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CONTENTS

About this Guide ix

CHAPTER

1 Cisco Service Control Overview 1-1

Cisco Service Control Solution 1-1

Service Control for Broadband Service Providers 1-1

Cisco Service Control Capabilities 1-2

SCE Platform Description 1-3

Management and Collection 1-5

Network Management 1-5

Subscriber Management 1-6

Service Configuration Management 1-6

Data Collection 1-6

CHAPTER

2 Introduction to the Cisco SCE8000 Platform 2-1

Information About the SCE Platform 2-1

Service Control Module (SCE8000-SCM-E) 2-2

Introduction to SIPs and SPAs 2-4

SPA Interface Processors 2-4

Specifying the SIP Subslot Location for a SPA 2-5

Shared Port Adapters 2-5

Modular Optics 2-6

XFP Connections 2-6

The SCE8000-SIP 2-7

The 1-Port 10GBE SPA Interface Module 2-7

The Cisco SCE8000 Optical Bypass 2-8

Optical Bypass Functionality 2-9

Optical Bypass Module Connectivity 2-9

Optical Bypass Module (OPB-SCE8K) 2-9

Optical Bypass Module Specifications 2-11

Fan Assembly 2-11

Power Supplies 2-12

Power Supply Cooling 2-13

Load Sharing 2-13

Checking the Shipping Container Contents 2-13

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Cisco SCE8000 Component List 2-14

Cisco SCE8000 Installation Checklist 2-15

CHAPTER

3 Cisco SCE8000 Topology and Topology-Related Parameters 3-1

The Cisco SCE8000 Platform 3-1

Topology Considerations 3-1

Physical Topologies 3-3

SCE8000 Interface Numbering 3-3

Single Cisco SCE8000 Topologies 3-3

Single Link: Inline Topology 3-4

Dual link: Inline Installation 3-4

Single Link: Receive-only Topology 3-5

Dual Link: Receive-Only Topology 3-5

Dual Cisco SCE8000 Topology (Cascade) 3-6

Multi-Gigabit Service Control Platform (MGSCP) Topology 3-7

Type of SCE Platform Redundancy 3-8

Redundant Cisco 7600 Series Router 3-8

Link Continuity 3-9

Internal Bypass Mechanism 3-9

External Optical Bypass 3-9

Topology-Related Parameters 3-11

Connection Mode Parameter 3-11

Physically Connected Links Parameter 3-12

Priority 3-12

On-Failure Mode Parameter 3-12

Asymmetric Routing Topology 3-13

Asymmetric Routing and Other Service Control Capabilities 3-13

CHAPTER

4 Installing the Cisco SCE8000 Chassis 4-1

Preparing for Installation 4-2

Safety 4-2

Site Requirements 4-2

Preventing Electrostatic Discharge Damage 4-3

Environmental Requirements 4-3

Power Requirements 4-3

Power Connection Guidelines 4-4

AC-Powered Systems 4-4

DC-Powered Systems 4-10

Site Planning Checklist 4-11

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Installing the Cisco SCE8000 Chassis in the Rack 4-12

Unpacking the Cisco SCE8000 Chassis 4-12

Installation Guidelines 4-12

Required Tools 4-13

Installing the Chassis Brackets 4-13

Installing the Chassis in the Rack 4-14

Installing an Optical Bypass Module 4-15

Connecting the System Ground 4-16

Required Tools and Equipment 4-17

Installing the Power Supplies in the Cisco SCE8000 Chassis 4-18

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5 Connecting the Management Interfaces 5-1

How to Set Up the Local Console 5-1

Initial Setup Parameters 5-2

Connecting the Management Interface 5-4

How to Cable the Management Port 5-4

How to Verify Management Interface Connectivity 5-5

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6 Cabling the Line Ports and Completing the Installation 6-1

Connecting the Line Ports to the Network 6-1

Single Link: Inline Topology 6-2

Single Link: Receive-only Topology 6-2

Dual Link: Single Cisco SCE8000 Topologies 6-2

Dual Link: Two Cisco SCE8000s Topology 6-3

Multi-Gigabit Service Control Platforms (MGSCP) Topologies 6-4

The Optical Bypass Module 6-8

Optical Bypass Module Connectivity 6-8

Cabling the 10GBE Line Interface Ports 6-9

Fiber Specifications 6-10

Optical Device Maintenance 6-10

How to Cable the 10GBE Line Interface Ports 6-10

Cabling the 10GBE Line Interface Ports: Using the External Optical Bypass Module 6-11

