Description

The Cisco Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 3.0 course covers primary cable modem termination system (CMTS) standards and concepts, provides hands-on expertise, and establishes important foundation knowledge for bidirectional channel bonding and other advanced service cable technologies. Architectures emphasized through lecture and lab exercises include both modular CMTS (M-CMTS) and integrated CMTS (I-CMTS). While this course focuses on implementing DOCSIS services on the Cisco® uBR10012, the learning experiences from this course also apply to other CMTS's that support DOCSIS 3.0 technology.

Prerequisites

Following are the strongly recommended prerequisites for this course:

• Students should have knowledge of the Cisco CMTS equipment and should be able to establish, without assistance, a configuration for the Cisco uBR10012.
• Students should have equivalent knowledge and experience of the Cisco Introduction to Cisco Cable Routing (ICCR) course and the Advanced Cisco Cable Routing (ACCR) course.

Note: If you have questions about the prerequisites, please call us at 408-735-1500 for clarification.

Who Should Attend

This course is for technical professionals who design, implement, and operate Cisco CMTS equipment and who deploy DOCSIS 3.0 features in cable networks.
The following are considered the primary audience for this course:

• Cable operator engineers
• Cable operator network operations center personnel
• System integrators
• System engineers

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Identify the pre-DOCSIS 3.0 Cisco technology and deployment foundation underpinning current DOCSIS 3.0 downstream channel bonding.
• Describe the component parts of the DOCSIS 3.0 specification set and explain primary aspects in block-diagram form.
• Explain modular and integrated CMTS concepts and how they relate to DOCSIS 3.0.
• Relate downstream channel bonding terms and acronyms to Cisco uBR10012 downstream channel bonding hardware and software releases.
• Identify Cisco uBR10012 hardware combinations required for downstream channel bonding.
• Configure and verify Cisco uBR10012 for downstream channel bonding operations in an I-CMTS configuration.
• Configure and verify Cisco uBR10012 for downstream channel bonding operations in an M-CMTS configuration.
• Configure necessary third-party DOCSIS 3.0 components such as the Symmetricon DTI server and gain knowledge necessary to recognize the role of any third-party components in a customer's M-CMTS design.
• Use new Cisco uBR10012 features and featurettes for best system performance in mixed DOCSIS 1.x/2.0 and DOCSIS 3.0 downstream channel-bonded environments.
• Use lessons learned from earlier worldwide downstream channel bonding deployments.
• Describe next steps in channel bonding that build upon Cisco uBR10012 downstream channel bonding and enable still more advanced services.

Course Outline

• Course Introduction
DOCSIS 3.0 Specification
• Understanding DOCSIS 3.0 Theory of Operation and CMTS Architecture
• CableLabs DOCSIS 3.0 Qualification and Cisco CMTS Naming Conventions
• DOCSIS 3.0 Terms
• Cisco uBR10012 DOCSIS 3.0
• Downstream Channel Bonding Commands
• Troubleshooting
• Channel Bonding Tips

Lab Outline

• Preplan Cisco uBR10012 and DOCSIS 3.0 deployment scenarios
• Configure the Cisco uBR10012 CMTS, the Cisco RF Gateway, and the DOCSIS Timing Server
• Configure the Cisco Wideband SPA (controller modular cable
• Configure two Cisco wideband RF channels
• Configure two primary downstream channels/channel grouping domains
• Configure a fiber node
• Configure DOCSIS timing and control card
• Configure load balancing group
• Configure an interface for upstream load balancing
• Add downstream channels to the load balancing group
• Configure Cisco uBR10012 high availability and N+1 redundancy
• Configure dynamic bandwidth sharing (DBS) on the Cisco uBR10012
• Steer all voice-enabled cable modems to the line card downstream channel