Cisco Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable 2.7

Administrator User Interface—At a minimum, you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 
(Service Pack 2) or Netscape 4.7.

API client

Ensure that you install Java 1.5 to support the API client in release 2.7.1. API clients in versions 
earlier than 2.7.1, however, support JRE versions earlier than 1.5.

Ensure that the files bpr.jar and bacbase.jar are available in the classpath.

For detailed information on system requirements, refer to the Installation and Setup Guide for Cisco 
Broadband Access Center, 2.7.1. 

You must have a valid license key to successfully provision devices that use BAC. These licenses are 
specific to: 

The following BAC components:

DPE

KDC, if you configure your network to support voice technology.

Each technology that you provision.

If you have not yet received your licenses, contact your Cisco representative.

Review the following notes before installing BAC 2.7.1. 

Ensure that your systems meets the requirements described in 

Ensure that you download and install the recommended patches from the Sun Microsystems 
support site.

Obtain a valid BAC license key for each technology that you provision. This includes the DPE and 
the KDC components. If you have not yet received your licenses, contact your Cisco representative.

Verify the file-system block size of the directory in which you intend to install the BAC database 
and database transaction log files. For optimum performance and reliability of the BAC database, 
configure the file system or systems that contain the database files and database log files with an 
8-KB or greater block size.

Ensure that the file system in which you place database files is configured to support files larger 
than 2 GB.

For complete information on installation procedures, refer to the Installation and Setup Guide for Cisco 
Broadband Access Center, 2.7.1.