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Rf Diameter Accounting ..........................32 AAA Server Groups ............................33 Dynamic Policy and Charging: Gxa Reference Interface ................33 Intelligent Traffic Control ..........................34 Network Operation Management Functions ...................... 34 A10/A11 ............................... 34 Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
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Context Configuration ............................80 System Configuration ............................80 Finding Configuration Errors ..........................80 Saving the Configuration ............................82 Saving the Configuration on the Chassis ....................... 83 Monitoring the Service ..................85 ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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MAG to LMA Rules ............................. 90 HSGW Service Rules ............................. 92 HSGW Subscriber Rules ............................93 Sample Configuration Files ................95 Standalone eHRPD Serving Gateway ........................96 Configuration Sample ............................96 Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
About this Guide This document pertains to features and functionality that run on and/or that are related to the Cisco® ASR 5000 Chassis, formerly the Starent Networks ST40. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Conventions Required keywords and variables are surrounded by grouped brackets. Required keywords and variables are those components that are required to be entered as part of the command syntax. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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(also known as a pipe filter). Pipe filters can be used in conjunction with required or optional keywords or variables. For example: Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
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Network Deployment(s) Features and Functionality - Base Software Features and Functionality - External Application Support Features and Functionality - Optional Enhanced Feature Software Call Session Procedure Flows Supported Standards Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
The following figure shows the physical relationship of the eHRPD network with the E-UTRAN/EPC. E-UTRAN PCRF S-GW P-GW 3GPP AAA eNodeB eHRPD eAN/ePCF Enterprise HSGW Internet The primary functions of the eHRPD network are: Connectivity to LTE core (EPC) ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
AT with the 3GPP EPS architecture and protocols specified in 23.402 (mobility, policy control (PCC), and roaming). The HSGW supports efficient (seamless) inter-technology mobility between LTE and HRPD with the following requirements: Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Tracking Area (TA) list management PGW and SGW selection MME selection for handovers with MME change SGSN selection for handovers to 2G or 3G 3GPP access networks Terminates interface to HSS (S6a) ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
UL and DL service level charging, gating control, and service level rate enforcement DL rate enforcement based on AMBR (Aggregate Max Bit Rate) and based on the accumulated MBRs of the aggregate of SDFs with the same GBR QCI Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
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HRPD Serving Gateway Overview ▀ eHRPD Network Summary DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 functions (client, relay and server) LMA for PMIP6 ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
UE with the 3GPP EPS architecture and protocols. This includes support for mobility, policy control and charging (PCC), access authentication, and roaming. The HSGW also manages inter-HSGW handoffs. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
DSCP Marking UE Initiated Dedicated Bearer Resource Establishment QCI to DSCP Mapping For more information on QoS features, refer to the Quality of Service Management Features section in this overview. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Dynamic Policy and Charging: Gxa Reference Interface Intelligent Traffic Control For more information on policy and charging features, refer to the Network Access and Charging Management Features section in this overview. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
Switch Processor Input/Outputs (SPIOs): Installed in the upper-rear chassis slots directly behind the SMCs, SPIOs provide connectivity for local and remote management, central office (CO) alarms. Up to two SPIOs can be installed; one active, one redundant. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
PSCs. Important: Additional information pertaining to each of the application and line cards required to support LTE/SAE services is located in the Hardware Platform Overview chapter of the Cisco ASR 5000 Series Product Overview Guide. Operating System Requirements The HSGW is available for all Cisco Systems ASR 5000 platforms running StarOS Release 9.0 or later.
The following figure displays a simplified network view of the HSGW in an eHRPD network and how it interconnects with a 3GPP Evolved-UTRAN/Evolved Packet Core network. The interfaces shown in the following graphic are standards-based and are presented for informational purposes only. For information on interfaces supported by Cisco Systems’ HSGW, refer to the next section,.