Testing Connectivity: Examining Link LEDs and Counters 6-13

Examining the LEDs 6-13

How to View the Ten Gigabit Ethernet Port Status 6-13

How to View the Ten Gigabit Ethernet Counters 6-13

How to View the User Log Counters 6-14

How to Load and Activate a Service Control Application 6-14

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Cascaded Systems 6-15

How to Install a Cascaded System 6-15

CLI Commands for Cascaded Systems 6-16

Topology-Related Parameters for Redundant Topologies 6-16

How to Configure the Connection Mode 6-16

How to Set the Link Mode 6-17

Monitoring the System 6-18

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7 Basic Cisco SCE8000 Platform Operations 7-1

Starting the Cisco SCE8000 Platform 7-1

Checking Conditions Prior to System Startup 7-1

Performing Complex Configurations 7-2

Starting the System and Observing Initial Conditions 7-2

What to Do Next 7-2

Final Tests 7-3

Verifying Operational Status 7-3

Viewing the User Log Counters 7-3

Viewing the Ten Gigabit Ethernet Port Status 7-4

Viewing the Ten Gigabit Ethernet Counters 7-4

Managing Cisco SCE8000 Configurations 7-5

Viewing Configurations 7-5

Saving or Changing the Configuration Settings 7-6

Example for Saving or Changing the Configuration Settings 7-7

Restoring a Previous Configuration 7-8

Example for Restoring a Previous Configuration 7-8

How to Display the SCE Platform Version Information 7-9

Example for Displaying the SCE Platform Version Information 7-9

How to Display the SCE Platform Inventory 7-12

Examples for Displaying the SCE Platform Inventory 7-12

Displaying the SCE Platform Inventory: FRUs Only 7-12

Displaying the Complete SCE Platform Inventory 7-13

How to Display the System Uptime 7-16

Example for Displaying the System Uptime 7-16

Rebooting and Shutting Down the SCE Platform 7-16

Rebooting the SCE Platform 7-16

Examples for Rebooting the SCE Platform 7-16

How to Shut Down the SCE Platform 7-17

Examples for Shutting Down the SCE Platform 7-17

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8 Troubleshooting 8-1

Troubleshooting Overview 8-1

Information About Troubleshooting Tools 8-2

CLI Commands for Troubleshooting 8-2

Checking the LEDs 8-4

Problem Solving Using a Subsystems Approach 8-6

Identifying Startup Problems 8-6

Troubleshooting the Power Subsystem 8-7

Troubleshooting the Firmware Package Installation 8-8

Troubleshooting the Management Subsystem 8-8

Troubleshooting the Link Interface Subsystem 8-10

Troubleshooting with the User Log 8-11

The Logging System 8-11

How to Copy the User Log to an External Source 8-12

How to Copy the User Log to an Internal Location 8-12

How to View the User Log 8-12

How to Clear the User Log 8-12

How to View the User Log Counters 8-13

How to View the Non-volatile Counter For the User-file-log Only 8-13

Generating a File for Technical Support 8-13

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9 Removal and Replacement Procedures 9-1

Safety 9-1

Preventing Electrostatic Discharge Damage 9-2

Supported Hardware 9-3

Removing and Replacing the Power Supply 9-3

Required Tools 9-3

Removing an AC-Input Power Supply 9-3

Installing an AC-Input Power Supply 9-5

Removing a DC-Input Power Supply 9-5

Installing a DC-Input Power Supply 9-7

Removing and Replacing the Fan Assembly 9-10

Required Tools 9-10

Removing the Fan Assembly 9-11

Installing the Fan Assembly 9-11

Removing and Replacing Modules 9-12

Required Tools 9-12

Handling SIPs 9-13

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Installing a Module 9-13

Removing a Module 9-17

Inserting and Removing a Module: Detail 9-19

Verifying the Installation 9-20

Removing and Replacing Shared Port Adapters 9-22

Required Tools and Equipment 9-22

Laser/LED Safety 9-22

Handling SPAs 9-23

SPA Installation and Removal 9-23

Installing a SPA in a SIP 9-24

Removing a SPA from a SIP 9-24

Removing and Replacing the Optical Bypass Module 9-25

Removing the Optical Bypass Module 9-25

Installing the Optical Bypass Module 9-25

Replacing the Optical Bypass Module without Disrupting Traffic on the Link 9-26

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A Using Optical Splitters with 10GBE Links A-1

Supported Configurations A-1

Unsupported Configuration A-2

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About this Guide

This preface describes who should read the Cisco SCE8000 Installation and Configuration Guide, how

it is organized, and its document conventions.

This guide is for the networking or computer technician responsible for installing and configuring the

SCE8000 platform on-site. To use this publication, you should be familiar with telecommunications

equipment and installation procedures, as well as electronic circuitry and wiring practices. You should

also have experience as an electronic or electromechanical technician.

