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VB330-SW 10G Software Probe
Applies to software release v5.5
Form 8160C • February 2019

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  • Page 1 VB330-SW 10G Software Probe Applies to software release v5.5 Form 8160C • February 2019...
  • Page 2 Inquiries should be made directly to those companies. This document may also have links to third-party web pages that are beyond the control of Sencore. The presence of such links does not imply that Sencore endorses or recommends the content on those pages. Sencore acknowledges the use of third-party open source software and licenses in some Sencore products.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.4 Adjusting Alarm Thresholds ......VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 4 Traffic — Filter setup ......VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 5 ......... VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 6 ....... . . Software upload troubleshooting ......VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 7: Document Revision History

    March 2016 5.2 Updated manual to reflect changes in v5.2 software February 2015 5.1 Updated manual to reflect changes in v5.1 software January 2014 5.0 Updated manual to reflect changes in v5.0 software VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    REGIONAL MUX AND QAM MODULATOR REGIONAL MUX AND COFDM MODULATOR The OTT software option is available on the VB330-SW and enables monitoring of up to 500 adaptive bitrate channels in steps of 5 or 50 (Bulk OTT option) OTT engines depending on licensing.
  • Page 9 Microsoft ™ Smoothstream, RTMP, MPEG DASH, Adobe ™ HDS and Nullsoft SHOUTcast™. The 10G Software Probe can be expanded through license options to monitor the T2MI protocol layer as found in DVB-T2 networks. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 10: How To Use This Manual

    1.2 How to Use This Manual This User’s Manual is valid for software version 5.5 of the VB330-SW 10G Software Probe. Throughout this manual the term stream is often used rather than unicast or multicast. One stream may consist of one or more services, and refers to one IP uni- or multicast.

  • Page 11: Principle Of Operation

    2 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION The VB330-SW 10G Software Probe can utilize all the network interfaces on the host system. The user selects which interface to be used by the monitoring engine. Management of the 10G Software Probe is configured in the operating system web server setup...
  • Page 12 SNMP Alarm Alarms Lists Alarm Settings Threshold Settings Signal Measurements Figure 2.2: Simplified Diagram of the Alarm Handling in the 10G Software Probe VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 13: Installation And Initial Setup

    Also available for OCP with Host Management. Supports 1/10/25GbE. 100G QSFP28 Mellanox ConnectX-5 Dual or single input. Ex 100gbe PCIe 4.0 Supports 1/10/25/40/50/100GbE. Supported platforms: • CentOS Linux release 7 (7.3–7.6) for x86_64 VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 14: First-Time Installation

    Make sure that the server hardware matches the requirements listed above and then follow the procedure outlined below. 1. Obtain the latest installation kickstart image from Sencore. Installation media is provided both for CentOS Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. If you install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux version, you will need an active subscription for Red Hat Enterprise Linux server.

  • Page 15: Deploying In A Virtualized Environment

    These options may override the installation instructions included in the provided installation image, causing an incomplete installation. https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7 https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/index.html https://access.redhat.com/solutions/253273 https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 16: Verifying Correct Initial Setup And Software Activation

    The password should be changed from the default. Expand the More options heading and follow the instructions under Change password If you forget the Software Activation password, you can reset it by logging in as root and issuing the command /opt/btech/ssg/bin/reset_web_password VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 17 Figure 3.1: Software Activation VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 18: Initial Setup Troubleshooting

    • Verify that the client machine and the 10G Software Probe are configured on the same subnet and that they have different addresses, or, if you use different subnets, verify that the routing and gateways are set correctly on both the client machine and the 10G Software Probe. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 19: Upgrading From A Previous Version

    • If you can reach Software Activation but the 10G Software Probe GUI is not working, enter probehello the command on the server’s command line to verify that the VB330-SW services are running. If services are not running, try re-installing the VB330-SW. Please refer to D Appendix: Network configuration for more information on server network configu- ration.

  • Page 20: Upgrading By Re-Installing The System

    • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 or higher • Apple Safari The default management view should look similar to figure 3.2. If you have problems accessing the user interface, refer to chapter 3.5 for troubleshooting. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 21: Accessing Software Activation Interface

    Expand the More options heading and change the setting under Set default software. Once this is done, access the 10G Software Probe user interface and de-activate it from the About — License view. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 22: Quick Setup Guide

    (on a per-stream basis). 2. Define stream page name(s) in the Setup — Pages view (not strictly necessary). 3. Join multicasts in the Multicasts — Join view or in the Multicasts — Streams view. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 23: Ott Input (Ott Engine Option Only)

    Alarm — Alarm setup view allows the user to enable and disable alarms on an overall basis. You can also define the alarm severity levels for different alarms in this view. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 24 The thresholds are defined in these views: ETR 290 — ETR thresh., ETR 290 — PID thresh., ETR 290 — Service thresh. The thresholds are associated with streams in the Multicasts — Streams — Edit view. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 25: The Software Probe Graphical User Interface

    5 THE SOFTWARE PROBE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE The VB330-SW web interface is reached by pointing a web browser to the IP address of the 10G Software Probe as shown in the screenshot above. The following web browsers are recommended: • Google Chrome •...
  • Page 26 Note that different web browsers behave differently with respect to memory leaking, and if the VB330-SW GUI should be available at all times the browser should be selected carefully. A browser memory leak manifests itself as the browser responding more and more slowly, and this is corrected by closing down the application and restarting.

