Operating and Maintaining a Cisco DCM - DCMOM v1.0
Description
The Operating and Maintaining a Cisco Digital Content Manager (DCM) instructor-led course provides the student with the knowledge and skills required to operate and maintain this complex component used to process MPEG video streams for transport. This task-based Operating and Maintaining a Cisco DCM – DCMOM v1.0 course will give you the knowledge and skills to configure the Cisco DCM. Hands-on practical exercises will enable you to apply your skills. Select exercises are used for key tasks common to Cisco DCM implementation in a broadband network.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Identify DCM hardware components and describe their functions
- Use the DCMs GUI to configure basic service settings and transport stream parameters such as bandwidth settings, MPEG program numbers, PID numbers, and multicast addresses
- Use the DCMs GUI to successfully:
- Multiplex services from input ports to output ports
- Reduce and manage the bandwidth of services
- Switch local content to support targeted advertising campaigns
- Configure DCM redundancy features to make sure of service continuity
- Use the DCM GUI to configure and monitor system performance
Prerequisites
Following are the prerequisites for this course:
- MPEG processing fundamentals and terminology.
- Recommended course: Introduction to Video Compression.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for technical professionals who need to know how to operate and maintain a Cisco DCM in their network environment. The primary audience for this course includes:
- System engineers
- Technical support personnel
- Channel partners, resellers
Outline
- DCM Role in Video Delivery
- The MPEG Transport Stream
- Multiplexing
- Transrating
- Digital Program Insertion
- Forward Error Correction
- Scrambling/Descrambling
- Transcoding
- DCM Hardware
- DCM Models
- DCM Front and Back Panel Features
- ASI Card
- GbE Card
- Coprocessor Plug-In
- FEC Card
- 8VSB Card
- Other Available Cards and Hardware Elements
- DCM Interface Overview
- Menus and Submenus
- Tree View
- Icons
- Alarms View
- Device Setup
- General Default Settings
- Accessing the Configuration Interface
- Hardware and Software Version
- Setting Device Name and Clock
- Setting IP Address of Management Ports
- Connecting the Management Port
- Checking Licenses
- Card Configuration
- Accessing the Configuration Menu
- ASI Card Interface and Configuration
- GbE Port Interface and Configuration
- Configuring the IP Aliasing Feature
- Status Subpage
- Setting Default Input/Output Values
- Modifying Incoming and Outgoing Transport Streams (TSs)
- Modifying Incoming TS Settings
- Modfifying Incoming TS Service Parameters
- Methods for Building Outgoing Streams
- Creating and Modifying Outgoing Streams on the ASI Card
- Creating and Modifying Outgoing Streams on the GbE Card
- Transrating
- Overview
- Bit-Rate Limiting
- Statistical Multiplexing
- Pass Through
- Creating and Modifying Transrating Groups
- Licenses/Video Processing Units
- Digital Program Insertion (DPI)
- Overview
- Splicing Events
- Trigger Splicing Events
- Using the Advance Routing Screen
- Licenses/Video Processing Units
- DCM Redundancy
- Types of Redundancy
- IP Aliasing
- Port Backup and Mirroring
- TS Backup
- Service Backup
- Maintenance
- Device Reboot and Factory Default
- Creating and Deleting User Accounts
- ESD
- Importing Configuration Files
- Device Status
- Bit-Rate Status
- Input Status per TS or Service
- Output Status per TS or Service
- Alarms
Lab Outline
- Lab 1: Getting Help
- Lab 2: Taming the Sub-Menu
- Lab 3: Device Configuration
- Lab 4: ASI and GbE Card/Port Configuration
- Lab 5: Building and Modifying Transport Streams
- Lab 6: Building Transrating Groups
- Lab 7: Digital Program Insertion
- Lab 8: Service Backup
- Lab 9: Maintenance