Broadband Network Gateway Configuration Guide for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers, IOS XR Release 7.5.x
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Table 1. Feature History
for Broadband Network Gateway Overview
Release
Modification
Release 4.2.0
Initial release of BNG.
Release 5.3.3
RSP-880 support was added.
Release 6.1.2
Added BNG support for these hardware:
A9K-8X100G-LB-SE
A9K-8X100GE-SE
A9K-4X100GE-SE
A9K-MOD200-SE
A9K-MOD400-SE
A9K-MPA-1x100GE
A9K-MPA-2x100GE
A9K-MPA-20x10GE
Release 6.1.2
Added BNG support for the use of Cisco NCS 5000 Series Router as a satellite.
Release 6.1.2
Added BNG smart licensing feature.
Release 6.2.2
Added the support for BNG Geo Redundancy over Cisco NCS 5000 Series Router satellite.
Release 6.2.2
Added BNG support for the following hardware:
A9K-48X10GE-1G-SE
A9K-24X10GE-1G-SE
Release 6.3.1
Added the support for Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG functionality.
Release 6.6.3
Added Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG support on RSP5 route switch processor.
Release 7.3.1
Addded BNG support on Cisco ASR 9000 5th Generation line cards.
Release 7.3.2
Addded BNG support on Cisco ASR 9000 5th Generation line cards for the following features:
BNG over PWHE access
PPPoE LAC subscribers
PPPoE keepalive offload
nV Satellite support
Release 7.3.2
Addded BNG support on Cisco ASR 9903 Router.
Understanding BNG
Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) is the access point for subscribers, through which they connect to the broadband network.
When a connection is established between BNG and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), the subscriber can access the broadband
services provided by the Network Service Provide (NSP) or Internet Service Provider (ISP).
BNG establishes and manages subscriber sessions. When a session is active, BNG aggregates traffic from various subscriber
sessions from an access network, and routes it to the network of the service provider.
BNG is deployed by the service provider and is present at the first aggregation point in the network, such as the edge router.
An edge router, like the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router, needs to be configured to act as the BNG. Because the subscriber directly
connects to the edge router, BNG effectively manages subscriber access, and subscriber management functions such as:
Authentication, authorization and accounting of subscriber sessions
Address assignment
Security
Policy management
Quality of Service (QoS)
Some benefits of using BNG are:
The BNG router not only performs the routing function but also communicates with authentication, authorization, and accounting
(AAA) server to perform session management and billing functions. This makes the BNG solution more comprehensive.
Different subscribers can be provided different network services. This enables the service provider to customize the broadband
package for each customer based on their needs.
BNG
Architecture
The goal of the BNG architecture is to enable the BNG router to interact with peripheral devices (like CPE) and servers (like
AAA and DHCP), in order to provide broadband connectivity to subscribers and manage subscriber sessions. The basic BNG architecture
is shown in this figure.
Figure 1. BNG
Architecture
The BNG architecture
is designed to perform these tasks:
Connecting with
the Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) that needs to be served broadband
services.
Establishing
subscriber sessions using IPoE or PPPoE protocols.
Interacting with
the AAA server that authenticates subscribers, and keeps an account of
subscriber sessions.
Interacting with
the DHCP server to provide IP address to clients.
Advertising the subscriber routes.
The five BNG tasks are briefly explained in the following sections.
Connecting with
the CPE
BNG connects to the
CPE through a multiplexer and Home Gateway (HG). The CPE represents the triple
play service in telecommunications, namely, voice (phone), video (set top box),
and data (PC). The individual subscriber devices connect to the HG. In this
example, the subscriber connects to the network over a Digital Subscriber Line
(DSL) connection. Therefore, the HG connects into a DSL Access Multiplexer
(DSLAM).
Multiple HGs can
connect to a single DSLAM that sends the aggregated traffic to the BNG router.
The BNG router routes traffic between the broadband remote access devices (like
DSLAM or Ethernet Aggregation Switch) and the service provider network.
Establishing
Subscriber Sessions
Each subscriber (or
more specifically, an application running on the CPE) connects to the network
by a logical session. Based on the protocol used, subscriber sessions are
classified into two types:
PPPoE subscriber
session—The PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) subscriber session is established using
the point-to-point (PPP) protocol that runs between the CPE and BNG.
