Specifications

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Cisco TV CDS 2.5 ISA Software Configuration Guide
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Appendix F Engineering Access Level Pages
CDSM or VVIM Setup
Configure > Array Level in the CDSM. The Shared ISA Setup page has all the Content Store
information configured on the Vaults that is shared with all the VBOs. The VHO ISA Setup page has the
Stream Services information for similar groups of Stream Groups in the same VHO.
Distributed
The Distributed Content Storage option allows for two configurations:
• ISA Regionalization—Allows the use of a centralized storage facility containing both Vaults and
Caching Nodes in a Virtual Video Infrastructure (VVI), while maintaining a localized or remote
CDS at each headend. For more information, see the “ISA Regionalization” section on page 2-12.
ISA Regionalization requires that Vault Groups be enabled on the Stream Manager CDSM.
• Vault Virtualization—Replaces the SCS with the Virtual Content Store (VCS). No content is
ingested at the local VHO. All ingests and deletions of content occur at the central location, and both
ingests and deletions are initiated by the local BMS at each local VHO, just as they were in the SCS.
However, the VHOs do not need to communicate with the super headend (SHE) as they did with the
SCS feature. With VCS, communication of ingestions and deletions is handled by the Ingest Driver
client residing on the master Streamer in each VHO and the Ingest Driver server residing on the
master Vault in the SHE. Vault Virtualization requires that Vault Groups be disabled on the Stream
Manager CDSM. For more information, see the “Virtual Content Store” section on page 2-16.
VVI
When Distributed is selected as the Content Storage type, Streaming Mode (ASI or Gige) option is
added under VVI. Streaming Mode must be set to Gige for the Content Storage feature, whether Shared
or Distributed is selected. For Shared, the streaming mode is configured on the VHO ISA Setup page.
For Distributed, the streaming mode is selected on the CDSM Setup page.
Change Notifications
When VVIM or Stream Manager is the role for a Distributed Content Storage, then the Change
Notification option is available. When Change Notifications is enabled, notifications are sent and
received between the Stream Manager and the VVIM when changes are made to the Vault Groups and
Cache Groups.
Media Scheduler
The Media Scheduler is an optional feature and requires a software activation key to enable it. For more
information about activating the Media Scheduler, see the “Initializing the CDS and Activating the
Optional Features” section on page 3-3. The Media Scheduler allows live ingests from multicast IP
addresses and uses the Input Channels page to map multicast IP addresses to channels. You can enable
either Media Scheduler or Real-Time Capture Type, but not both.
The Media Scheduler has the option to set the Importer/Transformer Type to either OCN or SA
Tribune. This setting is determined by your deployment.
The Start Day of Year for Asset ID Generation is either 0 or 1. The setting is determined by what Cisco
TV CDS software release you initially started using Media Scheduler in. In Release 2.1 and before, the
Asset ID starts with 0 per design. In Release 2.2 and Release 2.3, the Asset ID starts with 1 per design.