  • Page 27: Main

    The following parameters are shown: NTP/timesync (Bulb): The NTP/timesync bulb indicates whether the VB330-SW clock is locked to an external time reference signal. Green indicates that the VB330-SW is locked to an external reference whereas grey indicates that the VB330-SW runs in unlocked mode or the status is unknown.
  • Page 28 VB330-SW startup/reboot time. Probe Name: The VB330-SW name as defined by the operator in the Setup — Params view. Location: The VB330-SW location as defined by the operator in the Setup — Params view. Access: The access rights of the current user. Access rights are either full access or read only access, and are defined by the operator in the Setup —...
  • Page 29 Timestamp: Indicates whether the network interface supports hardware timestamping for precise measurements, or if kernel timestamping is used. ip link set alias " " A description can be set using the command interfacename Description VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 30: Main - Cpu Usage

    60 seconds click the Last 60 seconds button. Clicking the Peak any 10 secs or Peak any 60 seconds button will display the historical maximum value for an averaging period of 10 s and 60 s respectively. To clear peak values click the Clear peaks button. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 31: Main - Thumb Overview

    If no SI is present in the stream the service id will be shown. Service id: For TS services, the ID of the selected service within a transport stream. Type: For non-TS services, the service type is displayed. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 32 Freeze-frame status: If the probe has been licensed with the Content Extraction and Alarming option, status bulbs are displayed indicating the current freeze-frame and color-freeze status for the streams. White: Unknown (typically due to the VB330-SW being unable to decode video) Grey: freeze-frame detection is disabled.

  • Page 33: Main - Eii Graphing

    Eii is short for External Integration Interface and constitutes a set of XML files accessible through the VB330-SW web server interface for machine access to measurement data. Portions of the Eii interface are available in this view for simple trend graphing over arbitrary long time by the web browser.
  • Page 34 OTT channel. Select the channel in the Service to plot drop-down and the parameter in the Parameter to plot dropdown. Eii OTT parameters profileBps,actualBps: Plots both the profileBps and actualBps parameters VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 35 Refresh (seconds) selects how often samples are read and plotted on the graph. Click Apply to store the parameters and then click the Plot chart link to open the chart. Please refer to the separate Eii documentation for further details. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 36: Alarms

    Figure 5.1 shows an overview of the alarm handling in the 10G Software Probe. It is useful to obtain an understanding of the alarm processing of the 10G Software Probe – in particular how threshold settings and alarm setup will affect alarm handling. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 37: Alarms - All Alarms

    — Alarm setup view, and the resulting alarms are presented in the alarm lists. These alarms will also be sent as SNMP traps to support third party management systems. Refer to Appendix: VB330-SW Versus VBC Alarms for a description of alarm handling in the VideoBRIDGE Controller.

  • Page 38: Alarms - Alarm Setup

    5.2.2 Alarms — Alarm setup The Alarm setup represents the final filtering stage for VB330-SW alarms. The user selects whether an alarm should be enabled or ignored, and associates an error severity level with each alarm, and associates an error severity level with each alarm.
  • Page 39 Error IAT >= warn-thresh: The Inter-packet Arrival Time ex- Default: Disabled, ceeds the warning threshold severity Warning MLR >= err-thresh: The Media Loss Rate exceeds the Default: Enabled, error-threshold severity Error VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 40 Sync byte: Sync byte error, sync byte not Default: Enabled, 0x47 severity Major PAT: Program Association Table error Default: Enabled, severity Major Continuity: Continuity counter error Default: Enabled, severity Major PMT: Program Map Table error Default: Enabled, severity Major VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 41 PIM/PNM: PIM/PNM error (ATSC mode) Default: Enabled, severity Major RRT: Region Rating Table error Default: Enabled, (ATSC mode) severity Major ATSC EIT: ATSC EIT Table error (ATSC Default: Enabled, mode) severity Major VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 42 Major loaded and can not properly ana- lyze the signals. SYS (System) events [Critical system errors]: Critical system errors preventing Default: Enabled, the 10G Software Probe from op- severity ‘Fatal’ erating correctly VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 43 Connection failed: Connection failed Default: Enabled, severity ‘Error’ Send error: Could not send data to host Default: Enabled, severity ‘Error’ Receive error: Could not receive data from host Default: Enabled, severity ‘Major’ VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 44 Major Manifest parse error: Failed to parse manifest file. In- Default: Enabled, valid format severity ‘Major’ Unknown manifest: Cannot recognize manifest XML Default: Enabled, format severity ‘Fatal’ VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 45: Ott (Option)

    HLS channels. The following OTT information is displayed in the Active testing view: OTT channels Status bulb: A bulb indicates the current status of the channel, i.e. the most severe profile status. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 46 This column is only displayed if latency engines have been configured in the OTT — Settings view, and will only contain numbers for channels configured to perform latency measurements. See chapter 5.3.3 for more details. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 47: Ott - Details

    Channels view. A bulb indicates the current status of the channel, i.e. the most severe profile status. Progress: Channels will be analyzed sequentially, and the progress bar shows which channel is currently being monitored and how analysis is progressing. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 48 Download time: * The actual profile chunk download time (seconds). First byte: * The time (in seconds) before the first payload data byte was received. Download size: * The actual profile chunk size (bytes). VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 49 HTTP header: * The current HTTP header of the last chunk downloaded for that profile. Note: Items marked with * are not available if the channel has been configured to only perform latency measurements (see chapter 5.3.3 for more details). VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 50: Ott - Details - Manifest

    Profile status: The channel health bar displays the current status for individual channel profiles. Profiles are separated by vertical black lines. Colors indicate profile alarm status: • Green: OK • Yellow: Warning • Orange: Error • Red: Major • Black: Fatal VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 51 Manifest file: Clickable URL for displaying the manifest file as text for this particular profile. Manifest URL: Clickable URL to the profile manifest file. HTTP header: URL to HTTP header in text form for a particular profile manifest file. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 52: Ott - Details - Alarms

    In the right corner of the pop-up window is a free text search field used to narrow down the entries in the alarm log. The alarms are the same ones as explained for the Alarms — Alarm setup view, see chapter 5.2.2 for more information. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 53: Ott - Details - Thumbnails

    Pixel aspect ratio: The video pixel aspect ratio of the selected profile Codec: The video encoding format of the selected profile Quality: The video sampling format of the selected profile Frame rate: The video frame rate of the selected profile (Hz) VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 54: Ott - Details - Alignment

    The Alignment tab gives the user a view of all the profiles for a selected channel with thumbnails and corresponding data. Profile Alignment Information Profile: This is a generated ID that identifies the OTT profile. The first profile listed is always the one with the highest signaled bitrate. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 55 Chunk/Sequence Number: The chunk or sequence number for the current thumbnail. This is either signaled in the stream, or generated by the VB330-SW. If the sequence numbers are highlighted in yellow, the thumbnails are not generated from the same chunk for all profiles, and may therefor appear to be out of synchronization.

