VideoFlow DVP Series User manual

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DVP Series
Quick Start Guide
R5.10

Contents
1SCOPE .......................................................................................................................................................................................3
2GENERAL...................................................................................................................................................................................3
3VIDEOFLOW’S UDP VPN SOLUTION...........................................................................................................................................4
3.1 QUICKSTART DESKTOP DEMO SETUP ..................................................................................................................................................5
3.1.1 WAN setup ...........................................................................................................................................................................5
3.1.2 LAN setup .............................................................................................................................................................................5
4SETTING UP THE SENTINEL AT THE CENTER ...............................................................................................................................6
4.1 SENTINEL PORT SETUP....................................................................................................................................................................6
4.1.1 First Time Connection...........................................................................................................................................................6
4.1.2 New Management IP Address Setup....................................................................................................................................7
4.1.3 Sentinel Data Ports Setup.....................................................................................................................................................9
4.2 UDP VPN SETUP........................................................................................................................................................................11
4.2.1 Adding UDP VPN Server .....................................................................................................................................................11
4.2.2 Adding Remote Clients to the Server..................................................................................................................................13
4.3 ADDING A STREAM ......................................................................................................................................................................17
4.3.1 Add Stream.........................................................................................................................................................................17
5SETTING UP THE PROTECTOR AT THE REMOTE SITE ................................................................................................................21
5.1 PROTECTOR PORT SETUP ..............................................................................................................................................................21
5.1.1 First Time Connection.........................................................................................................................................................21
5.1.2 New Management IP Address Setup..................................................................................................................................22
5.1.3 Protector Data Ports Setup ................................................................................................................................................23
5.1.4 DHCP setup option .............................................................................................................................................................26
5.2 UDP VPN CLIENT SETUP..............................................................................................................................................................26
5.2.1 Adding UDP VPN Client ......................................................................................................................................................27
5.3 ADDING THE STREAM...................................................................................................................................................................29
5.4 ADDING A STREAM ......................................................................................................................................................................29
5.4.1 Add Stream.........................................................................................................................................................................30
5.4.2 Verify Stream Configuration............................................................................................................................................... 34
6TROUBLESHOOTING................................................................................................................................................................35
6.1 CANNOT CONNECT TO DVP’S WEB-BASED GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE (GUI)..........................................................................................35
6.2 MANAGEMENT PORT IP ADDRESS IS UNKNOWN ...............................................................................................................................36
6.2.1 Connecting Via Data Port...................................................................................................................................................36
6.2.2 Connecting Via Console...................................................................................................................................................... 36
6.2.3 No Login Window...............................................................................................................................................................36
6.2.4 Check Connectivity .............................................................................................................................................................36
6.3 CANNOT SEE A STREAM IN THE PROTECTOR......................................................................................................................................38
6.4 CANNOT SEE A STREAM IN THE SENTINEL..........................................................................................................................................38
6.5 DOWNLOADING THE USER’S GUIDE ................................................................................................................................................38

1Scope
This quick start guide provides fundamental information on how to configure a Protector, Sentinel or a Fortress to
protect multicast transport stream over IP network like the Internet. This quick start guide is applicable for software
version 3.10 and above.
2General
VideoFlow’s solution is comprised at a minimum with two elements Protector and Sentinel. The digital video protection
(DVP) Protector is connected to the source (e.g., encoder) and acts as a transmitter of the protected data stream; the
DVP Sentinel to the receiver (e.g., Integrated receiver decoder –IRD). The quick start guide provides an easy and
systematic guide for setting up the Protector and the Sentinel. Both Protector and Sentinel require three steps setup:
1. Interfaces setup
2. UDP tunnel setup
3. Stream setup
A step by step procedure to connect a DVP Protector to a DVP Sentinel is provided. The procedure includes the following
sections:
1. Sentinel setup
a. Interfaces
b. UDP Tunnel server
c. Stream setup
d. Setup verification
2. Protector setup
a. Interfaces
b. UDP Tunnel client
c. Stream setup
d. Setup verification
At the end of the process, the Protector and Sentinel will communicate and will protect the quality of a multicast
stream. An example is used in each step of this guide as a reference.
A troubleshooting section is included as well to assist finding most likely miss configurations and/or networking issues.
NOTE
Both the Sentinel and Protector can be configured as UDP VPN Server, UDP Tunnel Client, or both. The
example given in this quick start guide is for setting up a contribution network. Therefore, the Sentinel is
configured as UDP VPN Server and the Protector as UDP VPN Client.

