A. Cisco Broadband Policy Manager is a product suite used by service providers to create and deploy advanced services on broadband networks. The products include Cisco Broadband Policy Manager software for Solaris (Version 9) installed on a small, one-rack-unit (1-RU) server in the customer network to evaluate rules and provision dynamic policies, Cisco Broadband Policy Design Studio used to create and deploy rules and services that run on the Cisco Broadband Policy Manager server; the Cisco Broadband IP Services Module, a set of tested-use cases that can be used by service providers to deliver differentiated services to broadband network subscribers; and Cisco Edge Voice Capacity Admission Control Module and Cisco Edge Video Capacity Admission Control Module, supporting voice-over-IP and video-on-demand call admission control based on the capacity of the access network.
Q. Who should deploy Cisco Broadband Policy Manager?
A. Tier 1 and limited Tier 2 service providers who are deploying multiple services and applications on broadband networks. Cisco Broadband Policy Manager is designed to integrate into existing service provider operational support systems and business support systems (OSS/BSS).
Q. How do customers use Cisco Broadband Policy Manager?
A. Customers use Cisco Broadband Policy Manager to create, deploy, manage, and monitor the delivery of advanced services including tiered services, application-driven quality of service (QoS), quota-based services, and other services that are used to differentiate service provider offerings, enable delivery of different levels of service to different customers at different price points, and optimize the use of network resources.
Q. What benefits can customers expect from deploying Cisco Broadband Policy Manager?
A. Cisco Broadband Policy Manager provides the following customer benefits:
• Rapid design and deployment of differentiated services on broadband networks, greatly decreasing system integration expense and time
• Flexible interfacing to applications and existing OSS/BSSs
• Multivendor, multidevice, multi-image network control-Cisco Broadband Policy Manager interfaces with network equipment from multiple vendors and, combined with subscriber and connection-point awareness, can use the best available method to control features on multiple network devices. When it does not support a specific network device, Cisco Broadband Policy Manager provides readily extensible agents that support the definition of new device interaction through a range of communication technologies including command-line interface (CLI), Telnet, RADIUS, Intelligent Service Gateway (ISG), Common Open Policy Service (COPS), and Extensible Markup Language (XML). The Cisco Broadband Policy Design Studio provides a graphical environment for configuring services for new devices.
• Support for multiple application delivery (e.g. 3-play services) on next-generation networks
Q. What are the features of Cisco Broadband Policy Manager?
A. Cisco Broadband Policy Manager provides:
• High-quality platform for service providers with high-scalability and high-availability features built in
• Distributed deployment architecture that supports geographical redundancy
• Built-in support for wholesale and retail deployment models
• Visual policy, rule, and service creation environment that speeds design and deployment of services and maximizes reuse
• Modular product architecture enabling extension to support new applications
Q. What equipment does Cisco Broadband Policy Manager manage?
A. Cisco Broadband Policy Manager manages Cisco edge routers and service control engines using built-in device adapters. In addition, Cisco Broadband Policy Manager can readily extend to support third-party devices. Please contact your Cisco Systems® representative for the most current list of supported devices.
PLATFORM REQUIREMENTS
Q. What hardware platform is required to run Cisco Broadband Policy Manager?
A. The Cisco Broadband Policy Manager runs on a 1-RU Sun server provided by the customer or system integrator. The server must match the following exact specifications (Table 1).
Table 1. Cisco Broadband Policy Manager Server Specifications
Quantity
Description
Sun Fire V20z Server
1
A55-NWB2-1-2GRA5
• Sun Fire V20z Server with two AMD Opteron 244 processors, 2-GB memory, 73-GB 10000-rpm Ultra320 SCSI disk, two 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, CD and floppy drives, PCI-X slots, AC power supply, Linux/Solaris
1
SOLII-090-B999
• Solaris 9 Workgroup Server2 license for system with two processors maximum, x86 Platform Edition
1
X9267A
• Slide rail kit for Sun Fire V20z and selected third-party racks
1
X9273A
• Quad Port Gigabit Ethernet 66-MHz or 133-MHz PCI-X card x86
1
X9273A
• Quad Port Gigabit Ethernet 66-MHz or 133-MHz PCI-X card