  • Page 56: Ott - Latency

    The sliding window can be manually controlled by moving the Avg window slider. It is also possible to display the minimum and maximum values by checking the Show min/max checkbox. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 57: Ott - Channels

    Delete selected will delete the highlighted list entry. Clicking Distribute selected will distribute the selected channels across the licensed OTT engines (the VB330-SW can be licensed with up to 50 OTT engines). Clicking Edit selected will open the Edit channel pop-up view associated with the highlighted channel.
  • Page 58 OTT — Latency for more info. Name: A name should be assigned to each OTT channel. The name will be used throughout the VB330-SW’s user interface when referring to this channel. Manifest URL: The URL of the OTT channel. Player URL: In this field you can enter the URL to a web page which will open the OTT channel in your browser.
  • Page 59 For Smooth Streaming, this specifies which chunk, counted from the target chunk: bottom of the list, the VB330-SW should download when doing active testing on a live channel. For other formats, this option is ignored. VCAS hostname: If this channel is encrypted using a Verimatrix VCAS 3.7 server, entering the IP address or hostname of the VCAS server’s encoder interface will...

  • Page 60: Ott - Settings

    URL to the master manifest, you can make an “in-between” web service which the VB330-SW sends all required info to do the authentication and/or channel lookups through this interface, and which returns an JSON file with an “url” parameter containing the URL to the master manifest file.

  • Page 61: Ott - Thresholds

    Reset connection after: Configures the VB330-SW OTT engines to reset the connections after the specified number of minutes. This is useful for cases where the server has a limit for how long a session can live. By resetting before that limit a new session is created and the problem is avoided.
  • Page 62 Manifest XML size: The maximum detected size of the manifest before a manifest size alarm is raised. Min. profiles: Minimum number of profiles in the selected channel before an alarm is raised. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 63: Multicasts

    A search field allows the user to type a text string and the multicast list is updated to display only multicasts matching the specified text. Note that monitoring parameters and thumbs will not be updated in All streams (offline) mode. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 64 Clicking a stream brings up the Detailed monitoring pop-up described later in this section. In All streams (offline) mode a search field allows the user to type a text string and the multicast list is updated to display only multicasts matching the specified text. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 65 Alternatively, CC errors can arise from IP packets being dropped in the network. PIDs: Number of PIDs in the MPEG2-TS Syncb errs: Number of transport stream packets with wrong syncbyte (0x47) VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 66 The following sequence will generate an RTP ooo of +2 (since there are two occurrences): . . . , 10, 11, 15, 12, 16, 17, 13, 14, 18, 19, . . . VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 67 Peak(bitr): Peak stream bitrate during selected period Thumbnails The probe will try to generate thumbnail pictures for all streams. For multi-program transport streams (MPTS) the first video component is selected. MPEG-2, H.264/MPEG-4, H.265/HEVC VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 68 This icon is shown if the probe is unable to receive or analyze the PMT PID. Only streams with PSI information can have thumbnails decoded since the probe does not support a manual specification of the video PID. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 69 The 10G Software Probe is continuously gathering detailed information for the selected multicast. The VB330-SW will continue updating the detailed information for the selected multicast until another is selected. Clicking the Clear button will clear all information about the selected stream, including PSI/SI analysis data.
  • Page 70 Clicking the Clear button will clear all information about the selected stream, including PSI/SI analysis data. Clicking the MediaWindow button will open the Media Window Selected channel view. This is described in section 5.5. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 71 Peak: The peak audio level in dB, detected during 0.4 seconds Audio level: An audio level bar displaying the average audio level as a green bar referenced to the peak audio level, the peak level being indicated by a white line VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 72 PES length indicator: If signaled in the PES packet header, the PES packet length is displayed; for non-TS services “N/A” is displayed Status: The status of the video PID as reported by the decoding engine VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 73 Channels: The number of audio channels represented by the audio PID or component Layout: The audio channel layout Format: The binary format of the audio stream Bitrate: The effective audio bitrate (bit/s) VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 74: Multicasts - Parameters - Fields

    The Multicasts — Parameters — Fields view enables selection of the parameters to be displayed in the Multicasts — Parameters view. Note that thumbnails must also be enabled in the Setup — Params view for thumbnail availability. 5.4.3 Multicasts — Summary VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 75 OK: Shows how many of the streams monitored on this page are without active alarms ES(MLR): Number of seconds in selected period with continuity counter errors in the MPEG2 transport stream (which corresponds to the number of seconds with non-zero Media Loss Rate). VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 76: Multicasts - History

    CCerr: The number of times a discontinuity has been detected for all the MPEG-2 Transport Stream continuity counters in the interval represented by the bar. This parameter corresponds to the sum of CC errs reported by all streams. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 77: Multicasts - Detect

    The SAP view displays streams announced using the Session Announcement Protocol, detected by the VB330-SW. As long as Enable SAP discovery is enabled in the Setup — Params view, the VB330-SW will continuously try to detect streams. Click the View list offline button to view the stream list in offline mode.

