Chapter 8: Downstream Cable Access Modules (DCAMs)
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C4® CMTS Release 8.3 User Guide
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Note: The license key is related to the serial number of the CAM and cannot be transferred to another CAM.
An upgraded XD CAM has the same warranty as the original 16D CAM. If the 16D CAM is still under warranty, then the
upgraded XD CAM will be under warranty. This upgrade does not extend the existing warranty.
Sample XD CAM Provisioning
Create a Backup Copy of the Running Configuration
Before performing either of the upgrade procedures below, it is recommended that you execute the following commands
in order to preserve a snapshot of your current configuration.
1.
Display the show-tech information and log it:
show tech-support
2.
Copy the running config and ftp it to a different device:
copy running-config bkup_mmddyy
3.
FTP this backup file off the CMTS and to another machine.
Create a Script to Provision XD CAMs
Before upgrading your 16D CAMs in the following procedure after this one (
Convert All 16D CAMs in the Chassis to XD
CAMs by Reprovisioning the Downstream Cards Only
(page 252)), you will need to create a script or file to be used to
provision the XD CAMs. Here are the basic steps for creating an XD CAM provisioning script. This example uses 32D
CAMs. To create this script you must first perform a copy running-config verbose <filename>
.
You must then edit this
file to remove the lines that are not related to downstreams or to the downstream CAMs, or are not applicable to the
re-growth procedure. The script you create using this procedure should resemble the see "
1.
Copy and save the original 16D running-config as 2 separate files:
copy running-config verbose orig_16D.cfg
copy running-config verbose new_32D_prov.cfg
Where orig_16D.cfg
is the filename of the original configuration (16D) and new_32D_prov.cfg is the filename of the
new configuration (32D).