Axiros Axess CPE Management Product Portfolio

Axiros Axess CPE Management 

Product Portfolio 

January 2009 

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Table of Contents 

1. Axess ACS: The Axiros CPE Management Server .......................................................................... 3 

2. CWMP CLIENT - The Axiros TR-069 Embedded Client .................................................................. 8 

3. Axess CM: The Axiros Cluster Manager ...................................................................................... 10 

4. Axess FPS: The Axiros TR-069 FastPath Server ........................................................................... 11 

5. Axess CTP: The Axiros CWMP to Proprietary Proxy Server ........................................................ 13 

6. Axess ALCF: The Axiros Application Level CWMP Firewall ......................................................... 15 

7. Axess DRS: The Axiros DHCP Relay Server .................................................................................. 16 

8. Axess RS: The Axiros RADIUS Server........................................................................................... 18 

9. Axess SDM: The Axiros CWMP Statistics, Diagnostics And Monitoring Proxy............................ 20 

10.Axess STS: The Axiros SLA Test Studio....................................................................................... 22 

11.Axess TCG: The Axiros TR-069 Client GUI.................................................................................. 25 

Revision History 

Date of previous revision: March 2008 

Date of this revision: December 2008 


1. Axess ACS: The Axiros CPE Management Server 

The flagship product for management of CPEs with Broadband Forum 

compliant cwmp (“TR-069”) stacks. It enables highly flexible and scalable 

interaction with CPEs for the purposes of (re-)configuration, mass firmware 

downloads, fault clearance and general real time subscriber support. 

Main Features: 

Workflow engine, for setup of arbitrarily complex multi step workflows, 

offering the following features: 

- Intra CPE and inter CPE access 

- Fully programmable 

- State handling 

- Transaction safety 

- Definable exception handling 

- Modular 

- Embedded in Axess security framework: Permissions for Add, View, 

Change, Delete (…) 

Axess to email, syslog, XML-RPC, SOAP 

Administrative front ends, customizable, including language adaption, 

>100 languages supported 

XML-RPC, XML and SOAP back end interfaces, server and client, 

synchronous and asynchronous 

Security matrix (non global role system) 

Customizable authorization system (“security matrix”) 

Mass operations, schedulable 

Shipment as standard Debian Linux package, installed within minutes 

Application Server, including Object Database 

CPE hierarchical grouping and virtual grouping for batch operations on 

sets of CPEs: 

- Any grouping criterion, including subscriber profile settings, any 

combination of criteria 

- Any workflow triggerable for any group 


Hardware: 

Standard x86 compatible system 

AMD / Intel Dual Core CPU, > 3GHz 

RAM: 4GB DDR(2) 

HDD: 160GB S-ATA, min RAID 1 

2 Gb Ethernet 

Software: 

Debian Linux Stable Operating System 

MySQL relational Database 5 or Oracle 10g 

Apache 2/2.2 

Specifications: 

TR-069 Amendment 2, CPE WAN Management Protocol v1.1. 

TR-106 Amendment 1, Data Model Template for TR-069 Enabled Devices - 

provides the template for extending TR-069 remote management to other 

digital home devices. 

TR-111, Applying TR-069 to Remote Management of Home Networking 

Devices - enables for an auto-configuration server (ACS) to interact with 

home-based devices that live behind a NAT router. 

TR-098 Amendment 1, Internet Gateway Device Data Model for TR-069 - 

extends the initial gateway management capabilities to encompass 

service-oriented quality of service (QoS) policies. 

TR-110 Issue 1.01, DSLHomeTM Reference Models for VoIP Configurations 

in the DSL Home 

TR-104, DSLHomeTM Provisioning Parameters for VoIP CPE 

TR-135, Data Model for a TR-069 Enabled STB 

TR-140, TR-069 Data Model for Storage Service Enabled Devices. 

WT-131, ACS Northbound Interface Requirements 

WT-132, ACS Northbound Interface Definition 

WT-123, TR-069: Validation Testing Architecture 

WT-148, Scalability Extensions for CWMP 

WT-107, Internet Gateway Device Data Model version 2. 


