External Storage System Overview - Cisco ASR 5000 Series Installation And Administration Manual

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External Storage System Overview

An External Storage System (ESS) is used to collect, store, and report billing information from the Enhanced Charging
Service running on the ASR 5000 platform on short term and long term storage basis. This guide contains instructions
for implementing and maintaining the Local, short-term External Storage Server (L-ESS).
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purchased separately. To purchase ESS, contact your designated sales or service representative.
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the ECS installation and configuration as described in the Enhanced Charging Services Administration Guide.
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The External Storage System is not a part of the Enhanced Charging Service (ECS) and must be
The procedures in this guide assume that you have installed and configured your chassis including
The 9.0 release of ESS works in conjuction with the latest embedded versions of StarOS.
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