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E6D242: Remote MACPHY Overview and Implementation - L3/CLI version

Category Name: Distributed Access Architecture

Course Description

This two-day, instructor-led training course presents the CommScope Distributed CCAP Architecture (DCA) Remote MACPHY solution. The course covers the benefits of Remote MACPHY, a hardware overview, Remote PHY protocols, using CLI commands for basic Layer 3 configuration, plus maintenance, and troubleshooting features.  

Note: This course is presented live virtually for approximately two four-hour days.

Audience

CATV head-end personnel, network engineers, and field personnel responsible for networks that provide high-speed data-over-cable services.

Objectives

  • Recognize how implementing Remote MACPHY is a phase of the decentralization and virtualization that will enable MSOs to handle ever-increasing bandwidth demands.
  • Identify and describe key system components
  • Review protocols that are used in Remote MACPHY system
  • Identify the basic groups of basic commands that are used to configure a CommScope RD2322 Remote MACPHY
  • Review commands that may be used when performing maintenance and troubleshooting in the RMD system.

Course Topics

Part One: Remote MACPHY Fundamentals, Protocols and Features

Lesson 1: Why Remote MACPHY?

  • Benefits of CommScope’s Remote MACPHY
  • Remote MACPHY Software Benefit

Lesson 2:  System Overview

  • Remote MACPHY System Network overview
  • RD2322 RMD Operation
  • Compatible Optical Nodes and Operational Modes
  • RD2322 RMD Scaling and Features
  • Optional RF Analog Overlay

Lesson 3:  Protocols and Features

  • Tagged / Untagged Packets
  • Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM)
  • Upstream Triggered Spectrum Capture (UTSC)
  • Continuous Wave Tones (CW Tones)
  • Narrowband Digital Forward and Return
  • OUDP High-split Leakage Detection
  • Remote MACPHY / VUE Communication (GCP)
  • GCP, DEPI, and UEPI – Remote MACPHY/VUE Communication
  • RD2322 Remote MACPHY Expected DHCP Options
  • RD2322 Remote MACPHY Bootup Steps

Lesson 4:  Basic Layer 3 CLI configuration

  • Initial Configurations
  • Ethernet Port / LAG
  • IP Routes
  • NTP Clock
  • Licensing
  • Cable MAC
  • Downstream SC-QAM Channels
  • Upstream SC-QAM Channels
  • Upstream Modulation
  • Fiber Node
  • Channel Bonding
  • Downstream OFDM Channels
  • Upstream OFDMA Channels
  • Embedded RPD
  • Supervision
  • Enabling Cable Interfaces

Lesson 5:  Maintenance and Troubleshooting

  • Reset RMD
  • Reboot-hold RMD
  • Secure Software Download

Lesson 6:  RMD Show Commands

  • A variety of show commands are demonstrated


Course Specifics

Prerequisites: A basic understanding of CATV systems, RF plant fundamentals and data networking.

The student should also have DOCSIS knowledge (TEC202 and/or TEC301 and TEC302 recommended) and CMTS working experience, such as experience with the E6000 CER (E6D201: E6000 CER Operations instructor-led course with E6D101: E6000 CER Hardware Overview recommended).

Duration: 8-9 hours (spread over two days when virtually delivered)

Part Number: TRN-E6D242-001 / 2

Delivery: Virtual instructor-led (VILT)

Price: $4,000 for a class of 8 students or $825 per student

 

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