Table Of Contents

Preface

Organization

Conventions

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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Revised: May 31, 2011

This document is for Cisco Digital Media Suite (DMS) administrators who are configuring failover for their Cisco Digital Signs or Cisco Show and Share installations.

Organization

This guide includes the following sections:

Section	Title	Description
1	About Failover	An overview of failover configuration and terminology.
2	Cisco Digital Signs Failover Configuration	Procedure for configuring failover for Cisco Digital Signs.
3	Cisco Show and Share Failover Configuration	Process for configuring failover for Cisco Show and Share.
4	Monitoring and Controlling Failover	How to monitor your failover configuration.
5	Recovering from a Failover	How to recover from a minor failover event, major failover event, or split brian mode.
6	Troubleshooting Failover Configurations	Troubleshoot common failover configuration and operations issues.

Conventions

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Note Means reader take note.

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Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.

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Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.

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Warning Means reader be warned. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in bodily injury.

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Related Documentation

For more information about configuring and using the Cisco Digital Media Suite, see the following:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/digital_media_systems/5_x/5_0/dms/roadmap/dms50map.html

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

Subscribe to the What's New in Cisco Product Documentation as an RSS feed and set content to be delivered directly to your desktop using a reader application. The RSS feeds are a free service. Cisco currently supports RSS Version 2.0.

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