The HSGW supports many of the standards-based logical network interfaces or reference points. The graphic below and following text define the supported interfaces. Basic protocol stacks are also included. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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3GPP access point (HSGW) and the PDN Gateway. It is based on Proxy Mobile IP but also supports Client Mobile IPv4 FA mode which allows connectivity to trusted non-3GPP IP access points that do not support PMIP. Supported protocols Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
The S2a interface uses IPv6 for both control and data. During the PDN connection establishment procedures the PDN Gateway allocates the IPv6 Home Network Prefix (HNP) via Proxy Mobile IPv6 signaling to the HSGW. The HSGW ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
(e.g. a session manager task aborts). The system spawns new instances of “standby mode” session and AAA managers for each active control processor (CP) being used. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
PGW and the PGW responds by sending a PMIPv6 Binding Revocation Indication to the Serving HSGW. Quality of Service Management Features This section describes the following features: ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
Policy Charging and Control (PCC) rules from the PCRF. The HSGW maps the provisioned QoS PCC rules and authorized QCI service class to ProfileID's in the RSVP response to the UE. At the final stage the UE Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
The Rf reference interface enables offline accounting functions on the HSGW in accordance with 3GPP Release 8 specifications. In an LTE application the same reference interface is also supported on the S-GW and PDN Gateway ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
QoS control, the Bearer Binding Function (BBF) within the HSGW ensures that the service data flow is carried over the bearer with the appropriate QoS service class. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Provides a lighter weight PPP network control protocol designed to reduce connection set-up latency for delay sensitive multimedia services. Also provides a mechanism to allow user devices in an evolved HRPD network to request one or more PDN connections to an external network. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
DNS function. If the DNS function provides a list of P-GW addresses, one P-GW address is selected from this list using the following criteria: • topology matching (if enabled) • P-GW priority (as configured in DNS records) Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Important: For more information on congestion control, refer to the Congestion Control chapter in this guide. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
Cisco Systems' O&M module offers comprehensive management capabilities to the operators and enables them to operate the system more efficiently. There are multiple ways to manage the system either locally or remotely using its out-of-band management interfaces.
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Can be easily integrated with higher-level network, service, and business layer applications using the Object Management Group's (OMG’s) Interface Definition Language (IDL) The following figure demonstrates these various element management options and how they can be utilized within the wireless carrier network. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
When used in conjunction with the Web Element Manager, the data can be parsed, archived, and graphed. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
With this capability, the operator can configure threshold on these resources whereby, should the resource depletion cross the configured threshold, a SNMP Trap would be sent. The following thresholding models are supported by the system: ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
RADIUS and SSH which are dependent on external elements. ANSI T1.276 compliance in such cases will be the domain of the external element. ANSI T1.276 guidelines will only be implemented for locally configured operators. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
CORBA interfaces. The server component is fully compatible with the fault-tolerant Sun® Solaris® operating system. The following figure demonstrates various interfaces between the Web Element Manager and other network components. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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License Keys: A license key is required in order to use the Web Element Manager application. Please contact your local Sales or Support representative for more information. Important: For more information on WEM support, refer to the WEM Installation and Administration Guide. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
IP Security provides a mechanism for establishing secure tunnels from mobile subscribers to pre-defined endpoints (i.e. enterprise or home networks) in accordance with the following standards: RFC 2401, Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol RFC 2402, IP Authentication Header (AH) ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
Lower the IP Precedence: The packet’s ToS bit is set to “0”, thus downgrading it to Best Effort, prior to passing the packet. Note that if the packet’s ToS bit was already set to “0”, this action is equivalent to “Transmit”. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Data for existing Mobile IP sessions is unaffected. Important: For more information on IPSec support, refer to the IP Security chapter in the System Enhanced Feature Configuration Guide. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
PDN Connection Release Initiated by HSGW PDN Connection Release Initiated by P-GW Initial Attach with IPv6/IPv4 Access This section describes the procedure of initial attach and session establishment for a subscriber (UE). Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
The HSGW sends a Router Advertisement (RA) message with the assigned Prefix. PMIPv6 Lifetime Extension without Handover This section describes the procedure of a session registration lifetime extension by the P-GW without the occurrence of a handover. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
