Subscriber Modes In Service Control Solutions - Cisco SCE 8000 10GBE Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 10 Managing Subscribers
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The Subscriber
VPN-based subscriber (all or
part of a VPN)
SCMP subscriber

Subscriber Modes in Service Control Solutions

Service Control solutions support several modes of handling subscribers:
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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.
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Subscriber Examples (continued)
Subscriber-less mode
Anonymous subscriber mode
Static subscriber aware mode
Dynamic subscriber aware mode
Subscriber Characteristics
VLAN-based subscriber
SCMP subscriber
Cisco SCE 8000 10GBE Software Configuration Guide
Information About Subscribers
A set of IP addresses or ranges in a
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certain VPN
A VLAN tag or range of VLAN tags
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A combination of the following three
items:
IP address or range
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Manager-Id of the SCMP peer
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device
Subscriber ID including the GUID
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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.
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