This installation guide explains the initial hardware installation and basic configuration procedures for

the SCE8000. It contains procedures for unpacking and installing the device and performing basic

configuration via the setup wizard. After completing the installation and basic configuration procedures

covered in this guide, you will then use the appropriate companion publications to more completely

configure your system.

This guide contains instructions on how to install and run the SCE8000 platform. This guide assumes a

basic familiarity with telecommunications equipment and installation procedures.

Document Revision History

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Organization

The major sections of this guide are as follows:

Chapter Title Description

1 Cisco Service Control Overview, page 1-1 This chapter provides a brief introduction to

Cisco Service Control.

2 Introduction to the Cisco SCE8000 Platform,

page 2-1

This chapter provides a hardware overview of

the SCE8000 platform.

3 Cisco SCE8000 Topology and

Topology-Related Parameters, page 3-1

This chapter describes the possible

deployment topologies of the SCE8000 and

explains how various aspects of the topology

determine the configuration of the system.

4 Installing the Cisco SCE8000 Chassis,

page 4-1

This chapter explains how to install a

SCE8000 platform in the rack and properly

ground it.

5 Connecting the Management Interfaces,

page 5-1

This chapter explains how to connect the

SCE8000 platform to a local console and

perform the initial system configuration via

the setup wizard that runs automatically.

6 Cabling the Line Ports and Completing the

Installation, page 6-1

This chapter provides instructions for cabling

the Gigabit Ethernet ports for both one and

two SCE8000 topologies, and for configuring

Gigabit Ethernet (GBE) interface parameters.

In a topology utilizing two SCE8000s

(cascade), this includes the cascade ports as

well as the line ports.

7 Basic Cisco SCE8000 Platform Operations,

page 7-1

This chapter describes how to start up the

SCE8000 platform, reboot, and shutdown. It

also describes how to manage configurations.

8 Troubleshooting, page 8-1 This chapter provides basic system startup

troubleshooting information.

9 Removal and Replacement Procedures,

page 9-1

This chapter explains the procedures for

removing and replacing the power supplies,

fan trays, and other modules.

A Using Optical Splitters with 10GBE Links,

page A-1

This appendix supplies important information

regarding supported and not supported optical

splitter configurations in the 10GBE

environment.

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Related Publications

Your SCE8000 platform and the software running on it contain extensive features and functionality,

which are documented in the following resources:

• Cisco CLI software:

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Cisco SCE8000 Software Configuration Guide

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Cisco SCE8000 CLI Command Reference

• For initial installation and startup information, refer to the Cisco SCE8000 Quick Start Guide.

• For international agency compliance, safety, and statutory information for wide-area network

(WAN) interfaces for the SCE8000 platform, refer to the Regulatory Compliance and Safety

Information for Cisco SCE8000.

• For installation and configuration of the other components of the Service Control Management Suite

refer to:

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Cisco SCMS Subscriber Management User Guide

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Cisco SCMS Collection Manager User Guide

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Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband User Guide

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Cisco Service Control Application Reporter User Guide

• To view Cisco documentation or obtain general information about the documentation, refer to the

Cisco Information Packet that shipped with your SCE8000 platform.

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention Indication

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values are in italic font.

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vertical bars.

[ x | y | z ] Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by

vertical bars.

string A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or

the string will include the quotation marks.

courier font Terminal sessions and information the system displays appear in courier font.

< > Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets.

[ ] Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.

!, # An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code

indicates a comment line.

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Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.

Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in equipment

damage or loss of data.

Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in

the paragraph.

Warning

Means reader be warned. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in

bodily injury.

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For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional

information, see the monthly What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and

revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

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Cisco Service Control Overview

This chapter provides a general overview of the Cisco Service Control solution. It introduces the Cisco

service control concept and capabilities.

It also briefly describes the hardware capabilities of the service control engine (SCE) platform and the

Cisco specific applications that together compose the complete Cisco service control solution.

• Cisco Service Control Solution, page 1-1

• Cisco Service Control Capabilities, page 1-2

• SCE Platform Description, page 1-3

• Management and Collection, page 1-5

Cisco Service Control Solution

The Cisco service control solution is delivered through a combination of hardware and specific software

solutions that address various operational and business-related challenges. Service providers can use the

SCE platform to support classification, analysis, and control of Internet and IP traffic.

Service control enables service providers to:

• Capitalize on existing infrastructure.

• Analyze, charge for, and control IP network traffic at multigigabit wire line speeds.

• Identify and target high-margin content-based services and enable their delivery.