IPoE subscriber
session—The IP over Ethernet (IPoE) subscriber session is established using IP
protocol that runs between the CPE and BNG; IP addressing is done using the
DHCP protocol.
Interacting
with the RADIUS Server
BNG relies on an
external Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server to provide
subscriber Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) functions.
During the AAA process, BNG uses RADIUS to:
authenticate a
subscriber before establishing a subscriber session
authorize the
subscriber to access specific network services or resources
track usage of
broadband services for accounting or billing
The RADIUS server
contains a complete database of all subscribers of a service provider, and
provides subscriber data updates to the BNG in the form of attributes within
RADIUS messages. BNG, on the other hand, provides session usage (accounting)
information to the RADIUS server. For more information about RADIUS attributes,
see
RADIUS Attributes.
BNG supports
connections with more than one RADIUS server to have fail over redundancy in
the AAA process. For example, if RADIUS server A is active, then BNG directs
all messages to the RADIUS server A. If the communication with RADIUS server A
is lost, BNG redirects all messages to RADIUS server B.
During interactions
between the BNG and RADIUS servers, BNG performs load balancing in a
round-robin manner. During the load balancing process, BNG sends AAA processing
requests to RADIUS server A only if it has the bandwidth to do the processing.
Else, the request is send to RADIUS server B.
Interacting
with the DHCP Server
BNG relies on an
external Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server for address
allocation and client configuration functions. BNG can connect to more than one
DHCP server to have fail over redundancy in the addressing process. The DHCP
server contains an IP address pool, from which it allocates addresses to the
CPE.
During the
interaction between BNG and the DHCP server, BNG acts as a DHCP relay or DHCP
proxy.
As the DHCP relay,
BNG receives DHCP broadcasts from the client CPE, and forwards the request to
the DHCP server.
As the DHCP proxy,
BNG itself maintains the address pool by acquiring it from DHCP server, and
also manages the IP address lease. BNG communicates on Layer 2 with the client
Home Gateway, and on Layer 3 with the DHCP server.
The DSLAM modifies
the DHCP packets by inserting subscriber identification information. BNG uses
the identification information inserted by the DSLAM, as well as the address
assigned by the DHCP server, to identify the subscriber on the network, and
monitor the IP address lease.
Advertising Subscriber Routes
For optimal performance in design solutions where the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) advertises the subscriber routes, the
BNG advertises the entire subnet designated to the subscribers using the network command in the BGP configuration.
The BNG redistributes the individual subscriber routes only in scenarios where the Radius server assigns the IP address to
a subscriber and there is no way to know to which BNG that particular subscriber will connect.
BNG Role in ISP Network Models
The role of BNG is to pass traffic from the subscriber to the ISP. The manner in which BNG connects to the ISP depends on
the model of the network in which it is present. There are two types of network models:
The following figure shows the topology of a Network Service Provider model.
Figure 2. Network Service Provider Model
In the Network Service Provider model, the ISP (also called the retailer) directly provides the broadband connection to the
subscriber. As shown in the above figure, BNG is at the edge router, and its role is to connect to the core network through
uplinks.
Access Network Provider
The following figure shows the topology of a Access Network Provider model.
Figure 3. Access Network Provider Model
In the Access Network Provider model, a network carrier (also called the wholesaler) owns the edge network infrastructure,
and provides the broadband connection to the subscriber. However, the network carrier does not own the broadband network.
Instead, the network carrier connects to one of the ISPs that manage the broadband network.
BNG is implemented by the network carrier and its role is to hand the subscriber traffic off to one of several ISPs. The hand-off
task, from the carrier to the ISP, is implemented by Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) or Layer 3 Virtual Private Networking
(VPN). L2TP requires two distinct network components:
L2TP Access Concentrator (LAC)—The LAC is provided by the BNG.
L2TP Network Server (LNS)—The LNS is provided by the ISP.
BNG Packaging
The BNG pie, asr9k-bng-px.pie can be installed and activated on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router to access the BNG features. The install, uninstall, activate
and deactivate operations can be performed without rebooting the router.
It is recommended that the relevant BNG configurations be removed from the running configuration of the router, before
uninstalling or deactivating the BNG pie.
Installing and Activating the BNG Pie on Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router
Perform this task to install and activate the BNG pie on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router:
Activates the installed pie on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router.
