User Guide

Chapter 2 Provisioning
SDV Design File
SDV Design Files are commonly used by SDV customers to maintain an accounting
of configuration parameters and service group associations for the various devices in
the network. The SDV Design File was originally conceived to capture legacy SDV
Server/GQAM networks in a single common file that could be shared between Cisco
network engineering and customers. The SDV Design File now supports USRM and
RFGW1.
SDV Design Files have multiple tabs offering various perspectives of how SDV
equipment is arranged hierarchically into headends, hubs, and service groups.
Generally, there is a single tab that itemizes all hubs in a network by location name,
followed by a series of sheets detailing the QAM/service group associations
including frequency, and TSID assignments.
1st Generation SDV Design File
The following screen shows a GQAM arrangement in the 1st generation SDV Design
File. In order to capture the striping plan of various physical RF ports, GQAM
chassis are organized in columns (vertically), while service groups are organized
across rows (horizontally).
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