As access and bandwidth have become commodities where prices continually fall and profits disappear,

service providers have realized that they must offer value-added services to derive more revenue from

the traffic and services running on their networks.

Cisco service control solutions allow the service provider to capture profits from IP services through

detailed monitoring, precise, real-time control, and awareness of applications as they are delivered.

Service Control for Broadband Service Providers

Service providers of any access technology (DSL, cable, mobile, and so on) targeting residential and

business consumers must find new ways to get maximum leverage from their existing infrastructure,

while differentiating their offerings with enhanced IP services.

The Cisco service control application for broadband adds a layer of service intelligence and control to

existing networks that can:

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Cisco Service Control Capabilities

• Report and analyze network traffic at subscriber and aggregate level for capacity planning

• Provide customer-intuitive tiered application services and guarantee application service level

agreements (SLAs)

• Implement different service levels for different types of customers, content, or applications

• Identify network abusers who are violating the acceptable use policy (AUP)

• Identify and manage peer-to-peer traffic, NNTP (news) traffic, and spam abusers

• Enforce the AUP

• Integrate Service Control solutions easily with existing network elements and business support

systems (BSS) and operational support systems (OSS)

Cisco Service Control Capabilities

The core of the Cisco service control solution is the network hardware device: the Service control engine

(SCE). The core capabilities of the SCE platform, which support a wide range of applications for

delivering service control solutions, include:

• Subscriber and application awareness—Application-level drilling into IP traffic for real-time

understanding and controlling of usage and content at the granularity of a specific subscriber.

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Subscriber awareness—The ability to map between IP flows and a specific subscriber to

maintain the state of each subscriber transmitting traffic through the SCE platform and to

enforce the appropriate policy on this subscriber’s traffic.

Subscriber awareness is achieved either through dedicated integrations with subscriber

management repositories, such as a DHCP or a RADIUS server, or through sniffing of RADIUS

or DHCP traffic.

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Application awareness—The ability to understand and analyze traffic up to the application

protocol layer (Layer 7).

For application protocols implemented using bundled flows (such as FTP, which is

implemented using Control and Data flows), the SCE platform understands the bundling

connection between the flows and treats them accordingly.

• Application-layer, stateful, real-time traffic control—The ability to perform advanced control

functions, including granular bandwidth (BW) metering and shaping, quota management, and

redirection, using application-layer, stateful, real-time traffic transaction processing. This requires

highly adaptive protocol and application-level intelligence.

• Programmability—The ability to quickly add new protocols and adapt to new services and

applications in the service provider environment. Programmability is achieved using the Cisco

Service Modeling Language (SML).

Programmability allows new services to be deployed quickly and provides an easy upgrade path for

network, application, or service growth.

• Robust and flexible back-office integration—The ability to integrate with existing third-party

systems at the service provider, including provisioning systems, subscriber repositories, billing

systems, and OSS systems. The SCE provides a set of open and well-documented APIs that allows

a quick integration process.

• Scalable high-performance service engines—The ability to perform all of these operations at wire

speed.

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SCE Platform Description

The SCE family of programmable network devices performs application-layer stateful-flow inspection

of IP traffic, and controls the traffic based on configurable rules. The SCE platform is a network device

that uses ASIC components and reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processors to exceed beyond

packet counting and expand into the contents of network traffic. Providing programmable, stateful

inspection of bidirectional traffic flows, and mapping these flows with user ownership, SCE platforms

provide real-time classification of network use. The classification provides the basis of the SCE platform

advanced traffic-control and bandwidth-policing functionality. Where most bandwidth control

functionality ends, the SCE platform provides further control and shaping options, including:

• Layer 7 stateful wire-speed packet inspection and classification

• Robust support for more than 600 protocols and applications, including:

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Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3), Internet Message Access Protocol

(IMAP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and others

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eDonkey, DirectConnect, Piolet, and others

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Streaming and Multimedia—Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), Session Initiation Protocol

(SIP), HTTP streaming, Real Time Protocol (RTP) and Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP),

and others

• Programmable system core for flexible reporting and bandwidth control

• Transparent network and BSS and OSS integration into existing networks

• Subscriber awareness that relates traffic and usage to specific customers

Figure 1-1 illustrates a common deployment of an SCE platform in a network.

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Management and Collection

The Cisco service control solution includes a complete management infrastructure that provides the

following management components to manage all aspects of the solution:

• Network management

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These management interfaces are designed to comply with common management standards and to

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Figure 1-2 Service Control Management Infrastructure

Network Management

The Cisco service control solution provides complete network Fault, Configuration, Accounting,

Performance, Security (FCAPS) Management.