What to do next
Note
During upgrade from Release 4.2.1 to Release 4.3.0, it is recommended that the Cisco ASR 9000 base
image pie (asr9k-mini-px.pie) is installed prior to installing the BNG
pie (asr9k-bng-px.pie).
After BNG pie is installed, you must copy BNG related configurations from the flash or
tftp location to the router. If BNG pie is deactivated and activated again, then load
the removed BNG configurations by executing the load configuration removed
command from the configuration terminal.
Note
Most of the BNG feature configurations are moved to a new namespace partition, and hence BNG features are not available by
default now. To avoid inconsistent BNG configurations before, or after installing the BNG pie, run the clear configuration inconsistency command, in EXEC mode.
BNG Configuration Process
Configuring BNG on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router involves these stages:
Activating Control Policy—Control policies are activated to determine the action that BNG takes when specific events occur.
The instructions for the action are provided in a policy map. For details, see Activating Control Policy.
Establishing Subscriber Sessions—Configurations are done to set up one or more logical sessions, from the subscriber to the
network, for accessing broadband services. Each session is uniquely tracked and managed. For details, see Establishing Subscriber Sessions.
Deploying QoS—Quality of Service (QoS) is deployed to provide control over a variety of network applications and traffic
types. For example, the service provider can have control over resources (example bandwidth) allocated to each subscriber,
provide customized services, and give priority to traffic belonging to mission-critical applications. For details, see Deploying the Quality of Service (QoS).
Configuring Subscriber Features—Configurations are done to activate certain subscriber features that provide additional capabilities
like policy based routing, access control using access list and access groups, and multicast services. For details, see Configuring Subscriber Features.
Verifying Session Establishment—Established sessions are verified and monitored to ensure that connections are always available
for use. The verification is primarily done using "show" commands. Refer to the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Broadband Network
Gateway Command Reference
guide for the list of various "show" commands.
To use a BNG command, you must be in a user group associated with a task group that includes the proper task IDs. The Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Broadband Network
Gateway Command Reference
guide includes the task IDs required for each command. If you suspect that the user group assignment is preventing you from
using a command, contact your AAA administrator for assistance.
Important
The Select VRF Download (SVD) must be disabled, when BNG is
configured. For more information about SVD, see the Cisco IOS
XR Routing Configuration Guide for the Cisco XR 12000 Series Router.
This feature provides you with extended port scalability and density as each port of the line card/router can host a satellite
device.
The BNG interoperability allows BNG to exchange and use information with other larger heterogeneous networks. These are the
key features:
BNG Coexists with ASR9001:
ASR9001 is a standalone high processing capability router that comprises of a route switch processor (RSP), linecards (LC),
and ethernet plugs (EPs). All BNG features are fully supported on the ASR9001 chassis.
BNG Supports nV Satellite:
The only topology that BNG supports with nV Satellite is bundle access on the CPE side with non-bundle ICL links, as shown
below:
From Cisco IOS XR Software Release 6.1.2 and later, BNG supports the use of Cisco NCS 5000 Series satellite.
From Cisco IOS XR Software Release 6.2.2 and later, Cisco IOS XR 32 bit operating system supports BNG geo redundancy with Cisco NCS 5000 Series satellite. Whereas,
it does not support BNG geo redundancy with Cisco ASR 9000v satellite. For details, see BNG Geo Redundancy chapter in this guide..
From Cisco IOS XR Software Release 7.3.2, satellite interfaces hosted on Cisco ASR 9000 5th Generation High Density Ethernet line cards support BNG with Cisco IOS
XR 64-bit operating system.
When the Cisco ASR 9903 Router hosts satellite, subscriber sessions over satellite interfaces do not support Port Expansion
Card (PEC) OIR.
BNG over satellite interfaces do not support PWHE.
BNG interoperates with Carrier Grade NAT (CGN):
To address the impending threat from IPv4 address space depletion, it is recommended that the remaining or available IPv4
addresses be shared among larger numbers of customers. This is done by using CGN, which primarily pulls the address allocation
to a more centralized NAT in the service provider network. NAT44 is a technology that uses CGN and helps manage depletion
issues of the IPv4 address space. BNG supports the ability to perform NAT44 translation on IPoE and PPPoE-based BNG subscriber
sessions.
Note
For BNG and CGN interoperability, configure the BNG interface and the application service virtual interface (SVI) on the same
VRF instance.
BNG Smart
Licensing
BNG supports Cisco Smart Software Licensing that provides a simplified way for the customers to purchase licenses and to
manage them across their network. Smart licensing provides a customizable consumption-based model that aligns to the network
growth of the customer. It also provides the flexibility to quickly modify or upgrade software feature configurations to deploy
new services over time.
BNG Smart Licensing supports Geo redundancy and non-Geo redundancy subscriber sessions. One license supports of 8000 subscribers
or a fraction of it. For example, 9000 subscribers need two licenses.
The software license PIDs for BNG in the Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM) portal are as follows:
Table 4. BNG License PIDs in the CSSM portal
Product ID
Product Description
S-A9K-BNG-LIC-8K
BNG license unit for 8000 non geo- redundancy sessions.
S-A9K-BNG-ADV-8K
BNG license unit for advanced features i.e. geo-redundancy sessions.
For more information about configuring and managing Smart Licensing, see the chapter Smart Licensing in the
System Management Configuration Guide for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers.
You can use the show sessionmon license statistics command to display the highest number of subscriber sessions that are up in a 24-hour time period. In the event of an RP/LC
reload or powercycle, the session count for the corresponding RP/LC resets to 0. As and when the BNG sessions come up, this
counter changes and shows the highest number of sessions since the reload.
Router# show sessionmon license statistics
Active Standby
=============
Peak (24 hours) 32000 1
BNG À la carte Licenses
Table 5. Feature History Table
Feature Name
Release Information
Feature Description
BNG À la carte Licenses
Release 7.3.1
This feature allows service-providers to track subscribers and determine license consumption. The ASR 9000 Flexible Consumption
Model effectively monetizes a BNG network by providing it as an À la carte license in addition to the Essential and Advanced
Right-To-Use per port license.
The ASR 9000 Flexible Consumption Model (FCM) comprises of the following license types:
The Essential software license for basic transport applications
The Advanced software license for enhanced applications and network resiliency
An optional À la carte software license for specialized platform-specific features
The ASR 9000 FCM provides BNG subscriber licenses as an À la carte license where one unit of license supports a maximum of
8000 subscribers.
FCM offers a “pay-as-you-grow” structure that lowers initial set-up costs for the service-providers and provides them the
flexibility to add more capacity when needed. Also, the service-providers can use the available capacity across different
routers in the FCM network.
Table 6. FCM License PIDs for BNG in the CSSM portal
Product ID
Product Description
S-A9K-BNG-8K-FC
BNG FCM license unit for 8000 subscribers.
S-A9K-BNG-ADV-FC
ASR 9000 FCM BNG license for advanced features.
For more information about managing ASR 9000 Flexible Consumption Model, see the topic What is Flexible Consumption Model? in the Smart Licensing chapter of
System Management Configuration Guide for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers.
Configuring Flexible Consumption Model
You can enable FCM using the configuration command license smart flexible-consumption enable as shown:
Router#conf t
Router(config)#license smart flexible-consumption enable
Router(config)#commit
Verification
You can verify the status of the licenses using the show license all command. The BNG license is highlighted in the following command output:
Note
On the ASR 9000 router, the FCM license with Product ID S-A9K-BNG-8K-FC is displayed as A9K-BNG-LIC-FC and the FCM license with Product ID S-A9K-BNG-ADV-FC is displayed as A9K-BNG-ADV-FC.