3VideoFlow’s UDP VPN Solution
This section provides an introduction to VideoFlow’s UDP VPN solution. The UDP VPN is used to connect between two
DVP devices (e.g., connecting a Protector to a Sentinel) in a secure and simple manner.
The UDP VPN is based on a client-server architecture allowing a seamless traversal through firewalls and routers. The
UDP VPN may require little IT support to configure and operate. The Architecture is composed of two elements; A UDP
VPN server and UDP VPN client. The UDP VPN server requires a reachable static IP address which is used as an anchor
for the UDP VPN clients wishing to establish a connection to the server. The UDP VPN clients can use either a static IP
address or can use a DHCP configuration in case they are mobile. Each UDP VPN has a unique UDP/TCP port number
assigned for it, and it may not be shared by other clients. The client-server model is independent of the function that
each VideoFlow instance is configured to use (transmitter or receiver). In addition, it is important to remember that a
number of clients can connect to a single server.
The contribution network architecture will normally be multipoint-to-point were many Protectors are connecting to a
Sentinel in the center. Therefore the UDP tunnel server will be set in the Sentinel; the UDP VPN client in the Protector.
The distribution network architecture will normally be point-to-multipoint were one Protector in the center is
connecting too many Sentinels. Therefore the UDP VPN server will be set in the Protector; the UDP VPN client in the
Sentinel.
NOTE
The UDP VPN server should be set in a location where it can be reachable. Its IP address shall be static.
The UDP VPN client can be set anywhere.

3.1 Quickstart desktop demo setup
For a simple benchtop demo, we propose to use a low-cost Wi-Fi Router as a network simulation.
3.1.1 WAN setup
The Wi-Fi router WAN port will simulate the public internet. Throughout the document we assume that the WAN is
configured to the following:
WAN is set to ‘Static IP’ mode
Static IP: 168.50.48.241
MASK: 255.255.255.0
GW: 168.50.48.1
3.1.2 LAN setup
The LAN is configuration:
LAN network: 192.168.100.1/24
DHCP is optional (refer to section 5.1.4 for DHCP setup)
See diagram:

4Setting Up the Sentinel at the Center
This section will describe the procedure required for configuring the Sentinel at the center. The Sentinel will act as the
VPN Server to the Protectors connecting to it from the remote.
4.1 Sentinel Port Setup
The default DVP factory management IP address is 10.0.0.200.
4.1.1 First Time Connection
1. Connect an Ethernet cable between a computer running the browser program and the port labeled Mgmt in the
DVP’s front panel.
2. Change the local LAN settings in your PC to manual IP address
3. Select IP address from the same subnet (e.g., 10.0.0.120, Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0)
4. Browse the Sentinel’s management IP address. A login window similar to the below will appear:
5. Type the default Username: oper
6. Type the default Password: oper
7. A window similar to the below should appear:
8. Click on the Configuration tab
NOTE
If you prefer not to leave the Mgmt IP unchanged, Go to Section 4.1.3
DVP Operational mode
ICON
Tools
et
Main Menu
Tabs

9. A new page will appear:
4.1.2 New Management IP Address Setup
1. Click on the Edit Private mode
2. Clicking on the ‘+’ expand a menu tree item. Click on SystemInterfacesManagement

3. Click on Management_IPSet-IF to set up the management interface’s IP address
4. Type a new management IP address if required
5. Modify the management Subnet Mask if required
6. Click on the Perform button to apply the changes
7. The PC and the DVP will disconnect in the case of management IP and/or subnet mask change.
Follow the below procedure to reconnect:
a. Close the browser window
b. Change the IP address in the PC to be in the same subnet as the new management IP address
c. Open the browser and browse the new management IP address
8. Once the connection with the Sentinel is resumed, continue to the next section

