PacketCable Developer Guide¶

PCMM Specification¶

System Overview¶

These components introduce a DOCSIS QoS Service Flow management using the PCMM protocol. The driver component is responsible for the PCMM/COPS/PDP functionality required to service requests from PacketCable Provider and FlowManager. Requests are transposed into PCMM Gate Control messages and transmitted via COPS to the CCAP/CMTS. This plugin adheres to the PCMM/COPS/PDP functionality defined in the CableLabs specification. PacketCable solution is an MDSAL compliant component.

PacketCable Components¶

The packetcable maven project is comprised of several modules.

Bundle	Description
packetcable-driver	A common module that containts the COPS stack and manages all connections to CCAPS/CMTSes.
packetcable-emulator	A basic CCAP emulator to facilitate testing the the plugin when no physical CCAP is avaible.
packetcable-policy-karaf	Generates a Karaf distribution with a config that loads all the packetcable features at runtime.
packetcable-policy-model	Contains the YANG information model.
packetcable-policy-server	Provider hosts the model processing, RESTCONF, and API implementation.

Setting Logging Levels¶

From the Karaf console

log:set <LEVEL> (<PACKAGE>|<BUNDLE>)
Example
log:set DEBUG org.opendaylight.packetcable.packetcable-policy-server

Tools for Testing¶

Postman REST client for Chrome¶

Install the Chrome extension

Download and import sample packetcable collection

View Rest API¶

Install the odl-mdsal-apidocs feature from the karaf console.
Open http://localhost:8181/apidoc/explorer/index.html default dev build user/pass is admin/admin
Navigate to the PacketCable section.

Yang-IDE¶

Editing yang can be done in any text editor but Yang-IDE will help prevent mistakes.

Setup and Build Yang-IDE for Eclipse

Using Wireshark to Trace PCMM¶

To start wireshark with privileges issue the following command:
```
sudo wireshark &
```
Select the interface to monitor.
Use the Filter to only display COPS messages by applying “cops” in the filter field.

Wireshark looking for COPS messages.

Debugging and Verifying DQoS Gate (Flows) on the CCAP/CMTS¶

Below are some of the most useful CCAP/CMTS commands to verify flows have been enabled on the CMTS.

Cisco¶

Cisco CMTS Cable Command Reference

Find the Cable Modem¶

10k2-DSG#show cable modem
                                                                                  D
MAC Address    IP Address      I/F           MAC           Prim RxPwr  Timing Num I
                                             State         Sid  (dBmv) Offset CPE P
0010.188a.faf6 0.0.0.0         C8/0/0/U0     offline       1    0.00   1482   0   N
74ae.7600.01f3 10.32.115.150   C8/0/10/U0    online        1    -0.50  1431   0   Y
0010.188a.fad8 10.32.115.142   C8/0/10/UB    w-online      2    -0.50  1507   1   Y
000e.0900.00dd 10.32.115.143   C8/0/10/UB    w-online      3    1.00   1677   0   Y
e86d.5271.304f 10.32.115.168   C8/0/10/UB    w-online      6    -0.50  1419   1   Y

Show PCMM Plugin Connection¶

10k2-DSG#show packetcabl ?
  cms     Gate Controllers connected to this PacketCable client
  event   Event message server information
  gate    PacketCable gate information
  global  PacketCable global information

10k2-DSG#show packetcable cms
GC-Addr        GC-Port  Client-Addr    COPS-handle  Version PSID Key PDD-Cfg


10k2-DSG#show packetcable cms
GC-Addr        GC-Port  Client-Addr    COPS-handle  Version PSID Key PDD-Cfg
10.32.0.240    54238    10.32.15.3     0x4B9C8150/1    4.0   0    0   0

Show COPS Messages¶

debug cops details

Use CM Mac Address to List Service Flows¶

10k2-DSG#show cable modem
                                                                                  D
MAC Address    IP Address      I/F           MAC           Prim RxPwr  Timing Num I
                                             State         Sid  (dBmv) Offset CPE P
0010.188a.faf6 ---             C8/0/0/UB     w-online      1    0.50   1480   1   N
74ae.7600.01f3 10.32.115.150   C8/0/10/U0    online        1    -0.50  1431   0   Y
0010.188a.fad8 10.32.115.142   C8/0/10/UB    w-online      2    -0.50  1507   1   Y
000e.0900.00dd 10.32.115.143   C8/0/10/UB    w-online      3    0.00   1677   0   Y
e86d.5271.304f 10.32.115.168   C8/0/10/UB    w-online      6    -0.50  1419   1   Y