  • Page 78: Multicasts - Join

    IP address and port, provided that Source specific multicasts has been enabled in the Setup — Params view. If the stream is currently joined by the 10G Software Probe (i.e. the VB330-SW is currently monitoring the stream), the Joined field is set to yes.

  • Page 79: Multicasts - Streams

    When the Edit button is clicked it is possible to define the following multicast parameters (note that some parameters are only relevant and selectable when the probe is equipped with the ETR 290 option and T2MI option respectively): VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 80 General Name: A name should be assigned to each unicast/multicast. The name will be used throughout the VB330-SW user interface when referring to this stream. It may also be used by an external management system like the VideoBRIDGE Controller. Address: The IP address of the unicast or multicast. For a T2MI inner stream enter a dummy address.
  • Page 81 SSM source 1: If source specific multicasts (SSM) is enabled in the VB330-SW and a zero source address is specified for a multicast it will be joined using IGMP version 2 (i.e. without a source). This allows both source specific multicasts and non- source specific multicasts to co-exist in the same network and be joined by the...
  • Page 82 Container stream: For an T2MI inner stream the container stream (outer stream) must be specified. Select the container stream from the drop-down menu. For streams other than T2MI inner streams (none) should be selected. Data PID: The container stream PID carrying the inner stream VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 83 RTP packets are missing from both streams. Errors are also reported if the timing between the two stream exceeds the threshold settings. Seamless Protection Switching has been optimized for monitoring SDI over IP (SMPTE 2022-6) streams. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 84: Multicasts - Ethernet Thresh

    Thresholds are used to determine when to actually raise an alarm upon detection of an error. The Ethernet thresholds are used for generating Ethernet probe alarms as well as for calculating error- seconds. Error seconds and ETH probe alarms are issued whenever measurements exceed the VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 85 In the threshold presets list the ‘Refs’ column displays how many streams are associated with each stream threshold template. Ethernet thresholds Name: A text string that identifies the Ethernet threshold VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 86 Ignore PID loss: A comma separated list of PIDs for which the probe should ignore packet loss. Packet loss that affects these PIDs will not result in an error-second count, and the ETR monitoring engine will not count these errors. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 87: Mw (Media Window)

    PCR packets do not carry a valid CC field). The patented Sencore VideoBRIDGE Media Window presents both jitter and packet loss mea- surements in one graph, with jitter (IAT) values growing upwards (+ve Y) and packet loss (MLR) growing downwards (-ve Y).

  • Page 88: Media Window - Selected Channel

    By zooming and panning the user can pinpoint more accurately when errors occurred. In the above diagram tooltip reveals that ‘No signal’ occurred between 9:15 and 9:20. 5.5.1 Media Window — Selected channel VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 89: Media Window - Bandwidth Graph

    This also provides the ability to monitor media windows for several streams without starting several browser sessions. 5.5.2 Media Window — Bandwidth graph VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 90: Media Window - Inter Arrival Time Graph

    The Return Data Path feature enables forwarding of streams from any probe interface to another destination IP address. Stream may also be recorded to file, either directly or triggered by alarms. The probe supports forwarding or recording of two streams in parallel. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 91: Rdp - Control

    Status column. Pressing the Delete button resets this counter. The buffer utilization is stated as a percentage and should never approach 100% for correct relaying or recordings. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 92: Rdp - Setup

    PAT and PMT PIDs should be forwarded in addition to video and audio PIDs, however this depends on the equipment receiving the forwarded stream. When mode Relay over IP has been selected, the RDP parameters are: RDP Ethernet VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 93 – these will never trigger a recording. The maximum recording size depends on the amount of free disk on the probe, up to a maximum of 1500 Mbyte. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 94: Traffic

    Min flen: Minimum Ethernet frame length Max flen: Maximum Ethernet frame length Bitrates Statistic: As above Cur bitrate: As above Bitrates: A graph displaying the bitrate over time, displaying the last five minutes VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 95 COP3 Errors: Either the L/D parameters are not consistent across the streams or payload/FEC packets are received too late or too early according to the buffer model. The number of packets with these errors. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 96: Traffic - Detect

    Detect list will contain the following additional columns: Mapping, signal, RTP drops, CC errors and Bitrate. These parameters are the same as on the Multicasts page. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 97: Traffic - Filter Statistics

    Filter: The filter name, as defined by the user in the Traffic — Filter setup view. Streams: The number of streams matching the associated filter. Bitrate: The total summed bitrate for streams matching the associated filter. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 98 If the same stream started 50 seconds before the selected period, the calcula- tion becomes: Stream duration = (51+52+. . . +100)/50*2 = 151 Clicking the icon next to each value brings up the detailed graph window. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 99 Clicking a graph icon displays the corresponding detailed graph for the selected filter. Clicking the trend graphs itself will bring up the same detailed graph but will plot all the filters so that they can easily be compared. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 100: Traffic - Filter Setup

    RTP: The RTP mode: No filtering, Only with RTP header or Only without RTP header VLAN: VLAN selection mode: No filtering, Only tagged traffic, Only untagged traffic or Require matching specified value (a specific VLAN ID). VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 101 UDP port number) UDP payload: The UDP payload mapping type: No filtering, 7 TS/UDP or N TS/UDP (any integer number of TS to UDP mapping) Edit: Click the Edit link to edit filter settings. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 102: Traffic - Microbitrate

    10 Gbit/s for short intervals while the average bitrate for larger intervals is only a fraction. This traffic shape is challenging for network equipment since it demands all remaining capacity up to line speed. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 103: Ethernet

    An error is defined as no reply within 5 seconds for the Ping option or no, or incorrect, reply within 5 seconds for the HTTP option. If there are more consecutive errors than a fails threshold value an alarm will be raised. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 104: Ethernet - Fsm - Monitor

