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VBrick v2.0 H.264 Appliance

Admin Guide

September 10, 2009

4410-0253-0002

VBrick 7000 Series

Network Video Appliances

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Vbrick v2.0 h.264 appliance admin guide september 10, 2009 4410-0253-0002 vbrick 7000 series network video appliances.
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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...
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Vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide iii contents h.264 admin guide preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vii organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Iv contents passthrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 snmpv3 passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 snmp traps . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide v trace route test configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 device tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 mai...
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Vi contents.
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Vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide vii h.264 admin guide preface this document explains how to configure a vbrick h.264 network video appliance. It provides detailed information about all configurable appliance options and parameters. The vbadmin management application is used for all configuration ...
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Viii preface support services "on-line support" page at www.Vbrick.Com/support/index.Asp or call 1 203 303-0222 in wallingford, ct, usa to speak with a vbrick representative. Note that the latest documentation and information for all vbrick products is available online at www.Vbrick.Com/documentatio...
Page 10: Home
Vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 1 chapter 1 introduction topics in this section home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 vbadmin overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 11: Vbadmin Leds
2 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Figure 2. Vbadmin home page vbadmin leds the colored leds in the middle of the page give you a quick snapshot of the health and status of the appliance. These indicators are dynamically refreshed every five seconds and give you an up-to-the-minute snapshot of the curren...
Page 12: Vbadmin Overview
Introduction vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 3 vbadmin overview vbadmin is explained in detail in the h.264 appliance getting started guide. The h.264 appliance has an integrated management interface (vbadmin) that lets you manage vbrick configuration from an external browser. This allows network...
Page 13: Configuration Overview
4 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. 2. Login to vbadmin with a valid user name and password (case-sensitive), and then click the log in button. The default user name and password is admin and admin . It is highly recommended that you use the maintenance pages in vbadmin to change the user name and passwor...
Page 14: Video Configuration
Introduction vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 5 video configuration on the video/audio configuration pages you define the relationship between physical audio/video connectors and audio/video sources and the relationship between audio/video sources and the program. In most cases this is very simple...
Page 15: Getting Help
6 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. These names will replace the generic names shown in the dropdown list at the top. For example destination 1 will be replaced by the given name of the destination. The select video rate and select audio rate dropdowns show only video and audio rates1 and none in this rel...
Page 16: Network
Vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 7 chapter 2 system configuration topics in this section network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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8 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Network dhcp default - enabled. Dynamic host configuration protocol – (enable, disable). On ethernet models, if dhcp is enabled, the vbrick gets its ip address and subnet mask from the dhcp server. If the dhcp server supplies the gateway address or dns server address, t...
Page 18: Domain Name Server
System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 9 domain name server network time synchronization these fields are used to synchronize network time using the host name or ip address of a known server to provide a synchronized time for all appliances in the network. Network interface type hal...
Page 19: General
10 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. General system identification the name, location, and contact fields are used to identify the appliance. They are not changed when you click default . (they are changed when you reset to the defaults on the manage configuration page.) secondary server ip address second...
Page 20: System Time
System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 11 system time system mode system reset front panel the parameters shown here are used to configure the appearance and behavior of the front panel. Access to front panel configuration mode is restricted by pin number. Pin numbers (default = 000...
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12 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Config mode use this option to allow or prevent users from making configuration changes via the front panel. If disabled, users (in function mode) can still run scripts from the front panel using the f1–f4 function keys. Display ip address check to display the applianc...
Page 22: Usernames & Passwords
System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 13 usernames & passwords use this page to define user names and passwords and their corresponding permissions with respect to the appliance. (table 2 shows the default user names, passwords, and permissions.) it also lets you assign a pin numbe...
Page 23: Manage Configuration
14 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Table 2. Default user names and passwords manage configuration this page lets you reset some or all of the parameters in the appliance configuration. It also lets you read and save the current configuration to an .Xml file and restore that configuration if necessary. M...
Page 24: Read System Configuration
System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 15 read system configuration this function lets you read configuration parameters from the vbrick appliance to a file, as well as write configuration parameters from a file to the vbrick. The file is an .Xml file and internet explorer is the as...
