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Cisco uBR10012 Universal Broadband Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview of Cisco uBR10012 Universal Broadband Router Software
Supported Software Features for the Cisco uBR10012 Router
DCC and DCC for load balancing is supported on the Cisco uBR7246VXR router and the
Cisco uBR10012 router with distributed cable interface line cards, including the Cisco MC28U and the
Cisco MC5X20S/U/H.
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Load Balancing techniques allow for moving cable modems with DCC by using configurable
initialization techniques.
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DCC allows line card channel changes across separate downstream channels in the same cable
interface line card, with the DCC initialization techniques ranging from 0 to 4.
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DCC transfers cable modem state information from the originating downstream channel to the target
downstream channel, and maintains synchronization of the cable modem information between the
cable interface line card and the Network Processing Engine (NPE) or Route Processor (RP).
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When the target channel is in ATDMA mode, only DOCSIS 2.0-capable modems can be
successfully load balanced. (Only DOCSIS 2.0-capable modems can operate on an ATDMA-only
upstream channel.) Cisco recommends identical channel configurations in a load balancing group.
Dynamic Channel Change for Load Balancing entails the following new or enhanced commands in
Cisco IOS Release 12.3(17a)BC, and later releases:
Global Configuration Commands
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cable load-balance group
group-num
dcc-init-technique
<
0-4
>
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cable load-balance group
group-num
policy { pcmm | ugs }
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cable load-balance group
group-num
threshold
{
load
|
pcmm
|
stability
|
ugs
} <
1-100
>
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cable load-balance group
group-num
threshold
load
<
1-100
> {
minimum
}
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cable load-balance group
group-num
threshold
load
<
1-100
> {
enforce
}
Testing Command
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test cable dcc
mac-addr
{
slot/port
|
slot/subslot/port
}
target-us-channel-id
ranging-technique
For configuration, command reference, testing, and examples for DCC on the Cisco CMTS, refer to the
following documents on Cisco.com:
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Load Balancing and Dynamic Channel Change (DCC) on the Cisco CMTS
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/cmts/troubleshooting_batch9/cmtslbg.html
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Cisco Broadband Cable Command Reference Guide
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/cable/command/reference/cbl_book.html
Dynamic Modulation Profiles
For each modulation profile configuration, the Cisco uBR10012 router supports the following:
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Burst profile interval usage code
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Burst profile number
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Burst type
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Differential encoding enable and disable
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FEC correctable bytes value
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Forward error correction (FEC) code word length
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Guard time size
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Last code word shortened or lengthened
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Maximum burst size (see also
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Preamble length and unique word length
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Scrambler enable and disable