Further Specifications (Non DSL–Forum Protocols): 

RFC 2616, Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 

RFC 2617, HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication 

RFC 2965, HTTP State Management Mechanism 

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1 

Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUIs) 

The SSL Protocol, Version 3.0 

RFC 2246, The TLS Protocol, Version 1.0 

RFC 3986, Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax 

LDAP – synchronous, client 

Ansi SQL 92 - synchronous and asynchronous, server and client 

XMLRPC - synchronous and asynchronous, server and client 

SOAP (RPC encoded) - synchronous and asynchronous, server and client 

CSV/XML - synchronous and asynchronous, server and client 

Support for Oracle 10G 

Support MySQL DB (Cluster, Master Client Replicated or Standalone) 

Ready for Support of other Posix Compliant DBs 

Redundancy: 

Hot Standby Mode (for TR-069 transactions of up to 150 / second): In this 

mode the relational database can be run on the productive Axess server 

instance itself or externally. 

Cluster Mode: The cluster manager plug-in enables a clustered operation of 

the Axess ACS server to serve an infinite number of CPEs. 


Main Features of Cluster Manager Plug-in: 

Synchronized business logic between each server node 

Synchronized workflows 

CPE state handling between cluster nodes in multistep workflows 

CPE cache management at each cluster node to minimize database traffic 

No shared resources between cluster nodes, apart from relational 

database hot plug in of new server nodes 

Performance: 

Requests per second per server node: 155 requests (1 node). In normal 

operations this relates to >> 500K CPEs per server node 

Cluster performance degradation per server node compared to standalone 

setup: < 10% 

Optional Add On Products to Axess ACS Server 

A-1) Axess DBIE: Dynamic Backend Interface Extensions 

Axess ACS comes with a rich API, for client and server based backend 

interaction between ACS and OSS/BSS. Using DBIE, custom signatures, error 

codes, parameter naming and even completely new complex calls can be 

created on the fly on the hot running server / cluster, utilizing Axess’ built in 

workflow engine. 



API extensions for adaption to OSS/BSS 

Overload of Axess core classes and methods 

Arbitrary method signatures 

Modular 

Fully embedded in Axess security framework: Permissions for Add Change 

Delete (…) 

Any SOAP/Schema variable restriction 

Custom error codes 

Access to custom client calls from within CPE workflows 

Custom calls can trigger any (meta-) workflow 

Hot WSDL generation, including schema 

Synchronized between each server node of a cluster 

A-2) Axess STUN: STUN Service for TR-111 

Axess TR-111 STUN service is a component on the Axess ACS which allows 

for TR-111 compliant NAT traversal of server initiated connections into the 

NATed client network and is not needed in case of directly addressable CPEs 

(e.g. devices with routable IP address). The STUN server allows to directly 

address CPEs within the NATed range of the client network at any point of 

time, not just at time of periodic inform. 


2. CWMP CLIENT - The Axiros TR-069 Embedded Client 

The Axiros CWMP embedded Client is the flexible stack for remote 

management of VoIP devices, IADs, NAS devices, set-top boxes and actually 

all other kind of devices. 

The Axiros CWMP Client is fully compliant with Broadband Forum's CPE WAN 

Management Protocol (CWMP) - but not limited to this. 

Beyond this the Axiros CWMP Client can simply manage every Linux based 

device. 


Fully adaptable parameter scope 

Fully adaptable RPC method scope 

In combination with Axiros Axess ACS, you can define ANY parameter you 

need and ANY RPC method you like. No need to feel constraint to 

keep with any TR-Specification 

Full SSL/TLS support (optional, can be switched off) 

Active/Passive notification for nearly any parameter possible 

Additional X_Axiros_RunCommand-Method to directly invoke commands 

on the device 

Configfile and Firmware Up-/Download 

Replaceable internal data storage mechanism 

Device configuration can be done using any pre-existing device API 

instead of implementing hundreds of parameter-access-functions 


Support Protocols: 

TR-069 

TR-106 / TR-098 

TR-104 (VoIP) 

TR-135 (STB) 

TR-140 (NAS) 

WT-107 (MoCA) 

TR-142 (PON) 


3. Axess CM: The Axiros Cluster Manager 

The Cluster Manager offers a framework to distribute business logic of any 

clusterable Axess product between the server nodes and to monitor the 

functioning of the whole cluster. 

Hardware, Software: 

Can run on any productive Axess ACS node (w/o requiring an extra Axess 

ACS license). 


