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Document Title SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes

Number 365-095-13135

Revision X.2

Revision Date

12/11/2009

Author(s) Bill Armbruster, Rich DiBenedetto

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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes Revision History – see Workflow History for approvers and approval dates, and Notice for release dates Rev Notice # Description Author Revision Date X.1 SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes DiBenedetto / Armbruster 12/8/2009 X.2 Updated Operational Considerations DiBenedetto 12/10/2009 Motorola Sheet 2 of 20 Printed Copies of this Document are Not Controlled 365-095-13135 Revision X.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes 1. INTRODUCTION This firmware release is based on the SB6120-1.0.2.1-SCM00 GA Field Release of firmware. 2. PRODUCT(S) SB6120, SB6120J, SB6120E **Note: Unless otherwise noted, all firmware Fixes and New Features affecting the complete SB6120 family will be identified using the generic SB6120 naming convention. Any product specific changes will be noted with the specific product name, i.e.; SB6120J or SB6120E. 3. RELEASE DATE December 8, 2009 -- SB6120-1.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes 7. OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS 7.1. World-Wide Mode The SB6120E supports Motorola’s new “World-Wide” mode with dual certificate capability (BPI+), allowing the modem to register on a EuroDOCSIS or DOCSIS CMTS. In addition, the SB6120E with “World-Wide” mode enabled will scan for EuroDOCSIS-256QAM, EuroDOCSIS-64QAM, DOCSIS256QAM, and DOCSIS-64QAM signals. 7.2.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes 8. UPDATES IN THIS RELEASE 8.1. 1.0.2.4-SCM01 8.1.1. Reference Code Merge • This newest firmware release includes all fixes and enhancements available in the TI Reference Code drops up through v1.4.2.20. (cqvds00017476) 8.1.2. Features • Added GUI and SNMP Log Messages for various CM restarts the unit could encounter.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes • • • SB6120 not rejecting the DBC-REQ containing redundant RCC/TCC parameters. The SB6120 will send the confirmation code "REJECT-ALREADY-THERE" if the DBC tries to move the CM to a channel it is already on. (cqvds00018478) When performing a MIB Walk, the SB6120 does not display all available Motorola MIBs.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes • The SB6120 had an issue during a DBC where it would range on the new upstream SID but try to process data flows on the old SID. (cqvds00016357) • The SB6120 failed to update the Re-sequencing Channel List with DSID encoding when moving from one MAC Domain to another, causing the SB6120 to become un-pingable. (cqvds00017685) • Fixed an issue where the SB6120 SNMP agent experienced memory leaks when processing multiple SNMP authorization failures.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes 9. OLDER RELEASES 9.1. 1.0.2.1-SCM00 9.1.1. Features • The SB6120 now supports enhanced Channel Bonding capabilities to support a mixed channel configurations available on some DOCSIS 3.0 capable CMTS’. Commonly referred to as 6-8-8-8 Channel Bonding, where the SB6120 locks on a primary channel (6 MHz) and secondary channels (8 MHz) each. (cqvds00015779) 9.1.2.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ cmTestFtpTransferPayloadBytes cmTestFtpTransferTotalBytes cmTestFtpTransferElapsedTime cmTestFtpTransferThroughput • The following features and enhancements were inherited through the incorporation of the latest TI Reference Code Release 1.2.3.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes • Enhanced overall security by preventing any firmware upgrades via the CMCI Interface. (cqvds00013638) • Enhancements were made to the Worldwide Mode Change Scan Plan to allow for quicker channel acquisition.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes 9.3. 1.0.1.9-SCM00 (Not Released to General Availability) 9.3.1. Features • No new features added in this release. 9.3.2. Defects Fixed • Resolved an issue where an attached CPE device does not respond to a ping for some time after the SB6120 has completed registration with a Cisco CMTS in 8-8-8 Bonded Mode. (cqvds00015193) • Fixed a situation where an SB6120’s telnet/ping traffic stops due to a DSID sequence number being out of range. (cqvds00015495) 9.4. 