
If the
show cable metering-status
command displays the status of a streaming operation as
“
success
”
but
the records were not received on the billing application server, verify that the Cisco CMTS and server are
configured for the same type of communications (non-secure TCP or secure SSL). If the Cisco CMTS is
configured for non-secure TCP and the server is configured for secure SSL, the Cisco CMTS transmits
the billing record successfully, but the server discards all of the data, because it did not arrive in a secure
SSL stream.
Note
The
show cable metering-status
command continues to show the status of the last billing record operation,
until that billing record is deleted. If the record is not deleted, no new records are created.
Tip
To display information about the state of the IPDR Exporter, use the show ipdr Exporter command. The
following example shows typical output:
Router#configure terminal
Router#show ipdr exporter
IPDR exporter is started.
Configuration Examples for Usage-based Billing
This section lists the following sample configurations for the Usage-based Billing feature:
File Mode Configuration (with Secure Copy)
The following excerpt from a configuration file shows a typical configuration for the Usage-based Billing
feature when operating in file mode and enabling Secure Copy (SCP) for file transfers.
!
cable metering filesystem disk1:
snmp-server enable traps cable metering
...
aaa new-model
aaa authentication login default group
aaa authorization exec default group
username billingapp level 15 password 7 billing-password
ip ssh time-out 120
ip ssh authentication-retries 3
ip scp server enable
Non-Secure Streaming Mode Configuration
The following excerpt from a configuration file shows a typical configuration for the Usage-based Billing
feature when operating in streaming mode and specifying both a primary and a secondary external server.
The data is sent using standard TCP packets, without any security.
cable metering destination 10.10.10.171 5321 10.10.10.173 5321 2 30 non-secure
snmp-server enable traps cable metering
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