Harmonic DS NMX

NMX ™
D I G I TA L S E RV I C E M A N AG E R
Harmonic’s NMX™ Digital Service Manager is the definitive video network management solution,
encompassing a powerful set of tools for monitoring and managing Harmonic compressed digital
video and audio systems.
NMX allows operators to run their technical infrastructure in a way that parallels their business — as a series of revenue-generating
workflows rather than as a set of discrete hardware components. Available for both traditional hardware-based infrastructures and next-
generation, virtualized environments, NMX offers a simple and intuitive interface for creating and modifying channel lineups. It can also be
used to set system parameters, whether encoding or rate-shaping; in this instance, the underlying equipment is automatically reconfigured
to accommodate the new settings. Status for services and hardware, including alarms, is passed through to the top level, ensuring that
problems are quickly detected and resolved. Redundancy is automated.
Adding, reconfiguring or removing services or equipment is fast, easy and error-free with NMX. Templating, wizards, consolidated data
views and powerful cut-and-paste functions are available for both service and system modifications.
With the addition of Harmonic any-to-any technology, NMX allows users to easily modify and deploy new channel lineups on the fly with
minimal disruption. A new three-pane layout affords the operator an easier overview into their service paths through the network elements.
NMX is designed for 24x7 management of Harmonic ElectraTM encoders, ProStream® with ACE® stream processors/transcoders, ProMedia®
multiscreen applications and servers, and other components in the workflow. It can run on a single computer or be distributed across
multiple servers for maximum availability. Service and configuration data are stored in a reliable, industrial-strength database. NMX
provides multi-level security, ensuring full control of operational privileges. In addition, a comprehensive audit trail and consolidated alarm
log pinpoint hardware or operational problems.
In a virtualized video infrastructure featuring the Electra XVM virtualized media processor, NMX is used to perform the application-level
management and provisioning. NMX provides the video network group creation, service configurations, application alarm/events/fault
monitoring and failover in the same way it manages and provisions dedicated video-processing appliances.
NMX is highly scalable and extensible, growing in tandem with the environment it supports. The client/server architecture supports both
the centralized management of even the most geographically distributed environments, as well as the remote management of a centralized
environment, all using standard TCP/IP LAN/WAN technologies. The use of standards-based interfaces enables NMX to interconnect with
other subsystems, including Conditional Access, automation and scheduling. As the managed environment grows in scope and scale, NMX
can distribute its processes across multiple PC platforms, as necessary, providing inexpensive raw processing power.
Moreover, through historical analysis, NMX offers detailed reporting of bandwidth usage and alarm behaviors, allowing operators to identify
system-wide trends and improve overall network stability.
• Service-oriented to work the way • Distributed processing for high • User administration/security/audit
operators work availability trail tools
• “Input to output” GUI and functionality • Flexible redundancy • Extensible third-party device
monitoring using GPI closures and
• Template and wizard-based system • Easy lineup changes using
SNMP
setup any-to-any technology
HIGHLIGHTS • Historical and statistical analysis of
• Scalable to any size system • Powerful automation interface
bandwidth and alarm behaviors
• Manage traditional hardware-based • Internal DPI server supports SCTE
• Advanced automation and
and virtualized video infrastructures standard digital program insertion cue
scheduling engine
message injection
• Centralized management of
geographically distributed systems
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NMX ™
D I G I TA L S E R V I C E M A N AG E R
NMX is highly scalable and extensible, growing in tandem with the environment it supports. The client/server architecture supports both the
centralized management of even the most geographically distributed environments, as well as the remote management of a centralized environment,
all using standard TCP/IP LAN/WAN technologies. The use of standards-based interfaces enables NMX to interconnect with other subsystems,
including Conditional Access, automation and scheduling. As the managed environment grows in scope and scale, NMX can distribute its processes
across multiple PC platforms, as necessary, providing inexpensive raw processing power.
Moreover, through historical analysis, NMX offers detailed reporting of bandwidth usage and alarm behaviors, allowing operators to identify
system-wide trends and improve overall network stability.
FEATURE SUMMARY SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Network Control & Provisioning Simple template-based service setup
Redundancy Support (1:1, N:1, N:M) Extraction of service information
Basic Alarm Package (Pending alarms, history alarms, status colors on icons) Service level or PID level manipulation
PSI/SI Package (PSI/SI table support, private descriptors) Service tracking across topology
CAS Package Dynamic PSI/SI table generation
Advanced Alarm Package (Advanced alarm configuration, alarm forwarding, Completely flexible private descriptor generation
consolidated alarm viewer) Virtual service management
Security Management Package (Full user administration tools, audit trail) Service-oriented alarms and analysis
Automation Server Package (Access the automation server and scheduling engine) Program suspend/resume
Statistics Package (VOD utilization statistics, alarm statistics, inventory reports)
Distributed Management Package (Monitoring and control of geographically TOPOLOGY MANAGEMENT
distributed systems)
NMX PC Fail-Safe Package (NMX 1:1 redundancy, auto-restart) Graphical view of network and devices
Available as a VM Geographical background maps
Maximum number of clients: 25 Multi-level maps
Component backplane views
APPLICATIONS Cut, copy and paste replication
Satellite Template-based topologies
Centralized or distributed cable Online and offline operation
Virtualized Video Infrastructure

