one or more diameter peer policies, specifying the NASREQ application type; see To configure a diameter peer policy .


Configure a diameter application policy, specifying the NASREQ application type. Associate the diameter application policy with the diameter peer policies configured in Stage 1; see To configure a diameter application policy.


Configure the diameter application policy (as a Diameter Authentication Policy) on the following objects, as required:

Workflow to configure HSQ
 

Configure the HS Egress Aggregate Rate Limit and HS SLA Profile Handling Mode parameters on a subscriber profile; see To configure a subscriber profile.


Configure an SLA profile with the following (see To configure an SLA profile):

  • HS Aggregate Rate Limit and HS Queue Stats Mode parameters

  • Access egress queue override with Override WRR Weight and Override Class Weight queue override parameters, and an HS override slope policy

  • HS WRR group override with Override PIR and Override Class Weight parameters


Configure an L2 or L3 access interface with the following (see To configure QoS policy overrides on an L2 or L3 access interface):

  • HS WRR group override with Override PIR and Override Class Weight parameters

  • Access egress queue override with HS WRR Weight, HS Class Weight, and Burst Limit queue override parameters, and an HS WRED queue slope policy


Configure an HS secondary shaper on an access interface on any of the following services:

Workflow to configure ESM over GTP hybrid access
 

Configure an APN policy, specifying an authentication type; see To configure an APN policy.


As required, configure any of the following policy types with the appropriate attributes:


Configure a mobile gateway/peer profile with an Interface Type of S11, and MME node parameters (QoS, Dowlink, Uplink, and AMBR); see To configure a mobile gateway/peer profile.


Configure subscriber management extensions on an FPE; see To create an FPE.


Configure GTP on a VPRN site; see To configure GTP on a VPRN site.


Configure GTP on a base routing instance; see To configure GTP on a routing instance.


Configure a VPRN group interface as Interface Type GTP, and configure GTP settings; see To configure a group interface on a VPRN.


Configure an IES group interface as Interface Type GTP, and configure GTP settings; see To configure a group interface on an IES.

Workflow to configure ESM connection bonding
 

Configure subscriber management extensions on an FPE; see To create an FPE.


Configure a VPRN bonding group interface or an IES bonding group interface; see To create a bonding group interface on a VPRN or To create a bonding group interface on an IES.


Configure RADIUS accounting policy with new attributes: Bonding ID, Active Bonding connections; see To configure a RADIUS accounting policy.


Configure a routing policy statement with the From Criteria > Origin parameter set to Bonding; see To configure a routing policy statement.


Configure an IPv4 ACL filter policy entry with the Primary Action parameter set to Forward (Bonding Connection) and Bonding Connection ID parameter configured; see To configure an ACL IP filter policy.


Configure an IPv6 ACL filter policy entry with the Primary Action parameter set to Forward (Bonding Connection) and Bonding Connection ID parameter configured; see To configure an ACL IPv6 filter policy.


Configure an SLA Profile with Bonding Selection parameters; see To configure an SLA profile.

Workflow to configure home LAN extension functionality in a network
 

Configure a RADIUS accounting policy with the following attributes: LAN Extension Route Distinguisher, LAN Extension Route Target, LAN Extension Bridge ID, LAN Extension Route Device Type, LAN Extension Route VNI; see To configure a RADIUS-based accounting policy.


Configure an ISA RADIUS policy with the following attributes: Cross-connect Tunnel Local IPv6 Address, Cross-connect Tunnel Remoute IPv6 Address, Cross-connect Tunnel Service, Cross-connect Tunnel Type: see To configure an ISA RADIUS policy.


Configure an NE with a router target AS number under Subscriber Management; see To configure home LAN extension functionality on an NE.


Enable home LAN extension functionality on a base routing instance. Configure home LAN extension parameters on the routing instance and cross-connect parameters on the WLAN GW; see To configure a routing instance or a VRF instance.


Configure Cross-Connect parameters on a VPRN site; see To configure WLAN GW functionality on a VPRN site.


Configure home LAN extension and cross-connect parameters on a WLAN GW on a VPRN group interface; see To configure a WLAN GW for a VPRN group interface.


Configure home LAN extension and cross-connect parameters on a WLAN GW on a IES group interface; see To configure a WLAN GW on an IES group interface.