Grass Valley NV9000-SE v.5.0 - Manual (Page 19)

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Introduction
Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to NV9000-SE Utilities.
Topics
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
User Interface Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Summary
NV9000-SE Utilities is a configuration program that runs on PCs under Windows XP or Windows
7. Its purpose is to configure most, and perhaps all, aspects of an NV9000 router control system.
A configuration is created and stored in a data base on the configuration PC and modified using
NV9000-SE Utilities. The configuration is subsequently transferred to a system controller, in
which it resides until it is overwritten, at some later date, by an updated configuration. The
control software in the system controller references the configuration data as it executes.
There are 2 system controllers available:
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• NV960. A 2RU unit having 3 PCI expansion slots which are committed to a mix of Ethernet
and serial ports.
• NV920. Two NV920s fit in a 1RU enclosure. Each NV920 has 3 Ethernet ports and 1 serial port.
The NV920 is smaller and less expensive than an NV960, but the NV960 has more port
options.
Two system controllers form a redundant pair: if the active controller fails, the stand-by
controller takes over.
We refer to the system controlled by the NV960 or NV920 as the router control system or just “the
system.” The system comprises all routers, control panels, and other peripherals as well as the
system controller itself. The system also includes all configured behaviors for each component.
The components and the behaviors are described in the system’s configuration.
Specifically, NV9000-SE Utilities does these principal things:
• Configures and identifies the links between the system controller and the routers and con-
trol panels in the system.
• Configures and identifies the control panels in the system.
• Configures and identifies tielines (as a licensed option). Tielines are connections of various
kinds between routers. The system controllers manage a pool of tielines that can be used as
needed.
1. The NV915, a third system controller, is now obsolete.