    The Clear all button will clear accumulated data for all enabled FSM services, but active alarms will not be removed. Clicking the Traceroute button will open a new window, allowing the user to trace the network route to a specified IP address. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 105: Ethernet - Fsm - Setup

    The probe supports ping and generic HTTP GET protocols for online status verification of arbitrary targets. After completing configuration of the selected service Apply changes must be pressed to save and apply the changes. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 106 Port: The port used by the target server, often 80 for HTTP requests Support cookies: If enabled, the HTTP GET request will remember cookies returned by the target and provide them in subsequent requests. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 107: Ethernet - Fsm - Syslog

    5.8.1.3 Ethernet — FSM — Syslog The VB330-SW has a built-in syslog server which captures all incoming messages (UDP, port 514). Messages are displayed in a pageable grid with the following columns: Facility, Severity, Timestamp, Hostname, Agent and Message. Currently displayed page can be exported as an XML-document.

  • Page 108: Ethernet - Igmp

    Time: The probe time when the message occurred Millisec: The milliseconds timestamp Source: The source IP address Destination: The destination IP address Code: The timeout code Message: The interpreted IGMP message Group: The IGMP group address VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 109: Ethernet - Pcap

    5.8.3 Ethernet — PCAP The VB330-SW can make PCAP recordings on the data interface based on simple user configurable filters. The PCAP format supports microsecond timing accuracy. Incoming traffic is recorded if it matches one or more of the enabled filters while outgoing traffic is always recorded.

  • Page 110: Etr 290 (Option)

    ETR 290 analysis engines operate in parallel. It is possible to hide disabled inputs from being displayed in the various ETR 290 sub-views. This setting is found in the Setup — ETR view. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 111: Etr 290 - Etr Overview

    If the user wants to examine one particular Ethernet stream in more detail, he can lock the ETR 290 analysis to that stream by clicking the lock field at that stream. The round-robin operation of the VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 112: Etr 290 - Etr Details

    The ETR 290 parameters are grouped into five different categories. The first three groups are defined in the ETSI TR 101 290 guidelines. The fourth category contains checks defined by Sencore allowing CA system checks, custom PID and service checks, content checks (checking the video for freeze-frames etc) and the Gold TS reference checks.
  • Page 113 If the Clear status button is clicked the error counts are reset and the ETR 290 analysis restarts. The details of the individual ETR 290 measurements are described in a separate document called Sencore VideoBRIDGE ETR 290 Details — Extended ETSI TR 101 290 Testing. Clicking the Show alarm graph button opens the Alarm graph pop-up view.

  • Page 114: Etr 290 - Pids

    5.9.3 ETR 290 — PIDs This view lists the PIDs of the currently active stream of the selected input. The PID list can be sorted by clicking a table column header. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 115 Number of CC errors: The number of CC errors for the specified PID. For the Ethernet inter- face the number of CC errors is measured from when the probe started to monitor the multicast or when the user clicked ‘Clear counters’ in the ‘Mon’ page. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 116: Etr 290 - Services

    If the service tree ‘Services’ top node is clicked, a summary list of stream services and PIDs is displayed. Each service’s service ID and each component’s PID value and bitrate are displayed together with individual PID and service bitrates. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 117 A missing PID is indicated by the color red. If one of the blue PID links is clicked, PID details are shown. Click the Show thumbnail button to view a thumbnail of the selected service. Thumbnails can only be shown for services that are not scrambled. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 118 ETR threshold template. The same pop-up details are displayed as when opened from the Main — Thumb overview view. When clicking a service component, associated key parameters and references will be displayed. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 119 Number of CC errors: The number of CC errors detected during the monitoring period References: A list of PSI/SI references to the component PID. When one of the blue service links is clicked, detailed service information is displayed. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 120: Etr 290 - Bitrates

    The user may select to view a list of services and component PIDs, to view PIDs only or to view PIDs without the null PID. This is selected by clicking the Show Services, Show only PIDs or Show only PIDs but not NULL PID button respectively. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 121: Etr 290 - Tables

    Clicking the ‘Sections’ node displays detected tables and associated repetition rates. Clicking a table enables viewing the table contents in a readily readable format. By clicking the plus-icon at a table the table contents is displayed in detail. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 122 If you get “Unknown descriptor” in the table parsing it could be that the stream contains additional descriptors that can be enabled. Make a note of the descriptor_tag and go to Setup — ETR to enable the parsing of the descriptor. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 123 Show EIT schedule. Clicking this will show the full schedule for the selected service. The amount of data shown depends on the signal. A common practice is to send EPG for 7 days ahead. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 124 To get detailed information about one event, click the binary symbol . This will open a popup window with parsing of the underlying EIT table. The information can be displayed either in detailed hex mode: Or in summary mode: VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 125: Etr 290 - Pcr

    Note that PCR jitter measurements for Ethernet streams are very sensitive to packet loss, and packet loss results in a large jitter values – often for all PCR PIDs of an MPTS. The PCR PID list displays the following parameters: VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 126: Etr 290 - T2Mi (Requires T2Mi-Opt)

    GUI extracted from the L1 current packets in the T2MI streams. The full parsing of this information table is found in the ‘Tables’ section. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 127 Pilot pattern: Pilot pattern PP1 to PP8. TX ID availability: Should always be set to ‘No transmitter identification signals are used’. Cell id: The cell ID for the transmitter. Network id: The network id for this DVB-T2 network. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 128 Signaled PLPs: Lists the PLPs signaled in the stream. PLP type: The signaled type of the PLP. Data PLP Type 1 is the most common, some signals can have a common PLP as well as well as other PLP types. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 129 Payload: Payload type of this PLP. Will typically be the Transport Stream format FF flag: The FF flag value. First RF idx: The first first RF index used for transmitting this PLP. First frame idx: The first frame index used to transmit this PLP. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 130 Static padding: Says whether the padding is static or can change between each BB frame. PLP start: The start value for the PLP in the stream. PLP num blocks: The number of blocks used for this PLP. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 131: Etr 290 - Scte 35 (Requires Scte35-Opt)

