Patent ID: 7978722

Claim:
A method for redistributing lines among a plurality of headend modems in a host digital terminal by redistributing voiceport assignments to the headend modems, the method comprising: testing, by a computer, whether at least one voiceport move for a node served by the host digital terminal have been verified; if the at least one voiceport move has been verified, indicating each verified-move voiceport; and if the at least one voiceport move has not been verified, verifying the at least one voiceport move by: executing a trial move of at least one associated voiceport; marshalling-in the at least one trial-moved voiceport; if the at least one trial-moved voiceport is not successfully marshalled-in, returning the trial-moved voiceport to each original headend modem; if the at least one trial-moved voiceport is successfully marshaled-in, indicating the voiceport move for the trial-moved voiceport is a verified-moved voiceport; and moving an assignment of the at least one verified-moved voiceport to its new headend modem.