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 2 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 2 CLI configuration

• Initial Configurations
• Ethernet Port /Bridge Domain Interface
• 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-E6D241-001 / 2

Delivery: Virtual instructor-led (VILT)

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