Page 25: Restore System Configuration
16 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Figure 4. Sample vbrick configuration file restore system configuration this function lets you write configuration parameters from an .Xml file to the vbrick appliance. On a successful restore, all parameters will be saved to flash and the appliance will reboot. Only a...
Page 26: Feature License
System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 17 configure a parameter on an appliance (or more likely a set of parameters) you simply point the url to a server with an .Xml configuration file. This is useful, for example, to set the audio and video rates when the vbrick appliance is behin...
Page 27: Advanced Configurations
18 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Advanced configurations the functions in this section are generally used by system administrators to configure management parameters. These parameters should not be changed except by knowledgeable systems administrators. Advanced configurations include the following. M...
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System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 19 transmit enable controls the transmission of the management saps (enable or disable). Group name optional. This parameter defines the group name. It is included in the management saps used by vbdirectory. It is used for organizing vbricks in...
Page 29: Security
20 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Security note if you disable telnet, ftp, vbadmin, the front panel, and snmp, the only way to manage (and re-enable) these parameters is to connect a pc to the appliance with a serial cable and use the command line interface. You should never disable all the network ma...
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System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 21 external ssh server default = enabled. Ssh (secure shell) is a replacement for telnet. It allows data to pass between two networked devices using a secure channel. No login for viewer files default = enabled. If enabled the vbrick will serve...
Page 31: Logging
22 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Improving security you can improve security by (1) blocking unauthorized attempts to login and access a device and (2) by reducing exposure to malicious software attacks. The most common vulnerability is related to user accounts and passwords. After a successful instal...
Page 32: Event Triggering
System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 23 event triggering you can create and run scripts to activate certain functions on a vbrick appliance. There are two ways to run scripts on an appliance. (1) you can run scripts for test purposes using the log time zone determines the time zon...
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24 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Run script button in vbadmin or (2) you can use an external event trigger (see "event triggering" in the vbrick appliance getting started guide) to run a script. There are four event trigger scripts, with fixed names, that can be created and stored in flash memory in t...
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System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 25 run scripts using event triggers the event triggering feature lets you use an external switch or power source to control the functions of the vbrick appliance. See "event triggering" in the vbrick appliance getting started guide for more inf...
Page 35: Passthrough
26 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. • there is no chaining of scripts. • comments are not allowed on the same line as a command. • all scripts are executed in a strictly serial manner by a single task. • while executing a script it is possible to miss a double change of any event. Passthrough the tcp/ip ...
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System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 27 passthrough state: responder passthrough state responder – in this case the vbrick will accept a connection request (up to 64 connection requests). Baud rate rate of passthrough port. Rate can be set to the following (default = 9600): 110, 3...
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28 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Passthrough state: initiator operational state describes the current status of a passthrough connection, including error conditions, if any. Refer to the monitor > network page. This will display "active" if in passthrough mode. Passthrough state initiator – in this ca...
Page 38: Snmpv3 Passwords
System configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 29 snmpv3 passwords use this page to manage snmp passwords. The same fields are used to define passwords for all users. Dtr control force off, force on or automatic. If automatic, the control will be on when passthrough is active. See note abov...
Page 39: Snmp Traps
30 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Snmp traps vbrick supports snmp v2 and snmp v3 traps. Snmp traps are a subset of the snmp management component of the vbrick. Use of any element of the snmp management system requires use of an snmp browser or snmp manager application (not supplied). The snmp mib, whic...
Page 42: Video
Vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 33 chapter 3 video/audio configuration topics in this section video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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34 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Note this release is "hd-ready." this means it accepts hd video inputs but scales the output to standard definition resolutions (720x480 or 720x576) or less. How is video connected? Figure 5 shows the video input connectors on the rear panel. Select the option that mat...
Page 44: Video Template Settings
Video/audio configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 35 video template settings the lower area of the video page has a set of parameters that can be controlled by pre- configured templates. Use the load template button to populate the video template settings with pre-configured video values ...
