Upstream Interface Configuration

This document describes how to configure the upstream interfaces on the Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Router.

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Hardware Compatibility Matrix for the Cisco cBR Series Routers


Note


The hardware components that are introduced in a given Cisco IOS-XE Release are supported in all subsequent releases unless otherwise specified.
Table 1. Hardware Compatibility Matrix for the Cisco cBR Series Routers

Cisco CMTS Platform

Processor Engine

Interface Cards

Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Router

Cisco IOS-XE Release 16.5.1 and Later Releases

Cisco cBR-8 Supervisor:

  • PID—CBR-SUP-250G

  • PID—CBR-CCAP-SUP-160G

Cisco IOS-XE Release 16.5.1 and Later Releases

Cisco cBR-8 CCAP Line Cards:

  • PID—CBR-LC-8D30-16U30

  • PID—CBR-LC-8D31-16U30

  • PID—CBR-RF-PIC

  • PID—CBR-RF-PROT-PIC

  • PID—CBR-CCAP-LC-40G

  • PID—CBR-CCAP-LC-40G-R

  • PID—CBR-CCAP-LC-G2-R

  • PID—CBR-SUP-8X10G-PIC

  • PID—CBR-2X100G-PIC

Digital PICs:

  • PID—CBR-DPIC-8X10G

  • PID—CBR-DPIC-2X100G

Cisco cBR-8 Downstream PHY Module:

  • PID—CBR-D31-DS-MOD

Cisco cBR-8 Upstream PHY Modules:

  • PID—CBR-D31-US-MOD


Note


Do not use DPICs (8X10G and 2x100G) to forward IP traffic, as it may cause buffer exhaustion, leading to line card reload.

The only allowed traffic on a DPICs DEPI, UEPI, and GCP traffic from the Cisco cBR-8 router to Remote PHY devices. Other traffic such as DHCP, SSH, and UTSC should flow via another router, since DPICs cannot be used for normal routing.


Information About Upstream Interface Configuration

The cable interface in the Cisco cBR router supports upstream signals and serves as the radio frequency (RF) interface. This chapter provides an overview of the upstream interfaces on the Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Router.

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1 and later releases support 10 Gbps of upstream throughput on the following line cards on the Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Router:

  • CBR-CCAP-LC-40G

  • CBR-CCAP-LC-40G-R

Upstream Channel Management

Upstream Channel Management (UCM) is responsible for the physical (PHY) layer configuration and resource management of upstream channels in the Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Router.

Upstream Controller

An upstream port represents a physical upstream RF connector on a cable line card, connected to one or more fiber nodes. An upstream RF port is a container of upstream RF channels, which imposes constraints on both topology and spectrum for the group of RF channels contained in the physical port. An upstream RF port also represents the RF front-end hardware component on a cable line card including the connector, variable gain adjustment (VGA), and A/D converter. This is directly connected to a set of upstream physical channel receivers. The number of upstream physical channels per port is thus constrained by the number of receivers accessible to the port.

Upstream Channel

An upstream RF channel represents DOCSIS physical layer operation on a single upstream center frequency with a particular channel width. It is contained by a single physical port on the CMTS line card hardware.

Upstream Resource Management

The upstream resource management (URM) feature is primarily responsible for the maintenance of the relationship between a physical upstream connector on the line card and the upstream RF channels received on that connector.

How to Configure Upstream Interfaces

This section contains the following:

Configuring the Cisco CMTS Manually Using Configuration Mode

Connect a console terminal to the console port on the I/O controller. When asked if you want to enter the initial dialog, answer no to go into the normal operating mode of the router. After a few seconds the user EXEC prompt (Router>) appears.

Configuring the Modulation Profile and Assigning to an Upstream Channel

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

cable modulation-profile profile mode_of_oper qam_profile

Example:

Router(config)# cable modulation-profile 23 tdma qam-16

Creates a preconfigured modulation profile, where the burst parameters are set to their default values for each burst type.

Step 4

Controller Upstream-Cable slot/subslot/port

Example:

Router(config)# Controller Upstream-Cable 7/0/0

Enters the controller interface configuration mode.

Step 5

us-channel n modulation-profile primary-profile-number [secondary-profile-number] [tertiary-profile-number]

Example:

Router(config-if)#cable upstreamus-channel 0 modulation-profile 23

Assigns up to three modulation profiles to an upstream port.

Step 6

end

Example:

Router(config-controller)# end

Exits controller configuration submode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Configuring the Upstream Channel with PHY Layer

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

controller upstream-cable slot/subslot/port

Example:

Router(config)# controller upstream-cable 1/0/0

Specifies the controller interface line card and enters upstream controller config configuration submode.