Router#show license all
Smart Licensing Status
Smart Licensing is ENABLED
Registration:
Status: REGISTERED
Smart Account: BU Production Test 1
Virtual Account: NCS550 Testing
Export-Controlled Functionality: ALLOWED
Initial Registration: SUCCEEDED on Feb 09 2021 15:13:22 UTC
Last Renewal Attempt: None
Next Renewal Attempt: Aug 08 2021 15:13:19 UTC
Registration Expires: Feb 09 2022 15:08:18 UTC
License Authorization:
Status: AUTHORIZED on Feb 09 2021 17:31:09 UTC
Last Communication Attempt: SUCCEEDED on Feb 09 2021 17:31:09 UTC
Next Communication Attempt: Mar 11 2021 17:31:08 UTC
Communication Deadline: May 10 2021 17:26:07 UTC
Export Authorization Key:
Features Authorized:
<none>
Utility:
Status: DISABLED
Data Privacy:
Sending Hostname: yes
Callhome hostname privacy: DISABLED
Smart Licensing hostname privacy: DISABLED
Version privacy: DISABLED
Transport:
Type: Smart
URL: https://smartreceiver.cisco.com/licservice/license
Proxy:
Not Configured
Miscellaneous:
Custom Id: <empty>
License Usage
ASR 9000 3rd Generation MOD400 Hardware Tracking PID (A9K-MOD400-TRK):
Description: ASR 9000 3rd Generation MOD400 Hardware Tracking PID
Count: 2
Version: 1.0
Status: AUTHORIZED
Export status: NOT RESTRICTED
Essentials Software RTU License (per 100G) for Edge (ESS-SE-100G-RTU-1):
Description: Essentials Software RTU License (per 100G) for Edge
Count: 1
Version: 1.0
Status: AUTHORIZED
Export status: NOT RESTRICTED
Essential Edge SIA per 100G Subscription (ESS-ED-100G-SIA3):
Description: Essential Edge SIA per 100G Subscription
Count: 1
Version: 1.0
Status: AUTHORIZED
Export status: NOT RESTRICTED
ASR 9K Flexible Consumption Model License for BNG 8000 Sessions (A9K-BNG-LIC-FC):
Description: ASR 9K Flexible Consumption Model License for BNG 8000 Sessions
Count: 2
Version: 1.0
Status: AUTHORIZED
Export status: NOT RESTRICTED
Product Information
UDI: PID:ASR-9904,SN:FOX2051GFGZ
HA UDI List:
0/RSP0/CPU0: Active:PID:ASR-9904,SN:FOX2051GFGZ
0/RSP1/CPU0: Standby:PID:ASR-9904,SN:FOX2051GFGZ
Agent Version
Smart Agent for Licensing: 5.1.8_rel/25
Reservation Info
License reservation: DISABLED
BNG on Cisco IOS XR
64-bit ASR 9000 Series Routers
The Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) functionality is supported on Cisco IOS XR 64-bit ASR 9000 Series Routers, in addition
to the Cisco IOS XR 32-bit ASR 9000 Series Routers. This functionality is available on Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers with
RSP880, RSP 880-LT and Cisco ASR 9000 High Density 100GE Ethernet line cards (LCs) having more CPU cycles and per-process
virtual memory, which in turn increases the scale and performance of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router as a BNG.
You must install
the BNG route processor module (RPM) on the Cisco IOS XR 64-bit ASR 9000 Series
Router, in order to use the BNG service package. For details, see
Packaging of Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG.
Fine tune
physical memory resources of each line card:
The configuration procedures for the support of subscriber sessions on Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG remain the same as that of
Cisco IOS XR 32-bit BNG. However, the following command must be used to fine tune the physical memory resources of each Cisco
ASR 9000 High Density 100GE Ethernet line card in order to achieve full scale with Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG. The recommended
value of memory is 20GB. This configuration reserves 20 GB of physical memory for each line card XR virtual machine (XR VM),
out of which, 5.5 GB (approximately) is consumed by the kernel and only the remaining of 14.5GB (approximately) is available
for applications.
To enable ISSU, use the nosdrdefault-sdr issudisable command.
After you disable or re-enable ISSU, ensure to reload the SDR manually on all LCs using the hw-module location all reload command.
For example:
sysadmin-vm:0_RSP0# hw-module location all reload
You must configure these commands from System Admin Config (sysadmin-vm:0_RP0) mode. To enter System Admin Config mode, use
the admin command in EXEC mode of the Cisco IOS XR 64-bit ASR 9000 Series Router, followed by the config command.
Note
The sdr resources command enforces to reboot the LC XR VMs to adjust the requested resources (say, VM memory).
Use these
commands to verify the memory utilization on each RSP880 and LC:
run show_memory_ng -a –S
show memory summary detail locationlocation
Hardware Support for Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG
Supported Hardware for Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG
The Satellite Network Virtualization (nV) system.
Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG is supported only on the following Route Switch Processors (RSPs) and families of Cisco ASR 9000 High
Density 100GE Ethernet line cards.
Supported RSPs for Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG are:
A9K-RSP880-SE
A9K-RSP880-LT-SE
A99-RP-SE and A99-RP2-SE on the Cisco ASR 9912 and the Cisco ASR 9922 chassis.
