Cisco Cisco UCS B260 M4 Blade Server White Paper
Virtualized Video Infrastructure with Harmonic VOS and Cisco UCS
January 2015
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of services and infrastructure—including alarms—is passed through to the top level,
helping ensure that problems are quickly detected and resolved. Redundancy is also
automated.
helping ensure that problems are quickly detected and resolved. Redundancy is also
automated.
In the context of this virtualized solution, the Harmonic NMX Digital Service Manager
server performs application-level management and provisioning, just as the NMX
server manages and provisions video applications on dedicated appliances. The
NMX server provides the video network group creation, and service configurations,
as well as application-level alarm, event, and fault monitoring.
server performs application-level management and provisioning, just as the NMX
server manages and provisions video applications on dedicated appliances. The
NMX server provides the video network group creation, and service configurations,
as well as application-level alarm, event, and fault monitoring.
Harmonic NMX Digital Service Manager is service-oriented software that works the
way the operations themselves work. Its main features include:
way the operations themselves work. Its main features include:
• Distributed processing for high availability
• Representative “input-to-output” GUI and functions
• Template and wizard-based system setup
• Scalability to any system size
• Representative “input-to-output” GUI and functions
• Template and wizard-based system setup
• Scalability to any system size
With Harmonic NMX Digital Service Manager, the addition, reconfiguration, and
removal of services and video application virtual machines is fast, easy, and error
free. Templates, wizards, consolidated data views, and powerful cut-and-paste
functions are available for both service and system modifications. With the addition
of Harmonic any-to-any technology, Harmonic NMX Digital Service Manager
allows users to easily modify and deploy new channel lineups in real time with little
disruption. A three-pane visual layout gives the operator a quick overview of the
service paths through the network elements. Harmonic NMX Digital Service Manager
is designed for operations 24 hours a day, every day, and can run on a single
system or be distributed across multiple servers for high availability.
removal of services and video application virtual machines is fast, easy, and error
free. Templates, wizards, consolidated data views, and powerful cut-and-paste
functions are available for both service and system modifications. With the addition
of Harmonic any-to-any technology, Harmonic NMX Digital Service Manager
allows users to easily modify and deploy new channel lineups in real time with little
disruption. A three-pane visual layout gives the operator a quick overview of the
service paths through the network elements. Harmonic NMX Digital Service Manager
is designed for operations 24 hours a day, every day, and can run on a single
system or be distributed across multiple servers for high availability.
Cisco and Harmonic Reference Configurations
Harmonic and Cisco engineers have developed powerful Cisco UCS building blocks
that let you scale Cisco UCS VVI for Harmonic Electra XVM. The sections that follow
describe examples of 100- and 1000-channel Harmonic Electra XVM reference
configurations based on Cisco UCS.
that let you scale Cisco UCS VVI for Harmonic Electra XVM. The sections that follow
describe examples of 100- and 1000-channel Harmonic Electra XVM reference
configurations based on Cisco UCS.
Server and Software Requirements
Harmonic recommends servers with the following minimum characteristics for the
reference architectures described here:
reference architectures described here:
• 2 multicore Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 series CPUs; if you want to run 6
HD applications, Harmonic recommends a minimum of 2 Intel Xeon processor
E5-2697 v3 CPUs at 2.6 GHz
E5-2697 v3 CPUs at 2.6 GHz
• At least 16 cores per blade server
• At least 32 GB of memory per blade server
• Hard disk drives with at least 600 GB of capacity
• At least 32 GB of memory per blade server
• Hard disk drives with at least 600 GB of capacity