Course Details
Overview
This course provides detailed instruction on how to configure and monitor the Cisco® ASR 5000 to function as an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) in a 4G Wi-Fi offload network environment.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should have a thorough understanding of the following aspects of the platform:
- Performing basic service configuration and monitoring of the ePDG
- Monitoring the system for proper subscriber session establishment
- Basic debugging of initial attachment failure
Outline
- Day 1: Morning Session
- Discussion: Course Objectives and Schedule
- Lesson 1: Getting Started with 4G Wi-Fi Offload
- Client versus clientless devices
- Trusted versus untrusted devices
- ePDG and Wi-Fi infrastructure
- Role of wireless LAN controller (WLC)
- SSIDs and VLANs
- EAP-based WLAN authentication
- Portal-based WLAN authentication
- Obtaining IP address of ePDG
- Attachment to mobile packet core via the ePDG
- Lesson 2: Configuring the ASR 5000 as an ePDG
- SWu interface
- IPSec transforms and policies
- DIAMETER AAA SWm interface
- PMIP interface to PGW
- ePDG service configuration
- Role of DNS
- Lunch
- Day 1: Afternoon Session
- Lab: Configuring an ePDG
- Lesson 3: Monitoring and Troubleshooting ePDG Operation
- Viewing subscriber sessions
- Obtaining IPSec information and statistics
- Examining the ePDG service
- DIAMETER proxy operation on the ASR 5000
- Viewing MAG service operation
Target Audience
This course is designed for participants from any of the following disciplines who are responsible for the planning, configuration, and management of the ASR 5000:
- Network engineering
- Network consulting
- Customer support
- Field engineering
Pre-Requisites
Following are the prerequisites for this course:
- Participants should have a good understanding of the ASR 5000 platform. This includes knowing important hardware and software components, as well as file system management.
- Participants should have previous exposure to the ASR command line interface (CLI) and know how to use the CLI to create contexts, logical interfaces, and services.
- Participants must also have a thorough understanding of IP routing, networking protocols, and a basic working knowledge of applicable Wi-Fi network operation.
Participant Material Requirements
Participants are required to bring the following materials to this training course:
- Laptop or notebook computer with:
- Terminal emulation program (such as PuTTY, available at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) capable of Telnet or SSH
- 10/100BASE-T Ethernet interface