Cisco 7246VXR - uBR Router Software Configuration Manual page 166

Configuration Fundamentals for the Cisco uBR7200 Series
Command or Action
Step 4 Ensure that DHCP and DOCSIS configuration files
have been created and pushed to appropriate servers.
Step 5 Verify sufficient and proper CPE.
Step 6 Be familiar with your channel plan to assign
appropriate frequencies.
Step 7 Be familiar with your dial plan.
Step 8
Obtain additional IP and security information as
necessary.
After these prerequisites are met, you are ready to configure the Cisco uBR7200 series CMTS. This
includes, at a minimum:
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If you plan to use service-class-based provisioning, the service classes must be configured at the CMTS
Caution
before CMs attempt to make a connection.
Cisco uBR7200 Series Universal Broadband Router Software Configuration Guide
2-4
Configuring a host name and password for the Cisco uBR7200 series router
Configuring the router to support IP over the cable plant and network backbone
Chapter 2 Configuring the Cable Modem Termination System for the First Time
Purpose
When initialized, each cable modem should be enabled to
perform the following tasks:
Transmit a DHCP request
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Receive an IP address
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Obtain TFTP and ToD server addresses
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Download a DOCSIS configuration file or updated
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software image if using Cisco uBR924 cable access
routers or Cisco uBR910 cable data service units (DSUs)
in your network.
Ensure that customer premises equipment (CPE)—CMs or
set-top boxes (STBs), PCs, telephones, or facsimile
machines—meet requirements for your network and service
offerings.
Outline your strategies for setting up bundling or VPN
solution sets, if applicable to your headend or distribution
hub.
Know your dial plan if using H.323 for VoIP services and
setting up VoIP-enabled CM configuration files.
As appropriate, obtain:
Passwords
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IP addresses
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Subnet masks
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Device names
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