Cisco DNCS System Release 2.8.1 3.8.1 4.3.1 User Guide

, the vendor of the application determines that you

need to add an out-of-band (OOB) data carousel to support the application, follow these instructions. They give
an overview of the process for adding an OOB data carousel to the DNCS. Click any link to display step-by-step
instructions for the procedures summarized here.

Important: If you are using our RCS solution, make the following changes to each site that will use this
third-party application. Most applications are not site-aware, so you most likely need to make the following
changes to every site in your system.

1.

carousel. BFS sources provide data to BFS servers.

2.

. Adding a BFS server is the second step in setting up an OOB data

carousel. BFS servers receive data from BFS sources and send the data to the BFS client on the DNCS.

3.

BFS server with the BFS client. When a server registers with the BFS client, the BFS regularly broadcasts
data held on the server to the access network. The BFS sends this data on data carousels to all DHCTs
in the system. However, DHCTs retrieve information carried on data carousels for only the applications
they are authorized to receive.

4.

. If needed, organize data that the third-party application provides

by adding one or more directories to the BFS server.

5.

or link from the server on the BFS client to the directory on the DNCS where you copied the third-party
application. When this file or link is created, it provides the server with data contained in the file.

Note: It is not necessary to add a DNCS source and session when adding an OOB carousel. Sources and
sessions are needed only for applications whose data is carried on a QAM channel. Additionally, because PAT
data acts as a table of contents for MPEG streams sent on QAM channels, only inband carousels require PAT
data. As a result, it is not necessary to add a carousel to the PAT when adding an OOB carousel to the DNCS.