Cisco Headend System Release 2.7
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Contents
About This Guide
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Chapter 1 Distributed BFS Plant Configurations
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Overview ................................................................................................................................... 2
Data Transmission Options .................................................................................................... 3
ATM Distributed BFS Plant Configurations ........................................................................ 4
ASI Distributed BFS Plant Configurations ........................................................................... 6
Process Overview ..................................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2 DNCS Configuration for Distributed BFS
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Time to Complete ................................................................................................................... 10
Pre-Configuration Tasks ....................................................................................................... 11
Add an MPEG Source ........................................................................................................... 12
Add Another BFS QAM to the DNCS ................................................................................. 16
Set Up CF Sessions for the Additional BFS QAM ............................................................. 22
Add a New OSM Source, Source Definition, and Session ............................................... 31
Worksheet ............................................................................................................................... 35
Chapter 3 Enabling CVT Downloads on the DNCS
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Overview ................................................................................................................................. 38
Confirming That All DNCS Processes Are Running ........................................................ 39
Adding OSM Entries to the DNCS .profile File ................................................................. 41
Gather Information for the osmAutoMux.cfg File ............................................................ 42
Gather Information for Your OSM Configuration File ..................................................... 48
Review Record Layout Examples ........................................................................................ 50
Configuring the osmAutoMux.cfg File ............................................................................... 51
Removing OSM Entries From the DNCS .profile userid File .......................................... 53
Testing the Distributed BFS Configuration ........................................................................ 54
Chapter 4 Disabling OSM Automux
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Before You Begin .................................................................................................................... 56
Checking BFS QAM Frequencies ......................................................................................... 57
Verify Program Numbers ..................................................................................................... 58
Removing OSM Entries From the DNCS .profile userid File .......................................... 61
Bouncing the OSM Process ................................................................................................... 62