In a PCMM environment,
the policy server acts as a policy decision point (PDP) and policy
enforcement point (PEP) that manages the relationships between application
managers and cable management termination system (CMTS) devices.
The JPS is a PCMM-compliant policy server. The
JPS must be deployed in an SRC environment that satisfies these conditions:
Organizes PCMM devices into groups (for example, one or
more per POP). For redundancy, a community of two or more JPSs will
manage each group of PCMM devices.
Achieves successful state synchronization by requiring
an application manager (for example, a pair of redundant SAEs) to
talk to one JPS instance at a time.
Uses IPSec connections for the network interfaces.
