GRASS VALLEY K2 TX/MAM User manual

K2 TX/MAM Server

User Manual

Document version: 2.4 - 2013/7/1

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Contents

1Grass Valley Product Support..........................................................................................3

2About this document.........................................................................................................3

3Credentials.......................................................................................................................3

4Indicators and status information .....................................................................................3

5The K2 TX/MAM Server Backplane..................................................................................4

6Configuring the TX/MAM servers’ IP-addresses ..............................................................5

7Configuring the TX/MAM main and backup database server and virtual IP-address .......5

8Configuring time mode.....................................................................................................8

9Configuring time settings..................................................................................................9

10 TX/MAM server network ports........................................................................................10

11 Manually configuring the TX/MAM main and backup server ..........................................11

12 Failover, manual backup and restore of the TX/MAM servers........................................12

13 Appendix: Changing an IP-address................................................................................14

U.S. and foreign patents.

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1 Grass Valley Product Support

Contact information: http://www.grassvalley.com/support/contact

U.S Technical Support: +1 800-547-4989 or +1 530 478 4148 or E-mail: Please use our online form

All other countries Technical Support: +800 80 80 20 20 or +33 1 48 25 20 20 or E-mail:

[email protected]

FAQ: http://grassvalley.novosolutions.net/

Training: https://grassvalley.csod.com/LMS/catalog/Main.aspx?tab_page_id=-67&tab_id=6

Documentation can be found on the grass valley website > Resources > Smart Playout Center.

2 About this document

This document applies to TX/MAM release 2.4.

Please refer to the Dell documentation for Safety Instructions.

Do not use the Dell Quick Installation Guide provided with the Dell CD-ROM package. This guide

includes instructions for using the OpenManage software CD-ROM to install an operating system,

which is not necessary on the Grass Valley product.

3 Credentials

The default credentials TX/MAM are:

From command line:

User: root

Password: proot123

Via the web interface:

User: sysdba

Password: masterkey

4 Indicators and status information

Please refer to the Dell documentation for an explanation of indicators and status information.

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5 The K2 TX/MAM Server Backplane

TX/MAM back panel.

Item

iDRAC6 Enterprise port (n/a)

VFlash media slot (n/a)

serial connector

PCIe slot

video connector

USB connectors

PCIe slot

Ethernet connectors Gb1-4

system status indicator

system identification button

power supply

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6 Configuring the TX/MAM servers’ IP-addresses

The TX/MAM servers do not use their own IP-address for communication with the Smart Playout

Center applications and servers, as to keep this IP-address available for the backup TX/MAM server.

Instead, a virtual IP-address is used.

Configure the TX/MAM servers’ real IP-addresses, for example using Yast.

Configure the TX/MAM servers’ virtual IP-address as described in the next paragraph.

7 Configuring the TX/MAM main and backup database

server and virtual IP-address

The main server automatically writes its backups to the backup server, and vice versa.

To configure the TX/MAM server, run the script db_configure:

# /system/db_configure <enter>

Now follow the screens below.

Click Yes to continue, No to cancel.

Click No.

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Click Yes if you are configuring the main database server, No to configure the backup

database server.

The examples below and above describe configuration of the main database server. Both servers

need to be configured:

Enter the TX/MAM servers’ virtual IP-address.

Keep in mind that you need to specify the same virtual IP for the main and backup database

server. Note that the IP-address in the picture above is an example.

Click Submit to continue, Cancel to cancel.

Click Yes to continue, No to cancel.

Note that the IP-address in the picture above is an example.

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Enter the database server's real IP-address.

Note that the IP-address in the picture above is an example.

Click Submit to continue, Cancel to cancel.

Now reboot the server.

Repeat these steps for the second server.

Use the same virtual IP-address for the main and backup server.

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8 Configuring time mode for the TX/MAM video player

On both the TX/MAM servers, set the time mode for the TX/MAM video player. The default is Relative.

To change to absolute:

Edit the file /usr/local/apache2/application/configs/txmam.ini.

[production]

VideoPlayer.timeMode=Absolute

On both the TX/MAM servers, edit the file /system/objects/cobassets/bin/seq_brX.ini (X= 0 to 3)

Example:

[SequencerSettings]

BladeIniFile=/system/blade.ini

BroadcastSet=BROADCAST0

AppNiceParameter=-n20

SendFormatCounter=1

NoDuplicateOptOutBlock=

PreloadTime(sec)=30

SendScriptCueCommand=0

TimeCodeStartType=Absolute

TimeCodeNoTCEnd=

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9 Configuring time settings

On the TX/MAM servers, edit the file /etc/ntp.conf.

Go to:

## Outside source of synchronized time

## server xx.xx.xx.xx # IP address of server

Edit the following line: ## server xx.xx.xx.xx # IP address of server

Remove the # hashes.

Specify the NTP-server’s IP-address.

Example:

## Outside source of synchronized time

server 192.33.96.102 # IP address of server

To activate, run the following command: service ntp restart

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10 TX/MAM server network ports

FTP

Default ports 20 and 21

SSH/SCP

Default port 22

Samba

Default ports 137,138 and 139

Cobalt database access

Default port 5020

Web based interface

Default port 80

TX/MAM hardware player

Default ports 5000 and 5001

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