Cisco uBR924 Installation Manual page 22

Cisco uBR924 Cable Access Router Description
The DOCSIS configuration file must be in the exact format given by the DOCSIS
Caution
specification. An incorrect DOCSIS configuration file can cause the Cisco uBR924 router
to constantly cycle offline. Such errors include: wrong downstream frequency; wrong
UCD; wrong downstream Channel ID; invalid CoS; incorrect BPI privacy configurations
or shared secret strings.
The router sends another registration request to the CMTS containing the CoS parameters given in
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the DOCSIS configuration file.
The CMTS verifies that the router is using the appropriate CoS profile and converts the temporary
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SID into a data SID with a service class index that points to the applicable CoS profile.
Note
13. The router completes its secondary ranging and is then online, passing data between the cable
network and the PCs and other customer premises equipment connected to the router.
Note
If the DOCSIS configuration file specifies that the router must download a secondary Cisco IOS
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image and a Cisco IOS configuration file, the router uses TFTP to download the image and
configuration files into its local memory. It then installs the new Cisco IOS image and runs the
configuration file.
Alternatively, a system administrator can manually configure the Cisco uBR924 router by giving
commands at the router's CLI interface.
If Baseline Privacy Interface (BPI) encryption is configured and enabled on both the router and
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CMTS, the router and CMTS negotiate the appropriate encryption/decryption parameters. After
encryption is enabled, all information sent within Ethernet packets is encrypted to prevent
interception or modification by an unauthorized party.
Figure 1-3 illustrates the traffic flow during this process.
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Depending on the software image being run and the capabilities of the CMTS, the
DOCSIS configuration file can also specify multiple CoS profiles. Each CoS
profile is assigned its own SID, either dynamically or statically, depending on the
capabilities of the CMTS and software image being used.
At this point the router is online and operational in the basic DOCSIS bridging
mode ("plug and play" mode). The next step is done only if the DOCSIS
configuration file specifies that the router must also download a Cisco IOS
configuration file and new Cisco IOS image.
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