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VB4000-5000-6000 Series
Network Video Appliances
VBrick v4.3 MPEG-2 Appliance
Admin Guide
March 9, 2009
4410-0216-0002
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Copyright © 2009 VBrick Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Beaumont Road Wallingford, Connecticut 06492, USA www.VBrick.com This publication contains confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information. No part of this document may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any machine-readable or electronic format without prior written permission from VBrick. Information in this document is subject to change without notice and VBrick Systems assumes no responsibilit
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Contents MPEG-2 Admin Guide Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Font Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Printer-Friendly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Configuration: Passthrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Configuration: Passthrough > COM1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Configuration: Passthrough > COM2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Configuration: System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Configurat
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5. Diagnostics Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 User Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Diagnostics: Network Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Diagnostics: Network Tests > Ping Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Configuration: FTP File Transfer > Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 VBStar Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 vi Contents
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MPEG-2 Admin Guide This VBrick MPEG-2 Admin Guide is written for anyone who will be using or configuring a VB6000 Series MPEG-2 VBrick appliance. This includes system administrators, network technicians, and anyone who will be using or configuring a VBrick network video appliance. VBrick encoder and decoder appliances are available in industry standard MPEG-2, MPEG- 4, and other formats. MPEG-2 appliances are used for delivering low delay, DVD quality video over high bandwidth networks. MPEG
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If you can't find the information you need from the online help, or from your certified VBrick reseller, you can contact VBrick Support Services on the web. Support Services can usually answer your technical questions in 24 business hours or less. Also note that our publications team is committed to accurate and reliable documentation and we appreciate your feedback. If you find errors or omissions in any of our documents, please send e-mail to documentation@vbrick.com and let us know. For
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Chapter 1 Introduction Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 VBSSM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mixed Model Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Overview Congratulations on your purchase
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• Video encoding rates configurable from 8 Kbps to 15 Mbps. • Transport and Elementary stream support. • Optional – video camera with pan, tilt and zoom. • Optional – 19 in. rack mount adapter (holds two across). Table 1. VBSSM Models † Model Configuration Description 9170-4200-000x VBSSM-MP2 Ruggedized single channel MPEG-2 encoder. 9171-4200-000x VBSSM-MP4 Ruggedized single channel MPEG-4 encoder with audio. Same enclosure as VBSSM-MP2. 9172-4400-000x VBSSM-MP2/4 MPEG-2 or MPEG-4. This devic
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Introduction Figure 1. Archiver/Recorder Functionality VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Guide 3
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4 © 2009 VBrick Systems, Inc.
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Chapter 2 MPEG-2 Configuration Topics in this chapter MPEG-2 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Configuration: Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Configuration: Billboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Configuration: Decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 2. IWS Configurable Options Option Applicable Model Network All VBrick models. •Ethernet. Billboard Only on models which have decoders. Decoder Single or dual: •Ethernet MPEG-2. •Ethernet MPEG-4. • SDI MPEG-2 (see SDI Configuration). Encoder Single or dual: •Ethernet MPEG-2. • SDI MPEG-2 (see SDI Configuration). Pump VBStar models only (see VBStar). Recorder VBStar models only (see VBStar). FTP File Transfer VBStar models only (see VBStar). Conferencing Encoder and decoder combination mo
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MPEG-2 Configuration The following information represents guidelines for product configuration limitations, with regard to specific unit types. When configuring VBrick units, close attention must be paid to the total transport rate of all sources both entering and exiting the unit. In most cases the sum of all entering and exiting MPEG-2 data traffic should be closely monitored and kept to a minimum whenever possible. Once a configuration is decided upon and applied to the unit, the user ca
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Model Dest1, Dest2 Decoder Recorder FTP Active Player / Slot #1 Slot#2 Pump 6200 12,0 12 12 Yes 0 6200 11,0 11 0 No 11 6200 9,0 9 0 Yes 9 6200 11,11 11 11 No 0 6200 10,10 10 0 No 10 4300 17,0 17,0 0 No 0 4300 11,11 11,11 0 No 0 4300 13,0 13,0 13 No 0 4300 11,0 11,0 0 No 11 4300 9,9 9,9 9 No 0 4300 8,8 8,8 0 No 8 5300 17 17 0 No 0 5300 13 13 13 No 0 5300 14 14 0 No 14 Note All values are shown in Mbps. A rate of 0 indicates "off" condition. Configurations other than the above may operate at high
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MPEG-2 Configuration Network DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol – (Enable, Disable). On Ethernet models, if DHCP is enabled, the VBrick gets its IP Address or Network Timer Server and Subnet Mask from the DHCP server. If the DHCP server supplies the Gateway Address or DNS server address, these parameters will replace the user entered Gateway and DNS Time Server settings. If DHCP is enabled and the VBrick cannot obtain an IP address from the server, the VBrick will start in limited r
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Gateway IP Address Valid gateway IP Address for communicating across distinct network segments. A valid gateway IP address is essential even though the VBrick will operate without one in some cases. When no gateway is configured, the VBrick may be unable to communicate with off-net IP hosts, for example, a foreign host which is used for configuration management via IWS. VBrick Host Name The Host Name defaults to the Media Access Control (MAC) address, a hardware address that uniquely ident
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MPEG-2 Configuration Maximum Transmission Range 1024–1500 (default = 1500). The MTU is used for all Unit Size network traffic from the VBrick and defines the largest network packet size that will be transmitted. A higher MTU brings higher bandwidth efficiency and VBrick recommends using the default. However you may wish to reduce MTU size to meet the requirements of some networks with VPN or other security tunnels that cannot tolerate 1500-byte packets. Note that MPEG-2 video playback on
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Routing Method This selects which routing method will be used: Changes made to the Routing Method will require a reset of the box. • Static – Allows routes entered in the static routing table to be automatically applied to the internal routing tables, after a power- up. • RIP Version 1 – Configures the VBrick to listen to RIP announcements. Routes are dynamically added per RIP specification. • RIP Version 2 Broadcast – Configures the VBrick to listen to RIP version 2 announcements. In this
