New Features in Cisco Smart PHY 3.1.4
The new software features for Cisco Smart PHY 3.1.4 are the following:
Support for RPD Shelf
Operators can configure the following Remote PHY Shelf RF parameters from the Add RPD window of the Cisco Smart PHY application:
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Base Power (dBmV)
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Tilt Pivot Frequency (Hz)
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Tilt Slope (dBmV)
These parameters are supported on the following Cisco Remote PHY Shelfs:
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Cisco Remote PHY Shelf 7200
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Cisco Remote PHY Shelf 600
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Cisco Remote PHY Shelf 300
This feature requires the DOCSIS Principal Core of the shelf to be a Cisco Smart PHY-managed Cisco cBR-8 router running Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.1z or later.
Updating these parameters does not cause the Remote PHY Shelf to restart. For more details, see the Add and Assign RPDs section of the Cisco Smart PHY User Guide.
Unique Controller Configuration on Each Logical DS and US Pairing
Operators can configure unique downstream and upstream Controller Profiles on each logical DS and US pairings through Service Definitions.
Unmanaged Core Enhancement
Unmanaged CCAP Cores are now listed along with the managed Cores in the Inventory of the Cisco Smart PHY application.
Operators can choose to assign unmanaged CCAP Cores as either DOCSIS Principal Cores or Additional Auxiliary Cores.
SSH Key Fetch
Operators can trigger SSH key fetches for Cisco cBR-8 routers that are marked as offline. If the key fetch is successful, Cisco Smart PHY marks the Cisco cBR-8 router as online.
Manual RPD Sync
Operators can trigger an RPD status synchronization from the Cisco Smart PHY UI. The Cisco Smart PHY application fetches the current RPD status from the managed DOCSIS Principal Core.
API Enhancement for Cisco cBR-8 Status
Two of the Cisco Smart PHY REST APIs are enhanced to simplify the programmatic control of CCAP Cores:
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query-core-details
supports filtering on criteria such as CCAP Corestate
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update-ccap-core-status
supports setting all managed CCAP cores to either maintenance or normal modes with the inclusion of theallCore
parameter.
Supports 50000 RPDs
The Cisco Smart PHY application supports 50000 RPDs on a 3-node compute cluster. Because the number of RPDs provisioned by Cisco Smart PHY is large, we recommend that the operators work with the Cisco Smart PHY application programmatically through its REST API.
Deprecated APIs
The following 6 APIs are deprecated in this release:
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/rpd-service-manager/rpdorch/v1/rpd-pairing/set-rpd-pairing
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/rpd-service-manager/rpdorch/v1/rpd-pairing/query-rpd-pairing
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/rpd-service-manager/rpdorch/v1/rpd-pairing/query-rpd-mac-pairing
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/rpd-service-manager/rpdorch/v1/rpd-pairing/query-rpd-name-pairing
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/rpd-service-manager/rpdorch/v1/rpd-pairing/clear-rpd-pairing
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/rpd-service-manager/rpdorch/v1/rpd-pairing/delete-rpd-pairing