Restrictions For Usage-Based Billing - Cisco cBR-8 Configuration And Troubleshooting Manual

Usage-Based Billing (SAMIS)
• When the feature is operating in File mode, an external billing server must log into the Cisco CMTS to
• When the feature is operating in Streaming mode in non-secure mode, an external billing server must
• When the feature is operating in Streaming mode in secure mode, the following are required:
Tip Several third-party solutions for SSL support on the billing application server are available
www.openssl.org/index.html.
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• To use the full-records keyword, the Cisco CMTS router must be running the Cisco IOS-XE releases.
• To use the flow-aggregate keyword for ipdr/ipdr-d3 the Cisco CMTS router must be running the Cisco
When flow-aggregate is enabled, the service flows are combined into one record per cable modem:
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Restrictions for Usage-based Billing

The Usage-based Billing feature has the following restrictions and limitations:
• SNMP commands can be used to display or modify the Usage-based Billing configuration, and SNMP
• Enabling IPDR mode through SNMP is not supported.
During a line card switchover, the items in the line card side are lost. Similarly, during a PRE switchover,
those items in the RP side of the sflog file are lost.
If the user uses the SAMIS file destination, a PRE switchover also reinitializes that output file
• Billing records do not include information about multicast service flows and traffic counters.
• The packet counters displayed by CLI commands are reset to zero whenever the Cisco CMTS router is
copy the billing records to the external server, using either Secure Copy (SCP) or Trivial File Transfer
Protocol (TFTP). The Cisco CMTS cannot operate as a FTP or secure FTP (SFTP) server.
be configured to receive the billing records at a configurable TCP port.
◦ The external billing server must be configured to receive the billing records at a configurable TCP
port using a secure socket layer (SSL) connection.
◦ A Certificate Authority (CA) must be configured and available to provide the required digital
certificates to the billing application and Cisco CMTS router. The CA can be a public CA, such
as Verisign, or a server on your private management network that is running software such as the
Cisco Provisioning Center (CPC).
IOS-XE releases.
◦ ServiceClassName element always returns a null value in IPDR records, even when service flows
on the cable modem have a valid service class name.
◦ ServiceIdentifier element always returns a zero value.
traps can be used to notify the billing application system when a billing record is available. However,
SNMP commands cannot be used to retrieve billing records.
rebooted. The packet counters displayed by SNMP commands are not retained across router reloads,
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