Cisco Systems 5.2.x manual Example Scenario, Organizational Logic at Acme, 19-13

Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery

Concepts

Caution	Never delete an ECDS channel that Cisco DMS uses. Otherwise, you cannot see, select, edit, or delete in your schedule any
		events that use the deleted channel. In this case, content substitution occurs on your DMPs because scheduled events call upon
		missing assets. So, before you delete any ECDS channel, be sure that you have deleted from your schedule all events that will be
		disrupted by its absence.

Example Scenario

Acme might be almost any kind of organization that uses digital signs. In this scenario, Acme uses digital signs at five of its sites. The scenario describes how Acme organizes its DMPs across these sites, and then optimizes its schedule and settings for efficient delivery of strategic assets to DMPs.

Because the standard floorplan at Acme allows for five signs per site, the Acme signage network combines 25 DMPs with 25 digital signs. As there are five weeknights per week and coincidentally, five DMP groups at Acme, its technical staff use a streamlined deployment strategy.

They create and save just five deployment packages in total — merely one per DMP group. They update the assets in each package according to a schedule for planned changes. They configure each package deployment to recur once per week, on a weeknight. Then, as needed, they can use the Play Now feature to deploy urgent or mission-critical changes in real time, if the standard timeslot is not appropriate.

•Organizational Logic at Acme, page 19-13

•Deployment Scheduling Logic at Acme, page 19-14

Organizational Logic at Acme

Table 19-3	Organizational Logic for DMPs and Digital Signs at Acme
Item		Description at Acme
Locations		Acme calls its locations with digital signs Site A, Site B, Site C, Site D, and Site E.
DMP Groups		Acme sorts its 25 DMPs into five DMP groups.
		• The five DMPs in Group 1 receive their scheduled deployment every Monday.
		• The five DMPs in Group 2 receive their scheduled deployment every Tuesday.
		• The five DMPs in Group 3 receive their scheduled deployment every Wednesday.
		• The five DMPs in Group 4 receive their scheduled deployment every Thursday.
		• The five DMPs in Group 5 receive their scheduled deployment every Friday.

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