Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Technical References
March 2007
Operations Alert Bulletin
Adding OUIs to the DNCS for SR
2.7/3.7/4.2 and SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 SP 0.1
Adding OUIs to the DNCS for SR
2.7/3.7/4.2 and SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 SP 0.1
Background
Organizational Unique Identifiers (OUIs) refer to the first three octets of a MAC
address. Within each range of MAC addresses, there are several million unique
addresses. When all the addresses within a range have been issued, a new range
with different OUIs must be used. Cisco will soon begin manufacturing PowerKey®
CableCard™ modules that contain a new OUI 00:1A:C3. For sites operating at
System Release (SR) 2.7/3.7/4.2 or SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 SP 0.1 to begin deploying the new
PowerKEY CableCARD modules, the service provider will need to request that
Cisco add the new OUIs to their DNCS database.
address. Within each range of MAC addresses, there are several million unique
addresses. When all the addresses within a range have been issued, a new range
with different OUIs must be used. Cisco will soon begin manufacturing PowerKey®
CableCard™ modules that contain a new OUI 00:1A:C3. For sites operating at
System Release (SR) 2.7/3.7/4.2 or SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 SP 0.1 to begin deploying the new
PowerKEY CableCARD modules, the service provider will need to request that
Cisco add the new OUIs to their DNCS database.
Important! This operations alert bulletin only applies to sites operating at
SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 and SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 SP0.1. Later releases of SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 will
automatically update the DNCS database with new OUIs.
SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 and SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 SP0.1. Later releases of SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 will
automatically update the DNCS database with new OUIs.
If you are operating at SR 2.2/3.2 Service Pack (SP) 5 or SR 2.5/3.5/4.0 SP 2 refer to
OUI Patches for SR 2.2/3.2 Service Pack 5 and SR 2.5/3.5/4.0 Service Pack 2.
OUI Patches for SR 2.2/3.2 Service Pack 5 and SR 2.5/3.5/4.0 Service Pack 2.
Recommendation
For sites operating at SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 or SR 2.7/3.7/4.2 SP 0.1, contact Cisco Services
to schedule adding the new OUIs to the DNCS database.
to schedule adding the new OUIs to the DNCS database.