Getting started

About this guide

This guide describes the Nokia SR OS User Plane Function (UPF) in a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) Control and User Plane Separation (CUPS) system. The BNG CUPS UPF is based on the fundamentals of the BNG and reuses fundamental QoS and forwarding concepts, while moving the control plane handling to the BNG CUPS Control Plane Function (CPF).

See the 7450 ESS, 7750 SR, and VSR Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture Guide for more information about BNG.

See the CMG BNG CUPS Control Plane Function Guide for an overview of the BNG CUPS solution and the BNG CUPS CPF.

This guide is organized into functional chapters that provide concepts and descriptions of the implementation flow, as well as Command Line Interface (CLI) syntax and command usage.

The topics and commands described in this document apply to the following SR OS products:

The following chassis types are available for each 7750 SR OS router:

See the SR OS R21.x.Rx Software Release Notes, part number 3HE 17177 000x TQZZA, for a list of unsupported features by platform and chassis.

Command outputs shown in this guide are examples only; actual displays may differ depending on supported functionality and user configuration.

Note: The BNG CUPS UPF supports configuration using classic CLI and MD-CLI. This guide provides configuration examples based on MD-CLI syntax only.

The SR OS CLI trees and command descriptions can be found in the following guides:

  • 7450 ESS, 7750 SR, 7950 XRS, and VSR Classic CLI Command Reference Guide

  • 7450 ESS, 7750 SR, 7950 XRS, and VSR MD-CLI Command Reference Guide

  • 7450 ESS, 7750 SR, 7950 XRS, and VSR Clear, Monitor, Show, and Tools Command Reference Guide (for both MD-CLI and Classic CLI)

Note: This guide generically covers Release 21.x.Rx content and may contain some content that is released in later maintenance loads. See the SR OS R21.x.Rx Software Release Notes, part number 3HE 17177 000x TQZZA, for information about features supported in each load of the Release 21.x.Rx software.