Chapter 3 Cisco Sce 8000 Topology And Topology-Related Parameters; Introduction; The Cisco Sce 8000 Platform - Cisco SCE 8000 Installation And Configuration Manual

Cisco SCE 8000 Topology and Topology-Related
Parameters
Revised: August 26, 2014

Introduction

This chapter describes the possible deployment topologies of the Cisco SCE 8000 and explains how to
configure the relevant parameters correctly for each topology:
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The Cisco SCE 8000 Platform

The Cisco SCE 8000 is a solution for dual links with load sharing and asymmetrical routing and support
for fail-over between two SCE platforms.
The Cisco SCE 8000 is built to support wire speed processing of full-duplex 10 GBE streams. The Cisco
SCE 8000 can, therefore, be deployed in a multi-link environment in several different topologies.
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The Cisco SCE 8000 Platform, page 3-1
Topology Considerations, page 3-2
Physical Topologies, page 3-4
Link Continuity, page 3-11
Topology-Related Parameters, page 3-13
Asymmetric Routing Topology, page 3-16
Single Cisco SCE 8000 topology—Provides the ability to process both directions of a bi-directional
flow, processing both the upstream and downstream paths of a flow, even if they traverse different
links.
Dual Cisco SCE 8000 topology (cascade)—Cascaded Cisco SCE 8000s provide high-availability
and fail-over solution and maintain the line and service in case of Cisco SCE 8000 failure
Multi-Gigabit Service Control Platform (MGSCP) topology—For scalability, the Cisco SCE 8000
platform supports the option to connect a multiple number of SCE platforms to a Cisco 7600 Series
router used to perform load-balancing between the platforms.
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