Cisco Content Services Gateway (CSG) Hardware
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1. 2006 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved Important notices privacy statements and trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc can be found on cisco com Page 5 of 11 Increased Number of Service Definitions and Service Rules The maximum number of service definitions is now 1024 in prior releases the limit was 255 The maximum number of service rules is now 4096 in prior releases the limit was 1024 Layer 2 Enhancements The Cisco CSG will dynamically use Address Resolution Protocol ARP for the IP address of a directly attached client if the MAC address is unknown This removes the need for configuring a placeholder route for the client SERVICE MANAGER SUPPORT With Cisco CSG Release 7 Cisco also announces the availability of Cisco CSG Service Manager Release 4 1 The Cisco CSG Service Manager is part of the Mobile Wireless Center for the Cisco Mobile Exchange suite of applications which complements the CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution LMS and Cisco Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator to provide end to end management of Cisco Mobile Exchange Figure 2 The Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange addresses the element management requirements of mobile operators and provides fault management configuration management and troubleshooting Figure 2 Cisco CSG Service Manager Console for Configuration Discrepancy Analysis gt Operations Support System i Cisco Mobile Wireless Center CiscoWorks CiscoView Cisco Mobile Ci2. In real time the Cisco CSG associates the user ID as captured by the authentication authorization and accounting AAA server with each transaction that it reports allowing for user based charging in a broader set of environments Using this ability to reliably associate subscribers with their billing plans real time control of subscriber service tiers becomes possible 2006 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved Important notices privacy statements and trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc can be found on cisco com Page 2 of 11 e Outstanding price and performance value for large data centers and ISPs The Cisco CSG features a low connection cost It slides into a slot in a new or existing Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch or Cisco 7600 Series Router and conserves valuable data center space Up to six Cisco CSGs and or content services modules CSMs can be installed into each chassis Cisco CSG supports up to 300 000 connected subscribers per line card with a maximum throughput of 3 Gbps per CSG e Ease of configuration The Cisco CSG uses the same native Cisco IOS Software interface used to configure the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series platforms FEATURES The Cisco CSG has several features fundamental to content billing and filtering Fine Level of Detail in Content Measurement The Cisco CSG meters data traffic and generates accounting records at the content level Unlike traditional billing models that bill fo
3. and blacklist control for URL traffic giving providers the ability to dynamically filter content for the protection of vulnerable users offering age restricted content to user segments and access control for corporations providing protection from corporate liabilities related to inappropriate usage and content As part of the Cisco Mobile Exchange framework the Cisco CSG brings value to all network access types Cisco Mobile Exchange is a standards based framework that links the radio access network RAN to IP networks and their value added services It comprises numerous components including packet gateways mobile services load balancing public wireless LAN security and network management services delivered on a range of Cisco platforms and application modules Together these components successfully address the many challenges that face mobile network operators as they seek profitability from their second generation 2G 2 5G 3G or next generation mobile packet infrastructures and their 802 11 public WLAN hotspots However the Cisco CSG Figure 1 works in both wired and wireless IP environments and can support content billing requirements for operators running multiple access technologies simultaneously All contents are Copyright 1992 2006 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved Important Notices and Privacy Statement Page 1 of 10 Figure 1 The Cisco Content Services Gateway BENEFITS The Cisco CSG provides the follo
