Harmonic NSG 9000-3G Operation manual

NSG 9000
Universal EdgeQAM
HW and Installation User’s Guide
VERSION 1.5 & UP
NSG 9000-3G & bNSG 9000
Rev D

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Complimentary Documentation
Document Explanation
NSG 9000 Software Guide Describes the main features, configuration and alarms
of the NSG 9000 application.
bNSG 9000 Firmware Guide Describes the main features, initial configuration and
alarms of the bNSG 9000 application.

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Revision History
Table 0-1: Revision History
Revision Date Description By
A May 2009 Creating document Tova
B October 2009 Corrections to table 1-1 Tova
C November 2009 Correction to table 1-12 Tova
D July 2011 Support of additional power supply Tova

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Preface
Table of Contents
Main Features and Specifications
1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2 Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 NSG 9000 Physical and Power Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.1 Physical Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.2 NSG 9000 Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.3 Power Supply Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.4 Power Consumption from Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3.5 Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.4 Stream Processing Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.5 NSG 9000 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5.1 Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.5.2 EIA-232 Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.5.3 Front Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.5.4 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.5.5 Air Inlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.5.6 Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.6 Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.6.1 Processing Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.6.2 Module Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.6.3 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.6.4 What’s Next... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installation
2.1 Unpacking the NSG 9000 Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2 Installing the NSG 9000 Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2.1 Rack Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2.2 Rack Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2.3 Rack Positioning and Device Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2.4 Rack Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2.5 Power Source and Wiring Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.2.6 Facility Cooling Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.2.7 Required Tools for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.3 Inserting the Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.3.1 Tools for Mounting/Replacing a Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.3.2 Installing a DTI Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cabling
3.1 Device Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1.1 Back Panel Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.2 Cabling the GbE Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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3.2.1 Mirroring a GbE Input Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.3 Connecting the QAM-RF Output Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.4 Connecting the ASI Monitoring Port Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.5 Connecting the Ethernet Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.6 Cabling the DTI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.7 Connecting Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.7.1 Grounding the Mounted Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.7.2 Connecting the AC Power Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.7.3 Connecting the –48 VDC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.8 Establishing Ethernet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.8.1 What’s Next... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance
4.1 Cooling Fans Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.1.1 Removing and Replacing the Cooling Fans Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.2 Hot Swapping Power Supply Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Chapter 1
Main Features and Specifications
1.1 Introduction
This platform may operate as NSG 9000, a powerful Network Services GatewayTM or as
bNSG 9000, an augmented Broadcasting Network GatewayTM.
NOTE: NSG 9000 comes with either an AC power supply or –48 VDC power supply. All types of the NSG
9000 platform are intended to be installed in restricted access locations.
1.2 Main Features
The following table describes the main features of the NSG 9000 platform:
Table 1-1: Main Specifications
Component Feature Description
Chassis Chassis 2-RU, mounts in Electronic Industries
Association (EIA) standard rack
Chassis Hot-swappable
Front Panel
The front panel module includes four cooling
fans, LCD display panel and a keypad, and
indication LEDs. The module may be removed
for maintenance purposes while the system is
operational.
Chassis Indication LEDs 2 power, alarm and 9 output status LEDs.
Processing
module
6 x GbE input
ports (3 active & 3
backup)
Provides three independent ports receiving
simultaneously different feeds
Only three ports are simultaneously active,
see, 1.6.1.5 GbE Input Ports on page 15.
Input rate of up to 1000 Mbps per port
Processing
module
1 x ASI monitoring
port
ASI monitoring port can be configured to
output the same data as a selected QAM-RF
output TS. The ASI Port can be configured to
monitor any output TS.
Processing
module
Back panel LEDs Activity and alarm LED pair for each GbE port
(12 LEDs in all).
Processing
module
10Base-T/
100Base-T
Ethernet ports
Two independent Ethernet ports, typically used
for management (ETH1) and scrambling
(ETH2).
Processing
module
2xDTI ports
(optional)
Two DTI ports, typically used for M-CMTS
applications.

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QAM-RF
module
Hot-swappable Up to 9 QAM-RF modules may be mounted in
the chassis. Modules may be added or
removed while the system is operational.
QAM-RF
modules
Up to nine QAM-
RF modules, with
2x QAM-RF ports
per module.
Overall, the
system includes
up to 18 QAM-RF
ports, capable of
carrying up to 72
QAM-RF channels
Each port carries up to four QAM channels
combined and upconverted. For further
information, refer to page 17.
QAM Mode:
ITU-T J.83 Annex-A (DVB): 8 MHz
ITU-T J.83 Annex-B: 6 MHz
ITU-T J.83 Annex-C (Japan): 6 MHz
QAM Constellations:
ITU-T J.83 Annex-A:16, 32, 64, 128, 256
ITU-T J.83 Annex-B: 64, 256
ITU-T J.83 Annex-C:16, 32, 64, 128, 256
For further QAM-RF specifications, see
product specification sheet.
QAM-RF
module
Maximum output
bit rate
ITU-T J.83 Annex-A
Up to 3xQAM channels per physical port
(Triple QAM)
Up to 6xQAM channels per module
Max output bitrate per QAM channel -
51.287 Mbps
ITU-T J.83 Annex-B:
Up to 4xQAM channels per physical port
(Quad QAM)
Up to 8xQAM channels per module
Max output bitrate per QAM channel -
38.811 Mbps
ITU-T J.83 Annex-C:
Up to 4xQAM channels per physical port
(Quad QAM)
Up to 8xQAM channels per module
Max output bitrate per QAM channel -
39.171 Mbps
Power Supply AC/DC Power
Supply Options
Two distinct types of Power Supply are
available: AC and DC. See 1.3.3 Power Supply
Specifications on page 8.
Power Supply Hot Swappable
redundant power
supply
Two independent Power Supply units may be
mounted in the chassis. The units can be
removed or inserted while the system is
operational.
Power Supply Current and load
sharing
When operating with two Power Supplies, load
is shared and balanced between the two
modules.
Table 1-1: Main Specifications
Component Feature Description

