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Chapter 3 Getting Started

Activating and Synchronizing the Devices

The CDS administrator approves a device by making it active. This security feature prevents

unauthorized devices from joining the CDS.

Caution All devices must be synchronized with each other in order for the CDS to function properly.

Synchronization ensures accurate timestamps in all the logs and accuracy in caching decisions

determined by If Modified Since (IMS) lookups. Using Network Time Protocol (NTP) to synchronize

the devices in the CDS is the best practice.

Note If the network is not configured with NTP, then every device in the CDS must be configured with exactly

the same time and time zone. We recommend that you use an NTP server for network synchronization.

Activating and Setting NTP for Each Device

Tip To navigate within the Internet Streaming CDSM, click one of the tabs (for example, Devices) and then

one of the tab options (for example Locations). Navigational directions in procedures are written in the

following way:

Devices > Devices > Assignments > Device Groups

Note From the Devices Table, you can activate all inactive devices by clicking the Activate All Inactive SEs

icon. See the “Activating All Inactive Service Engines” section on page 3-5.

To activate and synchronize a Service Engine (SE) or Service Router (SR), do the following:

Step 1 From the Internet Streaming CDSM home page, choose Devices > Devices. The Devices Table is

displayed (Figure 3-2) listing all the registered SEs and SRs.

Figure 3-2 Devices Table Page–Edit Device

Step 2

Click the Edit icon next to the device name. The Device home page is displayed.