User manual POLYCOM PVE 1000 V1.0 ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE

[. . . ] Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate. Polycom, Inc. , is not responsible for printing or clerical errors. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. ii Contents Contents Video Edge Administrator Guide Introduction . 1 Setting Up the Video Edge Architecture in the Polycom VMC 1000 . [. . . ] Select Caching Enabled for a Video Edge that caches VOD content. Dictate a Cache Quota, the amount of disk space (in megabytes) allocated for the cache. 10 Dictate a HTTP Cache Quota. 11 Under Content Distribution Properties, administrators can dictate a set of restrictions on bandwidth use and system processes. -- Restricted Bandwidth Period Begins and Ends: a specific daily period can be established during which download bandwidth is limited. 4 Polycom, Inc. Setting Up the Video Edge Architecture in the Polycom VMC 1000 Video Edge Administrator Guide Specify Download Bandwidth During Restricted Period as a ceiling on bandwidth during the restricted bandwidth period; specify Download Bandwidth During Non-Restricted Period for normal operations. Note: the periods are configured based on the local time of the Video Edge device, not the time of the Polycom VMC 1000. -- Maximum Download Time: a job will be aborted after this timeframe (in seconds) has elapsed. -- Inactive Job Timeout: a job will be timed out after this timeframe (in days) has elapsed. -- Manifest Request Frequency: dictates how often manifest files are requested from the Polycom VMC 1000. 12 Click Save. Video Edge Groups Video Edge devices need to be able to be grouped together with the purpose of applying a common configuration profile. Video Edge groups provide this functionality. To set up a Video Edge group: 1 Navigate to Delivery > Video Edge Groups. The Video Edge Device Groups menu should appear. Any extant groups will appear in the menu. Polycom, Inc. 5 Polycom PVE 1000 Administrator Guide Setting Up the Video Edge Architecture in the Polycom VMC 1000 2 Click Add. The Add Group screen should appear. 3 4 Provide a Device Group Name. The list of configured Video Edge devices should appear in the lefthand column; select which devices you wish to enroll in the group and click the rightward arrow. This configuration profile will apply to all devices enrolled in this group. If you wish to add Live Distribution Nodes to the group, enroll them from the available device list. Request routing is determined by proximity. Requests will fail over from the Distribution Nodes to the Edge Devices and from the Edge Devices to the origin server. 5 6 7 Click Save. 6 Polycom, Inc. Adding a Video Edge Delivery Option in the Polycom VMC 1000 Video Edge Administrator Guide Adding a Video Edge Delivery Option in the Polycom VMC 1000 In order for content distribution to occur, a Video Edge Delivery Option must be set up and made active within the Polycom VMC 1000. The delivery option is the final step and overarching level of administrator control over delivery processes. Delivery options must be set up with Video Edge Groups. A single device can constitute a group and consequently a delivery option. For larger enterprise video deployments, however, Video Edge clouds can be configured. To add a Video Edge cloud as a delivery option: 1 2 Log into the Polycom VMC 1000 Administrative Portal. Navigate to Delivery > Delivery Options. [. . . ] Please contact Polycom support for further information. The table below shows several for distribution and edge servers. Table A-1 Feature VOD (On-Demand Caching) VOD (Pre-Positioning and Caching) No Proxy No No caching; content can be pre-positioned and served from local storage Yes Yes Features Supported by Video Edge Proxy Modes Forward Proxy Yes Yes Reverse Proxy Yes Yes Live (Origin) Live (Supports Origin Failover Groups) Yes Yes No No Polycom, Inc. 19 Polycom Video Edge Administrator Guide Proxy Modes No Proxy In no proxy mode, a VideoEdge group behaves as a streaming server. All edges will be provisioned; caching cannot be enabled. A group in no proxy mode can support multicast, unicast, and failover. Reverse Proxy A Video Edge group operating in reverse proxy mode has the origin preconfigured within it. [. . . ]