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Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide Version 12.0 Last updated April 30, 2011 Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 527-0883 Text Part Number: OL-24872-01...
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About this Guide This document pertains to the features and functionality that run on and/or that are related to the Cisco® ASR 5000 Chassis, formerly the Starent Networks ST40. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
Required keywords and variables are surrounded by grouped brackets. Required keywords and variables are those components that are required to be entered as part of the variable } command syntax. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
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Pipe filters can be used in conjunction with required or optional keywords or variables. For example: { nonce | timestamp } [ count number_of_packets | size number_of_bytes ] Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
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Product Description • Summary of FNG Features and Functions • Product Specifications • Network Deployment(s) and Interfaces • Features and Functionality • How the FNG Works • Supported Standards Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
▀ Product Description Product Description The Cisco® ASR 5000 Chassis provides 3GPP mobile operators with a flexible solution that functions as a Femto Network Gateway (FNG) in CDMA2000 wireless voice and data networks. The FNG consists of new software for the ASR 5000.
• Ethernet 10/100 and/or Ethernet 1000 Line Cards: Installed directly behind PSCs/PSC2s, these cards provide the physical interfaces to elements in the operator’s network. Up to 26 line cards can be installed for a fully ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
CDMA2000 wireless voice and data services is located in the “Hardware Platform Overview” chapter of the Product Overview Guide. Operating System Requirements The FNG is available for the ASR 5000 running StarOS Release 10.0 or later. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
The Femtocell Access Point (FAP) is a SIP-based CDMA2000 wireless access point that provides coverage in a small area, usually a private residence or small office, and connects the subscriber UEs to an operator’s core network via a ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
The S-CSCF routes mobile-terminating traffic to the P-CSCF and routes mobile-originating traffic to the convergence server based on iFC (initial Filter Criteria) downloaded from the HSS. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
Network Interfaces The following table provides descriptions of the network interfaces supported by the FNG in a CDMA2000 network. Table 1. Network Interfaces in a CDMA2000 Network Interface Description ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
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The FNG sends all SIP signaling and bearer traffic from the FAPs to the IMS core to access voice services. IMS Core Interface with the The FNG sends all signaling and bearer traffic from the FAPs to the PDSN/HA to access packet data services. PDSN/HA Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
IKEv2/IPSec policy. It includes most of the IKEv2 and IPSec parameters for keep-alive, lifetime, NAT-T, and cryptographic and authentication algorithms. There must be one crypto template per FNG service. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
AAA server sends a RADIUS Access-Accept message, the FNG proceeds with device authentication. Otherwise, the FNG terminates the IPSec tunnel setup by sending an IKEv2 Notification message indicating authentication failure. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
If a subsequent request is directed to that server and the server properly responds to the request, the system makes the server active again. Important: For more information on RADIUS AAA configuration, refer to the AAA Interface Administration and Reference. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
Child SA are processed by the FNG and not dropped. FNG-initiated Child SA rekeying is disabled by default, and rekey requests are ignored. You can enable this feature in the Crypto Configuration Payload Mode of the system’s CLI. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
The FNG supports IKEv2 keep-alive messages, also known as Dead Peer Detection (DPD), originating from both the FAPs and the FNG. You configure DPD per FNG service. You can also disable DPD, and the FNG will not initiate ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
The PSC/PSC2 used to host the VPN manager process is in active mode and is reserved by the operating system for this sole use when session recovery is enabled. Important: For more information about session recovery support, refer to the System Administration Guide. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
The individual statistics are grouped by schema. The following is a partial list of supported schemas: • System: Provides system-level statistics. • Card: Provides card-level statistics. • Port: Provides port-level statistics. • FNG: Provides FNG service statistics. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
Generation of specific traps can be enabled or disabled on the chassis, ensuring that only important faults get displayed. SNMP traps are supported in both Alert and Alarm modes. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
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Alarm Management menu in the Web Element Manager. Important: For more information on threshold crossing alert configuration, refer to the Thresholding Configuration Guide. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
(HDR, SK {IDr(FQDNofFNG), CERT(FNG), AUTH}) 9. Verify FNG cert and AUTH signature; verify discovered GW ID (FQDN) matches the identity in the server cert IKE_SA and first CHILD_SA established Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
IPSec Tunnel Establishment with EAP-AKA Authentication The figure below shows the message flow during IPSec tunnel establishment with EAP-AKA authentication. The table that follows the figure describes each step in the message flow. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
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FNG. The FNG responds with an IKE_SA_INIT Response by choosing a cryptographic suite from the initiator’s offered choices, completing the Diffie-Hellman and nonce exchanges with the FAP. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
X.509 Certificate-based Peer Authentication The figure below shows the message flow during X.509 certificate-based peer authentication. The table that follows the figure describes each step in the message flow. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
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FNG is configured with a list of root CA certificates corresponding to the trusted device certificate CAs. The FAP is also configured with a list of root CA certificates corresponding to the server certificates that the FAP will accept from the FNG. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
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An IPSec SA is established between the FAP and the FNG. If more IPSec SAs are needed, either the FAP or the FNG can initiate the creation of additional Child SAs using a CREATE_CHILD_SA exchange. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
