Options And Versions - Cisco SCE 8000 Installation Manual

Together, the Cisco SCE platform, the SCMS Collection Manager, the SCMS Subscriber Manager, and Cisco Insight are designed
to support detailed classification, analysis, reporting, and control of IP network traffic. The SCMS Collection Manager and the
SCMS Subscriber Manager are optional components; not all deployments of the Cisco Service Control solution require them.
The following sites may not require all these components:
• Sites that employ third-party collection and reporting applications
• Sites that do not require dynamic subscriber-aware processing
• Sites that use a RADIUS or DHCP sniffing option.

Options and Versions

The Cisco SCE Platform
The Cisco SCE platform is available in three versions:
• SCE 8000—With two or four 10 GBE interfaces. The four interfaces support two traffic links and cascaded topology.
SCE 8000—With eight or 16 GBE interfaces. The 16 interfaces support eight traffic links and cascaded topology.
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All platform versions are available with either AC or DC power.
In general, this guide contains instructions for installing the Cisco SCE 8000 platform.
Note
The Cisco SCA BB Application
Cisco SCA BB is not available in different versions.
Subscriber Manager
The SCMS Subscriber Manager is available in the following version:
• Linux
The SCMS Subscriber Manager version is available with these options:
• Optional Veritas cluster support for redundancy
• Optional Login Event Generators (LEGs)
Collection Manager
The SCMS Collection Manager is available in the following version:
• Linux
The SCMS Collection Manager version is available with either of these options:
• Uses an external database (Any JDBC-compliant database, such as Oracle or MySQL, used with the JDBC Adapter)
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