Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Design Guide

 

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The XDQA24 software is designed to support SDV. 

 

The RFGW software is designed to support SDV. 

 

The Netcrypt Bulk Encryptor software is designed to support SDV. 

 

The DCM software is designed to support SDV. 

 

SDV functionality has been integrated into SARA, our Resident Application. Because 
all messaging interfaces are open and standard, other set-top applications are 
expected to support the standard SDV messages and behavior as well. 

In SARA, the new "WatchSDV" application inherits all of the functionality of the 
existing "WatchTV" application. This functionality enables SDV to support picture-
in-picture (PIP), pay-per-view (PPV), recording with multiple tuners, parental 
control, and other typical set-top applications. 

 

The SDV system relies on standard IP multicasts and IP routing for the fundamental 
"switching" of the content streams. 

In order to be suitable for SDV, the edge router software must support IGMPv3. See 
GQAM Software (on page 17). Other than this support factor, standard IP routing 
behavior is expected of the software. No special support for, or knowledge of, the 
SDV application is required in the routing equipment or network. 

We will recommend a router that we have tested, or we can assist you with 
qualifying the router you choose to use in this environment.