Chapter 11: Basic Bring-up Procedure for the C4 CMTS
STANDARD Revision 1.0
C4® CMTS Release 8.3 User Guide
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A C4 CMTS with one 32D CAM, one 24U CAM, one RCM, and one SCM is configured to serve a set of 4 optical nodes. Both
DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 CMs will be put into service. The DOCSIS 3.0 CMs are provisioned with IPv6 addresses, while the
DOCSIS 2.0 CMs obtain IPv4 addresses. All CPE are provisioned as IPv4 devices.
1. Install Cards, Rear PICs, Filler Panels, PCMs, and Fans
The C4 CMTS chassis hardware is configured as follows:
The chassis has 21 slots that can be filled with various modules
Slots are numbered from 0-20 counting from left to right
Slots 19 and 20 are reserved for SCMs
Slots 17 and 18 are reserved for RCMs
The 32D CAM provides downstream channels for as few as one or as many as sixteen different MAC domains.The 32D CAM
is designed to run in the client-card slots to the right side of the chassis, beginning with slot 15, then 14, and so on working
to the left. It is advisable to begin with slot 14, reserving slot 15 for later use as a spare 32D CAM.
The 24U CAM is responsible for upstream RF reception.
The 24U CAMs are designed to be installed from left to right in the chassis, beginning with slot 0.
For this configuration example, an SCM is installed in Slot 19, and RCM in slot 17, and a 32D CAM will be installed in slot 14.
A 24U CAM will be installed in slot 1. In this example, blank slots are available for additional cards. Refer to the figure
below to view the sample configuration.