Cisco Headend System Release 2.7
Chapter 2 Install the Services Portal
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Adding the Services Portal to the Source List
1 From the DNCS Administrative Console, click the DNCS tab.
2 Click the System Provisioning tab.
3 Click Source in the Service Provisioning group. The Source List window opens.
4 On the File menu, click New. The Set Up Source window opens.
5 For Source Name, type SP_ib_source.
6 For Source ID, type the source ID you recorded for the inband source in the
2 Click the System Provisioning tab.
3 Click Source in the Service Provisioning group. The Source List window opens.
4 On the File menu, click New. The Set Up Source window opens.
5 For Source Name, type SP_ib_source.
6 For Source ID, type the source ID you recorded for the inband source in the
previous procedure.
7 Click Save. The system saves the source information in the DNCS database and
closes the Set Up Source window. The Source List window updates to include
the new source.
8 Leave the Source List window open, and go to Defining the Inband Source, next
in this document.
Defining the Inband Source
After you add the Services Portal sources to the DNCS database, you must define
parameters for the inband source so that the BFS knows how to process the service
content.
When you define a source, you also build a session. Sessions define and allocate the
When you define a source, you also build a session. Sessions define and allocate the
resources that the network uses to deliver service content. It may help to think of a
session as a pipeline through the DBDS that delivers specific service content.
Complete these steps to define the inband BFS source.
Note: This process is also known as provisioning the source.
1 In the Source List window, select the SP_ib_source.
2 On the File menu, click Source Definitions. The Source Definition List window
Complete these steps to define the inband BFS source.
Note: This process is also known as provisioning the source.
1 In the Source List window, select the SP_ib_source.
2 On the File menu, click Source Definitions. The Source Definition List window
opens for SP_ib_source.
3 On the File menu, click New Digital. The Set Up Digital Source Definition
window opens.