Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System
About This Guide
vi
736107 Rev D
Before you begin to stage SSC DHCTs, follow the recommendations in the first five
chapters of the Explorer Digital Home Communications Terminal Staging Guide (part
number 734375) regarding the staging process, staging preparations, staging area
considerations, obtaining and loading EMM data, and staging non-SSC DHCTs.
Also, make sure to follow the recommendations in Optimize Your System
Performance for Downloads and Staging (on page 45) to improve the speed and
performance of the initial staging process.
Audience
This guide is written for staging area personnel responsible for staging SSC DHCTs
and CableCARD modules, DHCT/CableCARD module installation personnel, and
system operators of the Digital Network Control System (DNCS).
Document Version
This is the third formal release of this document. In addition to minor text and
graphic changes, the following table provides the technical changes to this
document.
Description
See Topic
Updated CableCARD module blink
patterns associated with a software
download
DHCTs with Only POWER LED Indicators
(on page 86)
Added an appendix covering the staging
toolkit
Staging Toolkit (on page 163)