Table of Contents
Advertisement
Web Service Selection
Restrictions for PTA-MD
A user cannot connect to multiple services that are simultaneously in different VRFs.
Web Service Selection
Web service selection enables users to concurrently access multiple on-demand services from a list of
personalized services. The Cisco 10000 series router supports the Cisco Subscriber Edge Services
Manager (SESM) application for web service selection.
The SESM application provides subscriber authentication, service selection, and service connection
capabilities to subscribers of Internet services. Subscribers interact with the SESM web application
using a standard Internet browser. They do not need to download any software or plug-ins to use the
SESM web pages. After a subscriber successfully authenticates, the SESM web application presents a
list of services that the subscriber is currently authorized to use. The subscriber can gain access to one
or more of those services by selecting them from a web page. Alternatively, an automatic connection
feature might provide automatic connection to services.
SESM works in conjunction with other network components to provide extremely robust, highly scalable
connection management to Internet services. Internet service providers (ISPs) and network access
providers (NAPs) deploy SESM to provide their subscribers with a web interface for accessing multiple
Internet services. The ISPs and NAPs can customize and brand the content of the web pages and thereby
control the user experience for different categories of subscribers.
SESM Release 3.1(1) or later is a solution composed of a number of applications built on a core set of
software components. ISPs and NAPs can use these core components to further develop and customize
SESM web applications, if required. The
Guide, Release 3.1(7)
SESM web applications (Release 3.1(1) or later) deployed in Directory Enabled Service
Selection/Subscription (DESS) mode incorporate the use of the Cisco Subscriber Policy Engine (SPE)
Release 1.0. The SPE allows subscribers to perform account maintenance and self-care activities, such
as subscribing to new services, creating subaccounts (for other members of the family, for example), and
changing basic account information, such as address, phone number, and e-mail.
For subscribers of Internet services, the SESM web application offers flexibility and convenience,
including the ability to access multiple services simultaneously.
For Internet service providers, the SESM web application provides a way to control the subscriber
experience and promote customer loyalty. Service providers can change the look and feel of their SESM
web application, brand the application, and control the content of the pages displayed to their
subscribers.
For more information, refer to the
Cisco 10000 Series Router Service Selection Gateway Configuration Guide
5-2
Cisco Subscriber Edge Services Manager Web Developer
describes how to develop SESM applications.
SESM
documentation.
Chapter 5
Service Selection Methods
OL-4387-02
Advertisement
Table of Contents