The P-GW responds with a Proxy Binding Acknowledgement (PBA) with the following attributes: Lifetime, MNID, APN. PDN Connection Release Initiated by UE This section describes the procedure of a session release by the UE. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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The P-GW looks up the Binding Cache Entry (BCE) based on the HNP, deletes the binding, and responds to the HSGW with a Deregistration PBA with the same attributes (Lifetime=0, MNID, APN, ATT=HRPD, HNP). The HSGW optionally sends a Router Advertisement (RA) with assigned HNP and prefix lifetime=0. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
The UE is attached to the EPC and has a PDN connection with the P-GW for PDN-ID=x and APN with assigned HNP. The HSGW MAG service triggers a disconnect of the PDN connection for PDNID=x. The HSGW sends a PPP VSNCP-Term-Req with PDNID=x to the UE. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
The HSGW optionally sends a Router Advertisement (RA) with assigned HNP and prefix lifetime=0. PDN Connection Release Initiated by P-GW This section describes the procedure of a session release by the P-GW. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
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The HSGW MAG service triggers a disconnect of the UE PDN connection for PDNID=x. The HSGW sends a PPP VSNCP-Term-Req with PDNID=x to the UE. The UE acknowledges the receipt of the request with a VSNCP-Term-Ack (PDNID=x). ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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HRPD Serving Gateway Overview Call/Session Procedure Flows ▀ Step Description The HSGW optionally sends a Router Advertisement (RA) with assigned HNP and prefix lifetime=0. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Optional configuration commands specific to the HSGW product are located in the ST-series Multimedia Core Platforms Command Line Interface Reference. The following information is provided in this chapter: Configuring the System to Perform as a Standalone HSGW Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
1 on the card in slot 17.A single physical port can facilitate multiple interfaces. Gateway IP Used when configuring static IP routes from the management interface(s) to a specific network. address ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
An identification string from 1 to 63 characters (alpha and/or numeric) by which the HSGW service is recognized by the system.Multiple names are needed if multiple HSGW services will be used. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
An identification string between 1 and 79 characters (alpha and/or numeric) by which the interface is recognized by the system.Multiple names are needed if multiple interfaces will be configured. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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Diameter messages and is typically the company or service name. Origin host An identification string from 1 to 255 characters (alpha and/or numeric) by which the STa origin host is name recognized by the system. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
The following figure and supporting text describe how this configuration with a single source and destination context is used by the system to process a PMIP call originating in the eHRPD network. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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Control Protocol (VSNCP) configuration request including the APN and the IP version capability of the UE. Step 6 The HSGW uses the configured Gxa Diameter endpoint under the IMS Auth service to establish the gateway control session for this PDN. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Create a MAG service within the newly created MAG context by applying the example configuration in the Creating a MAG Service section. Modifying the Local Context Use the following example to set the default subscriber and configure remote access capability in the local context: Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
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Use the following example to create an HSGW context and Ethernet interfaces, and bind the interfaces to configured Ethernet ports. The interfaces created in this configuration support the A10/A11 connection to the eAN/ePCF and the connection to the P-GW. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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Use the following example to configure static IP routes for data traffic between the HSGW and the eAN/ePCF and/or P- Notes: Static IP routing is not required for configurations using dynamic routing protocols. Creating an HSGW Service Use the following configuration example to create the HSGW service: Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
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A separate MAG context with a MAG service can be created to segregate the HSGW network from the MAG network. Refer to the Configuring the HSGW Service section for additional information on using a MAG service in a separate context. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
Configuring an HSGW Context for more information. command configures Public Land Mobile Network identifiers used to determine if a mobile station is visiting, roaming, or belongs to this network. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Configure the default subscriber for the AAA context by applying the example configuration in the Modifying the Default Subscriber section. Step 3 Create and configure QCI to QoS mapping by applying the example configuration in the Configuring QCI-QoS Mapping section. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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Use the following example to create and configure a AAA context including diameter support and policy control, and bind ports to interfaces supporting traffic between this context and a AAA server and PCRF: Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
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HSGW Configuration ▀ Configuring the System to Perform as a Standalone HSGW Modifying the Default Subscriber ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