4. failover in the event that one of the billing systems becomes unavailable This enables the Cisco CSG to interface with whatever billing agent the customer chooses and to provide robust reporting after this protocol is implemented Use of Content for Data Mining Cisco CSG capabilities are not restricted to billing applications Service providers can now gather subscriber network service and content usage data across their networks An operator can apply business intelligence to the collected information to better understand user transaction behaviors and apply that knowledge to marketing and partnership strategies Traffic patterns can also be analyzed for use in quality of service QoS plans Popular sites can be identified and approached with real data to justify opportunities for content delivery hosting Content Filtering In conjunction with Cisco partners the Cisco CSG provide support for dynamic content filtering Service providers can provide personal filtering based upon blacklists and whitelists allowing access to content deemed appropriate or on a paid for basis NEW FEATURES IN CISCO CSG RELEASE 7 HTTP IP Byte Count Reporting The Cisco CSG will report the total number of IP bytes of each HTTP transaction transferred between a client and a server Bytes that can be associated with a particular transaction will be charged to the matching service content or policy For the remaining subset that could not be associated with any p
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6. 11 Obscure X Forwarded For Header HTTP When an HTTP request passes through one or more proxies before reaching the server the IP address of the client may be present in the X Forwarded For header of the HTTP request packet In some instances this may be a private address that should not be available outside of a provider s network To support that requirement the Cisco CSG can replace the IP address in the X Forwarded For header with blanks effectively obscuring the client s IP address RADIUS VSA Subatiribute Parsing The RADIUS report attribute and RADIUS pod attribute commands are changed to support subattributes This allows for a more efficient RADIUS attribute reporting implementation SMTP CDR Header Removal Simple Mail Transport Protocol SMTP call detail records CDRs can be very large they include a report attribute for each SMTP header embedded at the beginning of a message These specific headers can be eliminated from the CDR leaving only the SMTP envelope headers and the size attribute in the report These are reported as X CSG MAIL X CSG RCPT and X CSG SIZE IP Fragment Support for E Mail Protocols IP fragmentation support is added for Post Office Protocol 3 POP3 SMTP and Internet Mail Access Protocol IMAP This includes support for out of order fragments Support for Out of Order Packets for E Mail and HTTP Packets received out of order will be buffered and processed in the proper order This does not g
7. Cisco SYSTEMS Data Sheet Cisco Content Services Gateway The Cisco Content Services Gateway CSG is the ideal solution for service providers seeking to apply advanced processing of IP flows through dynamic application layer content examination subscriber service access control subscriber account balance enforcement and content filtering The Cisco CSG is a specialized line card designed for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router lt provides the capability for billing content filtering service control traffic analysis and data mining in a highly scalable fault tolerant package The Cisco CSG Release 7 introduces capabilities integral to mobile operators commercial deployment of on demand services With voice services in many worldwide wireless markets reaching saturation levels mobile operators are turning to new applications and services to generate new revenue streams by delivering on the demands of an increasingly data oriented world Data services offer mobile operators the ability to differentiate their services in ways that voice services cannot Mobile subscriber growth has resulted in large part from the prepaid segment as high as 80 percent in many markets Pay as you go models in which the subscriber prepays for the service and recharges the account as demand arises are especially attractive at a time when mobile data services are still being developed Content and value added mobile serv
8. Cisco service and support solutions enhance the value of a network infrastructure investment resulting in an overall reduced cost of doing business Service providers can now deliver fully on the promise of internetworking technology with the backing of world class service and support CISCO CSG CONFIGURATION LIMITS e 256 total virtual LANs client and server e 4000 content definitions 1024 services 16 000 access control list ACL items e Up to six Cisco CSGs and or CSMs can be installed in a Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series or Cisco 7600 Series chassis PERFORMANCE SUMMARY Connections e 1 000 000 concurrent TCP connections e 300 000 connected subscribers per card Throughput e 3 Gbps total maximum combined throughput including user traffic and Cisco CSG control messages and CDRs CISCO CATALYST 6500 SERIES AND CISCO 7600 SERIES PLATFORM REQUIREMENTS e Cisco CSG Release 7 features are supported in Cisco IOS Software Release 12 2 18 SXFI1 and later The Cisco CSG Hybrid runs with Cisco IOS Software Release 12 1 13 E or later and Cisco Catalyst OS 7 6 1 or later e Supported supervisor engines are Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2 Cisco Catalyst 6000 Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2 MSFC2 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Cisco 7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720 3BXL The Cisco CSG is not switch fabric enabled PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS e Occupies any slot in the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series or Cisco 7600 Series chas
