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This preface has information about the Cisco Distributed Administration Tool Guide and contains the following sections:
This guide explains how to use the Cisco Distributed Administration Tool (CDAT) to create and maintain the subscriber, service, and policy information used by the Cisco Subscriber Edge Services Manager (Cisco SESM). The guide also provides information on the predefined roles and rules and Directory Enabled Service Selection and Authorization (DESS/AUTH) schema extensions.
This guide is intended for service-provider administrators who are responsible for creating and maintaining the subscriber, service, and policy information in an LDAP directory. Another audience is service-provider network administrators who are responsible for configuring services on network devices.
This guide includes the chapters shown in the following table:
| Chapter | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
Chapter 1 | Provides an overview of the CDAT facility and Role Based Access Control (RBAC). | |
Chapter 2 | Describes how to use the CDAT expert interface. | |
Appendix A | Explains the predefined roles and rules that can be installed with the Directory Enabled Service Selection and Authorization (DESS/AUTH) software. | |
Appendix B | Describes the LDAP directory schema extensions that are installed with the DESS/AUTH software. | |
Appendix C | Provides information on the translation that the RADIUS-DESS Proxy (RDP) server performs for the service-profile attributes that CDAT creates. |
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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in the manual. |
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Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data. |
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