Harmonic NSG 9116 Manual

Narrowcast Services Gateway
NSG 9116, 9112 and 9108
Hardware Installation and Startup Guide
For NSG 9100 Ver. 3.0
P/N MAN-NSG9100-HW-3.0 Rev. B
February 2004

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Disclaimer
Harmonic Inc. reserves the right to change any products described herein at any time, and
without prior notice. Harmonic assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the use of the
products described herein, except as expressly agreed to in writing by Harmonic. The use and
purchase of this product does not convey a license under any patent rights, copyrights, trademark
rights, or any intellectual property rights of Harmonic. Nothing hereunder constitutes a
representation or warranty that using any products in the manner described herein will not
infringe any patents of third parties.
Trademark Acknowledgments
Harmonic and all Harmonic product names are trademarks of Harmonic Inc. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
Compliance and Approval
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device,
pursuant to Part 15, subpart B of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy. It may cause harmful
interference to radio communications if it is not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions in this manual. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause
harmful interference. If this occurs, the user will be required to correct the interference at their
own expense.
Connections between the Harmonic equipment and other equipment must be made in a manner
that is consistent with maintaining compliance with FCC radio frequency emission limits.
Modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by Harmonic may void the authority
granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment.
The following table lists agency approvals:
Agency Approval
North American EMI FCC Part 15, subpart B, Class A
North American Safety UL, 1950, cUL 22.2 No. 950
European EMI EN55022 Class A, EN50082-1
©Harmonic Inc. 2004
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Table of Contents
Preface
1 Features and Specifications
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
NSG 9100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
NSG Backup Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Features and Specifications by NSG Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Stream Processing Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
NSG Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Front Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
EIA-232 Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Air Inlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Ethernet Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
GbE Input Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
NSG Output Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
What’s Next... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
2 Cabling and Configuration
Unpacking the NSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Installing the NSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Cabling the NSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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Connecting the GbE Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting the QAM-RF Output Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting the ASI Monitoring Port Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting the Ethernet Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Establishing Ethernet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting the AC Power Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting the –48 VDC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
What’s Next... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Preliminary Configuration of the NSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Control Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Control Panel Screen Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Control Panel Operation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring the NSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Reset the NSG Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Monitoring the NSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
What’s Next... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Starting the Web Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Access Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Entering the Monitor or Configure Access Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Upgrading the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Updating the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3Troubleshooting
Warnings for the NSG Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Alarms for the NSG Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
A Fuse Replacement
B Wiring the –48 VDC Power Supply
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power Source Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Overcurrent Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Wiring Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Assembling the DC Input Power Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting the Power Cable to the NSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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C Advanced Fiber Optic Connections
Cascading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Cascading Single Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Cascading Redundant Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Cascading with IP Switching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Connecting a DWDM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
D Customer Support Information
Contacting Harmonic for Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Glossary
Index

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Preface
This guide describes the installation and startup instructions for the
Narrowcast Services Gateway family, including the NSG 9116, 9112 and
9108. The NSG is a highly integrated digital video and data gateway
between on-demand content servers and their subscribers. Designed as
a 1-RU chassis, the NSG family performs PID filtering, multiplexing,
scrambling, QAM modulation, and RF upconversion for either sixteen,
twelve or eight transport streams simultaneously. It can supply video and
other on-demand multimedia services to large numbers of subscribers.
The NSG accepts digital MPEG input through a Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
port. The NSG directs multimedia to the different QAMs and up-
converters to create the outgoing transport streams as QAM-RF output
signals.
Note: This guide uses the term NSG to refer to the NSG 9116, 9112
and 9108.
Manual Organization
This guide is organized as follows:
■Chapter 1, “Features and Specifications,” introduces features of the
NSG.
■Chapter 2, “Cabling and Configuration,” describes how to cable and
configure the NSG.
■Chapter 3, “Troubleshooting,” describes how to resolve NSG
hardware alarms.
■Appendix A, “Fuse Replacement,” contains service information that
explains how to replace the fuse in the NSG.

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■Appendix B, “Wiring the –48 VDC Power Supply,” describes how to
connect the optional –VDC power source.
■Appendix C, “Advanced Fiber Optic Connections,” describes
advanced fiber optic cabling schemes including cascading and using
a DWDM in your network.
■Appendix D, “Customer Support Information,” provides Customer
Support contact information.
■, “Glossary,” lists commonly used industry-wide terms as well as terms
used in this guide.
Conventions
This guide uses the following notational conventions:
Convention Description
Courier font regular System messages, syntax statements, or
command examples.
Courier font bold Commands that you are instructed to enter.
italic font For emphasis or command variables.
[italic font] In syntax statements, items inside brackets are
optional.
Caution: Indicates a situation that might impair data.
Note: Highlights important information.
Tip: Provides time-saving or informative suggestions
about using the product.
Warning: Indicates a situation that causes damage to the
system or might harm a person.

Chapter 1
Features and Specifications
Introduction
NSG 9100
Harmonic's NSG 9100 product line includes the NSG 9116, 9112 and
9108. The NSG provides digital video remultiplexing, scrambling, QAM
modulation, and RF upconversion for video on demand networks. The
NSG accepts digital MPEG input through 2 x GbE ports configured to
work as redundant GbE channels or as independent channels that
simultaneously receive different GbE feeds. The NSG delivers up to
sixteen transport streams through RF output ports implementing dual
upconverter technology.
The following table provides a general description of the NSG 9100
product line:

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Note: The NSG comes with either an AC power supply or –48 VDC
power supply. All types of NSGs are intended to be installed in
restricted access locations.
Management Interfaces
Harmonic offers several methods for configuring NSG devices and
monitoring their status. All management interfaces listed below connect
to the NSG over LAN, via its ETH1 Ethernet port.
Caution: Harmonic strongly recommends using an Ethernet network
that is isolated from any other networks or subnets at your site for
management of the NSGs.It ensures adequate security, and prevents
possible disturbances to the normal operation of NSG devices due to
uncontrolled network activity.
NSG Input Output
9116 2 x GbE ports with two
modes of operation:
■two redundant
channels
■two independent ports
receiving different
feeds
8 x RF ports carrying 16 x
QAM transport streams
9112 2 x GbE ports with two
modes of operation:
■two redundant
channels
■two independent ports
receiving different
feeds
6x RF ports carrying 12 x
QAM transport streams
9108 1 x GbE port with two
redundant channels
4x RF ports carrying 8 x
QAM transport streams