Synchronized business logic between each server node, also between 

different locations 

Synchronization only when business logic changes, independent from SQL 

load data 

Minor hardware requirements, installable on any server of any clusterable 

Axess product 

No single point of failure for the productive functioning of the cluster 

Synchronized workflows 

Extensive logging of cluster synchronization processes 

Hot plug in of new server nodes 

Hot plug in of new cluster management plug-ins for Axess products 


4. Axess FPS: The Axiros TR-069 FastPath Server 

CWMP (TR-069) preprocessor and packet inspector written in C. Preprocesses 

cwmp packets without putting load on ACS, DB interaction, static reactions 

e.g. mass firmware downloads. 


Passive and active business logic, dynamic decisioning on whether request 

is to be forwarded to main server 

“Panic” batch operations for 1000s of CPEs per second 

Enabler for high volume AJAX subscriber portals 

Guaranteed processing of periodic mass IP address updates on forced 

PPPoE reconnection scenarios 

Can be installed on Axess ACS hardware and environment. 

Clusterable, node synchronization via Axess CM (Cluster Manager) 

Hardware: 





2 Gb Ethernet 

Software: 


MySQL relational Database 5 or Oracle 10g 

Apache 2/2.2 

Requirements when operating with 3rd party ACS servers: 

Database access to the CPE tables must be given. 




All DSL-Forum cwmp parameter specifications 

Performance: 

Requests per second per server node, with DB interaction: >5000 requests 

(1 node) 

Performance degradation per node in cluster solely based on DB 

performance (negligible, highly optimized transaction management) 


5. Axess CTP: The Axiros CWMP to Proprietary Proxy Server 

Non TR-069 devices manageable by a TR-069 ACS server. 

Transforms cwmp remote procedure calls and parameters into proprietary 

command flows and runs them on connected devices via non TR-069 

protocols in a highly scalable way. 

Shortest adaption times to new devices within few man days. Axiros CTP is a 

high performant, scalable converter module to adapt to non TR-069 (but WAN 

management enabled) devices, so that they can be addressed from the 

backend or the administrative GUIs just like normal TR-069 enabled devices. 


TR-069 client to wrap proprietary results into real TR-069 

Asynchronous southbound handling, for maximum scalability of main 

application server 

200K TELNET enabled CPEs per server node 

Hides proprietary characteristics of devices to OSS/BSS 

Connection request wrapper 

TR-069 handler to generate Pseudo TR-069 Informs from SNMP, TFTP, 

RADIUS or SNTP uplink hits from CPE 

Any device specific feature mappable to pseudo cwmp parameters 

Generates TR-069 Response RPCs when have run non TR-069 commands 

on CPEs. 



Hardware: 





2 x Gb Ethernet 

Software: 


Specifications (Southbound): 

SNMP v1,v2 

SSH (public key) 

TELNET 

XML-RPC 

TFTP 

HTML 

TR-069 Inform Synthesizer 

Specifications (Northbound): 


Performance: 

Requests per second per node measured on local client: 60 

Performance degradation per node in cluster mode: < 10% 

Requirements when operating with 3rd party ACS servers: 

Arbitrary workflows and arbitrary vendor specific TR-069 RPCs and paramters 

must be supported by ACS. 


6. Axess ALCF: The Axiros Application Level CWMP Firewall 

Shields productive ACS from fraud cwmp packets and DOS attacks via deep 

application level inspection of TR-069 packets. 


Firewalling based on TR-069 RPC and parameter matching 

Any combination of matching criteria 

TR-069 RPC can be firewall targets, e.g. to reconfigure ACS URLs or TR- 

069 Inform Intervals 


Hardware: 






Software: 


Apache 2.2 server 

Performance: 

Requests per second: > 5000 


performance (negligible, highly optimized transaction management) 


7. Axess DRS: The Axiros DHCP Relay Server 

Programmable, database backed DHCP Server for Option 82 based 

DSLAM/switch port based CPE configuration and ACS Server forwarding to 

CPE. 


DHCP Request Handling can be customized regarding parsing and 

synthesis of static and dynamic information 

Data gathering and aggregation from and to the ACS 

Configurable caching of responses 

External Interfaces can be adapted at deployment time to fit operators’ 

needs 

Databases supported: Oracle, MySQL, SQLite 

TR-069 inform generation directly from DHCP process 

ACS URL by DSLAM port 

Dynamic TFTP or HTTP server forwarding to CPE 

Integrated within Axess ACS provisioning flows 

IP calculation from Option 82 information 


Hardware: 






Software: 


SQLite, MySQL or Oracle 10g 


Performance: 

DHCP Requests (Response, Acknowledge) per sec. per node: > 10000 


read/write performance, no other shared resources. 


8. Axess RS: The Axiros RADIUS Server 

Programmable, database backed RADIUS Server for ATM DSLAM port based 

CPE configuration and IP forwarding to ACS. Can be used as Authentication or 

Accounting Server and also as RADIUS Proxy server 


RADIUS Request Handling can be customized regarding parsing and 

synthesis of static and dynamic information 

Data gathering and aggregation from and to the ACS 

Configurable caching of responses 

External Interfaces can be adapted at deployment time to fit operators’ 

needs 

Databases supported: Oracle, MySQL, SQLite 

TR-069 inform generation directly from RADIUS packet processing 

Arbitrary RADIUS attributes 

IP calculation from any RADIUS attribute 


Integrated within Axess ACS provisioning flows 

Works also as Accounting Server for forwarding of Accounting Information 

to main ACS server (e.g. current IP address / Port Information of CPE 

Hardware: 






Software: 


MySQL or Oracle 10g 


Performance: 

RADIUS requests per second per node: > 6000 

Performance degradation per node in cluster solely based on highly 

optimized DB read/write performance, no other shared resources. 


9. Axess SDM: The Axiros CWMP Statistics, Diagnostics And Monitoring Proxy 

Axiros SDM is a high performant transparent cwmp proxy to gather high 

volume diagnostic load, without the need to pass it through the productive 3 rd 

party ACS. 

The SDM is intended to relieve 3 rd party (potentially slow) ACS servers from 

high volume southbound load. 


Match on any criterion in CWMP body 

Data consolidation before writing into database 

Transparent proxying of productive TR-069 load 

Connection request handler 


Axess FastPath technology for negligible impact on productive load 

Hardware: 






Software: 


Apache 2.2 server 

Specifications (Northbound): 


Any DSL-Forum device parameter specification 


Specifications (Southbound): 


Any DSL-Forum device parameter specification 

Performance: 

Requests per second: > 5000 

Performance degradation per node in cluster solely based on optimized DB 

write performance, no other shared resources. 


10.Axess STS: The Axiros SLA Test Studio 

Testing framework to monitor ACS server functioning and performance and 

simulate complex live provisioning scenarios. 


Programmable 

Database backed 

Features an embedded stateful, multithreaded configurable TR-069 client 

which supports TR-069 Amendment 2 and any parameter specification 

from the DSL-Forum through custom extensions. 

Tests can simulate combined OSS/BSS backend client and server 

interactions combined with southbound TR-069 messaging to cover 

productive (re-)provisioning setups in a full extent. 

Can simulate CPE errors and stack TR-069 specification violations. 

A large number of preconfigured tests are already delivered with the 

product. 

Load Tests: Tests of the STS can be distributed, synchronized and started 

via the Axess CM (Cluster Manager) in parallel to observe and monitor ACS 

behavior under high load. 

Alerting in case of failures via Syslog, Email, SOAP, XML-RPC 

Hardware: 




HDD: 20GB 


Software: 


MySQL 

























LDAP – synchronous, client 


XML-RPC - synchronous and asynchronous, server and client 

SOAP (RPC encoded) - synchronous and asynchronous, server and client 



Performance: 

TR-069 informs per second per node: > 5000 

No performance degradation in cluster mode 


11.Axess TCG: The Axiros TR-069 Client GUI 

Database backed stateful multithreaded TR-069 client to stimulate arbitrary 

TR-069 interaction with any ACS in a highly convenient way. 

Can simulate CPE errors and stack TR-069 specification violations. Can clone 

and duplicate arbitrary CPE parameter hierarchies from the live Axess ACS 

automatically. 

A large number of preconfigured CPE stacks are already delivered with the 

product. 


























XML-RPC - synchronous and asynchronous, server and client 


Hardware: 



RAM: 512MB DDR(2) 

HDD: 20GB 

1 Ethernet 

Software: 

Windows 2000, XP, Visa, Linux 

SQLite, when running in stateful mode 

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