9. articular transaction the intention is to allow the billing system to tally the unassociated byte volumes provided by the CSG and charge that to network overhead if the customer chooses to do so The Cisco CSG does not itself implement a network overhead service Known User Table Entry Timeout In order to ensure subscriber entries are removed from the known user table KUT the Cisco CSG now allows the idle timer for a user entry to start when all the user s sessions have terminated When the idle timer expires a Packet of Disconnect PoD message will be sent if it is specified and configured If a PoD is not sent the KUT entry is deleted If a PoD is sent the KUT entry is deleted when the PoD message is ACKed message type 41 NAKed message type 42 or when all retries have been sent the RADIUS Stop message does not have to be received by the Cisco CSG RTSP Pause Support The Cisco CSG allows for the monitoring of the RTSP control session between the RTSP client and server and scans for PAUSE and PLAY methods When a PAUSE method is detected it initiates an event to inform the prepaid service to stop charging for duration billing Subsequently when a PLAY method is detected it initiates an event to inform the prepaid service to resume the charging for duration billing 2006 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved Important notices privacy statements and trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc can be found on cisco com Page 4 of
10. can have a specified expiration time duration which allows for time of day rate changes The billing system can recall existing quota allocations when redistributing existing balance allocations to other services In addition for operators looking to deploy flat rate prepaid charging models for premium customers the Cisco CSG can be configured to perform connection time charging This feature allows the operator to determine the minimum charge for a session for example minimum service time is two minutes and usage increments for example usage is rounded up to nearest 30 seconds Connection time charging models allow an operator to continue to provide value added services at a premium and deploy bulk rate pricing models for nonpremium services Specific User Awareness Capability For content accounting the Cisco CSG identifies users by their IP addresses and correlates this with a user ID that is obtained from AAA RADIUS flows or from an external database using requests based on the industry standard Extensible Markup Language XML The Cisco CSG offers multiple options for RADIUS inspection Proxy Transparent Monitoring or Endpoint Through its inspection of RADIUS AAA records the Cisco CSG can record subscriber access information and charging identification that can be provided to the billing system in conjunction with regular charge reporting thus allowing charge differentiation based on access and offloading significant correlation
11. elease 7 license model is a three tiered model based on functions used e Basic Provides Layer 3 or Layer 4 content inspection and billing In addition lab trials or other noncommercial full function uses are provided by the BASIC license e Premium Provides Layer 7 content inspection and billing and content filtering This license does not include use of Advise of Charge AOC or RTSP features e Enhanced Premium Provides full use of Cisco CSG functions including the AOC and RTSP advanced product features Table 1 Cisco CSG Ordering Information Product Number Product Description WS SVC CSG 1 Cisco Content Services Gateway CSG Hardware SC SVC CSG B 7 0 Cisco CSG Basic Layer 3 Layer 4 and Noncommercial Billing Support Software Release 7 SC SVC CSG P 7 0 Cisco CSG Premium Layer 7 Billing and Filtering Support Software Release 7 SC SVC CSG EP 7 0 Cisco CSG Enhanced Premium Billing Support Software Release 7 includes AOC RTSP SC SVC CSG UB 7 0 Cisco CSG Basic Software Upgrade from Release 6 to 7 SC SVC CSG UP 7 0 Cisco CSG Premium Software Upgrade from Release 6 to 7 SC SVC CSG UE 7 0 Cisco CSG Premium to Enhanced Premium Software Upgrade from Release 6 to 7 FL CSG BP Cisco CSG Basic to Premium Software Upgrade FL CSG PEP Cisco CSG Premium to Enhanced Premium Software Upgrade FL CSG BEP Cisco CSG Basic to Enhanced Premium Software Upgrade 2006 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved Important notices privacy statements and
