Manual Chapter :
Provisioning Static Subscribers
Applies To:
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BIG-IP PEM
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0
Provisioning Static Subscribers
Overview: Provisioning static subscribers
If you have subscribers that are not managed on a separate policy charging and rules function
(PCRF), you can create static subscribers.
Static subscribers
are individual
subscribers of services that are not managed by a separate policy server. You can add static
subscribers directly to the Policy Enforcement Manager™, and assign
enforcement policies to them. Each subscriber can have one or more enforcement policies
associated with them.You can use static subscribers alone or in combination with those managed by a PCRF.
Provisioning multiple subscribers
Before you create a subscriber, you need to create the enforcement policy that you
want to associate with the subscriber.
You can provision multiple subscribers to BIG-IP
Policy Enforcement Manager and associate policies with them. This
is useful, for example, if you are not using a separate policy charging and rules
function (PCRF) for subscribers, or if you need to add a subscriber with a unique
enforcement policy.
- On the Main tab, click .The Subscribers screen opens.
- ClickCreate.The New Subscriber screen opens.
- From theSubscriber ID Typelist, select the format of the subscriber ID.OptionDescriptionE.164A numbering plan that defines the format of an MSISDN international phone number (up to 15 digits). The number typically consists of three fields: country code, national destination code, and subscriber number.IMSIInternational Mobile Subscriber Identity. A globally unique code number that identifies a GSM, UMTS, or LTE mobile phone user.NAINetwork Access Identifier. A fully qualified network name (FQDN) in the form<user>@<realm>;identifies a subscriber and the home network to which the subscriber belongs.PrivateThe subscriber ID type is private for the given deployment.
- In theSubscriber IDfield, type a unique identifier (up to 64 characters) for the subscriber, such as a phone number. The subscriber ID type determines the format.
- In theSubscriber IP Addressarea, type theIP addressof the subscriber in IPv4 or IPv6-Prefix format. ClickAddto add multiple IP addresses. This field is optional but recommended.Assigning the subscriber IP addresses ensures that the subscriber gets the entitled service faster.
- In thePoliciessetting, select at least one enforcement policy from theAvailablelist and move it to theSelectedlist.The selected policy is the one that the system enforces for the subscriber you are adding.You can assign a transactional policy to an active subscriber if you have created a transactional policy with the transactional reporting rule action.
- ClickFinished.Policy Enforcement Manager creates a static subscriber.
When the subscriber accesses the network through the BIG-IP system, Policy
Enforcement Manager applies the policy you assigned to the subscriber traffic.
Subscriber CSV file format
You can upload a list of static subscribers for policy enforcement on the BIG-IP® system. A CSV file is a text file in a comma-separated-values format. Microsoft
Excel® can be used to view and create such files. The list of subscribers
must be in a text file in comma separated value (CSV) format.
Each line of the CSV file represents one subscriber in the format:
SubscriberId,SubscriberIdType,NumOfIPs[,IP_i]*[,Policy_i]+
- subscriber ID
- A unique identifier for the subscriber that depends on the subscriber ID type.
- subscriber ID type
- The format of the subscriber ID. This field is optional, but the comma is required. If you omit subscriber ID type, the system assigns the default value of IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity).
- subscriber IP
- The IP address of the subscriber. This field is optional, but the comma is required.
- subscriber IP list
- The list of subscribers. This field is optional, but the comma is required.
- policy_1,policy_2,policy_n
- One policy or more policies assigned to the subscriber. Multiple policies must be separated by commas.
To allow multiple IPs you need to change the DB variable ().
tmm.pem.session.ip.addr.max
For example:
2083003251,private,2,40.0.1.0,40.0.1.1,policy1,policy2
You must include Subscriber ID and at least one policy enforcement policy for each subscriber.
You need to include the comma for missing fields. Do not include spaces between values. The
policies listed must be included on the policies list in , and be provisioned using a listener or a policy enforcement profile.
For example, to specify subscriber 2083003252 in IMSI format with a gold policy, you can leave
out the subscriber IP address and include one policy:
2083003252,imsi,0,policy1
Provisioning a file of static subscribers
You can upload a CSV file containing a list of static subscribers. The file must
be in a specific CSV file format.
- On the Main tab, click .The Subscribers screen opens.
- ClickUpload.
- In theFile Namesetting, click the button to browse to the text file.The system opens a screen where you can select the text file
- ClickUpload.
The Policy Enforcement Manager uploads the static subscriber
file in chunks of 1000 subscribers. The system performs a validation on each chunk. If a
validation fails, the subscribers in the current chunk and subsequent chunks are not
imported. However, the subscribers loaded in previous chunks are imported onto the
system. The Policy Enforcement Manager applies the appropriate policy to traffic from
the subscribers in the list.
