Cisco Model D9479 Gigabit QAM Modulator Installation Guide
Download Software to the GoQAM Modulators
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3 Locate the current bootpd.xxx file name.
Note: This file will be the bootpd.xxx file with the latest version and/or the most
recent date.
4 Type tail -f bootpd.xxx | awk '/goqam/' to show the last modulator to reboot.
5 As you reset modulators (in the QAM List window or using the auditqam
5 As you reset modulators (in the QAM List window or using the auditqam
utility), monitor the bootpd file to verify that each modulator was reset.
Note: The bootpd file will roll over to the next log as it grows. If logging stops,
Note: The bootpd file will roll over to the next log as it grows. If logging stops,
repeat steps 2 through 4 to see if a new log file is being used.
6 Go to one of the following sections, as desired:
Resetting the GoQAM Modulator Through the DNCS GUI (on page 21)
Resetting GoQAM Modulators Through the auditQam Utility (on page 22)
Resetting the GoQAM Modulator Through the DNCS GUI
This section describes how to reset modulators in order to load new software. Use
the procedure Preparing to Monitor Remote GoQAM Resets (on page 20) before
resetting modulators through the DNCS GUI.
CAUTION:
All active sessions on the modulator will be interrupted when the modulator
All active sessions on the modulator will be interrupted when the modulator
is reset. DHCTs downstream of the modulator will lose their ability to display
services until sessions are re-established.
1 If you have not already done so, provision the modulator on the DNCS.
Note: For instructions to provision the modulator, refer to the GoQAM Modulator
IF Output and RF Output Hardware Installation and Operation Guide (part number
4004834).
2 From the DNCS Administrative Console, click the DNCS tab, click the Network
Element Provisioning tab, and then click QAM. The QAM List window opens.
3 Based on the order you determined earlier, select the modulator that you want to
reset.
Note: In the following QAM List window, GoQAMx1 would be reset once even
Note: In the following QAM List window, GoQAMx1 would be reset once even
though it is listed two times.