CONTENTS
Preface
About this Guide xxix
Conventions Used xxix
Related Documentation xxx
MIOs and DPCs xxx
Contacting Customer Support xxxi
CHAPTER 1
System Operation and Configuration 1
System Management Overview 1
Terminology 3
Contexts 3
Ports 3
Logical Interfaces 4
Management Interface 4
Bindings 4
Services 4
AAA Servers 5
Subscribers 5
Trusted Builds 6
How the System Selects Contexts 7
Context Selection for Context-level Administrative User Sessions 7
Context Selection for Subscriber Sessions 10
Understanding the ASR 5500 Boot Process 10
Understanding Configuration Files 11
IP Address Notation 13
IPv4 Dotted-Decimal Notation 13
IPv6 Colon-Separated-Hexadecimal Notation 13
CIDR Notation 13
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