A99-RSP-SE on the Cisco ASR 9910 and the Cisco ASR 9906 chassis.
A9K-RSP5-SE
Table 7. Supported Line Cards and Chassis for Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG
Line Cards / Chassis
Description
A9K-8X100G-LB-SE
Cisco ASR 9000 8-port 100GE “LAN-only” Service Edge Optimized Line Card
A9K-8X100GE-SE
Cisco ASR 9000 8-port 100GE “LAN/WAN/OTN” Service Edge Optimized Line Card
A9K-4X100GE-SE
Cisco ASR 9000 4-port 100GE “LAN/WAN/OTN” Service Edge Optimized Line Card
A9K-MOD200-SE
ASR 9000 200G Modular Line Card, Service Edge Optimized, requires modular port adapters
A9K-MOD400-SE
ASR 9000 400G Modular Line Card, Service Edge Optimized, requires modular port adapters
A99-8X100GE-SE
Cisco ASR 9900 8-port 100GE “LAN/WAN/OTN” Service Edge Optimized Line Card
A9K-8X100GE-CM
Cisco ASR 9000 8-Port 100GE Consumption Model Line Card
A9K-MOD400-CM
Cisco ASR 9000 Modular 400G Consumption Model Line Card
A9K-MOD200-CM
Cisco ASR 9000 Modular 200G Consumption Model Line Card
A9K-24X10-1GE-SE
Cisco ASR 9000 Series 24-port dual-rate 10GE/1GE service edge–optimized line cards
A9K-48X10-1GE-SE
Cisco ASR 9000 Series 48-port dual-rate 10GE/1GE service edge–optimized line cards
A99-48X10GE-1G-SE
Cisco ASR 9000 48-port dual-rate 10G/1G service edge line card
A99-32X100GE-X-SE
Cisco ASR 9900 3.2T Service Edge 5th Generation line card
A9K-20HG-FLEX-SE
Cisco ASR 9000 2T Service Edge Combo 5th Generation line card
A9K-8HG-FLEX-SE
Cisco ASR 9000 800G Service Edge Combo 5th Generation line card
A9K-4HG-FLEX-SE
Cisco ASR 9000 400GE Combo Service Edge Line Card 5th Generation line card
ASR-9903
Cisco ASR 9903 Chassis. BNG supports both A9903-20HG-PEC and A9903-8HG-PEC cards in the ASR-9903 chassis.
Table 8. Supported Modular Port Adapters for Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG
Modular Port Adapters (MPA)
Part Number
MOD400
A9K-MPA-1X100GE
A9K-MPA-2X100GE
A9K-MPA-4X10GE
A9K-MPA-8X10GE
A9K-MPA-20X10GE
A9K-MPA-20X1GE
A9K-MPA-1X40GE
A9K-MPA-2X40GE
MOD200
The support list is same as that for MOD400.
Unsupported Hardware for Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG
Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG is not supported on these hardwares:
Packet Transport Optimised (TR) families of Cisco ASR 9000 High Density 100GE Ethernet line cards.
A9K-RSP880-TR
A9K-MPA-2X10GE
Feature Support on Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG
Table 9. Feature History Table
Feature Name
Release Information
Feature Description
BNG feature support extension
Release 7.3.2
This release extends the support of certain BNG functionalities on these Cisco ASR 9000 5th generation High Density Ethernet
line cards:
This enhancement enables BNG features to leverage the higher throughput that the 5th generation of line cards provide.
BNG on Cisco ASR 9903 Router
Release 7.3.2
BNG, which is the access point for subscribers through which they connect to the broadband network, is now supported on the
Cisco ASR 9903 Router. This is a compact, high-performance router that delivers up to 3.6 Tbps of nonblocking, full-duplex capacity in a Three-Rack-Unit
(3RU) form factor.
All features supported on the Cisco ASR 9000 5th Generation High Density Ethernet Line Cards are supported on Cisco ASR 9903
Router from this release. See BNG Support on Cisco ASR 9000 5th Generation High Density Ethernet Line Cards for details.
BNG support on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series 5th Generation Line Cards
Release 7.3.1
The support of BNG functionality is extended on the following ASR 9000 5th generation High Density Ethernet line cards:
The Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG functionality maintains parity with Cisco IOS XR 32-bit BNG. This section lists the BNG functionality
and features supported on Cisco IOS XR 64-bit ASR 9000 Series Routers.
