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Authorize the BFS Server for a New Inband or Out-of-Band Carousel
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Authorize the BFS Server for a New Inband or Out-
of-Band Carousel
of-Band Carousel
Overview
This section describes how to authorize the BFS server for an inband or out-of-band
carousel. Authorizing the BFS server allows the BFS to send the data carousel to the
BFS client on the DNCS.
carousel. Authorizing the BFS server allows the BFS to send the data carousel to the
BFS client on the DNCS.
Note: If you are using the RCS option and want to set up a third-party application so
that it is automatically available to any future sites that you may build, use the All
Sites option on the Please Select a Site window to add an inband or out-of-band data
carousel for the application. (To use the All Sites option, click File and select All Sites
from the Please Select a Site window.) When you add an inband or out-of-band data
carousel to the Site All Sites BFS Administration window, the system automatically
makes the third-party application available to any future sites that you build. When
using the All Sites option, it is not necessary to register the server with the BFS
Client.
that it is automatically available to any future sites that you may build, use the All
Sites option on the Please Select a Site window to add an inband or out-of-band data
carousel for the application. (To use the All Sites option, click File and select All Sites
from the Please Select a Site window.) When you add an inband or out-of-band data
carousel to the Site All Sites BFS Administration window, the system automatically
makes the third-party application available to any future sites that you build. When
using the All Sites option, it is not necessary to register the server with the BFS
Client.
Authorizing the BFS Server for the New Carousel
1 From the BFS Administration window (non-RCS) or the Site AllSites BFS
Administration window (RCS), click the Servers tab.
Note: If you are running SR 2.7, a column for Third Party may appear. Select the
appropriate check box to indicate if this server is that of a third party.
Note: If you are running SR 2.7, a column for Third Party may appear. Select the
appropriate check box to indicate if this server is that of a third party.
2 Click File and select New. The Authorize BFS Server window opens.
3 Click in the Server Name field and type a name to identify the server.