Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Installation Guide
SBE Activation
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SBE Activation
Overview
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
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.
What to Expect During Day One
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
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
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
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
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
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.