Cisco DNCS System Release 2.7 3.7 4.2 Installation Guide

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Verify the Number of BFS Sessions 
 
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10  Click the button on the left next to Session ID in the top row. This selects ALL 
BFS sessions displayed on this page. 
11  Click Tear Down at the bottom of the page. All BFS sessions are torn down. 
12  Click EC from the left-most portion of the window to open the EC Process Status. 
13  Click the bfsServer radio button. 
14  Click Start. The bfsServer process starts and turns green. 
15  Scroll to the osm service and click its radio button. 
16  Click Start. The osm process starts and turns green. 
Note: Wait about 10 minutes for the BFS sessions to build. 
17  Click the EC drop-down arrow, navigate to Utilities, and select Session List. The 
Session List Filter page opens. 
18  Select the BFS QAM from the QAMs list. 
19  Click Display at the bottom of the page. The Session Summary page opens. 
20  Are all the BFS Sessions present and active? 
 
If yes, continue with step 21. 
 
If no, contact Cisco Services for assistance. 
21  Press the RF Sel button on the front panel of the BFS GQAM modulator until the 
port with the BFS sessions displays. 
22  Does the Session Count total now equal the number of sessions you recorded in 
the Check the Number of BFS Sessions procedure? 
 
If yes, continue with step 29. 
 
If no, contact Cisco Services for assistance. 
23  As the dncs user, type the following command and press Enter. The BFS session 
count is displayed. 
auditQam –query [BFS QAM IP address] [Port Number]
 
Example: auditQam –query 192.0.2.20 2 
Important: Be sure to use the IP address of the BFS QAM in your system when 
running this procedure. 
Number of Sessions = 12
 
        Session 1:    00:00:00:00:00:02/2
 
        Session 2:    00:00:00:00:00:02/4
 
        Session 3:    00:00:00:00:00:02/6
 
        Session 4:    00:00:00:00:00:02/8
 
        Session 5:    00:00:00:00:00:02/10
 
        Session 6:    00:00:00:00:00:02/12
 
        Session 7:    00:00:00:00:00:02/14
 
        Session 8:    00:00:00:00:00:02/16
 
        Session 9:    00:00:00:00:00:02/18