    If an ETR engine is monitoring a transport stream containing SCTE 35 information, the current stream will be added to the list in the SCTE 35 menu. By pressing the blue information button a VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 132 When pressing the information button for a specific event a new window will pop-up with detailed information about the event. The pop-up will show a log of the SCTE 35 events signaled for the specified transport stream. Splice NULL messages are not logged. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 133: Etr 290 - Status

    Clicking Show streams results in a list of selectable transport streams and services, and clicking Show services results in a list of selectable services. Note that the screen is not auto-refreshed, click the Compare tab to perform an active refresh. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 134 The number of streams that can be compared depends on screen size. The compare column consists of several sub-views: VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 135 ETR Priority 3: The time the stream has been affected by ETSI TR 101 290 Priority 3 errors No signal: The time the stream has been affected by ‘No signal’ alarm VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 136 If a transport stream is selected for comparison the Services subview displays a list of services present in the stream. Clicking the plus icon at a service will expand the service tree, displaying the service’s individual components. The minimum and maximum effective bitrates of a service/component are VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 137 Clicking a check will open a pop-up view displaying alarm details. Please refer to the ETR 290 — ETR Details section of this user’s manual for a comprehensive description of this view. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 138: Etr 290 - Etr Threshold

    fine-tuning phase of system configuration. Deleting an ETR threshold template is done by highlighting the threshold template that should be removed and clicking Delete highlighted. Note that if the deleted threshold template is assigned to VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 139 E.g. the TDT (Time Date Table) with table repetition set to 30 seconds will have an effective error timeout of 40 seconds. This avoids toggling of alarms for tables that are sent infrequently. Default value: 10 s VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 140 SDT and EIT. Default value: 25 ms ETR Thresholds — Priority 1: TS sync: Enable or disable alarming of no signal error (TS sync loss) Sync byte: Enable or disable alarming of sync byte errors VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 141 The maximum change in the PCR value between two adjoining threshold (ms): PCR values (where the discontinuity indicator flag has not been set). Default according to ETSI TR 101 290: 100 ms VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 142 NIT matches the configured value. Default: Disabled NIT – Min. The minimum number of transport streams that must be present in num. transport streams: the NIT. Set to 0 to disable this check. Default: 0 VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 143 DVB mode is selected. SDT – Maximum The maximum allowed section repetition interval for the SDT Actual interval Actual (ms): table. Default according to ETSI TR 101 290: 2 000 ms VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 144 If enabled, an alarm will be raised if one or more services don’t following event is have a following event transmitted in the EIT (i.e. no EPG for the transmitted next program) VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 145 RRT: Enable or disable alarming of Rating Region Table errors. Only relevant when ATSC mode is selected. RRT – Maximum The maximum allowed section repetition interval for the RRT table. interval (ms): Default: 30000ms VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 146 CA system checks – The maximum allowed ECM repetition interval. Default: 500 ms Maximum ECM interval (ms): CA system checks – The maximum time allowed between ECM changes. Default: Maximum ECM 25000ms change period (ms): VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 147 MIP check: Enable or disable alarming of errors related to the Megaframe Insertion Packet. MIP checks – Check this box to enable an alarm if the MIP table is missing for Require presence of MIP: the stream. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 148 Probe should use NTP time sync to use this functionality. Time information check – Check the time in the TDT table and alarm if it is wrong. Check TDT: VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 149: Etr 290 - Pid Thresholds

    Another way of creating a user-defined threshold template is by highlighting one of the templates already defined and then click the Duplicate highlighted button. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 150 Req. language: If the PID need to have a certain language code signaled in the language descriptor it can be set here. An alarm will be raised if a wrong language is signaled or if the language is not signaled. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 151: Etr 290 - Service Thresh

    In the ‘Service Thresholds’ table, the ‘Refs’ column shows how many streams are associated with each threshold template. Thresholds are associated with each stream in the Multicasts — Streams — Edit view. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 152 For an SPTS the service ID will generally be 1; adding several list entries with different service IDs allows different thresholds to apply for different services within an MPTS. This value only applies if ‘SID’ is selected in the Selection column. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 153 Service type: If a value different from ‘Ignore’ is selected it should match the service type detected by analyzing the received SDT. An alarm will be raised if the service types differ. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 154 A complementary ETR threshold template should be created, that has the ‘Only allow services listed in service template’ check enabled. This ETR threshold template should also be associated with the stream. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 155: Etr 290 - Gold Ts Thresholds

    Here you can see the reference thresholds currently stored on the probe and they can be renamed or edited. To add new reference thresholds or update the existing thresholds click on the button named Add/update threshold. The following dialog is then shown: VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 156 ETR 290 — ETR thr. If needed a new template can be created and associated with the stream(s). Or the existing template(s) can be changed. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 157 • Addition or removal of the various components such as audio and video PIDs. • Changes in language descriptors • Changed PCR PIDs • Changed or removed ECM PID • Lots of changes in the descriptors can be detected VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 158 • Changes in service lists per transport stream • Changes in private as well as MPEG/DVB defined descriptors The Gold TS reference checking is performed by the ETR engines and can be performed in round VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 159 This opens up a new window where the table data can be compared, both as a tree-breakdown and as a hexadecimal dump: VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 160 If the tables are inspected and the change found to be OK the operator can then go back to ETR 290 — Gold TS thr. and update the stored table set to the new version. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 161: Setup

