Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 User Guide
Chapter 9 Monitor DHCTs with the DHCT Status Reporting Utility
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3 Choose one of the following options:
Press Enter to poll all of the DHCTs associated with the selected modulator.
Type the demodulator ID and then press Enter to poll DHCTs associated
with a specific demodulator.
with a specific demodulator.
Note: The next two steps, step 4 and step 5, develop an example based upon
polling DHCTs by demodulator ID.
Result: The utility displays polling data after the entire polling operation has
completed.
Important: Do not interrupt the polling operation while it is in progress. If you
interrupt the polling operation before it has completed, you will not be able to
poll this modulator or demodulator again until you remove a specific file from
the /tmp directory of the DNCS that tells the DNCS that a polling operation is in
progress. The file in the /tmp directory is in the form of dhctStatus.[mod ID or
demod ID].
polling DHCTs by demodulator ID.
Result: The utility displays polling data after the entire polling operation has
completed.
Important: Do not interrupt the polling operation while it is in progress. If you
interrupt the polling operation before it has completed, you will not be able to
poll this modulator or demodulator again until you remove a specific file from
the /tmp directory of the DNCS that tells the DNCS that a polling operation is in
progress. The file in the /tmp directory is in the form of dhctStatus.[mod ID or
demod ID].
4 Open an xterm window on the DNCS and type
cd /dvs/dncs/tmp/dhctStatus2/[DATE]/ALL/GR_REPORTS and then press
Enter. The selected directory becomes the working directory.
Note: Substitute the current date (or the date you ran the poll) in YYYYMMDD
format for [DATE].
Example: For a poll conducted on February 12, 2003, type
cd /dvs/dncs/tmp/dhctStatus2/20030212/ALL/GR_REPORTS and then press
Enter.
Enter. The selected directory becomes the working directory.
Note: Substitute the current date (or the date you ran the poll) in YYYYMMDD
format for [DATE].
Example: For a poll conducted on February 12, 2003, type
cd /dvs/dncs/tmp/dhctStatus2/20030212/ALL/GR_REPORTS and then press
Enter.