Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Installation Guide

 

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After you perform system checks to determine that your system is ready for SBE 

activation, Cisco Services engineers perform the series of tasks necessary to begin 

activating SBE on your system; essentially, these tasks cause the creation of type 8 

EMMs. It is the presence of type 8 EMMs and enabling of VOD encryption that 

allows SBE to occur. 
Important: Cisco Services engineers perform the Day One tasks to activate SBE. You 

must follow the steps for Days Two, Five, Ten, and Seventeen to complete the SBE 

activation process. 

 

After the representative who handles your account receives notification from your 

Program Manager, we will begin the process of activating SBE for your system. 
Important: The following tasks detailed in 

Overview of Day One Tasks (on page 12) 

will impact your system. 

Task 1: Bouncing the DNCS 
If VOD session encryption was not previously licensed for your system, then we 

must bounce (stop and then restart) the DNCS when licensing is complete. 
Note: Bouncing the DNCS should not affect the creation of type 8 EMMs or the 

remaining Day One tasks. 

Task 6: Bouncing the camAuditor process 
If VOD session encryption is licensed for your system, then we must bounce the 

camAm and camAuditor processes on your system. 
Important: Bouncing the camAuditor process does not impact the operation of the 

DNCS. However, bouncing the camAm process does prevent billing and staging 

transactions (hits) from being received by DHCTs. The time needed to bounce the 

camAm process is minimal (approximately 2 minutes or less). It is not necessary to 

schedule this activity during a maintenance window if you and the engineer are 

aware of the resulting processing delay. No transactions will be lost.