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36 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. † in general, start in left column and read from left to right. †† default template. Frame rate frame rate ntsc inputs (30 or 60fps) 30 30 30 30 15 15 10 1 pal inputs (25 or 50fps) 25 25 25 25 10 10 5 1 idr 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 profile baseline baseline main main main main ...
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Video/audio configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 37 table 5. Video encoding resolutions target frame rate (frames/sec) • ntsc: 30, 15, 10, 7.5, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1, 0.5. Default = 30. • pal:25, 12.5, 5, 2.5, 1, 0.5. Default = 25. This number represents how many frames the vbrick will send out ...
Page 47: Audio
38 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Audio the audio circuit on the h.264 encoder uses mixed signal technology (a combination of analog and digital signals). The encoder has two audio input connectors labeled main and aux . The input signals can be either balanced or unbalanced and each has a usable volta...
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Video/audio configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 39 note in this release of the h.264 appliance there is one video source and one audio source. The audio source can be one of the audio jacks or both jacks. Also note that there is one program consisting of the audio source and/or the vide...
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40 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. What is the audio source the audio output mode can be configured to 1 of 3 possible settings: • stereo – stereo directs the input left channel to the left channel in the audio stream and the input right channel to the right channel in the audio stream. In this mode, th...
Page 50: Audio Template Settings
Video/audio configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 41 audio template settings the lower area of the audio page has a set of parameters that can be controlled by pre- configured templates. Use the load template button to populate the audio template settings with pre-configured audio values....
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42 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. † based on audio source. †† default template. High quality voice off 24k 56k 28k standard voice off 16k 32k 18k template this read-only field shows the template (if any) that is currently applied. If a template is applied, it will display parameters match or parameters...
Page 52: Global
Vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 43 chapter 4 program configuration a program is a way to group a video and/or audio source that is encoded and streamed over the network. A program represents a video and/or associated audio source. This software release supports one program. As explained on the fo...
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44 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Table 7. Tos settings number of programs available read-only. This release supports one program. Maximum rtsp clients 0–202. Default = 200. Maximum rtsp bandwidth 0–1000000000. Default = 20000000. Announce ip address for transmitters default ip address to which transmi...
Page 54: Programs
Program configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 45 example to set the type of service to all 0s enter 0. To set the type of service to all 1's, enter 255. Ip differentiated services redefine how the historical tos field is used. Diffserv allows ip networks to provide certain quality of serv...
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46 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. The advanced settings are used to define common session announcement information for all streams (destinations) associated with a program. Figure 7. Programs: part 2 – advanced settings program name lets you define a descriptive name for the program which is added to t...
Page 56: Transmitter Settings
Program configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 47 transmitter settings the transmitter settings defined here are used for all streams associated with a program. Author a string in the announcement that can be used to identify the author. This string is shown in streamplayer. Default = "my ...
Page 57: Server Settings
48 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Server settings the server settings defined here are used for all streams associated with a program. Transmitters a transmitter pushes the stream to a configured destination. The destination may be a single endpoint in the case of a unicast, or multiple endpoints in th...
Page 58: Sdp and Announcements
Program configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 49 transmitting (in the case of multicast) and transmits if the client is reachable and listening (in the case of unicast). The streams are transmitted across the network via the rtp protocol encapsulated in udp. You can configure up to 25 tra...
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50 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Figure 8. Transmitters: part 1 – standard settings sdp file url click to play (open) or save the .Sdp file. The .Sdp file is retrieved via the http server on the appliance. Paste this url into a browser to launch the stream "out-of- band" using the .Sdp file. The url a...
Page 60: Announce Settings
Program configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 51 announce settings this section contains parameters that are used to modify announcements from the appliance. Announcements are advertisement packets that are transmitted by vbrick appliances to other vbrick appliances and vbrick application...
Page 61: External Announce Settings
52 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Figure 9. Transmitters: part 2 – advanced settings external announce settings these settings configure an external announcement that can be used when the stream is reflected to a third-party server or a (future) vbrick reflector. Announce this section is used to announ...
Page 62: Servers
Program configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 53 servers the h.264 appliance is also a streaming server and can be controlled by a remote decoder client via rtsp and rtcp protocols. In server mode, a served program does not become active on the network until requested by a client. The cli...
