Chapter 13: CAM Sparing
STANDARD Revision 1.0
C4® CMTS Release 8.3 User Guide
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configure slot 12 spare-group 15
configure slot 13 spare-group 15
configure slot 14 spare-group 15
5.
Confirm that the spare-groups have been created:
show spare-group
Slot
Leader Slot
Mode
0
0 manual
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
9 15
10 15
11 15
12 15
13 15
14 15
15 15 manual
Fail Back Manually
If you have configured a CAM spare-group for manual failback, user traffic is handled by the spare CAM until it is manually
forced back to the original CAM by doing a shutdown / no shutdown on the spare-group leader.
1.
(If necessary) Display the CAM spare-groups:
show spare-group
Example output:
Slot Leader Slot Mode
0 0 manual
1 0
2.
Verify the status of the spare-group leader and original CAM:
show linecard status
The original CAM must be in-service (IS) and Protected. The spare-group leader after a failover is marked IS and Active.