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Chapter 1 Overview of Cisco uBR7200 Series Software
Supported Software Features for the Cisco uBR7200 Series
For additional configuration information about HCCP N+1 Redundancy, refer to
HCCP N+1
Redundancy for the Cisco Cable Modem Termination System
on Cisco.com:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/cmts/feature/guide/uFGnpls1.html
High Availability Features in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(13a)BC
Cisco IOS Release 12.3(13a)BC removes support for HCCP N+1 Redundancy on the Cisco uBR7200
series routers. Associated configuration, show, and debug commands are not supported in this release.
Note
The latest release to support HCCP N+1 Redundancy for the Cisco uBR7200 Series is Cisco IOS release
12.3(9a)BC. When upgrading from this or earlier supporting Cisco IOS releases to Cisco IOS release
12.3(13a)BC, the HCCP configurations are discarded and not retained.
HCCP N+1 Redundancy for the Cisco CMTS is described for earlier releases in this and additional
documents on Cisco.com:
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N+1 Redundancy for the Cisco Cable Modem Termination System
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/cmts/feature/guide/uFGnpls1.html
High Availability Support for Encrypted IP Multicast
Cisco IOS Release 12.3(17a)BC introduces support for IP Multicast streams during switchover events
in a High Availability environment. This feature is supported for Route Processor Redundancy Plus
(RPR+), N+1 Redundancy, and encrypted BPI+ streams.
For additional information about IP Multicast and High Availability, refer to these documents on
Cisco.com:
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Cisco CMTS Universal Broadband Router MIB Specifications Guide
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/cmts/mib/reference/guide/ubrmibv5.html
•
Dynamic Shared Secret for the Cisco CMTS
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/cmts/feature/ubrdmic.html
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IP Multicast in Cable Networks,
White Paper
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk828/technologies_case_study0900aecd802e2ce2.shtml
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N+1 Redundancy for the Cisco Cable Modem Termination System
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/cmts/feature/guide/uFGnpls1.html
Hot-Standby 1+1 Redundancy
The Hot-Standby 1+1 Redundancy feature offers the ability to provide high system availability when
configuring a Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router to wait in hot-standby mode to protect
another Cisco uBR7200 series router in case of system failure.
The 1+1 redundancy feature is essential in a residential Voice over IP (VoIP) cable network, since it
provides a three- to five-second automatic system recovery time, thus helping to eliminate “call drops”
in the VoIP cable network. System failure in a non-redundancy (unprotected) deployment results in loss
of all voice calls in progress as well as all voice calls in “setup” phase, because the CMTS requires
human intervention to reconfigure and bring the CMTS back online.