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Broadband Access Center for Cable Configuration Checklists
RDU Checklist
DPE Checklist
Network Registrar Checklist
PacketCable Checklist

Broadband Access Center for Cable Configuration Checklists


This chapter contains the checklists that you must follow when configuring Broadband Access Center for Cable (BAC) for use. Each activity in the checklists also contains a reference to the appropriate discussion or procedure elsewhere in this guide.

Generally, you perform the activities noted in this chapter after installation and prior to using BAC to provision devices.

This chapter contains these checklist which you should follow in the order shown here:

RDU Checklist

Table 2-1 identifies the RDU related activities.

Table 2-1   RDU Checklist

Step
 
Action
 
Refer to the . . .
 
1.

Configure the system syslog service for use with BAC.

Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable Installation Guide.

2.

Access the BAC administrative user interface.

"Accessing the BAC Administrators Graphical User Interface" section.

3.

Change the admin password.

"Accessing the BAC Administrators Graphical User Interface" section.

4.

Add the appropriate license keys.

"Managing License Keys" section.

5.

Configure all provisioned DHCP criteria.

"Configuring DHCP Criteria" section.

6.

Configure all provisioned classes of service.

"Configuring the Class of Service" section.

7.

Configure the RDU database backup procedure.

"Backup and Recovery" section.

8.

Configure the RDU SNMP agent.

"Using the rduSnmpAgent.sh Command" section.

DPE Checklist

You must perform the DPE related activities described in Table 2-2 after those described in the previous checklist.

Table 2-2   DPE Configuration Checklist

Step
 
Action
 
Refer to the. . .
 
1.

Change the passwords.

"password" section.

2.

Configure your IP address.*

"interface ethernet 0...1 ip address" section.

3.

Configure the provisioning interface.*

"interface ethernet 0...1 ip address" section.

4.

Configure the default gateway.*

"ip default-gateway" section.

5.

Configure the BAC shared secret.*

"dpe shared-secret" section.

6.

Configure the DPE to connect to the desired RDU.*

"dpe rdu-server (IP)" section.

7.

Configure the network time protocol (NTP).

"ntp server (IP)" section.

8.

Configure the primary provisioning group.*

"dpe provisioning-group primary" section.

9.

Configure a hostname.*

"hostname" section.

10.

Configure a domain name.*

"ip domain-name" section.

11.

Configure a minimum of one name server.*

"ip name-server" section.

12.

Configure the TFTP/ToD routes.

"ip route" section.

13.

Configure the DPE SNMP agent.

"SNMP Agent Commands" section.

14.

Verify that you are connected to RDU.

"Viewing Servers" section.

Network Registrar Checklist

The Network Registrar related activities described in Table 2-3 must be performed after those described in the previous checklists.


Caution   The BAC DHCP option settings always replace any DHCP option values set within Network Registrar.

Table 2-3   Network Registrar Checklist

Step
 
Action
 
Refer to the . . .
 
1.

Validate the Network Registrar extensions.

Broadband Access Center for Cable Installation Guide for information on configuring valid extensions.

2.

Configure the system syslog service for use with BAC.

Broadband Access Center for Cable Installation Guide for more information on configuring the system syslog service for BAC.

3.

Configure client-classes/scope-selection- tags that match those defined in RDU.*

Network Registrar User's Guide for more information about configuring client-classes and scope-selection-tags.

4.

Configure scopes.*

Network Registrar User's Guide for more information about configuring scopes.

5.

Configure policies.*

Network Registrar User's Guide for more information about configuring policies.

6.

Configure the backup procedure for the Network Registrar database.

Network Registrar User's Guide for more information about backing up the Network Registrar database.

7.

Verify that you are connected to the correct RDU.

"Viewing Servers" section.

PacketCable Checklist

You must perform the PacketCable related activities described in Table 2-4 after those described in the previous checklists.

The PacketCable checklist involves working with almost every BAC component. You must perform the activities in this checklist in the order specified.


Note   The default maximum clock skew between the KDC and the DPEs is 5 minutes.

Table 2-4   PacketCable Checklist

Step
 
Action
 
Refer to the . . .
 
Configure the RDU
1.

Enable the autogeneration of MTA FQDNs.

"Automatic FQDN Generation" section for more information on enabling and configuring the autogeneration of FQDNs.

Configure the DPE
1.

Configure a provisioning FQDN.*

"interface ethernet 0...1 provisioning fqdn" section and the Broadband Access Center for Cable Installation Guide.

2.

Configure a KDC service key.*

"packetcable registration kdc-service-key" section and the Broadband Access Center for Cable Installation Guide.

3.

Configure a privacy policy.*

"packetcable registration-server policy-privacy" section and the Broadband Access Center for Cable Installation Guide.

4.

Configure an SNMPv3 cloning key.*

"packetcable snmp key-material" section and the Broadband Access Center for Cable Installation Guide.

5.

Enable PacketCable.*

"packetcable enable" section and the Broadband Access Center for Cable Installation Guide.

6.

Configure the optional MTA file encryption.

"packetcable registration encryption" section and the Broadband Access Center for Cable Installation Guide.

7.

Configure NTP.

"ntp server (IP)" section.

Note See your Solaris documentation for more information on configuring NTP for Solaris.

 

Configure the KDC
1.

Obtain a KDC license from your Cisco representative and copy that file to the <BPR_HOME>/kdc directory.

"KDC Licenses" section.

2.

Configure a certificate chain.

"Running the PKCert Tool" section.

3.

Configure a service key pair for each DPE's provisioning FQDN.

"Using the Keygen Tool" section.

4.

Configure service keys for the ticket-granting-ticket (TGT).

"Using the Keygen Tool" section.

5.

Configure service keys for the Call Management Server.

"Using the Keygen Tool" section.

 

6.

Configure network time protocol (NTP).

Solaris documentation for more information on configuring NTP for Solaris.

Configure DHCP
1.

Configure all necessary PacketCable voice technology properties.

Changing NR Extensions with the NR Extensions Properties Tool.

2.

Configure dynamic DNS for the MTA scopes.

Network Registrar User's Guide for more information on configuring dynamic DNS.

Configure DNS
1.

Configure dynamic DNS for each DHCP server.

Network Registrar User's Guide for more information on configuring dynamic DNS.

2.

Configure a zone for the KDC realm.

Network Registrar User's Guide for more information on configuring zones.

3.

Configure an SRV record for the KDC.

"Configuring the SRV Record in the Network Registrar DNS Server" section and the Network Registrar User's Guide for more information on configuring SRV records.

4.

Configure records for the KDC and DPE provisioning interface names.

Network Registrar User's Guide for more information on configuring records.

Note Cisco recommends that the DNS procedure be used to configure a reverse zone for the DNS server's IP address. Some DNS clients, including nslookup, attempt to resolve the DNS server IP address to an FQDN. This may fail to retrieve any records from the DNS unless the reverse zone is present and properly configured.



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