RADIUS server interface - RADIUS server interaction to authorize the subscriber session and to download RADIUS attributes
from the AAA server
Access control lists (ACLs) or access control elements (ACEs)
Routed subscriber sessions
QoS features:
Shared policy instance (SPI)
Shared policy database (SPD)
Parameterized QoS (pQoS)
Policy-map merge
Hierarchical QoS (HQoS)
Session accounting
Services and service accounting – The limitations on the number of services enabled on subscriber sessions remain the same
as that on Cisco IOS XR 32-bit BNG.
Session timeout and static timeout in control policy
SNMP, NetConf or Yang, XML
RADIUS dynamic authorization
RADIUS change-of-authorization (CoA) for service-activation (SA), service-deactivation (SD), service-update (SU), accounting-query,
session-query, and so on.
RADIUS packet of disconnect (PoD) feature for disconnecting subscriber session
Stateful switchover (SSO) - Process restart and RP failover (RPFO)
Subscriber redundancy group (SRG)
Licensing
Static sessions
HTTP redirect (HTTPR) using policy-based routing (PBR)
Pseudowire headend (PWHE)
Ingress Lawful Intercept (LI) for all interface types (bundle and PWHE interfaces)
Egress Lawful Intercept for all interface types (bundle and PWHE interfaces)
DIAMETER-based Gx and Gy interfaces
Unsupported Features on Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG
This section lists the BNG functionality and features that are currently not supported on Cisco IOS XR 64-bit ASR 9000 Series
Routers.
PPPoE LAC SSO
In-service software upgrade (ISSU)
Multicast passive, QoS correlation
BNG Support on Cisco ASR 9000 5th Generation High Density Ethernet Line Cards
Starting from Release 7.3.1 onwards, BNG features are supported on Cisco ASR 9000 5th generation High Density Ethernet line cards.
The following features are not supported on Cisco ASR 9000 5th generation High Density Ethernet line cards:
Table 10. Unsupported Features for Cisco ASR 9000 5th generation High Density Ethernet line cards
Release
Unsupported Features
Release 7.3.2
Subscriber redundancy group (SRG)
Static sessions
HTTP Header Enrichment
LC subscribers
DIAMETER-based Gx and Gy interfaces
Group-based Grandparent Shaping is not supported
Release 7.3.1
Subscriber redundancy group (SRG)
Static sessions
HTTP Header Enrichment
LC subscribers
Pseudowire headend (PWHE)
LAC over bundle and PWHE
BNG over satellite interfaces
Support for Keep Alive
DIAMETER-based Gx and Gy interfaces
Group-based Grandparent Shaping is not supported
Packaging of Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG
Unlike the Cisco IOS XR 32-bit BNG, the Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG does not use the BNG pie, asr9k-bng-px.pie. Instead, it uses the mini.iso or the full.iso image that combines all service packages including the BNG service package for the Cisco IOS XR 64-bit ASR9000 Series Router.
Also, a .rpm package is available separately for the BNG services.
Note
In order to operate BNG services, it is mandatory to install the respective .rpm package for BNG, irrespective of having the mini.iso or the full.iso image installed on the router.
