Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 Mode D'Emploi
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Contents
About This Guide
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Chapter 1 Preparations to Add a BFS Carousel
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Collect BFS Source Configuration Information ................................................................... 2
BFS Performance Guidelines .................................................................................................. 4
Determine the Available Bandwidth on the BFS for Inband or Out-of-Band Sources .. 5
Verify the Presence of a VCI for Inband BFS Sources ......................................................... 8
Select a Source ID for the New BFS Source .......................................................................... 9
Chapter 2 Add New BFS Sources
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Verify the Number of Sessions Before Adding an Inband Source .................................. 12
Add a New Inband Carousel to the BIG PAT Table ......................................................... 13
Create a BFS Source and Source Definition for the Inband Source ................................ 18
Create a BFS Source for a New Inband or Out-of-Band Carousel .................................. 23
Authorize the BFS Server for a New Inband or Out-of-Band Carousel ......................... 26
Create the Client BFS Server for the Inband or Out-of-Band Carousel .......................... 28
Verify the Number of Sessions After Adding an Inband Source .................................... 31
Verify the BFS Carousel Sessions and Bandwidth Usage ................................................ 33
Chapter 3 Delete BFS Sources
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Verify the Number of Sessions Before Deleting an Inband Source ................................ 36
Delete Client BFS Servers for Inband or Out-of-Band Carousels .................................... 37
Delete the BFS Server Authorized for the Inband or Out-of-Band Carousels.............. 38
Delete BFS Sources from the Data Carousel for Inband or Out-of-Band Carousels .... 39
Remove an Application from the Source List .................................................................... 40
Remove the Inband BFS Carousel from the BIG PAT Table ............................................ 42
Stop the BFS Server Processes .............................................................................................. 44
Tear Down and Rebuild BFS Sessions ................................................................................ 45
Restart the BFS Server Processes ......................................................................................... 46
Verify the Number of Sessions After Deleting an Inband Source .................................. 47
Chapter 4 Customer Information
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