Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 User Guide
Chapter 1 Preparations to Add a BFS Carousel
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Collect BFS Source Configuration Information
Overview
This section highlights the information that you need to gather from the DNCS
administrator and the provider of the application that you are adding to your
system. Source, server, and client information, related to the application, is needed
for each carousel that is added to the DNCS.
administrator and the provider of the application that you are adding to your
system. Source, server, and client information, related to the application, is needed
for each carousel that is added to the DNCS.
Note: If you did not receive this information from your application provider, you
should contact them to fill in the values to the following tables.
should contact them to fill in the values to the following tables.
Source Information
Fill in the following table with the appropriate values for the source.
Field
Value from Provider
Example Value
Source Name
Test IB
Source ID
1
220
Source Type
(BFS or PowerKEY)
(BFS or PowerKEY)
BFS
Transport Type
(Inband or Out-of-Band)
(Inband or Out-of-Band)
Inband
Data Rate (Mbps)
.05
Block Size (bytes)
1024
Indication Interval (msec)
100
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The system operator will select the source ID. The entry in this table is simply to verify if
there is a preferred or suggested value.
Server Information
Fill in the following table with the appropriate values for your server.
Field
Value from Provider
Example Value
Server Name
Test IB
Source
Test IB Source