Configuring Multicast; Certificate Management - Polycom RSS 4000 User Manual

System Configuration

Certificate Management

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• Routers and switches in the network of client computers are configured
correctly to support the IP multicast communication with the Polycom
RSS 4000 system.

Configuring Multicast

Before you use the system to perform the multicast, it is necessary to configure
parameters on the Multicast page.
To configure multicast parameters:
1 Go to System Config > Multicast Settings.
2 Configure the following settings:
Parameter
Auto Multicast for Live
Streaming
Multicast IP Pool
Starting Address
Multicast Port
For how to start and stop the multicast and how to view multicast videos, see
RSS 4000 Stand-alone Unicast Live Streaming and VoD
While multicast operations are roughly the same for the administrator and
ordinary users, the difference is that the administrator can stop all ongoing
multicasts and ordinary users can only stop the multicasts which they have
started.
X.509 certificates are a security technology that assists networked computers
in determining whether to trust each other. The Polycom RSS 4000 system
supports using X.509 certificates (version 3 or earlier) for authenticating the
network connections. Once a certificate is purchased and installed in the
Polycom RSS 4000 system, it may be used for the following connections:
• Web server (TLS) and TV user interface
Description
If this option is selected, when there is a live streaming
started, the system also multicasts the live video
automatically at the same time.
Specify the initial IP address of the multicast address pool.
The system uses 20 consecutive addresses starting with this
address to perform the multicast.
The valid starting IP address range is 233.0.0.0 -
239.255.255.236. That is, the whole mutlicast IP pool is
233.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255.
Specify the multicast port. All multicast video streams use
the same port as set here.
The valid port range is 1-65535.
Using the RSS 4000 Admin UI
on page 93.
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