Cisco Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable 4.0 Release Notes

BAC incorporates support for many technologies to provide provisioning services for your network. 
These technologies include:

DOCSIS high-speed data

PacketCable voice service, both Secure and Basic workflows 

Non-secure CableHome

This release provisions and manages CPE that is compliant with the DOCSIS 3.0 specification, the third 
generation of the data-over-cable systems specification. With IP version 6 (IPv6) being a large part of 
DOCSIS 3.0, this release supports DHCPv6 and DNSv6.

The BAC product comprises:

The Regional Distribution Unit (RDU), which is the primary server in a BAC deployment. Through 
its extensible architecture, the RDU supports the addition of new technologies and services. 

The Device Provisioning Engine (DPE), which handles all device interactions with the RDU. 

Cisco Network Registrar extension points, which are the link between BAC and Network Registrar. 
Network Registrar provides BAC with the DHCP and Domain Name System functionality.

The Key Distribution Center (KDC), which is a Kerberos server that authenticates PacketCable 
Multimedia Terminal Adapters (MTAs).

An administrator user interface, which you can use to monitor and manage BAC.

A Java provisioning application programming interface (API), which you use to integrate BAC into 
an existing operations support-system environment.

For information on installation, refer to 

. Additionally, refer to the 

Installation and Setup Guide for Cisco Broadband Access Center 4.0.

BAC provides provisioning and managing of residential devices, namely DOCSIS cable modems and 
set-top boxes (STBs), PacketCable eMTAs, CableHome devices, and computers.

This release of BAC supports provisioning and managing of:

IPv6 devices, which include:

Cable modems compliant with DOCSIS 3.0

Computers

STBs

Video STBs, specifically the RNG-200 STB, which is based on the evolving OpenCable Application 
Platform.

Variants of eSAFE (embedded Service/Application Functional Entities) devices, such as mixed-IP 
mode PacketCable Multimedia Terminal Adapters (MTAs). A mixed-IP mode MTA is an eSAFE 
device that consists of an IPv6 embedded cable modem and an IPv4 eMTA. This class of devices 
embeds additional functionality with cable modems, such as packet-telephony, home networking, 
and video.