Cisco Cisco MXE 3500 (Media Experience Engine) Guida Informativa
Q&A
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Q.
What is required for the setup of the Cisco MXE with the Flip camera solution?
A.
The setup is very simple, and the routine usage is even simpler. To set up the Flip camera to take advantage of
Cisco MXE processing, simply create a mapped network drive on your PC desktop. This mapped drive is
connected directly to the Cisco MXE watch folder, which monitors the drive and looks for new content. From
your perspective, you simply need to capture video on your Flip camera and transfer the video (single drag-and-
drop action) to the watch folder that you created on your desktop. This process initiates the processing on the
Cisco MXE. When the processing is complete, you can view the processed content on a variety of video-
enabled devices.
Cisco MXE 3500 Clustering (optional license)
Q.
What are the components of the Cisco MXE 3500 cluster?
A.
The Cisco MXE cluster has two components:
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Resource Manager
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Resource Node
The Resource Manager and Resource Node are installed on separate Cisco MXE 3500 servers.
Each MXE cluster comprises one Resource Manager and up to nine Resource Nodes.
Each MXE cluster comprises one Resource Manager and up to nine Resource Nodes.
Q.
What is the Cisco MXE 3500 Resource Manager?
A.
The Cisco MXE 3500 Resource Manager is a software-based, multidevice manager that intelligently distributes
transcoding jobs across multiple Cisco MXE systems. The Resource Manager also delivers fault tolerance to a
Cisco MXE deployment.
Q.
Is the Cisco MXE 3500 Resource Manager software or hardware?
A.
It is software that is installed on the Cisco MXE 3500 hardware.
Q.
How does the Cisco MXE 3500 Resource Manager allow me to scale my Cisco MXE deployments?
A.
In order to scale media-processing capabilities, you can deploy multiple Cisco MXE 3500 appliances in a cluster
setup. The Resource Manager is software that is loaded on one of the Cisco MXEs in the cluster. The other
Cisco MXEs in the cluster have the Resource Node software loaded on them. The Resource Manager can
determine the usages of the Resource Nodes in a cluster to help ensure that jobs are distributed evenly based
on the Resource Nodes’ current load.
Q.
How do I know when I need to add more than one Cisco MXE 3500 to my deployment?
A.
It’s important to perform capacity planning before you deploy the Cisco MXE with the Resource Manager. This
planning may be based on the amount of content to be processed, the length of the video, the type of content
being processed (for example, HD or SD), and the turnaround time you need to obtain the processed content.
Q.
How many Cisco MXEs can I add to my cluster?
A.
You can have up to 10 Cisco MXE appliances in a cluster: one serving as the Resource Manager and nine as
Resource Nodes.
Q.
How do processing jobs get distributed across multiple Cisco MXE 3500 appliances in a cluster?
A.
Distribution of jobs across Cisco MXE 3500 appliances goes beyond simple assignment of a job to an
underused Cisco MXE 3500 device. You can split up a single job across multiple Cisco MXE 3500 devices for
the most efficient load balancing available. For example, you can send the preprocessing component of job 1 to
Resource Node 1, the transcoding portion of job 1 to Resource Node 2, and the postproduction component of
job 1 to Resource Node 3.
Q.
How does the Resource Manager allow me to deploy Cisco MXE 3500s with fault tolerance?
A.
If a Resource Node goes down, the Resource Manager in the cluster has the intelligence to divert jobs
dynamically to the Resource Nodes that are operational.