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Admin Guide

13-03082-090 AB

2020-03-10 (supersedes version dated 2020-02-17)

GV ORBIT

Version 1.0.0

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Page 1: ...Admin Guide 13 03082 090 AB 2020 03 10 supersedes version dated 2020 02 17 GV ORBIT Version 1 0 0...

Page 2: ...duct manuals for their own internal business use Manuals for Grass Valley products may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and...

Page 3: ...entification with an RJ 45 copper Network Card 16 Cabling and Configuring the GV Orbit Server to support SMPTE ST 2022 7 Redundancy 17 4 Getting Started 19 Introduction 19 Configuring the GV Orbit Ser...

Page 4: ...Hardware Screen 44 Storage Screen 44 Network Screen 44 Network Activity Screen 45 IP Configuration Task 45 Interfaces Status Screen 46 Host Name Screen 46 DNS Screen 46 PING Screen 46 NTP Screen 47 In...

Page 5: ...com docs gvorbit For Dell documentation use your server s service tag to access the documentation on Dell s website Software Updates For the latest features bug fixes and stability enhancements make s...

Page 6: ...trol and monitoring package specifically designed for the dynamic orchestration of broadcast media networks whether they be SDI hybrid or pure IP Its underlying architecture however is targeted at ope...

Page 7: ...ng enough ports for the primary management network The primary management port for each GV Orbit Server GB1 port See Port Identification on page 15 The server s Enterprise iDRAC port for each GV Orbit...

Page 8: ...the need for this switch and its related cabling For each GV Orbit Server s Enterprise iDRAC port found on each GV Orbit Server if you are using the default iDRAC BIOS settings Connection to the prima...

Page 9: ...en both VGA ports are connected VGA Connector 1 3 eSATA Connection for external storage 4 Hard Drives 2 5 Power On Off Press to initiate GV Orbit Server startup Once running press again to initiate se...

Page 10: ...min Guide For more information about the frame s connections controls indicators and maintenance operations refer to the Dell EMC PowerEdge XR2 Installation and Service Manual See Related Documentatio...

Page 11: ...bit Server hardware 1 Refer to the Dell EMC PowerEdge XR2 Installation and Service Manual see Related Documentation on page 5 shipped with your GV Orbit Server and mount the unit in a standard 19 inch...

Page 12: ...12 GV Orbit Server Installation GV Orbit Setting up the GV Orbit Server Hardware Admin Guide...

Page 13: ...used for any use or protocol by GV Orbit The diagrams below show the typical network connections for the GV Orbit Server Typical cabling diagram Note The management network s are interconnected with t...

Page 14: ...Network PC with GV Orbit Client 1st Power Supply Module 2nd Power Supply Module iDRAC Production Equipment with a Management Port 1st Power Supply Module 2nd Power Supply Module iDRAC GV Orbit Server...

Page 15: ...on used in the GV Orbit Admin interface with a GV Orbit Server equipped with an SFP fiber network card ETH1 ETH0 iDRAC ETH5 SFP Ethernet Ports ETH4 ETH3 ETH2 Port Identification Connection Type and Da...

Page 16: ...et Ports ETH2 ETH1 ETH0 Port Identification Connection Type and Data Bandwidth Marked on the Server Chassis In the BIOS In GV Orbit and OS iDRAC iDRAC RJ 45 1GB GB1i i This interface port must be used...

Page 17: ...following figure shows two GV Orbit Servers in a cluster configuration where GV Orbit Server A and GV Orbit Server B provide failover protection for each other See also Cluster Task on page 36 PREREQ...

Page 18: ...V Orbit Server s RED High Speed Media Port to the A Network shown in red See the Cabling Diagram on page 13 to locate the High Speed Media Ports 2 Connect the GV Orbit Server s BLUE High Speed Media P...

Page 19: ...and monitor directly to the GV Orbit Server About the Server Enterprise Network iDRAC The Server Enterprise Network iDRAC is used to connect to the server s motherboard management interface Using thi...

Page 20: ...ining Ethernet ports can be configured through the GV Orbit Server admin s interface Proceed as follows 1 Install the GV Orbit Server frame in its designated rack position 2 Connect a monitor keyboard...

Page 21: ...t up Configuration 4 Press F2 on the keyboard 5 With the keyboard s down arrow key select iDRAC Settings 6 With the keyboard s down arrow key select Network Note Though the description for F10 mention...

Page 22: ...V4 Settings 10 Select Back 11 Select Reboot Allow the GV Orbit Server to reboot and wait for the console menu to appear GV Orbit OS version X X X build XXX Running from DISK OS1 dev sda2 Menu 1 System...

Page 23: ...ration no no Once the GV Orbit Server management network interface has been configured the remaining network configuration will be done within the GV Orbit Server s admin interface see IP Configuratio...

Page 24: ...ements See IP Configuration Task on page 45 and Cabling Diagram on page 13 3 Ping each piece of production equipment from the GV Orbit Server s network ports to verify network connectivity to all netw...

Page 25: ...e In the example First Time Start up Configuration on page 20 this is shown as 10 0 3 5 The GV Orbit Admin login screen appears If not click Home and the log in 2 Enter your login credentials The defa...

Page 26: ...it Admin Interface Admin Guide The left hand side of the screen has a menu of the available configuration screens See GV Orbit Server Configuration Tasks on page 29 3 Change the admin password to secu...

Page 27: ...ads Stage At any time you can navigate back to the Home stage by clicking Home To navigate back to GV Orbit Home Stage 1 Click Home in the upper right corner The GV Orbit Downloads task is shown To do...

