Acns server configuration – VBrick Systems ETHERNETV 4410-0118-0009 User Manual

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ACNS Configuration

ETV Portal Server Admin Guide

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3. Check

Enable manifest generation

, select the files (MPEG-4 and/or WM) to include, and

specify an interval (default = 10 minutes) that defines how often the file will be
regenerated.

4. Click

Submit

when done.

5. Click

Generate Now

to create an "on demand" manifest file. The Portal Server will create

(and periodically overwrite) a manifest file called

ACNSManifest.xml

in the

Program

Files\VBrick\MCS\Cisco

folder. The

Cisco

subdirectory is automatically created.

When a Portal Server is configured to integrate with an ACNS network, content playback is
redirected to stream from ACNS nodes only if RTSP is used for video transmission. To use
RTSP, verify that the Portal Server option to "Always use TCP" is unchecked (this is the
default).

T

To verify that TCP is off

1. Go to

Global Settings > Global Assignments > Assign LAN/Internet Address Range(s)

.

2. Verify that

Always use TCP protocol (HTTP Tunneling/RTSP Interleaving) for MPEG-4 and

Windows Media content?

is unchecked.

ACNS Server Configuration

Note that installation, configuration, and support for ACNS must be provided by Cisco and/
or their representatives. Use the following steps to point to the Portal Server manifest file
and set other configuration options.

T

To set configuration options and identify the manifest file

1. Be sure the ACNS Server is running and launch an Internet Explorer browser.
2. Go to the ACNS Management URL, for example

https://<ipaddress>:8443

.

3. Log into the ACNS Management Tool.

Username:

admin

Password:

default

4. Click on the

Services

tab at top of page.

5. Create a

Content Channel

for the VOD server.

6. Click on

Channel Content

on the left.

7. Near the top of the screen, set the

content acquisition method

to

specify external

manifest file

.

8. In the

Manifest URL

field enter the Portal Server URL in the following format:

http://<MCSipaddress>/Cisco/ACNSManifest.xml

9. Set the

Check manifest every

field to desired interval (60 minutes is recommended).

10. To check the manifest file, click

Validate

to open a pop-up that will show the manifest.

The last message should indicate the manifest is correct.

11. Click

Fetch manifest now

to start content replication.

12. To check the status of the content replication click on

Replication Status

on the left side

of page. The system is ready when the following is true:

Acquisition status

is

Completed

.

Device states

at the screen bottom are

Completed

, and the

In Process

counts are zero.

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