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Virtualized Video Infrastructure with Harmonic VOS and Cisco UCS
January 2015
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don’t need to restructure your network infrastructure when you add a new server
or chassis to the system.
or chassis to the system.
• Real-time repurposing of Cisco UCS servers and of other hardware through
virtualization offers fast and automated disaster recovery within a single cluster
and across multiple sites. This flexibility gives you flexibility to adapt smoothly to
the unique demands of high-intensity live events.
and across multiple sites. This flexibility gives you flexibility to adapt smoothly to
the unique demands of high-intensity live events.
Harmonic VOS and Electra XVM on Cisco UCS
Harmonic Electra XVM is flexible video processing software designed to run in a
virtual machine, rather than on custom hardware. An abstraction layer separates the
applications running on the virtual machine from the supporting computing, storage,
and networking hardware. In some media processing applications, multiple virtual
machines may be deployed on a single blade server.
virtual machine, rather than on custom hardware. An abstraction layer separates the
applications running on the virtual machine from the supporting computing, storage,
and networking hardware. In some media processing applications, multiple virtual
machines may be deployed on a single blade server.
Figure 2 presents a high-level architectural view showing how Harmonic Electra
XVM is deployed on Cisco UCS.
XVM is deployed on Cisco UCS.
•
Encoding application: At the application layer, Harmonic Electra XVM runs on a
virtualized Linux OS instance.
virtualized Linux OS instance.
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Hypervisor: The solution employs the VMware ESXi hypervisor to create a virtual
machine with virtualized CPU, memory, network interface card, and storage.
machine with virtualized CPU, memory, network interface card, and storage.
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Physical layer: Cisco UCS with Cisco UCS B200 M4 Blade Servers provide
physical CPU, memory, network, and storage resources.
physical CPU, memory, network, and storage resources.
Harmonic VOS and Electra XVM: Software-Based Video Processing
Harmonic VOS unifies the media processing chain for both broadcast and
multiscreen applications. Harmonic VOS brings together ingestion, compression,
graphics and branding, packaging, and delivery in a single, virtualized, software-
based platform. The result is a common software platform and architecture for
multiscreen applications. Harmonic VOS brings together ingestion, compression,
graphics and branding, packaging, and delivery in a single, virtualized, software-
based platform. The result is a common software platform and architecture for
Encoding
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Figure 2. Harmonic Electra XVM Application Hosted on VMware ESXi Hypervisor and
Cisco UCS
Cisco UCS