Page 28: ...rofiles must have been created see Create User Screen on page 57 To switch to another user profile 1 Click on the user profile name at the top right of GV Orbit Admin The Login screen appears 2 Enter...

Page 29: ...Orbit server To access the native client software installer 1 From the PC on which you want to install the GV Orbit software application log in to GV Orbit Admin See Launching and Logging in to GV Orb...

Page 30: ...n Downloads Admin Guide 6 From the PC s Start menu run the GV Orbit Control Client GV Orbit Client software application For more information about installing and using the client software applications...

Page 31: ...trol the individual GV Orbit system applications View the status of the individual GV Orbit system applications Control the individual GV Orbit system applications to Start stop and restart an applica...

Page 32: ...luded in this global backup Backup for Whenabackup is selected fromthepulldownlist this lists theapplications that are part of the selected backup The individual applications shown in this list can be...

Page 33: ...applications also have configuration properties in Services For more information about each service refer to the GV Orbit Services User Guide see Related Documentation on page 5 Status Shows if the a...

Page 34: ...agivenapplicationyouhaveversion2 1 0 installed thenyouupgrade the application to version 2 2 0 then Restore application becomes available Clicking Restore application will revert to the previous versi...

Page 35: ...ldown list Schedule this maintenance operation during off hours when the system is not in use Delete Removes the Application Backup from the GV Orbit Server that was selected from the pulldown list Gl...

Page 36: ...l application s operating status GV Orbit Control Application Failover Operational Method Installed and running If a problem occurs with the currently active GV Orbit Server such as network loss or co...

Page 37: ...mode inactive When GV Orbit Control Application Densit GVOC is installed and running Ifaproblemoccurswiththecurrently active GV OrbitServer such as network loss or connectivity issues the standby GV...

Page 38: ...erver the cluster may provoke an automatic failover by using connectivity to the reference IP device as a tie breaker When a GV Orbit server as member of a cluster loses connectivity with both the oth...

Page 39: ...med the remote GV Orbit Server s database will be overwritten and all configuration data will be lost on that server For this procedure the remote GV Orbit Server is GV Orbit Server 2 2 In GV Orbit Se...

Page 40: ...ss All third party devices systems using the virtual IP address will have access to the active server GV Orbit Server 1 GV Orbit Server 2 is now a standalone server is online its topology is de activa...

Page 41: ...ivated in the GV Orbit Control application and it has no virtual IP address All third party devices systems will not communicate with this server as the virtual IP address is not configured GV Orbit S...

Page 42: ...installation Run the GV Orbit Client and make signal routing takes between sources and destinations for example Confirm that GV Orbit Server 2 is running as expected by loading it with normal activit...

Page 43: ...Screen on page 44 Network Screen on page 44 Network Activity Screen on page 45 System Screen The System screen provides a health overview for the GV Orbit server Parameter Description Versions and nam...

Page 44: ...bit server Network Screen The Network screen provides information about network Ethernet interfaces IP routing and tunneling that have been configured for the GV Orbit server See also Port Identificat...

Page 45: ...gure this task In the IP Configuration task you set the GV Orbit server s network connection parameters and you can view network health parameters The following tabs are documented below Parameter Des...

Page 46: ...Screen The DNS screen allows you to set the GV Orbit server s DNS servers it will use PING Screen The PING screen allows you to test the reachability of a remote host on an IP network and to determine...

Page 47: ...See Creating a GV Orbit Server Cluster on page 38 To configure a network interface Schedule this maintenance operation during off hours when the system is not in use For each network interface you ca...

Page 48: ...e following parameters 4 Click Create Parameter Description Interface Name The name from the server s hosts file for this network interface See also Port Identification on page 15 Method Set the metho...

Page 49: ...The following values are available for the Groups parameter The Groups value is used by the Network interface s parameter in a service to identify which network s the service is to use for communicati...

Page 50: ...etwork configurations such as port bonding There is no undo for this screen and an error could result in a loss of connectivity to the GV Orbit server and a general GV Orbit system outage Recovery may...

Page 51: ...sk Grass Valley Technical Support may ask that you send them a log file to help with system diagnostics View the log files for the following GV Orbit applications Densit GVOC Densit GV Orbit Control N...

Page 52: ...on page 5 Parameter Description View Click to see the entire service s log file in your browser However if the file is too big you will need to download it See also Log File Tail Log File Details on p...

Page 53: ...echnical Support on page 60 An iso file installs the server s Operating System OS only the server s Operating System OS and GV Orbit s packages for its applications A gvos file is an upgrade file for...

Page 54: ...talled on each partition active indicates the partition currently being used by the GV Orbit Server OS 2 version active Available upgrade Once an upgrade file has been uploaded to the GV Orbit Server...

Page 55: ...n Shows the application version available The upgrade software version comes from having uploaded a file with File Upload See Software File Upload and Operating System Upgrade on page 53 Installed ver...

Page 56: ...essage to appear 7 Click Reboot This reboots the GV Orbit server and alternates the Active partition A progress message is shown in your browser s lower left corner When complete the inactive partitio...

Page 57: ...is a special profile that is used by clients to connect to the GV Orbit Server and it applications For example it is used by the Densit Manager Administration Screen Once one or more users have been...

Page 58: ...tration screen In addition you can perform the following actions in the Users section See also Switching User Profiles on page 28 Password Change Screen This screen changes the password of the current...

Page 59: ...Services GV Orbit Services GV Orbit relies on a number of services to integrate diverse equipment and provide advanced features For more information about the role of each GV Orbit service refer to t...

Page 60: ...btain a local phone number for the support center nearest you consult the Contact Us section of Grass Valley s website www grassvalley com An online form for e mail contact is also available from the...

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