Cisco SCE Platform Description

The Cisco SCE family of programmable network devices performs application-layer stateful-flow inspection of IP traffic, and controls the traffic based on configurable rules. The Cisco SCE platform is a network device that uses ASIC components and reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processors to exceed beyond packet counting and expand into the contents of network traffic. Providing programmable, stateful inspection of bidirectional traffic flows, and mapping these flows with user ownership, Cisco SCE platforms provide real-time classification of network use. The classification provides the basis of the Cisco SCE platform advanced traffic-control and bandwidth-shaping functionality. Where most bandwidth shaper functionality ends, the Cisco SCE platform provides further control and shaping options, including:

Layer 7 stateful wire-speed packet inspection and classification

Robust support for more than 600 protocols and applications, including:

General—HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Telnet, Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3), Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and others

Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing—FastTrack-KazaA, Gnutella, BitTorrent, Winny, Hotline, eDonkey, DirectConnect, Piolet, and others

P2P VoIP—Skype, Skinny, DingoTel, and others

Streaming and Multimedia—Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), HTTP streaming, Real Time Protocol (RTP) and Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP), and others

Programmable system core for flexible reporting and bandwidth control

Transparent network and BSS and OSS integration into existing networks

Subscriber awareness that relates traffic and usage to specific customers