    The probe location is also shown in the Main — Summary view and in the browser’s title line. This name is also used for identifying the system when verifying the license on-line. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 162 Time zone: By setting the time zone the 10G Software Probe time can be offset from the reference NTP time. Please note that this changes the global time zone on the system running the 10G Software Probe. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 163: Setup

    The Setup — Colors view allows the user to define colors that should be recognized if a color-freeze condition should occur. A mono-colored freeze frame condition may in some cases indicate what equipment is failing, resulting in the color-freeze. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 164: Setup - Ethernet

    If you make changes here that causes you to lose web access to the server, please see D Appendix: Network configuration for how to configure the network using the command-line tools. https://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/Network_Configuration VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 165: Setup - Vbc

    VBC equipment list, provided that the auto-detect functionality is enabled and the VBC server address is known to the VB330-SW. Note that the network must be transparent to traffic between the VBC server and 10G Software Probes for auto-detection to work.
  • Page 166 When access control is activated, anyone with access to the VB330-SW can access the user interface in read-only mode. Use system firewall to whitelist or blacklist certain addresses, please refer to the Security Guide for more details. Log-in is performed by providing the correct password. The default password is elvis. The operator may define a new password that should be easy to remember.

  • Page 167: Setup - Etr

    135 (0x87): ‘Disabled’, ‘logical channel descriptor v2’ or ‘content advisory descriptor’ 161 (0xa1): ‘Disabled’, ‘service location descriptor’ or ‘etv_bif_platform_descriptor’ 162 (0xa2): ‘Disabled’ or ‘etv_integrated_signaling_descriptor’ 231 (0xe7): ‘Disabled’ or ‘private cable delivery system descriptor’ 233 (0xe9): ‘Disabled’ or ‘ip_delivery_system_descriptor’ VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 168 Table IDs are specified as a comma separated list, or alternatively an ID range can be defined, e.g. 78, 80–95. EIT table IDs: 78 P/F for Actual TS 79 P/F for Other TS 80–95 Schedule for Actual TS 96–111 Schedule for Other TS VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 169: Setup - Vbc Thresh

    These thresholds refer to a monitoring window of one hour, meaning that if the number of error seconds summed over any one-hour period exceeds the associated error second threshold an alarm will be raised by the VBC. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 170 Duplicate selected or Delete selected button respectively. To edit a highlighted threshold template, the Edit selected button should be clicked. Multi-edit functionality allows editing several VBC thresholds simultaneously. Highlight the list entries that should be edited and click the Edit selected button. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 171 ETR other errors: Number of seconds with ETR ‘other’ alarms before a VBC alarm is generated ETR interface errors: ETR error seconds are not relevant for the VB330-SW 10G Software Probe OTT transport errors: Number of seconds with OTT transport related alarms...

  • Page 172: Setup - Scheduling

    When a scheduling template has been modified, click the Apply changes button. Defined scheduling templates become available as selections in the ETR 290 — PID thresh. — Edit and ETR 290 — Service thresh. — Edit views. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 173: 10Setup - Routing

    Note: When monitoring both multicast (UDP) and OTT (TCP) traffic, we recommend using different network interfaces. Mixing the two traffic types on the same network can have unwanted impact on the monitored signals. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 174: 11Setup - Security

    10G Software Probe. This page uses the same log-in credentials as the Software Activation interface. Please refer to chapter 3.4 for details on Software Activation. 5.10.11.1 Setup — Security — Ports VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 175: Data

    Export XML frame. A new browser window pops up containing the selected XML document. The browser will allow the contents of the page to be saved to file. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 176: Data - Software

    The software section allows the 10G Software Probe to be upgraded to a newer software version. Select the .tea file from the local PC and click Go! to copy the software to the VB330-SW. When the upload is complete, clicking the Update software button will begin the upgrade procedure.
  • Page 177 Upgrading to a new major release requires a valid software maintenance license, please refer to H Appendix: Software Maintenance for more details. If the current software maintenance license does not cover the uploaded software version, the upgrade will be aborted and the current version is kept. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 178: Data - Table Descriptors

    Contact Sencore for more information about private descriptors. 5.11.4 Data — Eii The External integration interface (Eii) allows inclusion of Sencore VideoBRIDGE equipment into 3rd party NMS systems. In order to facilitate integration the Data — Eii view allows export of XML files containing the data typically being requested by an NMS system via the regular Eii...

  • Page 179: About

    5.12.1 About — Release info This view shows the software version, the software build date and the version of the underlying operating system for the 10G Software Probe. 5.12.2 About — License VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 180 Entering a demo license key pair will start a trial period during which the features defined in the demo license are available. Once the trial period ends, the VB330-SW will revert back to the previous license. The time remaining is indicated in the License details page.

  • Page 181: About - Technologies

    5.12.3 About — Technologies The Technologies view lists some of the technologies available in the Sencore VideoBRIDGE product family. 5.12.4 About — Credits This view shows information about the software included with the 10G Software Probe. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 182: About - System

    Clicking the Debug. . . link allows the user to generate a document containing debug information that may be useful if VB330-SW misbehavior is reported. This file should be sent along with a description of the misbehavior.