VOD
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
Multiscreen Device, module and port-level configuration
Terrestrial Consolidated views for easy setup
Telco Template-based configuration
Network distribution
Backhaul
FAULT MANAGEMENT
Network PVR Manual or automatic redundancy switching
Router-based, path-based or IP-based redundancy mechanisms
USER-FRIENDLY GPI (contact closure) device monitoring tool
SNMP-based monitoring of third-party hardware
Templates at device and system level
Alarm configuration
Cut, copy and paste functions
Monitoring and alarm logging, highlights affected services and hardware
Wizard-based setup
Standard PERL scripting tool for automatic emails, pages or SMS messaging
Batch-driven automation tools on fault conditions
Spreadsheet tool User-friendly SNMP-based alarm forwarding agent with alarm filtering
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D I G I TA L S E R V I C E M A N AG E R
SECURITY MANAGEMENT MONITORING SOLUTIONS

Full user administration tools for multi-user environments Integrated with multiple monitoring solution vendors for an integrated headend
Multi-level access privilege Real-time correlation with multiple MPEG-2 analyzers
Access can be geographically limited Control and integration with a wide array of decoders
Lockouts to manage secure modifications in multi-user operations
Comprehensive audit trail STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Statistical analysis of bandwidth utilization for VOD systems
TABLE SUPPORT Statistical analysis of alarm behavior
MPEG-2, DVB, ATSC compliant Inventory and device status reports
PSI/SI generation
Flexible descriptor generation STANDARDS-BASED
Accepts PSI/SI from external sources SNMP
XML
CONDITIONAL ACCESS SUPPORT TCP/IP
DVB Simulcrypt V3
OpenCAS RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
AES (VM DEPLOYMENT)
Full CAS redundancy support 16 virtual CPUs (Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2620 equivalent)
Internal EIS 16-GB memory 1333 MT/s equivalent or higher
160-GB (10K rpm) or higher hard disk
TRAFFIC/AUTOMATION/EIS INTERFACES Four 1-GbE BaseT ports
Advanced scheduler with timeline user interface
Easy external triggering of user-defined service/configuration states MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
DVB EIS-Muxconfig support (VM DEPLOYMENT)
DVB SIMPCOMP-MUXNOTIFY support Four virtual CPUs (Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1220 equivalent)
Internal EIS 8-GB memory 1333 MT/s equivalent or higher
Full XML-based service API 120-GB (10K rpm) or higher hard disk
Internal DPI server supports SCTE standard DPI cue message injection Two 1 GbE BaseT ports
SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT
Storage and distribution of software for easy update across distributed networks
Background download
NMX FAIL-SAFE MANAGEMENT

Automatic 1:1 NMX server redundancy
Auto-restart capability
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or service marks of Harmonic Inc., in the United States and other countries. Other company, product and service names mentioned herein may be
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FEATURE SUMMARY SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Satellite Template-based topologies

Centralized or distributed cable Online and offline operation

Virtualized Video Infrastructure

SECURITY MANAGEMENT MONITORING SOLUTIONS

NMX FAIL-SAFE MANAGEMENT

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