4.1.3 Sentinel Data Ports Setup
This section describes how to add and assign IP addresses to the DVP interfaces. The ports are used for connecting the
DVP to either the local network (LAN) or to the external network (WAN).
1. Press on the icon to bring the IP configuration
2. Select the interface Id number from the pull-down list.
In this guide’s network example the external network (the public Internet in this example) is connected to Port1
and the local network is connected to Port 2.
3. Port 1 (to external network) configuration (In this example):
a. Check the ‘Enable’ checkbox to enable the Port
b. Set the Name field to ‘Port_1’
configure IP Address: 168.50.48.9
configure Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
c. Configure Default Gateway: 168.50.48.241

To complete the configuration click on the ‘Send’ button to apply the configuration changes.

4. Repeat the same steps to configure Port 2 (to local network) configuration:
a. IP Address: 192.168.2.50
b. Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
c. Note that there is no need to configure default gateway to ports connecting to the local network
4.2 UDP VPN Setup
The UDP Tunnel setup is comprised of the following steps:
1. Adding a UDP VPN Server
2. Adding UDP VPN remote clients
3. Generating UDP VPN remote clients configuration files
4. Downloading remote clients configuration files
4.2.1 Adding UDP VPN Server
1. Click on the ICON to open Add VPN window:
2. Using the Operation mode pull-down menu –select UDP-VPN Server
3. The Window will change to UDP-VPN Server configuration options:

4. Enter a unique name –in this Example, it will be named ‘MainServer’
5. Enter the IP address of the interface connected to the external network (the Internet in our example). Note that
this IP address will be used by the UDP VPN Client to connect to its server in this example it will be ‘168.50.48.9’
6. Select the physical interface connected to the external network, in this example, it is ‘Port 1’

4.2.2 Adding Remote Clients to the Server
1. Click on the “ ” ICON, a new Add Client window will pop up:

2. Enter a unique UDP port number (51428 in this example). Note that the port number is unique, i.e., no two
remote clients with the same port number are allowed. The port number range is 20000 –60000
3. Enter a unique name for the remote client in the Name field: in this example, we will call is ‘UDP_server_1’
4. Enter a virtual IP address for the VPN in the Net fields. Note that this virtual IP address will be used to ensure
connectivity hence do not enter any IP address already used in the device. in this example, we will use: 51.42.8.0
as the subnet
5. Select the type of Encryption (none, AES-128 or AES-256)

6. Click on OK to apply
7. Click Cancel or close the Window to exit
8. A new table entry will appear:
9. Press the ‘Send’ button to commit the new configuration

10. A ‘Commit Succeeded’ message should appear to signal all is OK
11. Press OK, will download a configuration file to your PC.
12. Close the ‘Add VPN’ window to continue
NOTE
The remote client file will be uploaded to the remote Client. Once the file is uploaded and the
remote client is configured it will always attempt connecting to the UDP VPN server upon startup

4.3 Adding a Stream
At this stage, the DVP unit setup and VPN connectivity are completed and we need to add streams to our setup. Adding
a stream is comprised of three steps:
1. Adding stream
2. Setup the stream’s input interface and properties
3. Setup the stream’s output interface and properties
4.3.1 Add Stream
1. Click on the ICON, a ‘New Stream Configuration’ Window will appear:
2. Set a name for the stream, in this case, ‘test’.

3. Select the stream function Protector/Sentinel/Fortress from a drop-down menu. In our example Sentinel
4. The Window will change its appearance to;
5. Configure the stream’s Input configuration parameters:
a. Select the Data interface from the Input Interface Name drop-down menu (UDP_server_1 in our
example)
b. Configure Listen Ip according to the stream’s destination IP address (229.9.9.9 in this example)
c. Configure Listen Port according to the stream’s UDP port (9000 in this example)

6. Configure the stream’s Output configuration parameters:
a. Configure Listen Ip according to the stream’s destination IP address (229.9.9.9 in this example)
b. Configure Listen Port according to the stream’s UDP port (9000 in this example)
c. Select the Data interface from the Name drop-down menu (Port_2 in our example)
d. Press Send when done
7. Wait for the ‘Commit Succeeded’ window to appear:

8. Close the window
9. A new stream should appear: