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Chapter 10 Managing Subscribers
Information About Subscribers
Subscriber Modes in Service Control Solutions
Service Control solutions support several modes of handling subscribers:
•
Subscriber-less mode
•
Anonymous subscriber mode
•
Static subscriber aware mode
•
Dynamic subscriber aware mode
Note that not all the Service Control solutions support all modes.
The most basic mode is
Subscriber-less
mode. In this mode, there is no notion of subscriber in the
system, and the entire link where the Cisco SCE platform is deployed is treated as a single subscriber.
Global Application level analysis (such as total p2p, browsing) can be conducted, as well as global
control (such as limiting total p2p to a specified percentage). From a configuration stand point, this is a
turnkey system and there is no need to integrate or configure the system from a subscriber perspective.
In
Anonymous subscriber
mode, analysis is performed on an incoming network ID (IP address, VLAN,
or VPN ID), as the Cisco SCE platform creates an 'anonymous/on-the-fly' record for each subscriber.
This permits analyzing traffic at an individual network ID level (for example, to identify/monitor what
a particular 'subscriber' IP is currently doing) as well as control at this level (for example, to limit each
subscriber's bandwidth to a specified amount, or block, or redirect). Anonymous-subscriber allows quick
visibility into application and protocol usage without OSS integration, and permits the application of a
uniform control scheme using predefined templates.
VPN-based subscriber (all or
part of a VPN)
VLAN-based subscriber
•
A set of IP addresses or ranges in a
certain VPN
•
A VLAN tag or range of VLAN tags
SCMP subscriber
SCMP subscriber
A combination of the following three
items:
•
IP address or range
•
Manager-Id of the SCMP peer
device
•
Subscriber ID including the GUID
Each subscriber is assigned a
Manager-Id based on the management
entity that created the subscriber. The
possible managers are the SM, CLI and
an SCMP peer device.
Table 10-1
Subscriber Examples (continued)
The Subscriber
Subscriber Characteristics