  • Page 183: A Appendix: Vb330-Sw Versus Vbc Alarms

    Ethernet measurement data are sent from the VB330-SW 10G Software Probe together with Ethernet error-second threshold values (as set in the VB330-SW 10G Software Probe Setup — VBC thresh. view). The VBC monitors the error seconds for each parameter and will raise an alarm provided that the error-seconds figure exceeds the threshold value, as monitored during the windowing period.
  • Page 184 Alarms Alarm Settings ETH Multicast Thresholds ETH Measurements Probe Figure A.1: VBC alarming based on 10G Software Probe measurements VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 185: B Appendix: Monitoring Practices

    Imagine the following MPEG-2 Transport Stream being generated by an encoder. The TS contains two PIDs (50 and 51) and the Continuity Counter (CC) values are continuous for each PID since there are no packets missing. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 186: Strategy For Mediawindow Analysis

    B.3 Strategy for MediaWindow Analysis This section provides further insight into MediaWindow analysis and suggests how the Ethernet threshold settings can be configured to maximize the usefulness of the MediaWindow graphs and alarms. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 187 The rest of this discussion assumes the MediaWindow graph range is set to “running” since that lowers the probability that more packet losses occurred inside the same bar-interval. The following figure shows how a large number of elementary measurements are represented by one bar in the graph. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 188: Iat Before And After Router

    TS layer. IP based networks will generally not introduce new errors in the TS layer. As soon as the TS layer is wrapped inside UDP packets all further processing operates on the UDP packets. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 189: Multicast Thresholds

    Streams that are being monitored by several probes should have equal Ethernet thresholds configured on each probe to make it easy to compare measurements for a stream across several probes. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 190: Dedicated Interface For Ott

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  • Page 191: C Appendix: Ott Profile Health

    • Black: Fatal All enabled alarms may affect the profile health bar, and alarm severities can be assigned to each alarm in the Alarms — Alarm setup view. C.2 OTT Profile Health Timeline VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 192 If several alarms are active within a one minute period the graph color will reflect the most severe alarm. Historical alarms can be examined in more detail by viewing the OTT alarm list. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 193: D Appendix: Network Configuration

    Networking Guide https://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/Network_Configuration https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/getting_ started_with_cockpit/ If the nmtui tool is not available on your system, you can install it by issuing the command yum install NetworkManager-tui https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_ Guide/sec-Networking_Config_Using_nmtui.html VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 194 To edit a connection first select Edit a connection from the nmtui menu: Select the interface to be edited and then select Edit. . . from the menu. Make the necessary changes to IPv4 and IPv6 configuration. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 195 To find the system assigned name for a newly added hardware device use the command line ifconfig or search in the output of the dmesg tool. It can be helpful to keep the nmtui Profile name for the device the same as the device name itself, for example: VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 196 1040 on interface ens8. The parent and VLAN ID fields should correspond to the values in the name field. In our example ens8 is the parent and 1040 is the VLAN. Other settings are the same as for normal IPv4/6 interfaces. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 197 After entering the configuration for the VLAN interface select OK to return the previous menu, then select Back and finally Activate a connection to activate the newly created VLAN interface. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 198: E Appendix: Enabling Https

    First generate a private key, which we call ca.key: openssl genrsa -out ca.key 2048 Second, create a certificate signing request (CSR) in ca.csr: openssl req -new -key ca.key -out ca.csr https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Https VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 199 Disabling HTTP access To configure the server to redirect any access arriving over HTTP to the HTTPS server, the simplest /etc/httpd/conf d/001-http-to-https conf way is to create the file https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/RewriteHTTPToHTTPS VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 200 Add the following line after the line: RewriteOptions Inherit Finally, we need to create a VirtualHost for the HTTP part, this one is kept simple and can be created by issuing the following command: https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/RedirectSSL VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 201 <<'EOM' > /etc/httpd/conf.d/002-http-virtualhost.conf <VirtualHost _default_:80> RewriteOptions Inherit </VirtualHost> Now the configuration should be ready for adding the Let’s Encrypt certificate. Please follow the Certbot guide for information on how to do that. https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/centosrhel7-apache VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 202: F Appendix: Enabling Ntp Time Synchronization

    For more details on configuring the date and time settings, please refer to the System Administrator’s Guide, chapters Configuring the Date and Time and Using chrony https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/System_ Administrators_Guide/chap-Configuring_the_Date_and_Time.html https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/system_ administrators_guide/sect-using_chrony VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 203: G Appendix: On-Line License Verification

    HTTPS on port 443 (outgoing only). If the VB330-SW is configured in such a way that it is unable to perform this, it can be configured to use a proxy server as described below. If proxy connectivity also is not available, an off-line verification procedure is available as well, as described below.
  • Page 204 The 10G Software Probe can be configured to use an arbitrary proxy server to connect to the licensing server. By adding the URL to a proxy server in the Setup — Routing view, the VB330-SW will automatically attempt to use this proxy if a direct connection fails.
  • Page 205 Once done, click the Request license button and save the license document file to the computer. If needed, re-connect to the VB330-SW network, return to the Renew license off-line view, select .pem file that was generated by the license manager and press Go!

  • Page 206: H Appendix: Software Maintenance

    5.12.2 for more details. For an overview of software maintenance periods for multiple units, please refer to the Equipment view on the VideoBRIDGE Controller server. Use the Data — Software view to update the VB330-SW software, please refer to chapter 5.11.2. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 207: I Appendix: Software Upload

    From the Data — Software view select the software image file to be uploaded and click the Go! button. When the software has been successfully transferred to the probe click the Update software button and confirm. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 208 It is also possible to upload the software image using the Software Activation interface. Access Software Activation and expand the More options heading. Under the heading Update software, select the software image file to be uploaded and click the Update button. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...
  • Page 209 /var/opt/btech/probe /opt/ Copy the downloaded file to the directory and issue the command btech/probe/bin/vprobe_upgrade to begin the upgrade procedure. /path/to/download cp filename.tea /var/opt/btech/probe /opt/btech/probe/bin/vprobe_upgrade https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

  • Page 210: Wait While The Software Is Being Saved

    Data — Configuration view. If you are unable to access the GUI after the upgrade, you /opt/btech/ can inspect the log file manually by logging in to the system and opening the file probe/log/upgrade log manually. VB330-SW 10G Software Probe User’s Manual version 5.5...

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