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Monitoring Spectrum Management
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Advanced Spectrum Management Features for the Cisco uBR-MC16S Spectrum Management Card
Cisco IOS Release 12.1(7)CX1
Monitoring Spectrum Management
You can use both the Cisco IOS CLI and SNMP managers to monitor the Cisco uBR-MC16S Spectrum 
Management Feature Enhancements. The DOCSIS Cable Modem Test Analyzer (DCMTA), available 
from Acterna Corporation, also provides a graphical interface for live troubleshooting of an individual 
upstream or cable modem. 
Using CLI Commands
The following commands provide information on the spectrum condition of an upstream:
Using SNMP
SNMP can also be used to monitor the spectrum on each upstream on the Cisco uBR-MC16S line card. 
The CISCO-CABLE-SPECTRUM-MIB MIB has been enhanced to provide the following MIB 
attributes:
ccsSNRRequestTable
 lists the attributes in the ccsSNRRequestTable, which contains the CNR measurements that are 
made for individual cable modems on an upstream:
Command
Purpose
Router# show cable modem [ip-address | 
interface | mac-address] [options
Displays information, including CNR values, for the 
registered and unregistered cable modems. See 
Router# show cable spectrum-group 
[groupnum] [detail
Displays information about the spectrum groups that have 
been configured. See 
Router# show controllers cable x/y 
upstream n
 [ ip-address | mac-address ] 
start-freq end-freq res-freq 
Displays the noise levels for a particular cable modem, or 
displays the background noise for an entire upstream. See 
Table 2
ccsSNRRequestTable Attributes
Attribute
Type
Description
ccsSNRRequestIndex
Integer32
Arbitrary index to unique identify each table 
entry. 
ccsSNRRequestMacAddr
MacAddress
MAC address of the remote online cable modem 
being reported on.