Step 4

us-channel rf-channel frequency freq-val

Example:

Router(config-controller)# us-channel 1 frequency 20000000

Assigns frequency to an RF channel on a controller interface.

Step 5

us-channel rf-channel docsis-mode mode

Example:

Router(config-controller)# us-channel 1 docsis-mode tdma

Assigns DOCSIS mode to an RF channel on a controller interface.

Step 6

us-channel rf-channel channel-width value

Example:

Router(config-controller)# us-channel 1 channel-width 3200000

Assigns channel width in Hertz to an RF channel on a controller interface.

Step 7

us-channel rf-channel modulation-profile profile

Example:

Router(config-controller)# us-channel 1 modulation-profile 21

Assigns modulation profile to an RF channel on a controller interface.

Step 8

no us-channel rf-channel shutdown

Example:

Router(config-controller)# no us-channel 1 shutdown

Enables the upstream channel.

Step 9

end

Example:

Router(config-controller)# end

Exits upstream controller configuration submode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Associating Upstream Channels with a MAC Domain and Configuring Upstream Bonding

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

interface cable slot/subslot/cable-interface-index

Example:

Router(config)# interface cable 7/0/0

Specifies the cable interface line card on a Cisco CMTS router.

Step 4

downstream integrated-cable slot/subslot/port rf-channel rf-chan [upstream grouplist]

Example:

Router(config-if)# downstream integrated-cable 7/0/0 rf-channel 3 upstream 3

Associates a set of upstream channels to the integrated downstream channels.

Step 5

upstream md-us-chan-id upstream-cable slot/subslot/port us-channel rf-channel

Example:

Router(config-if)# upstream 0 upstream-cable 7/0/0 us-channel 0

Associates a set of physical upstream channels with the Mac Domain.

Step 6

cable upstream bonding-group id

Example:

Router(config-if)# cable upstream bonding-group 200

Creates the upstream bonding group on the specified cable interface and enters upstream bonding configuration submode.

Step 7

upstream number

Example:

Router(config-upstream-bonding)# upstream 1

Adds an upstream channel to the upstream bonding group.

A maximum of 16 upstream channels can be configured for each MAC Domain, which are divided into two groups:
  • Group 1: upstream channel 0-7
  • Group 2: upstream channel 8-15
The upstream bonding-group should include all the upstream channels either from Group 1 or Group 2 only.

Step 8

attributes value

Example:

Router(config-upstream-bonding)# attributes eeeeeeee

Modifies the attribute value for the specified upstream bonding group.

Step 9

end

Example:

Router(config-upstream-bonding)# end

Exits upstream bonding configuration submode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Configuring Upstream Channel Priority

Feature History

Table 2. Feature History
Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Upstream Channel Priority

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1w

This feature allows the cable modem to do the initial ranging on the upstream channel with the highest priority.

Starting from Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1w release, you can use the cable upstream priority command to configure the upstream channel with different priorities.

Router(config-if)# cable upstream 0 priority 1

You can also run this command for mac-domain profile.

Router(config-profile-md)# cable upstream 0 priority 2

Use show cable mac-domain mdd | in MD-US command to check the upstream channel priority.

Router#show cable mac-domain c3/0/1 mdd | in MD-US
        MD-US Chan ID/CM-STATUS:  1/0x0000
        MD-US Chan Priority:  3
        MD-US Chan DCID Binding:    9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16
        MD-US Chan ID/CM-STATUS:  2/0x0000
        MD-US Chan Priority:  4
        MD-US Chan DCID Binding:    9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16
        MD-US Chan ID/CM-STATUS:  3/0x0000
        MD-US Chan Priority:  5
        MD-US Chan DCID Binding:    9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16
        MD-US Chan ID/CM-STATUS:  4/0x0000
        MD-US Chan Priority:  0

Configuration Examples

Upstream Channel with PHY Layer Configuration Example


...
us-channel 0 frequency 20000000
us-channel 0 channel-width 3200000 3200000
us-channel 0 power-level 0
us-channel 0 docsis-mode tdma
us-channel 0 minislot-size 2
us-channel 0 modulation-profile 21
no us-channel 0 shutdown
...

Upstream Channels with a MAC Domain Configuration Example


...
interface Cable8/0/0
downstream Modular-Cable 8/0/0 rf-channel 0 
upstream 0 Upstream-Cable 8/0/0 us-channel 0
upstream 1 Upstream-Cable 8/0/0 us-channel 1
cable mtc-mode
cable upstream bonding-group 1
  upstream 0
  upstream 1	
  attributes 80000000

...

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Feature Information for Upstream Interface Configuration on the Cisco cBR Router

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The following table lists the software release in which a given feature is introduced. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.


Table 3. Feature Information for Upstream Interface Configuration

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

Upstream Interface Configuration

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.1

This feature was integrated on theCisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers.