Cisco CBR-8
The Cisco CBR-8 is a next-generation Evolved Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) that delivers multigigabit and Internet-of-Everything services at a lower TOC to cable operators.
About
This connector provides a general overview of the Cisco CBR-8 device and mainly displays the upstream details. It uses the SNMPv2 protocol to communicate with the device.
The connector uses regular timers that trigger every 60 and 120 seconds, as well as a timer that triggers every 30 minutes to perform data cleaning.
Version Info
| Range | Description | DCF Integration | Cassandra Compliant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.1.x [Deprecated] | Initial version. | No | No |
| 1.0.2.x [Deprecated] | Implemented changes on the Physical Upstream Channel Table and Upstream Bounding table. | No | No |
| 1.0.3.x [Deprecated] | Index of the Measurement Upstream Channel table changed to the instance of the channel. | No | Yes |
| 1.0.4.x [DCF] | DCF feature added. | Yes | Yes |
| 2.0.0.x [Deprecated] | Connector review. Added CCAP parameters. | No | Yes |
| 2.0.1.x [SLC Main] | Split up MPEG table into 4 tables because of possibility of multiple programs per transport stream. | No | Yes |
| 3.0.0.x [Deprecated] | Customer-specific branch. | No | Yes |
Product Info
| Range | Supported Firmware |
|---|---|
| 1.0.1.x | 1.0 |
| 1.0.2.x | 1.0 |
| 1.0.3.x | 1.0 |
| 1.0.4.x | 1.0 |
| 2.0.0.x | 1.0 |
| 2.0.1.x | 1.0 |
| 3.0.0.x | 1.0 |
Configuration
Connections
SNMP main connection
This connector uses a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) connection and requires the following input during element creation:
SNMP CONNECTION:
- IP address/host: The polling IP of the device.
SNMP settings:
Port number: The port of the connected device, by default 161.
Get community string: The community string needed to read from the device.
Set community string: The community string needed to set to the device.
Usage (Range 1.0.x.x)
General
This page displays the system information, main rate usage or memory and CPU usage, a summary of cable modem information, and rate information on upstream and downstream channel utilization, transmission, and capacity.
The page contains a number of page buttons:
Power Supplies: Displays information on the power supplies of the device.
Processors: Displays the 1-min CPU total utilization.
Temperature: Displays information on the temperature of the device.
Configuration - Upstream Channels
This page displays general information related to the upstream channels: Name, Description, Frequency, Bandwidth, Modulation, Timing Offset, and Ranging Backoff.
Measurement - Upstream Channels
This page displays detailed information related to the upstream channels, including whether cable modems are online, offline or initializing, the online delta, the percentage offline, SNR, consecutive SNR readings in periods of 15 min against 35 dB, rate of Unerrored, Corrected and Uncorrected, CER and Loss, Modulation, and RF Utilization.
Measurement - Gigabit Interfaces
This page displays the Input and Output Errors that occurred within a custom time interval.
RF Interfaces
This page displays the RF Interfaces Table and the Mpeg Output Stats Table.
CAS
This page displays the Mpeg Input TS Table, the Mpeg Input Prog Table, the Mpeg Output Prog Table, and the Mpeg Video Session Table.
Offload
This page displays the Interfaces table.
Via the Interface Extended button, you can access the Interfaces Extended table, HCOctects Extended table, and Interface Errors table.
The Signal Quality button provides access to the Signal Quality table.
Device Web Page
This page provides access to the internal webpage of the device. Note that the client machine has to be able to access the device, as otherwise it will not be possible to open the web interface.
Usage (Range 2.0.0.x - 2.0.1.x)
General
This page displays general and system information for the Cisco CBR-8 device. The page also displays five page buttons, which lead to the following subpages:
Alarms: Displays several tables with specific alarm information.
Power Supplies: Displays the Power Supply Table, with specific information about the monitored Cisco CBR-8 power supplies.
CPU: Displays the CPU Table, with specific information about the CPU.
Temperature: Displays the Temperature Table, with specific information about the temperature of the Cisco CBR-8 device.
Fans: Displays information on the fan status.
Interface Overview
This page contains the Interface Overview table, which displays information on each interface, such as the Description, Type, Bandwidth, Operational Status, Input Errors, Output Errors, Last Change, Input and Output Unicast Packets, etc.
This page also displays two page buttons, which lead to the following subpages:
Interface Selection: Allows you to select the interfaces to be monitored. After you have selected the desired interfaces, click the Update Interfaces button to fill in the table.
Ifx Table: Displays a table with additional interface information.
Video QAM Channels
This page contains the Video QAM Channel Table, with information about the characteristics of the video channels, such as the frequency (Channel Frequency), the used modulation (Channel Modulation) and the power (Channel Power) in dBm.
This table remains empty until you have made a selection of interfaces to show on the Interface Selection page by marking them as "Displayed" and then clicking the Update Interfaces button.
Physical Interfaces
This page contains the Physical Interfaces Table, which displays specific information such as the Description, Software Revision, Serial Number, and Model Name for all physical interfaces. This page also displays the Modules table with operational and administrative status information for manageable components of physical interfaces.
Service Groups
This page contains a table with information about the Bit Rates, Utilization, and Total Bandwidth for each service group.
Virtual Edge
This page displays information about the virtual edges present on the Cisco CBR-8 device. It also displays bit rates, the total bandwidth, and the usage percentage per virtual edge (Bit Rate, Total Bandwidth, and Utilization).
RF Ports
This page contains the RF Port table, which displays a counter for interfaces that are down, the administrator status per RF port and the number of DTV subscribers per RF port. The table also displays bit rates, the total bandwidth, and the usage percentage per RF port (Bit Rate, Total Bandwidth, and Utilization).
Video Streams
This page contains the MPEG tables, which store basic information on all video streams.