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54 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Click here to play stream edit mode/read-only. Shown in edit mode only if the server is enabled. Click once to launch the stream in the quicktime plugin (using the sdp file). This link will work only with quicktime 7.0 or higher. If quicktime is not installed, you will...
Page 64: Announce Settings
Program configuration vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 55 announce settings this section contains parameters that are used to modify announcements from the appliance. Announcements are advertisement packets that are transmitted by vbrick appliances to other vbrick appliances and vbrick application...
Page 66: System
Vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 57 chapter 5 monitor these pages let you monitor the status of various system, network, and appliance components. They also provide access to the system logs and program status. All monitor pages are read-only and cannot be edited. Topics in this section system . ....
Page 67: System Information
58 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. System information system model displays the hardware model number of the appliance. Hardware revision xx-yy . Xx = hardware revision. Yy = cpu revision. Boot revision displays current boot revision. Os code revision displays current os code revision. Application code ...
Page 68: Manufacturing Information
Monitor vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 59 manufacturing information figure 11. Monitor: system – part 2 system date & time read-only. Set date and time on system configuration > general page. User information version as displayed. Part number vbrick part number of appliance. Box serial number as...
Page 69: System Restart
60 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. System restart this table (see figure 11) tracks the date, time, and restart type (power or reset) of all system restarts. Network network time synchronization dhcp status shows dhcp status from system configuration > network page. Com passthrough operational state the...
Page 70: Video/audio
Monitor vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 61 video/audio video primary network time server successful update counter the number of times the time was reset from the primary server. Failed update counter the number of times the appliance failed to read the time from the primary server. Current serve...
Page 71: Audio
62 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Video rate1 audio audio rate1 system logs system logs can give you more information about the status of your appliance. Each log can hold up to 20 of the latest informational messages. All logs are emptied when the appliance is powered down or reset. Detected video for...
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Monitor vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 63 configuration log this log contains a list of the latest vbrick configuration changes. Snmp traps this log contains all of the snmp traps generated by the box whether or not the traps have been emitted. System events this log contains reports of system e...
Page 73: Program Status
64 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Program status programs transmitters this page shows the program status of all defined transmitters. Note that when more than 5 transmitters are configured, auto-refresh is disabled and you must use the refresh button to manually refresh the page. Current number of ser...
Page 74: Servers
Monitor vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 65 servers this page shows the program status for all servers. Use the dropdown list box to select a specific server. Transmitter name transmitter name from program configuration > transmitter page. Destination ip destination ip address or host name from pr...
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66 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Clients current number of clients current number of http and/or rtsp clients connected to the server. Maximum number of clients highest number of http and/or rtsp clients that were concurrently connected since the last time these parameters were reset. Current bandwidt...
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Monitor vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 67 video packets dropped video packets dropped since session start. Audio packets dropped audio packets dropped since session start..
Page 78: Ping Test
Vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 69 chapter 6 troubleshoot topics in this section ping test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 traceroute test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 79: Ping Test Setting
70 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Ping test setting traceroute test the internet is a complex aggregation of network hardware connected by gateways. Tracking the route packets follow or finding a gateway where the packets are being discarded is difficult. The trace route test attempts to trace the rout...
Page 80: Trace Route Test Result
Troubleshoot vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 71 trace route test result the results of the test appear at the top of the screen. The results include the resolved ip address of the destination host name. When the test is finished or stopped, the overall result will display the result of the test, ...
Page 81: Maintenance Mode
72 © 2009 vbrick systems, inc. Maintenance mode maintenance mode is automatically launched when the software on the vbrick appliance does not load. A message on the front panel will indicate the appliance is in maintenance mode. Maintenance mode runs from a reduced functioning kernel that provides l...
Page 82: Limited Run Mode
Troubleshoot vbrick h.264 appliance admin guide 73 figure 12. Maintenance mode cli limited run mode when some error conditions occur, for example when there is a high temperature alarm, the appliance will automatically go into limited run mode and a message will display on the front panel. In limite...
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