12. iQ Expertise the iQ logo iQ Net Readiness Scorecard LightStream Linksys MeetingPlace MGX the Networkers logo Networking Academy Network Registrar Packet PIX Post Routing Pre Routing ProConnect RateMUX ScriptShare SlideCast SMARTnet The Fastest Way to Increase Your Internet Quotient and TransPath are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc and or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries All other trademarks mentioned in this document or Website are the property of their respective owners The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company 0601R Printed in the USA C78 342233 00 03 06 2006 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved Important notices privacy statements and trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc can be found on cisco com Page 11 of 11
13. ices are seen as important sources of differentiation and are essential to creating brand value and loyalty Price has traditionally been the main factor in attracting and retaining prepaid subscribers but the use of innovative mobile services and billing models targeted at the prepaid market segment can both increase average revenue per user ARPU and build consumer loyalty The coupling of the prepaid subscriber base with mobile data and content services is becoming an essential go to market focus for mobile operators The Cisco CSG gives service providers the flexibility to create a differentiated billing model through the creation of services the grouping of URLs HTTP and Wireless Application Protocol WAP header attributes server IP addresses and server port numbers that are individually accounted for on either a postpaid or prepaid basis per subscriber The Cisco CSG authorizes subscriber service access attempts with the billing system reports the detailed service usage and meters the balance allocation per service for the billing system in the case of prepaid billed services When a prepaid subscriber s balance is depleted the Cisco CSG operates in conjunction with the operator s billing system to redirect the subscriber to a replenishment website for a balance recharge The original service can then be re accessed resulting in additional traffic additional revenues and an enhanced user experience The Cisco CSG enables whitelist
14. load from the billing system The Cisco CSG provides for dynamic changes in the binding of the user ID and the IP address so that individual users can be billed for each transaction requested Because the transaction information is measured on a per object basis the rating and billing engines can also determine if a different party should be charged or not as in the case of push advertising 2006 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved Important notices privacy statements and trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc can be found on cisco com Page 3 of 11 Ease of User Profile Configuration The destinations for which the Cisco CSG will generate billing records on a per user basis can be specified with command line interface CLI commands Destinations are specified by domains ports and protocols and can also be specified using wildcards Policies can be used to apply URL and header maps For prepaid or managed subscribers these content rules can be grouped logically into services that can be included or excluded from user billing plans Open Interface with Multiple Billing Agents The Cisco CSG collects content information and feeds it to a billing agent The billing agent aggregates all of the information about a data session and formats it to be used by the rating and billing engines The base protocols used to communicate with the billing mediation or billing devices are standard and open and provide facilities for reliable transmission and
15. lp you to protect your network investment optimize network operations and prepare your network for new applications to extend network intelligence and the power of your business For more information about Cisco Services see Cisco Technical Support Services or Cisco Advanced Services ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For more information about Cisco mobile wireless products and solutions visit http www cisco com go mobile For more information about Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange visit http www cisco com go mwe cmx You may also contact your Cisco account manager 2006 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved Important notices privacy statements and trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc can be found on cisco com Page 9 of 11 Cisco SYSTEMS Corporate Headquarters European Headquarters Americas Headquarters Asia Pacific Headquarters Cisco Systems Inc Cisco Systems International BV Cisco Systems Inc Cisco Systems Inc 170 West Tasman Drive Haarlerbergpark 170 West Tasman Drive 168 Robinson Road San Jose CA 95134 1706 Haarlerbergweg 13 19 San Jose CA 95134 1706 28 01 Capital Tower USA 1101 CH Amsterdam USA Singapore 068912 www cisco com The Netherlands www cisco com www cisco com Tel 408 526 4000 Wwww europe cisco com Tel 408 526 7660 Tel 65 6317 7777 800 553 NETS 6387 Tel 31 0 20 357 1000 Fax 408 527 0883 Fax 65 6317 7799 Fax 408 526 4100 Fax 31 0 20 357 1100 Cisco Systems has more than 2