Configuration Mode Commands chapter in the Command Line Interface Reference for more information on command and other supported keywords. Optional Header Compression Configuration Use the following example to configure a Robust Header Compression profile: Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
▀ Configuring the System to Perform as a Standalone HSGW Verifying and Saving the Configuration Refer to the Verifying and Saving Your Configuration chapter to verify and save your HSGW configuration. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
Chapter 3 Verifying and Saving Your Configuration This chapter describes how to save the system configuration. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Using these examples, enter the following commands to verify proper feature configuration: The output displays the complete configuration for the APN. In this example, an APN called apn1 is configured. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
> < > The output is a concise listing of the service parameter settings similar to the sample displayed below. In this example, a P-GW service called pgw is configured. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Verify that your entire configuration file was created and configured properly by entering the following command: This command displays the entire configuration including the context and service configurations defined above. Finding Configuration Errors Identify errors in your configuration file by entering the following command: ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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You must refine this command to specify particular sections of the configuration. Add the keyword and choose a section from the help menu: If the configuration contains no errors, an output similar to the following is displayed: Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Files saved locally can be stored in the SPC’s/SMC’s CompactFlash or on an installed PCMCIA memory card on the SPC/SMC. Files that are saved to a remote network node can be transmitted using either FTP, or TFTP. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
(a PC-Card in Slot 1 of the standby SPC/SMC) must be available. Otherwise, a failure message is displayed. Note: If saving the file to an external network (non-local) device, the system disregards this keyword. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
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192.168.34.156 on which you have an account with a username of administrator and a password of secure, use the following command: To save a configuration file called init_config.cfg to the root directory of a TFTP server with a hostname of config_server, enter the following command: ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
In addition to the CLI, the system supports the sending of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps that indicate status and alarm conditions. Refer to the SNMP MIB Reference Guide for a detailed listing of these traps. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Display Session Subsystem and Task StatisticsRefer to the System Software Task and Subsystem Descriptions appendix in the System Administration Guide for additional information on the Session subsystem and its various manager tasks. View AAA Manager statistics View AAA Proxy statistics ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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View Robust Header Compression Information View RoHC statistics View QoS/QCI Information View RAN Profile ID to QoS Class Index mapping tables View QoS Class Index to QoS mapping tables Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
(PPP, MIPHA, MIPFA, etc.). Statistics and counters can be cleared using the CLI command. Refer to Command Line Reference for detailed information on using this command. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
System Administration Guide for the specific network type. The following rules are covered in this appendix: Interface and Port Rules HSGW Service Rules HSGW Subscriber Rules Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
An S2a interface is created once the IP address of a logical interface is bound to an MAG service. The logical interface(s) that will be used to facilitate the S2a interface(s) must be configured within the egress context. MAG services must be configured within the egress context. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
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MAG services must be associated with an HSGW service. Depending on the services offered to the subscriber, the number of sessions facilitated by the S2a interface can be limited. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
Even though service names can be identical to those configured in different contexts on the same system, this is not a good practice. Having services with the same name can lead to confusion, difficulty troubleshooting problems, and make it difficulty understanding outputs of show commands. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...
The following engineering rule applies to subscribers configured within the system: A maximum of 2,048 local subscribers can be configured per context. Default subscriber templates may be configured on a per HSGW or MAG service. Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
This appendix contains sample configuration files for the HSGW. The following configurations are supported: Standalone eHRPD Serving Gateway In each configuration example, commented lines are labeled with the number symbol (#) and variables are identified using italics within brackets (< >). Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-22984-01...
The configuration sample contained in this section contains example configurations described in the System Administration Guide and the eHRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide. Descriptions of all commands contained herein can be found in the Command Line Interface Reference. Configuration Sample ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series HRPD Serving Gateway Administration Guide OL-22984-01...