10k2-DSG#show cable modem 000e.0900.00dd service-flow


SUMMARY:
MAC Address    IP Address      Host          MAC           Prim  Num Primary    DS
                               Interface     State         Sid   CPE Downstream RfId
000e.0900.00dd 10.32.115.143   C8/0/10/UB    w-online      3     0   Mo8/0/2:1  2353


Sfid  Dir Curr  Sid   Sched  Prio MaxSusRate  MaxBrst     MinRsvRate  Throughput
          State       Type
23    US  act   3     BE     0    0           3044        0           39
30    US  act   16    BE     0    500000      3044        0           0
24    DS  act   N/A   N/A    0    0           3044        0           17



UPSTREAM SERVICE FLOW DETAIL:

SFID  SID   Requests   Polls      Grants     Delayed    Dropped    Packets
                                             Grants     Grants
23    3     784        0          784        0          0          784
30    16    0          0          0          0          0          0


DOWNSTREAM SERVICE FLOW DETAIL:

SFID  RP_SFID QID    Flg Policer               Scheduler             FrwdIF
                         Xmits      Drops      Xmits      Drops
24    33019   131550     0          0          777        0          Wi8/0/2:2

Flags Legend:
$: Low Latency Queue (aggregated)
~: CIR Queue

Deleting a PCMM Gate Message from the CMTS¶

10k2-DSG#test cable dsd  000e.0900.00dd 30

Find service flows¶

All gate controllers currently connected to the PacketCable client are displayed

show cable modem 00:11:22:33:44:55 service flow   ????
show cable modem

Debug and display PCMM Gate messages¶

debug packetcable gate control
debug packetcable gate events
show packetcable gate summary
show packetcable global
show packetcable cms

Debug COPS messages¶

debug cops detail
debug packetcable cops
debug cable dynamic_qos trace

Integration Verification¶

Checkout the integration project and perform regression tests.

git clone ssh://${ODL_USERNAME}@git.opendaylight.org:29418/integration.git
git clone https:/git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/integration.git

Check and edit the integration/features/src/main/resources/features.xml and follow the directions there.
Check and edit the integration/features/pom.xml and add a dependency for your feature file
Build integration/features and debug

mvn clean install

Test your feature in the integration/distributions/extra/karaf/ distribution

cd integration/distributions/extra/karaf/
mvn clean install
cd target/assembly/bin
./karaf

service-wrapper¶

Install http://karaf.apache.org/manual/latest/users-guide/wrapper.html

opendaylight-user@root>feature:install service-wrapper
opendaylight-user@root>wrapper:install --help
DESCRIPTION
        wrapper:install

Install the container as a system service in the OS.

SYNTAX
        wrapper:install [options]

OPTIONS
        -d, --display
                The display name of the service.
                (defaults to karaf)
        --help
                Display this help message
        -s, --start-type
                Mode in which the service is installed. AUTO_START or DEMAND_START (Default: AUTO_START)
                (defaults to AUTO_START)
        -n, --name
                The service name that will be used when installing the service. (Default: karaf)
                (defaults to karaf)
        -D, --description
                The description of the service.
                (defaults to )

opendaylight-user@root> wrapper:install
Creating file: /home/user/odl/distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron/bin/karaf-wrapper
Creating file: /home/user/odl/distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron/bin/karaf-service
Creating file: /home/user/odl/distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron/etc/karaf-wrapper.conf
Creating file: /home/user/odl/distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron/lib/libwrapper.so
Creating file: /home/user/odl/distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron/lib/karaf-wrapper.jar
Creating file: /home/user/odl/distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron/lib/karaf-wrapper-main.jar

Setup complete.  You may wish to tweak the JVM properties in the wrapper configuration file:
/home/user/odl/distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron/etc/karaf-wrapper.conf
before installing and starting the service.


Ubuntu/Debian Linux system detected:
  To install the service:
    $ ln -s /home/user/odl/distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron/bin/karaf-service /etc/init.d/

  To start the service when the machine is rebooted:
    $ update-rc.d karaf-service defaults

  To disable starting the service when the machine is rebooted:
    $ update-rc.d -f karaf-service remove

  To start the service:
    $ /etc/init.d/karaf-service start

  To stop the service:
    $ /etc/init.d/karaf-service stop

  To uninstall the service :
    $ rm /etc/init.d/karaf-service