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1.3 NSG 9000 Physical and Power Specifications
1.3.1 Physical Dimensions
1.3.2 NSG 9000 Weight
1.3.3 Power Supply Specifications
Harmonic sells power supply units that have been thoroughly qualified to operate with the
NSG 9000-3G device. Tab le 1 –4 lists power specifications of a fully populated unit toghether
with the Harmonic part numbers for the qualified power supply modules. Use these part
numbers for ordering your power supply modules.
bNSG firmware version 1.2.1 and NSG9000-3G firmware version 1.6.6 and up, supports also
power supply units with the following part number: NSG-PS-AC-03, NSG-PS-DC-03, NSG-PS-
AC-03, NSG-PS-DC-03.
Table 1-2: Physical Dimensions
Dimension Inches mm
Height 3.47 88.1
Width 19.00 482.6
Total Length (front to back) 22.88 581.2
Depth (From rack mount fixture to
back of device)
21.78 553.4
Table 1-3: NSG 9000 Weight
Configuration Weight (lb.) Weight (kg)
Chassis 33.97 15.44
Power Supply (AC/DC) 3.95 1.80
QAM-RF blade 2.29 1.04
Full platform (chassis + 2xPS +
9xQRF)
62.48 28.4
Full platform, single PS
(chassis + 1xPS + 9xQRF)
58.53 26.6

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CAUTION: Both power supply units should be of the same part number. Power supply units with
different part numbers, may adversely affect the performance of the QAM-RF output signal.
1.3.4 Power Consumption from Grid
The following table lists the power consumtion from grid of a fully populated device and of a
single QAM-RF module. Use the consumption figure of a single module in order to calculate
the consumption of a partly-populated chassis:
For more details, see 2.2.5.2 Overcurrent protection on page 21.
Table 1–4: Power Supply Units Specifications
Harmonic Part
Number
PS
Type
Input Voltage
Range
Input Line
Frequency Comments
NSG-PS-AC-01 AC 85 to 264 VAC 47 to 63 Hz Supports up to 24 QAM channels per RF port
NSG-PS-DC-01 DC -36 to -72 VDC N/A Supports up to 24 QAM channels per RF port
NSG-PS-AC-02 AC 100 to240 VAC 47 to 63 Hz Supports up to 24 QAM channels per RF port
NSG-PS-DC-02 DC -40 to -60 VDC N/A Supports up to 24 QAM channels per RF port
NSG-PS-AC-03 AC 100 to240 VAC 47 to 63 Hz Supports up to 36 QAM channels per RF port
NSG-PS-DC-03 DC -40 to -60 VDC N/A Supports up to 36 QAM channels per RF port
Table 1-5: Power Consumption
Max Power Consumption from Grid(Watts)
Input
Voltage
Fully Populated
Chassis
Single QAM-RF
Module
110V AC 490 36
220V AC 480
48V DC 450

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1.3.5 Environmental Specifications
The following table lists the environmental specifications for the NSG 9000 (NSG-9K-CS-01):
1.4 Stream Processing Overview
The NSG 9000 accepts a GbE input, and outputs MPEG data over
QAM-RF signal. The following diagram shows the flow of data through the GbE channel.
NOTE: The diagram shows the flow of data via a single Quadruple
QAM-RF module. NSG 9000 may include up to 9 Quadruple QAM modules.
Table 1-6: Environmental Specifications
Parameter Description
Operating temperature 0 to 50 °C (32 to 122 °F)
Storage temperature –20 to 80 °C (–4 to 176 °F)
Relative humidity Maximum 95% non-condensing
Ventilation If units are installed in a closed rack, the rack must be
ventilated to ensure proper cooling of the units. Ventilation
rate must be:
At least 1.0 cubic meter per minute (35 cubic feet per
minute) per NSG 9000 unit.
Ventilation rate must be at least 2.2 M3/min (78 CFM) per
NSG 9000 unit. This is the air flow through the unit while fans
operate at full speed.