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Configuration Tools

This section describes the SRC configuration tools:

SRC CLI

The SRC CLI is the software interface you use to configure a C-series platform. You can also use the CLI to configure supported components for SRC software installed on Solaris platforms.

Local Configuration Tools

The local configuration tool allows administrators to configure local files on the hosts that support SRC components such as the SAE and NIC. For some SRC components, the local configuration tool also reads data from and writes information to the directory.

Figure 3 shows an example of the configuration tool.


Figure 3: Sample Configuration Tool Window

Policy Editor and Management

The SRC software works with Juniper Networks routers and PacketCable Multimedia Specification (PCMM) compliant CMTS platforms to provide differentiated QoS. The SRC software uses policies to define how the router or the CMTS device treats subscriber traffic. Policy management is responsible for defining policies and deploying the policies in an SRC network.

On JUNOS routing platforms, the SRC software supports class-of-service (CoS), firewall filters, policing, stateful firewall, stateless firewall, and network address translation (NAT) services.

On JUNOSe routers, the SRC software supports policy routing, rate limiting, QoS classification and marking, packet forwarding, and packet filtering.

The Policy Editor application allows easy specification and validation of policies. Policy Editor stores policies in a central repository, or directory. It works closely with a policy engine, which performs dynamic policy decisions while activating services, leveraging on the directory content to decide which policies to use in a given context. Figure 4 provides an example of Policy Editor.


Figure 4: Sample Policy Editor Window

SDX Admin

SDX Admin allows service providers to add, modify, and delete services, network definitions, and advanced configurations within the SRC software. For small installations and demonstrations, you can use SDX Admin to create and modify retailers, subscribers, and subscriptions to services.

Figure 5 shows the two panes that make up the SDX Admin interface:


Figure 5: SDX Admin Panes

From SDX Admin, for example, you can create and define a new service, define a grouping of virtual routers, or define a new retailer.

Also, using SDX Admin, administrators can set the language for SRC interfaces so that information can be displayed in the language of choice. The language environment is set globally on the host that is running the SDX Admin software.

SDX Configuration Editor

SDX Configuration Editor is an XML-based GUI that administrators can use to configure SRC components that store data in the directory. You can configure SRC components such as the SAE, NIC properties for portals and applications, LDAP connection properties, logging, router access, plug-ins, RADIUS accounting and authentication, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) access, the Enterprise Manager Portal, and the license manager.

SDX Configuration Editor is a plug-in to the Eclipse platform and presents Extensible Markup Language (XML) property files as forms in which you edit configuration elements.For information about Eclipse, see

http://www.eclipse.org

Figure 6 shows a sample window for SDX Configuration Editor. The LDAP tab for the SAE.xml file is selected to allow configuration of LDAP properties for the SAE.


Figure 6: Sample Window for SDX Configuration Editor

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