Advanced Services’ Implementing Intelligent Service Gateway (ISG) v1.0

3-Day Hands-On Course

Course Description

This course is for customer technicians, system integrators, and system engineers who need to implement the Intelligent Service Gateway (ISG) on Cisco routers. The course focuses on understanding the ISG features and functions, a structured approach to configuring ISG, and useful verification commands. The course includes hands-on exercises that aid in configuring and verifying ISG and understanding ISG operation using a remote lab.

Course Objectives

What you will learn:

• Describe the primary subscriber management functions that ISG provides on Cisco routers.
• Identify the policy layer devices that ISG uses to control subscriber functions
• Configure the northbound interfaces that it uses to communicate with policy layer devices
• List, describe, and configure the dynamic session initiation methods
• Configure subscriber access for Layer 2 connected IP sessions, routed IP sessions, interface sessions, and Point-to-point (PPP) sessions
• Configure and explain the operation of subscriber authentication for IP sessions using transparent auto logon (TAL), IP sessions using RADIUS proxy, Web logon, PPP sessions using Challenge Handshake Protocol (CHAP), and PPP session using TAL
• Explain the concept of ISG services, the four service categories, features associated with each category, and service activation models
• Configure session services, traffic class services, Port-Bundle Host Key (PBHK), open garden, and Layer 4 Redirect
• Describe and explain the operation of PBHK, Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Keepalives, Quality of Service (QoS) features, Layer 4 Redirect feature, billing and accounting
• Describe the ISG deployment models including PPP access, and public access
• Describe the three planes of the ISG architecture and the components that compose the planes
• Use various show and debug commands to verify ISG session establishment and maintenance that display ISG session information

Intended Audience

This course is for technical professionals who need to implement the Intelligent Service Gateway on Cisco routers.The following are considered the primary audience for this course:

• Customer technical support personnel
• System engineers
• System integrators

Prerequisites

The following are prerequisites for this course:

• Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND)
• Implementing Cisco Quality of Service (QoS)
• Understanding of AAA and RADIUS concepts and configuration
• Working knowledge of broadband PPP access technologies (BBAGG)

Course Outline