Cisco Cisco Access Registrar 5.1 Release Notes
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Release Notes for Cisco Access Registrar, 5.1
Cisco Access Registrar is a high performance, carrier class RADIUS/Diameter solution that provides
scalable, flexible, intelligent authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services and
Diameter signaling traffic control.
scalable, flexible, intelligent authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services and
Diameter signaling traffic control.
Cisco Access Registrar comprises a RADIUS/Diameter server designed from the ground up for
performance, scalability, and extensibility for deployment in complex service provider environments
including integration with external data stores and systems. Session and resource management tools
tracks user sessions and allocate dynamic resources to support new subscriber service introductions.
performance, scalability, and extensibility for deployment in complex service provider environments
including integration with external data stores and systems. Session and resource management tools
tracks user sessions and allocate dynamic resources to support new subscriber service introductions.
Cisco Access Registrar Diameter Routing Agent (DRA) provides such infrastructure, allowing complex
mesh interconnections of these new network elements in order to:
mesh interconnections of these new network elements in order to:
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adequately manage the traffic
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perform appropriate load balancing for congestion control and roaming support
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provide intelligent message routing (routing to the appropriate elements) that can be customized to
easily adopt to unique requirements
easily adopt to unique requirements
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allow binding of different protocol interfaces corresponding to a subscriber.
Note
Cisco AR 5.1 can be used with Solaris 10, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.3/5.4/5.5 32-bit/64-bit
operating system using kernel 2.6.18-128.el5 or later versions of 2.6, and Glibc version: glibc-2.5-34 or
later.
operating system using kernel 2.6.18-128.el5 or later versions of 2.6, and Glibc version: glibc-2.5-34 or
later.
Note
Support for RHEL 5.11 is available from Access Registrar version 5.1.0.10.
Contents
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