Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System Guía De Instalación
Chapter 19 Convert POD IDs and MAC Addresses with the podConvert Utility
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Convert POD IDs to MAC Addresses
Introduction
When converting CableCARD POD IDs to CableCARD MAC Addresses, the
podConvert utility starts with a file of POD IDs, converts them to MAC Addresses,
and then writes the output to a file of the operator's choosing. The user of the
podConvert utility needs to know where the source file of POD IDs is located, as
well as the name and location of the file to which the MAC Addresses should be
written.
podConvert utility starts with a file of POD IDs, converts them to MAC Addresses,
and then writes the output to a file of the operator's choosing. The user of the
podConvert utility needs to know where the source file of POD IDs is located, as
well as the name and location of the file to which the MAC Addresses should be
written.
Converting POD IDs to MAC Addresses
Follow these instructions to convert a POD ID to a MAC address.
1 If necessary, open an xterm window on the DNCS.
2 Type cd [location of the POD ID source file] and then press Enter. The
1 If necessary, open an xterm window on the DNCS.
2 Type cd [location of the POD ID source file] and then press Enter. The
directory in which the file containing a list of POD IDs is stored becomes the
working directory.
Example: cd /tmp
working directory.
Example: cd /tmp
3 Type podConvert -T [MAC Address output file] -P [POD ID source file] -R
and then press Enter. The system converts the POD IDs into MAC Addresses
and writes them to the specified file.
Example: podConvert -T MAC_Addr_[date].out -P POD_ID_[date] -R
and writes them to the specified file.
Example: podConvert -T MAC_Addr_[date].out -P POD_ID_[date] -R