Cisco Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable 5.0
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Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable Administrator’s Guide
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Broadband Access Center for Cable Support
Tools and Advanced Concepts
Tools and Advanced Concepts
This chapter contains information on, and explains the use of, tools that help you maintain Broadband
Access Center for Cable (BAC) as well as speed and improve the installation, deployment, and use of
this product.
Access Center for Cable (BAC) as well as speed and improve the installation, deployment, and use of
this product.
This chapter discusses these topics:
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This section contains many examples of tool use. In many cases, the tool filenames include a path
specified as <BPR_HOME>. This indicates the default directory location.
specified as <BPR_HOME>. This indicates the default directory location.
Developing Template Files
BAC uses templates to help administrators deploy dynamic PacketCable and DOCSIS files. Using
templates, you can create a template file in an easily readable format that you can edit quickly and
simply. A template is an ASCII text file that represents the PacketCable or DOCSIS options and values
used for generating a valid DOCSIS or PacketCable file. BAC uses the .tmpl file extension to identify
template files. You must add template files to the RDU, as an external file using either the administrator’s
user interface or the API, before any class of service can reference it.
templates, you can create a template file in an easily readable format that you can edit quickly and
simply. A template is an ASCII text file that represents the PacketCable or DOCSIS options and values
used for generating a valid DOCSIS or PacketCable file. BAC uses the .tmpl file extension to identify
template files. You must add template files to the RDU, as an external file using either the administrator’s
user interface or the API, before any class of service can reference it.
When installing the BAC RDU component, several sample template files are copied to the
<BPR_HOME>/samples/templates directory.
<BPR_HOME>/samples/templates directory.
Although all that you need to create or edit a template is a simple text editor, before attempting to create
your own template file, you should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this information:
your own template file, you should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this information:
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BAC provisioning flows
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DOCSIS 1.0/1.1 RFI specification