Install BNG RPM on Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers
Installing BNG RPM on Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers involves these steps:
Download the .rpm package for BNG services from the source location to the router
Activate the service package
Commit the activated package
Verify the activated package
Configuration Example
/* Download the .rpm file from the source location */
Router# install add source tftp://192.0.2.254 /user1/asr9k-bng-supp-x64-1.0.0.0-r73141I.x86_64.rpm
Router# install add source tftp://192.0.2.254 /user1/asr9k-bng-x64-1.0.0.0-r73141I.x86_64.rpm
/* Verify if the package is successfully added */
Router# show install inactive summary
/* Activate the inactive package listed in the above command output */
Router# install activate asr9k-bng-supp-x64-1.0.0.0-r73141I.x86_64.rpm
Router# install activate asr9k-bng-x64-1.0.0.0-r73141I.x86_64.rpm
/* Verify the status of the install operation that proceeds in the background */
Router# show install log
/* Commit the activated package after the install operation is successfully completed */
Router# install commit
Verify the Installation of BNG RPM
Use this command to verify if the .rpm for BNG services is successfully installed:
Router# show install active summary
Thu Feb 18 13:32:17.643 IST
Label : 7.3.1.41I
Active Packages: 15
asr9k-xr-7.3.1.41I version=7.3.1.41I [Boot image]
asr9k-mgbl-x64-2.0.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-bng-supp-x64-1.0.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-bng-x64-1.0.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-9000v-nV-x64-1.0.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-mcast-x64-2.0.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-mpls-x64-2.0.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-isis-x64-1.1.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-ospf-x64-1.0.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-mpls-te-rsvp-x64-2.1.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-services-x64-1.0.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-li-x64-1.1.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-m2m-x64-2.0.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-optic-x64-1.0.0.0-r73141I
asr9k-bng-x64-1.0.0.4-r73141I
Router# show install active summary
Thu Aug 10 21:28:46.484 UTC
Active Packages: 5
asr9k-xr-6.3.1.04I version=6.3.1.04I [Boot image]
asr9k-mgbl-x64-2.0.0.0-r63104I
asr9k-mpls-x64-2.0.0.0-r63104I
asr9k-ospf-x64-1.0.0.0-r63104I
asr9k-bng-x64-1.0.0.0-r63104I
This table lists the call-models supported on Cisco IOS XR 64-bit BNG.
Call-model
Description
RP-based PPPoE PTA IPv4 sessions
Route Processor (RP)-based PPPoE PTA subscriber sessions by allocating IPv4 address for end user, with or without user authentication
with the AAA server.
RP-based PPPoE PTA IPv6 or dual-stack sessions
RP-based PPPoE PTA subscriber sessions by allocating IPv6 or dual subscriber address for end-user with or without user authentication
with the AAA server.
The IPv6 address allocation can be done using any of these:
DHCPv6 procedures (using DHCPv6 server or proxy for address allocation)
IPv6 neighbor discovery (ND) procedures
RP-based PPPoE LAC sessions
RP-based PPPoE LAC subscriber sessions with LNS server interaction for authenticating the user and by providing IPv4, IPv6
or dual-stack address allocation to the user.
Note
PPPoE LAC stateful switchover (SSO) is not supported.
RP-based IPoE sessions
RP-based IPoE subscriber sessions by providing IPv4, IPv6 or dual-stack address allocation for end-user with or without user
authentication with the AAA server.
The IPv4, IPv6 or dual-stack address allocation can be done using any of these:
DHCPv4 procedures (using DHCPv4 server or proxy)
DHCPv6 procedures (using DHCPv6 server or proxy)
LC-based PPPoE PTA IPv4 sessions
Line Card (LC)-based PPPoE PTA subscriber sessions by allocating IPv4 address for end-user with or without user authentication
with the AAA server.
LC-based PPPoE PTA IPv6 or dual-stack sessions
LC-based PPPoE PTA Subscriber sessions by allocating IPv6 or dual-stack address for end-user with or without user authentication
with the AAA server.
The IPv6 address allocation can be done using any of these:
DHCPv6 procedures (using DHCPv6 server or proxy for address allocation)
IPv6 ND procedures
LC-based IPoE sessions
LC-based IPoE subscriber sessions by providing IPv4, IPv6 or dual-stack address allocation for end-user with or without user
authentication with the AAA server.
The IPv4, IPv6 or dual-stack address allocation can be done using any of these:
DHCPv4 procedures (using DHCPv4 server or proxy)
DHCPv6 procedures (using DHCPv6 server or proxy)
RP PWHE-based PPPoE PTA IPv4 sessions
RP Pseudowire Headend (PWHE)-based PPPoE PTA subscriber sessions by allocating IPv4 address for end-user with or without user
authentication with the AAA server.
RP PWHE-based PPPoE PTA IPv6 or dual-stack sessions
RP PWHE-based PPPoE PTA subscriber sessions by allocating IPv6 or dual-stack address for end-user with or without user authentication
with the AAA server.
The IPv6 address allocation can be done using any of these:
DHCPv6 procedures (using DHCPv6 server or proxy for address allocation)
IPv6 neighbor discovery (ND) procedures
RP PWHE-based IPoE sessions
RP PWHE-based IPoE subscriber session by providing IPv4, IPv6 or dual-stack address allocation for end-user with or without
user authentication with the AAA server.
The IPv4, IPv6 or dual-stack address allocation can be done using any of these: