| Entitlement Feature | Description |
|---|---|
Common Tier Encryption | Common Tier Encryption (CTE) enables SEM encryption of VOD content using Entitlement Control Messages (ECMs). The ECMs contain an encryption tier value (for example, the pre-encryption tier) that is used to protect VOD content from QAM TV acquisition. CTE also provides the capability to protect content from unauthorized digital reproduction (for example, Copy Protection) and/or analog recording. The encryption tier is considered common only in that all ARRIS set-tops will be authorized the same pre-encryption tier; however, viewing the content of another VOD subscriber would require illicit force tuning to that subscriber's hidden VOD channel. All VOD streams routed through a SEM operating in this mode will be encrypted using ECMs containing the common tier value as well as embedded default Copy Control Information (CCI) and Analog Protection System (APS) data. The default CCI data within the ECM will be set to Copy Never and the default APS setting for Copy Protection Encoding will be set to Off for the analog composite output. The SDM operator can change these defaults as required. |
Configuration Backup Export and Import | This entitlement must be activated to import and export the device backup. |
Device Limit | Device Limit configures the number of total devices the SDM is permitted to manage. |
Ethernet Capture | Authorization of this entitlement is required for functionality related to enabling Ethernet captures to be performed from any of the configured NIC interfaces on the SDM. Data from the Ethernet captures can be stored in the SDM s database so that reports or graphs can be generated from the captured data. |
Ethernet User-Defined Filtering | When the Ethernet Capture feature is enabled, Ethernet User-Defined Filtering provides the ability to create custom filters that can be applied when capturing Ethernet packets on an SDM s network interface. SDM user interface screens allow you to configure filtering criteria (such as source IP address, source port number, and so on). |
Outage Detection | Outage Detection provides the ability to detect, through the NC 1500, set-top network (plant) outages. |
SDM Enhanced Capabilities | SDM Enhanced Capabilities are used to differentiate a configuration-only SDM from a configuration and monitoring SDM. In addition, this entitlement may be required for future SDM entitlements. The Enhanced Entitlement authorizes the following features on the SDM: Trap Forwarding Trap Processing, receive and process traps/notifications from external devices Configuration Change Traps/Notifications Other Traps/Notifications Northbound Processing & Configuration Northbound Filtering (Future Release) Communication and Interface Alarm Processing Manual Status Polling Manual & Periodic Alarm Synchronization SDM Health Reporting SDM Statistics (configuration and reporting) SDM Statistics Alarm Thresholds (editing thresholds and generating alarms) LDAP Support Auto Configuration Synchronization |
SDM Northbound Filtering | SDM Northbound Filtering authorizes the ability to create filter sets, and assign a filter set to a given northbound destination. |
SDM Performance Statistics | SDM Performance Statistics authorizes the ability to collect statistics from supported devices and display reports of collected statistics. The SDM Enhanced Capabilities entitlement is a prerequisite for the SDM Performance Statistics entitlement. |
Set-top On-Plant Notification | Set-top On-Plant Notification provides, through the NC 1500, a northbound notification message to be sent to a configured IP destination, whenever the NC 1500 signs on an unprovisioned set-top box. |
25,000 Set-top Authorization | 25,000 Set-top Authorization allows the SDM to authorize one or more 25,000 increments of set-tops per NC 1500. |
| LDAP Support | Enables LDAP Authenticationfor SDM and Operating System users |
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