In this chapter, only the minimum set of parameters are provided to make the system operational. The following sections are included in this chapter: • Configuring the System to Perform as a Femto Network Gateway • Configuring Optional Features Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
24/1 identifies connector number 1 on the card in slot 24. A single physical port can facilitate multiple interfaces. Gateway IP address Used when configuring static IP routes from the management interface(s) to a specific network. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
Identifies the IP address of the RADIUS AAA server. information EAP profile name (required When the EAP method is used for FAP authentication, the name of the EAP profile to be used. for the EAP authentication method) Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
An identification string from 1 to 79 characters (alpha and/or numeric) by which the egress context is name recognized by the system. IP pool A logical name for the IPv4 address pool, which must be from 1 to 31 alpha and/or numeric characters. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
Log system activity by applying the configuration example in the section Logging Configuration. Step 6 Save the configuration by following the steps in the Verifying and Saving Your Configuration chapter in this guide. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
FNG, and to bind the interface to an Ethernet port: configure context <fng_context_name> interface <fng_interface_name> ip address <ip_address> <subnet_mask> exit interface <fng_loopback_interface_name> loopback ip address <ip_address> <subnet_mask> Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
Use the following configuration example to create the required number of IKEv2 transform sets: configure context <fng_context_name> ikev2-ikesa transform-set <ikev2_ikesa_tset1> encryption aes-cbc-128 group 2 hmac sha1-96 prf sha1 exit Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
• Specify that the FNG service uses the selected AAA group for FAP authentication. • Bind the FNG service to the IP address of the FNG loopback interface. • Bind a crypto template to the FNG service. configure context <fng_context_name> Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
<name> < ip_address subnet_mask> public < priority> exit port ethernet <slot_number/port_number> no shutdown bind interface <egress_interface_name> < egress_context_name> Logging Configuration Use the following configuration example to enable logging: ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
Verifying and Saving the Configuration To verify and save changes made to the FNG configuration, follow the steps in the Verifying and Saving Your Configuration chapter in this guide. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
Clearing the old session and establishing the new session in parallel optimizes FNG processing functions. Use the following configuration example to configure FAP ID-based duplicate session detection: configure context <fng_context_name> fng-service <fng_service_name> duplicate-session-detection fapid-based ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
Chapter 3 Verifying and Saving Your Configuration This chapter describes how to save your system configuration. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
0 long duration action: Detection ip header compression: vj data compression: stac mppc deflate compression mode: normal min compression size: 128 ip output access-group: ip input access-group: ppp authentication: allow noauthentication: Enabled imsi ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
Important: To configure features on the system, use the show commands specifically for these features. Refer to the Cisco Systems ASR 5000 Command Line Interface Reference for more information. Service Configuration Verify that your service was created and configured properly by entering the following command: show <service_type>...
This command displays the entire configuration including the context and service configurations defined above. Finding Configuration Errors Identify errors in your configuration file by entering the following command: show configuration errors ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
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If the configuration contains no errors, an output similar to the following is displayed: ################################################################################ Displaying Global AAA-configuration errors ################################################################################ Total 0 error(s) in this section ! Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
Files saved locally can be stored in the SMC’s CompactFlash or on an installed PCMCIA memory card on the SMC. Files that are saved to a remote network node can be transmitted through FTP, or TFTP. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
Optional: Indicates that no confirmation is to be given prior to saving the configuration information to the specified filename (if one was specified) or to the currently active configuration file (if none was specified). Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
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To save a configuration file called init_config.cfg to the root directory of a TFTP server with a hostname of config_server, enter the following command: save configuration tftp://config_server/init_config.cfg ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
The selection of keywords described in this chapter is intended to provided the most useful and in-depth information for monitoring the system. For additional information on these and other show command keywords, refer to the Command Line Interface Reference. Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
View Congestion Control Information View congestion control show congestion-control statistics ipsecmgr statistics for FNG View Subscriber Information Display Session Resource Status View session resource status show resources session Display Subscriber Configuration Information ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
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View Session Recovery Information View session recovery status show session recovery status [ verbose ] View Session Disconnect Reasons View session disconnect show session disconnect-reasons reasons Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
Statistics and counters can be cleared using the CLI clear command. Refer to the Command Line Interface Reference for detailed information on using this command. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...
This appendix contains a sample Femto Network Gateway (FNG) configuration file. The following configuration is supported: Sample FNG Configuration In the following configuration example, commented lines are labeled with the number symbol (#) and variables are identified using italics within brackets (<variable>). Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
ASR 5000 for your network deployment. General and network-specific rules are located in the appendix of the System Administration and Configuration Guide for the specific network type. The following rules are covered in this appendix: IKEv2/IPSec Restrictions Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide ▄ OL-24872-01...
• No more than 16 transform types may be present in a single IKE_SA_INIT or IKE_AUTH Request message. If a deviation from this format is used in the proposal format, the FNG returns an error of INVALID_SYNTAX. ▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Femto Network Gateway Administration Guide OL-24872-01...