Harmonic MediaGrid Installation And Configuration Manual page 6

Table of Contents
Rack Mounting the Network Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connecting the Harmonic MediaGrid 4000 System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connecting System Components: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connecting ContentDirectors to the Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Connecting the SystemManager to the Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting the ContentServer 4000 to the Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting the ContentServer 4000 to the Network Switch (lower ports) . . . . . . . . . . 58
Connecting the High Bandwidth ContentBridge to the Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Connecting High Bandwidth ContentBridges in a High Availability Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Connecting the ContentServer 4000 to the ContentStore 4240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Connecting the ContentServer 4000 to the ContentStore 5840 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Connecting Network Switches to the Client Network: One-rack System . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Connecting Network Switches to the Client Network: Two-rack System . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting the Power Cables in a System with ContentServer 4000 Series . . . . . . . . 65
Expanding a Harmonic MediaGrid 4000 Series System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Chapter 3: System Installation with the ContentServer 3000 Series .......68
Site Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Required Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Shipping Container Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Cables and Mounting Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Racking Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Rack Mounting the Harmonic MediaGrid 3000 Series System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Rack Mounting the ContentServer 3000 and ContentStore 3160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rack Mounting the ContentStore 5840 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Rack Mounting the ContentDirector 1000F/2000C and ContentBridge 2010F . . . . . 82
Rack Mounting the Network Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Connecting the Harmonic MediaGrid 3000 System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Connecting System Components: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
About BMC Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Connecting the ContentDirectors to a Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Connecting ContentDirectors in a Stretch Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Connecting the SystemManager to the Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Connecting the ContentServer 3000 to Network Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Connecting the High Bandwidth ContentBridge to the Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Connecting High Bandwidth ContentBridges in a High Availability (HA) Pair . . . . . . . . 96
Connecting the ContentBridge 1000B to the Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Connecting the ContentServer 3000 to ContentStore(s) 3160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Connecting the ContentServer 3000 to the ContentStore 5840 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Connecting Network Switches to the Client Network: One-rack System . . . . . . . . . . 100
Connecting Network Switches to the Client Network: Two-rack System . . . . . . . . . . 100
Connecting the Power Cables in a System with ContentServer 3000 Series . . . . . . . 101
Expanding a Harmonic MediaGrid 3000 Series System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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