09-11-2012 02:54 PM
With Eric Bautista
Welcome to the Cisco Support Community Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to get an overview of the Cisco Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) platforms and the uBR product family.
Eric Bautista is a customer support engineer at the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC.) He is responsible for supporting the Cisco uBR CMTS platforms. He has 3.5 years of experience in cable technology. Previous to his current role, Bautista supported Cisco WAN and optical technologies, including QoS and SONET/SDH.
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Eric might not be able to answer each question due to the volume expected during this event.
Remember that you can continue the conversation on the Service Provider sub-community discussion forum shortly after the event. This event lasts through September 21, 2012. Visit this forum often to view responses to your questions and the questions of other community members.
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09-12-2012 03:04 PM
Hello Eric,
Great presentation this morning during the live webcast. Here is one question that you were going to follow up with
Vaseem Kazia asked this:
Can you please comment on IPv6 HW Acceleration Support on Cisco 7225 and Cisco 7246?
Thanks a lot,
Cisco Support Community Moderator
09-14-2012 11:29 AM
Neither the uBR7225VXR, nor the uBR 7246VXR Platforms support hardware acceleration of IPv6 data packets. I am not aware of any plans to add this support.
Currently, hardware (PXF) acceleration of IPv6 data packets is only supported on the uBR10k platform with the following requirements:
09-12-2012 03:08 PM
Mohammed Hussain asked the following:
Is there any specific IOS for CMTS UBRs? or we use the same as Cisco Routers/Switches?
Thanks for the reply
09-14-2012 11:36 AM
Cisco CMTS platforms have their own IOS releases. You will need to specify both platform and processor when selecting the appropriate image.
At the time of this post, the following releases are available.
You can view the available images on the Download Software page on CCO.
09-12-2012 03:09 PM
Dapo Ajayi asked the following:
What are the SPA (shared port adapter) and SIP modules? Where do they fit on the CMTS (linecard or the NPE, or separate slots)? And why would one use them, in terms of benefits?
09-14-2012 11:51 AM
Only the uBR10k CMTS platform supports the SIP and SPA modules.
The SIP needs to be installed in Slots 1, 2, 3, or 4 of the Cisco uBR10k router (referred to as WAN slots).
The SPA's would then be installed into the SIP.
The various SPA's available are:
Here is an excerpt from the Cisco uBR10012 Universal Broadband Router SIP and SPA Software Configuration Guide:
SPA Interface Processors (SIP)
Shared Port Adapters (SPA)
09-12-2012 03:13 PM
Jordan Morgan asked:
Is it best to use cable map-advance dynamic or static?
09-17-2012 10:11 AM
09-14-2012 02:23 PM
Un-answered questoins from the live event:
09-17-2012 10:49 AM
The Cisco uBR10012 router does not support mixing AC and DC PEMs. Both PEMs must be either AC PEMs or DC PEMs.
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The UBR-MC28U and UBR-MC16U linceards (for uBR7200 platforms), have internal upconverters. Thus, the frequencies would be configured on the CMTS itself.
The UBR-MC28X and UBR-MC16X linceards (fort uBR7200 platforms) do not have internal upconverters. Thus an external upconverter would be needed and it's on that device where you would configure the desired frequencies.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps4969/product_data_sheet0900aecd8012a71e.html
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The UBR10-5X20U-D and UBR-MC20X20V linecards (for the uBR10k platform), also have internal upconverters. Thus, the frequencies would be configured on the CMTS as well.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps4969/products_data_sheet09186a0080179136.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps4969/ps10640/data_sheet_c78-570331.html
09-14-2012 02:25 PM
Other questions:
09-17-2012 11:06 AM
Both the uBR7200-NPE-G1 and uBR7200-NPE-G2 processors have built-in IO functionality (including
(Flash memory and auxiliary and console ports) so an I/O controller card is no longer necessary.
An I/O controller, however, can still be used if a customer considers it necessary.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps4917/products_data_sheet09186a0080113722.html
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SNR readings can be taken on the CMTS itself or via SNMP. These would reflect values for Cable Modems and/or eMTA's.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk86/tk319/technologies_white_paper09186a0080231a71.shtml#readings
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk86/tk319/technologies_tech_note09186a008012fb28.shtml
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The total number of Bundles supported per CMTS is 40 (with the numeric range from 1 to 255).
09-17-2012 03:39 PM
Thanks for all the answers provided. Here is another question that was asked in the live event:
When stacked ports are on the MC20x20 line card, is it to fulfill more bandwidth? Or, does it work a two-way interface or interface as a bridged port?
09-21-2012 01:03 PM
The Cisco UBR-MC20X20V line cards have five downstream (DS) ports and twenty upstream (US) ports. The line card supports five cable interfaces, and the 20 DS and 20 US channels are dynamically associated with any of these five MAC domains. The card has twenty US spigots and five DS spigots. Each of the US spigots support either two-frequency stacked US channels across ten ports or a single US channel across twenty ports. Each of the DS spigots support four-frequency stacked channels across five ports.
Please see Figure 1 here:
Also reference the "cable upstream logical-port connector physical-port" configuration command.
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