Two interfaces provide network management:

• Command-line interface (CLI)—Accessible through the Console port or through a Telnet

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Subscriber Management

Where the Cisco service control application for broadband (SCA BB) enforces policies on different

subscribers and tracks usage on an individual subscriber basis, the Cisco service control management

suite (SCMS) subscriber manager (SM) may be used as middleware software for bridging between OSS

and SCE platforms. Subscriber information is stored in the SM database and can be distributed between

multiple platforms according to actual subscriber placement.

The SM provides subscriber awareness by mapping network IDs to subscriber IDs. It can obtain

subscriber information using dedicated integration modules that integrate with AAA devices, such as

RADIUS or DHCP servers.

Subscriber information may be obtained in one of two ways:

• Push Mode—The SM pushes subscriber information to the SCE platform automatically upon logon

of a subscriber.

• Pull Mode—The SM sends subscriber information to the SCE platform in response to a query from

the SCE platform.

Service Configuration Management

Service configuration management is the ability to configure the general service definitions of a service

control application. A service configuration file containing settings for traffic classification, accounting

and reporting, and control is created and applied to an SCE platform. The SCA BB application provides

tools to automate the distribution of these configuration files to SCE platforms. This standards-based

approach makes it easy to manage multiple devices in a large network.

Service Control provides a GUI to edit and create these files and a complete set of APIs to automate their

creation.

Data Collection

Data collection occurs as follows:

1. All analysis and data processing functions of the SCE platform result in the generation of Raw Data

Records (RDRs), which the SCE platform forwards using a simple TCP-based protocol

(RDR-Protocol).

2. RDRs are processed by the Cisco service control management suite collection manager.

3. The collection manager software is an implementation of a collection system that receives RDRs

from one or more SCE platforms. It collects these records and processes them in one of its adapters.

Each adapter performs a specific action on the RDR.

RDRs contain a variety of information and statistics, depending on the configuration of the system.

Three main categories of RDRs include:

• Transaction RDRs—Records generated for each transaction, where a transaction is a single event

detected in network traffic. The identification of a transaction depends on the particular application

and protocol.

• Subscriber Usage RDRs—Records generated per subscriber, describing the traffic generated by that

subscriber for a defined interval.

• Link RDRs—Records generated per link, describing the traffic carried on the link for a defined

interval.

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Introduction to the Cisco SCE8000 Platform

This chapter provides an introduction to the Cisco SCE8000 10GBE platform, the Service Control

hardware component.

• Information About the SCE Platform, page 2-1

• Service Control Module (SCE8000-SCM-E), page 2-2

• Introduction to SIPs and SPAs, page 2-4

• The SCE8000-SIP, page 2-7

• The 1-Port 10GBE SPA Interface Module, page 2-7

• The Cisco SCE8000 Optical Bypass, page 2-8

• Checking the Shipping Container Contents, page 2-13

• Cisco SCE8000 Installation Checklist, page 2-15

Information About the SCE Platform

The Service Control Engine (SCE) platform, which is the hardware component of the Cisco Service

Control solution, is designed to support observation, analysis, and control of Internet/IP traffic. The

following table summarizes model information for the Cisco SCE8000 platform.

The Cisco SCE8000 is a transparent element with 10GBE links service throughput. It can be installed

inline in the network where the entire traffic passes through it or in receive-only mode where it receives

replication of the traffic through SPAN ports or optical splitters.

Table 2-1 SCE Platform Model Information

Model number Cisco SCE8000 10GBE

Link Type 10 Gigabit Ethernet

Number of Ports 2 or 4

Number of Links 1 or 2

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Service Control Module (SCE8000-SCM-E)

Figure 2-1 Cisco SCE8000 Platform

The Cisco SCE8000 supports the following network insertion models:

• single appliance (inline)

• single appliance (receive-only)

• cascade configuration

• MGSCP configuration

The Cisco SCE8000 platform is a 4-slot chassis hosting the following modules:

• One or two Service Control Modules (SCE8000-SCM-E) that each contain special purpose fast path

chipset, traffic processors and control processor.

• One SPA Interface Processor card (SCE8000-SIP) that holds up to four SPA 10GBE interface

modules.

• One optional optical bypass module hosting panel that holds up to two optical bypass modules.

In addition, the Cisco SCE8000 chassis contains two power supply modules in a 1+1 configuration, as

well as a fan tray module.

Service Control Module (SCE8000-SCM-E)

The Cisco SCE8000 contains one or two SCE8000-SCMs located in slots#1 and #2 (the top two slots).

The Service Control module contains ports and LEDs as shown in the following figure and tables.

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