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EVS
MediaInfra Newsletter
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We are pleased
to bring you our first newsletter with the latest news around the
EVS MediaInfra solution. Let's start by exploring the
new 2.2 version of Cerebrum, which provides the essential
functionality to improve the way your infrastructure can be configured
and controlled, orchestrated and monitored.
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In addition to
16 new and 25 enhanced device driver APIs, a number of new features
have made IP Routing simpler and more flexible in this latest
version of Cerebrum.
Flows can be
routed by controlling only the Edge Devices, to join flows via IGMP
under a CRBM IP ROUTING
license. This avoids Cerebrum having to communicate with the
Network Switches in many systems. Whilst this functionality has
been available for some time, the latest release adds several
important new functions – such as enabling the configuration of
Multicast IP Addresses and Ports of sender streams, either
individually or with auto-fill and similar tools, which speed up
configuration and reduce the risk of errors due to manual data
entry. Senders and Receivers can now be configured directly within
the IP Routing Configuration Grids in Cerebrum, and items are
exposed as generic application objects – allowing them to be
dynamically changed from custom User Interfaces or using Macros as
needed.
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In more
complex IP solutions, a Software Defined Network (SDN) controller
may be needed. With a CRBM IP CORE
license, this function is now available. When this option is
enabled, Cerebrum will actively steer the multicast flows through
the IP Switch Network, ensuring bandwidth-aware control whether the
IP fabric is built as a Monolithic Switch, Leaf-and-Spine or Mesh
Network. IP Core supports both Cisco and Arista switches, as well
as allowing options for 2022-7 redundancy using Red / Blue networks
or even the inclusion of Purple Leaf switches.
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The addition of the CRBM XML-CI has
made it easier than ever to interface between Cerebrum and other
control systems. Northbound systems can now use the Native API to
either read status or control parameters and perform routing
directly. Enhanced support for Virtual IP Addresses now means you
can use the same address whether the Main or Backup server is
currently active. It is also now possible to link the control of
Users and Groups permissions in Cerebrum to a corporate system
using Active Directory.
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More details
related to these and many other newly added features related to
routing, scheduling and the user interface, along with details on
the support for other new functions and the macros used to create
customized projects, can be found in the Release Notes.
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Question: Finding an overlapping IP
address is like finding a needle in haystack! Wouldn’t it be great
to have a tool that automatically fills in addresses, avoiding any
collisions? But in case you want to manually override, then this
tool would check for overlaps?
Solution: The IP Routing feature in
Cerebrum really streamlines the process of configuring unicast
source and destination multicast IP addresses, alongside UDP port
numbers. The result, shown alongside, helps to avoid costly
mistakes in record time.
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Question: I made a change to one of my
Neuron cards, for example going from 8 to 16 audio channels per
ST2110-30 stream. How to roll back that change to a previous
version?
Solution: Cerebrum features individual
device and whole system configuration backups, which are stored as
editable XML files, with the “.cbf” file extension.
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Cerebrum Backup Files (.cbf) can be restored to one
or several cards. As shown in the example, you can browse the
object tree to compare differences between the active and backup
configurations.
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Customers with more advanced systems may choose to
manage these files using a version control system, such as Git, and
to script the processing of these XML files to programmatically
manage configuration using tools such as Python and Excel.
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