16. r broad classes of traffic the Cisco CSG enables differentiated billing based on the actual object requested The detailed accounting records include the user ID session duration and bytes uploaded and downloaded For TCP the information includes the content transfer size which is reported without retransmission data The connection termination type and initiator as well as any application layer return codes are also reported For protocols where the Cisco CSG provides deep packet inspection such as HTTP 1 0 1 1 WAP 1 x 2 x RTSP FTP and SMTP POP3 IMAP for e mail the Cisco CSG provides the URL host name filename directory and headers of the content request as well as application level completion code as applicable The billing agent uses this information to apply different rates to different services according to the operator s pricing strategy Real Time Prepaid Billing Support For prepaid billed services the Cisco CSG meters subscriber usage so that the subscriber cannot exceed the balance allocated by the billing system Each service that a subscriber accesses can have a different balance allocation and can be billed at a different rate including provisions for free services as well as services that provide a credit A balance allocation can be a specified number of transactions a specified number of bytes or service duration Metering performed by the Cisco CSG can adjust for download failures or retransmits Balance allocations
17. s billing applications to charge for the true value of the content The content measured can be billed on an individual user basis or billed to the content provider or even to a third party for some transactions such as pushed or banner advertisements e Goodput based charging billing only for delivered content The Cisco CSG has a unique capability to optionally exclude retransmitted TCP packets from volume measurements so that the billing system can exclude them from the accounting report and in user transaction and event details The Cisco CSG can also provide information indicating the complete status of a transaction or event These capabilities help ensure consistent charging regardless of user connection quality or content access errors thus helping to increase user willingness and confidence in using an operator s services The Cisco CSG also extracts application level completion codes HTTP error codes and FTP completion codes to provide the billing system with the additional means to determine if the subscriber received the requested content For prepaid services the Cisco CSG can be configured to automatically apply the adjustments for retransmits and failures back to the prepaid billing system thus simplifying the job of the billing system e Enhanced user identification In many environments the IP address is not sufficient for properly identifying the user IP addresses can be dynamically assigned or hidden by proxies and firewalls
18. sco CSG Resource Manager Real Time Essentials Performance Wireless Service Fault Mediator Manager f Sup720 GGSN PDSN Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2 Cisco GPRS Gateway Support Node gi a SSG CSG HA Cisco Packet Data Serving Node Cisco Service Selection Gateway Cisco Content Service Gateway Cisco Home Agent Cisco Catalyst 6500 or 7600 Series Based Cisco Mobile Exchange Integrated with the CiscoWorks LMS desktop the Cisco CSG Service Manager provides an intuitive interface that allows the user to easily navigate through the different configuration and troubleshooting tasks in a familiar environment SOLUTIONS APPROACH The Cisco CSG is part of the Cisco Mobile Exchange framework contributing to the delivery of content differentiated value added services to the end user In addition Cisco s strong partnerships with top billing and mediation vendors provide an end to end billing solution 2006 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved Important notices privacy statements and trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc can be found on cisco com Page 6 of 11 CISCO SERVICE AND SUPPORT Cisco is unmatched in the breadth and depth of its access to resources shared intellectual capital and leading data and telecommunications products and expertise This combination enables Cisco to provide the highest quality available in carrier class support solutions and vision for its service provider customers
19. sis e Dimensions H x W x D 1 2 x 14 4 x 16 in 3 0 x 35 6 x 40 6 cm e Weight 5 lb 2 27 kg OPERATING ENVIRONMENT e Operating temperature 32 to 104 5 F 0 to 40 C e Nonoperating temperature 40 to 158 F 40 to 70 C e Operating relative humidity 10 to 90 percent noncondensing e Nonoperating relative humidity 5 to 95 percent noncondensing e Operating and nonoperating altitude Sea level to 10 000 ft 3050 m MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES e 63 524 hours 2006 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved Important notices privacy statements and trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc can be found on cisco com Page 7 of 11 AGENCY APPROVALS e Emissions FCC Part 15 CFR 47 Class A ICES 003 Class A EN55022 Class A CISPR22 Class A AS NZS 3548 Class A Safety CE marking according to UL 1950 CSA 22 2 No 950 EN 60950 IEC 60950 TS 001 and AS NZS 3260 ORDERING INFORMATION Table 1 lists the product codes for the Cisco CSG line card base software and licenses Note Prior releases of the CSG used a subscriber licensing model where the base license provided up to 10 000 concurrent sessions with top up licenses for up to 50 000 concurrent sessions and unlimited sessions With Cisco CSG Release 7 the license model has changed from a concurrent session basis to a function basis The base license now provides an unlimited number of subscribers limited by hardware resource capacity and traffic mix The Cisco CSG R
20. trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc can be found on cisco com Page 8 of 11 Table 2 Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange Ordering Information Product Number Product Description MWCX CSG 4 1 BASE Cisco CSG Service Manager 4 1 Software License One software license is required for each Sun Solaris server MWCX CSG 4 1 RTU Cisco CSG Service Manager 4 1 New Right To Use RTU License One new RTU license is required for each Cisco CSG card running on Cisco CSG Software Release 6 or Release 7 Customers wanting to order additional RTU licenses without software should use product ordering number MWCX CSG 4 1 RTU MWCX CSUP 4 1 RTU Cisco CSG Service Manager 4 1 Device Upgrade Right To Use License One device upgrade RTU license is required for each Cisco CSG card upgraded from Cisco CSG Software Release 6 to Release 7 Customers wanting to order additional RTU licenses without software should use product ordering number MWCX CSUP 4 1 RTU MWCX MWEFN 4 1 K9 Cisco Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator 4 1 Solaris License CWLMS 2 5 UR K9 CiscoWorks LMS 2 5 1 Large Enterprise for Windows and Solaris with unrestricted device license and one server installation license SERVICE AND SUPPORT Cisco offers a wide range of services programs to accelerate customer success These innovative services programs are delivered through a unique combination of people processes tools and partners resulting in high levels of customer satisfaction Cisco services he
21. uarantee that they will transmit in any specific order only that the Cisco CSG will tolerate them arriving out of order This allows two Cisco CSGs to be deployed back to back As an example the first CSG could be used for content filtering functions and the second CSG could be used for content billing Service Level Reporting for WAP 1 x RTSP and FTP The Service Usage CDR is generated after a configured volume or time is reached The record contains no transaction level information about the session Support for WAP 1 x RTSP and FTP is now supported HTTP Multipart Support The Cisco CSG supports HTTP encapsulation of several body parts into one message Multipart types may be returned on the condition that the client has indicated acceptability using Accept of the multipart type for HTTP sessions The Cisco CSG will parse the data for the delimiter specified in the header and will bill at Layer 7 rather than downgrading to Layer 4 as was done in prior releases WAP Segmentation and Reassembly Support This feature allows the Cisco CSG to apply the appropriate policy to a WAP transaction containing a URL spanning multiple WAP segmented packets WAP 1 x Performance Improvement Internal processing improvements have been implemented that provide an incremental performance improvement to the WAP 1 x protocol processing In many cases depending on protocol mix this results in as much as a 25 percent improvement for WAP 1 x processing
22. wing benefits e Management of multiple concurrent services per user logon session The Cisco CSG architecture differentiates user service access by providing application aware inspection of the content of the traffic allowing the operator to offer multiple simultaneous services to a user each charged by a different charging scheme The provisioning of service charging is transparent to the user device and can be introduced easily without inflicting any need for end device configuration Cisco CSG service definitions are flexible they can contain wildcards in the form of URL regular expressions or masks for destination addresses ports and protocols e Advanced content measurement The Cisco CSG can be configured to provide application level billing information Content matching is deciphered based on the actual object requested For example the Cisco CSG will record the URL for HTTP WAP Real Time Streaming Protocol RTSP HTTP and e mail headers or FTP filename and directory path as applicable rather than just the server IP address Different elements of a URL can have very different meanings in a billing context Domain names determine that a user has accessed a given site but directories filenames and extensions allow operators to bill for the particular object requested such as video streams MP3 files and PDF files or files in high value directories versus budget directories By differentiating the content requests the Cisco CSG allow
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