1.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes 9.5.2. Defects Fixed • Fixed an issue where the SB6120 would reject configuration files with unknown TLVs and not successfully register. Following the DOCSIS Specifications, unknown TLVs must be ignored during the initialization process and the Cable Modem should successfully complete registration. (cqvds00014442) 9.6. 1.0.1.6-SCM01 9.6.1. Features • No new features added in this release. 9.6.2.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes • Fixed an issue where the SB6120 would set the TFTP Server IP Address to “255.255.255.255” if the DHCP Option 66 field was set to a hostname or FQDN. This release will now use the DHCP Offer’s siaddr field as the TFTP Server IP Address regardless of the DHCP Option 66 value. (cqvds00013913) • The SB6120 was unable to completely remove multiple IP, NmAccess, or LLC filter.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes • When the SB6120 was performing bonding recovery after secondary downstream channels were reconnected on the Cisco CMTS, the SB6120 sometimes registers as a non-bonded device even though the SB6120 sent a bonding REG-REQ message. (cqvds00013409) • Fixed one scenario for SB6120 Partial Service support on the DOCSIS 3.0 Cisco CMTS. (cqvds00013410) 1. Sometimes the CMTS ignores the CM-STATUS from the CM when a secondary downstream channel is lost.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes 9.9. 1.0.1.3-SCM00 9.9.1. Features • The SB6120 now supports the following MIBs and the reporting of pre-equalization coefficients: (cqvds00010609, cqvds00011294) ) docsIfCmStatusEqualizationData ) docsIf3CmStatusUsEqData 9.9.2. Defects Fixed • The SB6120 can now process a DSA that is sent as two parts – one part to create the service flow and a second part to make it active.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes • The SB6120 was losing IP connectivity after being upgraded to v1.0.1.1-SCM02. A temporary fix is to disable the SB6120 Packet Processor Acceleration using Texas Instrument's Session Router technology. (cqvds00012004) 9.11. 1.0.1.1-SCM02 9.11.1. Features • Implementation of Packet Processing Acceleration using Texas Instrument's Session Router technology.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes • During a Configuration File initiated upgrade, the SB6120 now reports the "docsDevSwCurrentVersion", as well as all other values in the "docsDevSoftware" MIB tree when polled. (cqvds00010838) • Additional events are now displayed in the SB6120 Events log. (cqvds00007963 and cqvds00008563) • The SB6120E will no longer reboot when a DCC is initiated by a BSR 64000.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes • SB6120 no longer reboots when on shared DS channels when there is bonded data passing to an SB6100 (which uses Motorola Proprietary DCB). (cqvds00008215) • Fixed an issue where a Range Response with an US override, but no DS change would cause the SB6120 to reset scanning. (cqvds00011093) • Multiple SNMP Get-Bulk and large instance ID issues resolved. (cqvds00008550 and cqvds00008553 9.13. 1.0.0.7-SCM00 9.13.1.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes 9.14. 1.0.0.6-SCM01 9.14.1. Not Approved For Customer GA Release 9.15. 1.0.0.5-SCM00 9.15.1. Features • The SB6120 now has the ability to be configured to advertise as a DOCSIS 2.0 capable device in the DHCP Option 60 (Vendor Class Identifier) field. This option would allow the MSO to deploy a DOCSIS 3.0 modem in a system not quite ready to provision DOCSIS 3.0 modems. A new MIB object (cmDocsis30Capable) was added to the giCmConfig private MIB.
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SB6120-1.0.2.4-SCM01 Customer Release Notes • The SB6120 now allows cmConfigFreq MIB objects to store frequencies up to 1GHz. (cqvds00009150) • In order to support higher downstream frequencies, the SB6120E continues to scan in 250 KHz steps from 860 MHz to 1GHz after the legacy North American or European scan plan is complete. (cqvds00009009) • Support has now been added for the docsIfSigQSignalNoise OID. (cqvds00008909) 9.17.2.