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REVIEW DRAFT—CISCO CONFIDENTIAL
User Guide for
Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x
Part 1 – Cisco Digital Media Suite Administration
Part 2 – Control DMPs and Presentation Systems
Part 3 – Communicate Anything with Cisco Digital Signs
Part 4 – Deliver IPTV Programming with Cisco Cast
Revised: May 31, 2011
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REVIEW DRAFT—CISCO CONFIDENTIAL THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL STATEMENTS, INFORMATION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE BUT ARE PRESENTED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS. THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY FOR THE ACCOMPANYING PRODUCT ARE SET FORTH IN THE INFORMATION PACKET THAT SHI
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CONTENTS PART 1 Cisco Digital Media Suite Administration CHAPTER 1 Welcome [to DMS-Admin] 1-1 Concepts 1-1 Glossary 1-2 Procedures 1-2 Learn Your DMM Appliance Serial Number 1-2 Start DMS-Admin 1-3 Set a User Session Timeout for Components of Cisco DMS 1-5 Reference 1-6 FAQs and Troubleshooting 1-6 FAQs 1-6 CHAPTER 2 DMS-Admin Dashboard 2-1 Concepts 2-1 Dashboard Overview 2-1 Understand the Alerts Gauge 2-2 Understand the System Information Gauge 2-3 Understand the Status Gauge 2-3 Understand th
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Contents Reference 3-4 Base Licenses for Cisco DMS Appliances and Endpoints 3-5 Optional Module Licenses 3-6 CHAPTER 4 Server Operations 4-1 Procedures 4-1 Check Processes Remotely 4-1 Restart Appliances Remotely 4-2 Reference 4-3 Server Processes 4-3 CHAPTER 5 Cisco Hinter for RTSP 5-1 Concepts 5-1 Overview 5-1 Workflow 5-2 Restrictions 5-3 Procedures 5-3 Download Cisco Hinter 5-4 Windows 5-4 Install Cisco Hinter on Windows 5-4 Run Cisco Hinter on Windows 5-5 Linux 5-5 Install Cisco Hinter on
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Contents LDAP Concepts 6-14 Password Concepts 6-16 Understand Authentication Property Sheets for LDAP 6-16 Federated Identity and Single Sign-on (SSO) Concepts 6-17 IdP Requirements 6-17 Configuration Workflow to Activate Federation (SSO) Mode 6-17 Authentication Scenarios for User Sessions in Federation (SSO) Mode 6-18 Migration Between Authentication Methods 6-20 Understand Migration (from Either LDAP or SSO) to Embedded 6-20 Understand Migration (from Embedded) to Either LDAP or SSO 6-21 Pr
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Contents CHAPTER 7 Users and Groups 7-1 Concepts 7-1 Understand User Accounts 7-1 Understand User Roles 7-2 Procedures 7-2 Create User Groups 7-3 Delete User Groups 7-4 Create User Accounts 7-4 Assign Users to Groups 7-6 Edit User Accounts 7-6 Delete User Accounts 7-8 Assign User Access Rights and Permissions 7-8 Reference 7-9 Software UI and Field Reference Tables 7-9 Elements to Configure User Account Settings 7-9 FAQs and Troubleshooting 7-10 FAQs 7-10 CHAPTER 8 Events and Notifications 8-1
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Contents Configure Alert Reports and Notification Settings 8-7 Define Alert Report Parameters 8-7 Define Notification Rules 8-8 Reference 8-9 FAQs and Troubleshooting 8-9 FAQs 8-9 PART 2 Control DMPs and Presentation Systems CHAPTER 9 Welcome [to Centralized DMP Management] 9-1 Concepts 9-1 Overview 9-1 Procedures 9-2 Start Digital Signs 9-2 CHAPTER 10 DMP Dashboard 10-1 Concepts 10-2 Overview 10-2 Understand the Media and Schedules Gauge 10-2 Understand the Left Side of the Media and Schedule
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Contents Partial Support for Cisco Medianet 2.1 Features 11-6 Understand Medianet Autoconfiguration for DMPs 11-7 Information That Medianet and DMPs Exchange 11-7 Medianet Activation Workflow for a DMP 4310G or 4400G 11-8 Restrictions 11-9 Guidelines 11-10 Limit Your Use of Manual Registration 11-10 General Best Practices for Non-Medianet Autoregistration 11-10 Best Practices to Schedule Non-Medianet Autoregistration Events 11-10 Understand the Sequence of Operations for Non-Medianet Autoregis
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Contents Reference 12-6 Software UI and Field Reference Tables 12-6 Top-Level Elements to Manage DMPs and DMP Groups 12-6 Elements to Add or Edit DMP Groups 12-7 Elements to Delete DMP Groups 12-8 Elements to Add DMPs Manually to a DMP Group 12-8 Elements to Remove a DMP from a DMP Group 12-8 FAQs and Troubleshooting 12-9 FAQs 12-9 CHAPTER 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings 13-1 Concepts 13-1 Glossary 13-1 ASCII Passphrases and Hexadecimal Keys for WEP 13-4 Workflow 13-4 Restrictions 13-5 Procedu
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Contents Activate RS-232 Syntax Support for DMTech Equipment 14-13 Activate RS-232 Syntax Support for NEC Presentation Systems 14-13 Prepare a 40- or 52-inch Cisco LCD to Support Centralized Management through DVI 14-13 Activate or Deactivate HDMI Autodetection 14-14 Activate or Deactivate Resolution Autodetection 14-15 Configure and Manage Equipment 14-15 Define DMP Output Settings for Video and Audio 14-15 Edit DMP Output Settings for Video and Audio 14-16 Delete DMP Output Settings for Vide
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Contents Start the Emulator on an IP Phone 15-9 Start the Emulator on a Mobile Phone 15-10 Use the Emulator on an IP Phone or a Mobile Phone 15-10 CHAPTER 16 DMP User Permissions 16-1 Concepts 16-1 Overview 16-1 Scenarios That Illustrate Specialized User Permissions 16-2 Scenario 1: Permission to Manage Content but Not Schedules 16-2 Scenario 2: Permission to Manage One DMP Group but No Content 16-3 Scenario 3: Permission to Manage One DMP Group, Assets, and Schedules 16-5 Scenario 4: Permissi
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Contents CHAPTER 18 Schedule Media to Play and Commands to Run 18-1 Concepts 18-1 Overview 18-1 Understand Future Deployments for Presentations 18-2 Understand Time Zones in the Schedule 18-2 Understand Tooltips in the Schedule Timeline 18-3 Understand Inline Status Messages for Deployed Events in the Schedule 18-3 Guidelines 18-3 Best Practices to Prevent Unscheduled DMP Restarts 18-3 Best Practices to Manage and Maintain the Schedule 18-3 Best Practices to Stop Playback of a Scheduled Job 18
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Contents Guidelines 19-7 DMS-CD Guidelines 19-7 Restrictions 19-11 DMS-CD Restrictions 19-11 CIFS Restrictions 19-12 ACNS Restrictions 19-12 ECDS Restrictions 19-12 Example Scenario 19-13 Organizational Logic at Acme 19-13 Deployment Scheduling Logic at Acme 19-14 Procedures 19-15 Configure ACNS or WAAS 19-15 Configure DMS-CD 19-16 Configure Deployment Threshold Preferences 19-17 Check Disk Space Capacity for Deployments 19-17 Create a Deployment Package 19-18 Edit a Deployment Package 19-19 D
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Contents Procedures 20-2 Create and Organize Playlists 20-2 Change the Sequence of Playback 20-3 Reference 20-3 Software UI and Field Reference Tables 20-3 Elements to Define a Playlist 20-3 CHAPTER 21 Proof of Play 21-1 Concepts 21-1 Overview 21-1 Restrictions 21-2 Glossary 21-2 Insertions 21-2 Workflow 21-3 Procedures 21-3 Prepare DMPs to Support Proof of Play 21-3 Enable Syslog and NTP 21-4 Enable Proof of Play Features in DMM 21-5 Create Requestors 21-6 Create Insertions 21-6 Run a Report
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Contents Schedule the Future Staging of Emergency Assets 22-6 Start Playback of an Emergency Message 22-7 Stop Playback of an Emergency Message 22-8 PART 4 Deliver IPTV Programming with Cisco Cast CHAPTER 23 Welcome [to Cisco Cast] 23-1 Concepts 23-1 Overview 23-1 Restrictions 23-2 Feature License Restrictions 23-2 Centralized Administration 23-2 On-Premises Operation 23-2 Workflow 23-2 Procedures 23-3 Start Cisco Cast 23-3 CHAPTER 24 Redistribute Live TV 24-1 Concepts 24-1 Guidelines 24-2 Sit
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Contents CHAPTER 25 Video on Demand 25-1 Concepts 25-1 Overview 25-1 Guidelines 25-2 Site Assessment for VoD Programming 25-2 Restrictions 25-2 Channel Count Restrictions 25-2 Workflow to Stage VoD Assets to DMP Local Storage 25-2 Procedures 25-3 Add a New VoD Category 25-3 Add a New VoD Subcategory 25-3 Edit a VoD Category 25-4 Delete a VoD Category 25-4 Map a Video to a VoD Category 25-5 Organize Videos in VoD Categories 25-6 Remove a Video from a Category 25-6 Stage an EPG to DMP Local Stor
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Contents CHAPTER 27 Look and Feel 27-1 Concepts 27-1 Overview 27-1 Procedures 27-2 Choose the Color Scheme for Your Menu System 27-2 Specify Which Features Your Menu System Should Include 27-2 Show a Custom Logo in Your Menu System 27-3 Show the Cisco Logo in Your Menu System 27-4 Choose the Date and Time Formats for Your Menu System 27-4 Deploy Menu System Customizations to Your DMPs 27-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 xvii
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Contents User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x xviii OL-15762-03
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PAR T 1 Cisco Digital Media Suite Administration
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