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Troubleshooting Tips

Display the Cable Modem’s MAC Log File

A MAC layer circular log file is inside the cable modem. This file contains a history of log messages, such as state event activities and timestamps, which are used for troubleshooting purposes. This log file contains the most valuable information for a cable technician or engineer to debug the cable interface.

The MAC log file is displayed by entering the show controller cable-modem 0 mac log EXEC command.

The most useful display fields in this log file are the reported state changes. These fields are preceded by the message CMAC_LOG_STATE_CHANGE. These fields show how the cable modem progresses through the various processes involved in establishing communication with the CMTS and registration. The maintenance_state is the normal operational state, and the

is the normal state when the interface is shutdown.

Here is the normal progression of states as displayed by the MAC log:

wait_for_link_up_state

ds_channel_scanning_state wait_ucd_state wait_map_state ranging_1_state ranging_2_state dhcp_state establish_tod_state security_association_state configuration_file_state registration_state establish_privacy_state maintenance_state

Note To translate this output into more meaningful information, see the “Interpret the MAC Log File and Take Action” section on page 10.

Here is what an example MAC log file looks like when the cable modem interface successfully comes up and registers with the cable network. The output you see is directly related to the messages that are exchanged between the cable modem and the CMTS (the Cisco uBR7246).

uBR904# show controller cable-modem 0 mac log

 

508144.340

CMAC_LOG_DRIVER_INIT_IDB_RESET

0x08098FEA

508144.342

CMAC_LOG_LINK_DOWN

 

508144.344

CMAC_LOG_LINK_UP

 

508144.348

CMAC_LOG_STATE_CHANGE

ds_channel_scanning_state

508144.350

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

88/453000000/855000000/6000000

508144.354

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

89/93000000/105000000/6000000

508144.356

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

90/111250000/117250000/6000000

508144.360

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

91/231012500/327012500/6000000

508144.362

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

92/333015000/333015000/6000000

508144.366

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

93/339012500/399012500/6000000

508144.370

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

94/405000000/447000000/6000000

508144.372

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

95/123015000/129015000/6000000

508144.376

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

96/135012500/135012500/6000000

508144.380

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

97/141000000/171000000/6000000

508144.382

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

98/219000000/225000000/6000000

508144.386

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_DS_FREQUENCY_BAND

99/177000000/213000000/6000000

508144.390

CMAC_LOG_WILL_SEARCH_SAVED_DS_FREQUENCY

699000000

508145.540

CMAC_LOG_UCD_MSG_RCVD

3

508146.120

CMAC_LOG_DS_64QAM_LOCK_ACQUIRED

699000000

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