Specifications

Configuring Resource Pool Management
RPM Overview
DC-713
Cisco IOS Dial Technologies Configuration Guide
RPM Standalone Network Access Server
A single NAS using Cisco RPM can provide the following:
• Wholesale VPDN dial service to corporate customers
• Direct remote services
• Retail dial service to end users
Figure 103 and Figure 104 show multiple connections to a Cisco AS5300 NAS. Incoming calls to the
NAS can use ISDN PRI signaling, CAS, or the SS7 signaling protocol. Figure 103 shows incoming calls
that are authenticated locally for retail dial services or forwarded through VPDN tunnels for wholesale
dial services.
Note This implementation does not use Cisco RPM CLID/DNIS Call Discriminator Feature. If you are not
using Cisco RPMS and you have more than one Cisco NAS, you must manually configure each NAS
by using Cisco IOS commands. Resource usage information is not shared between NASes.
Figure 103 Retail Dial Service Using RPM
Figure 104 shows a method of implementing wholesale dial services without using VPDN tunnels by
creating individual customer profiles that consist of AAA groups and PPP configurations. The AAA
groups provide IP addresses of AAA servers for authentication and accounting. The PPP configurations
enable you to set different PPP parameter values on each customer profile. A customer profile typically
includes the following PPP parameters:
• Applicable IP address pools or a default local list of IP addresses
• Primary and secondary DNS or WINS
• Authentication method such as the Password Authentication Protocol (PAP), Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol (CHAP), or Microsoft CHAP Version 1 (MS-CHAP)
• Number of links allowed for each call using Multilink PPP
Note The AAA and PPP integration applies to a single NAS environment; the external RPMS solution is
not supported.
Modem
Remote user
Terminal
adapter
Router
PSTN
PRI
CAS
SS7
Cisco AS5300
(NAS)
Internet/
intranet
18021
AAA
server
(Optional)