Cisco Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable 4.2
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Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable Administrator’s Guide
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Chapter 1 Broadband Access Center for Cable Overview
Architecture
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Computers
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Other Custom DHCP and/or TFTP based CPEs
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Analog telephone adapter (ATA)
Architecture
This section describes the basic BAC architecture including:
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Regional distribution unit (RDU) that provides:
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The authoritative data store of the BAC system.
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Support for processing API requests.
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A device detection/configuration/disruption engine, which invokes the various installed
extensions to determine device types, generate configurations, and support disruption for
specific device types.
extensions to determine device types, generate configurations, and support disruption for
specific device types.
See the
for additional information.
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Device provisioning engines (DPEs) that provide:
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TFTP protocol server
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Configuration cache
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Redundancy
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Time of day server
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PacketCable provisioning services
See the
for additional information.
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Provisioning Groups
See the
for additional information.
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Cisco Network Registrar servers that provide:
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
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Domain Name System (DNS)
See the
for additional information.
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A Kerberos server that authenticates PacketCable MTAs. See the
for
additional information.
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An SNMP agent that provides:
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SNMP version v2c support
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SNMP Trap support
See the
for additional information.
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The BAC agent that provides:
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Administrative monitoring of all critical BAC processes.
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Automated process restart capability.
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The ability to start and stop BAC component processes. See the
for additional information.