NEXIO AMP Generation 6 Hardware Installation and User Guide

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Hardware Installation and User Guide
Nexio AMP®
NX3801 HDI/HDX Gen6

April 2014

175-100423-01

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
.......................................................................................................7
NXAMP3801HDX/HDIConfigurations.....................................................................7
NXAMP3801HDX/HDISoftwareOptions.................................................................8
KeyFeatures...........................................................................................................8
Specifications .......................................................................................................10
System ......................................................................................................10
Video ........................................................................................................11
Audio ........................................................................................................11
VideoCompressionInformation ................................................................12
RAIDRedundancy ......................................................................................13
OptionalOperatingSystemRAID1 ............................................................13
TimecodeConnectionOptions...................................................................13
RemoteGPIControl...................................................................................14
RemoteSerialInterface ..............................................................................14
Controls ....................................................................................................15
Physical .....................................................................................................15
PowerSupply ............................................................................................15
Chapter 2 Chassis Components
................................................................................17
NXAMP3801HDX/HDIFrontPanels .......................................................................17
FrontPanel-HDXOnly ..............................................................................17
FrontPanel-HDIOnly ...............................................................................18
FrontPanelComponents ...........................................................................19
LEDIndicators .....................................................................................19
LCDandKeypad .................................................................................19
FiberOpticalDriveCarrierIndicator .....................................................20
USBPorts ............................................................................................20
SYSIDFrontPanelIndicator/Switch .....................................................21
DriveConfiguration ...................................................................................21
RAIDConfigurations ...........................................................................21
NXAMP3801HDX/HDIBackPanel .........................................................................24
BackPanelComponents ............................................................................26
SYSIDBackPanelIndicator/Switch ......................................................26
PowerSupplyAlarmReset ..................................................................26
PowerSupply ......................................................................................26
HD/SDSDIVideo .................................................................................27
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ReferencePorts ..................................................................................27
AESAudio ..........................................................................................27
USBPorts ...........................................................................................27
RS232 ................................................................................................28
FibreChannel(HDXOnly) ...................................................................28
DVI1/DVI2 .......................................................................................28
Ethernet .............................................................................................28
GPIPorts ............................................................................................28
COMPorts .........................................................................................29
IPMI ...................................................................................................29
Chapter 3 System Installation
..................................................................................31
NXAMP3801HDX/HDIRackInstallation ................................................................31
RackLocation ...........................................................................................31
PrepareforSetup ......................................................................................31
ChoosingaSetupLocation .................................................................32
WarningsandPrecautions .........................................................................32
RackPrecautions ................................................................................32
GeneralSystemPrecautions ................................................................32
RackMountingConsiderations .................................................................33
AmbientOperatingTemperature ........................................................33
Airflow ...............................................................................................33
MechanicalLoading............................................................................33
Circuitloading ....................................................................................33
ReliableGround..................................................................................33
RackMounting .........................................................................................33
ToRackMountNXAMP3801HDX/HDI ................................................34
ToRemoveNXAMP3801HDX/HDIfromarack ....................................34
ConnectingNXAMP3801HDX/HDIRedundantPowerSupplies ..................35
PreventDamageandMalfunction ........................................................................35
Hardware..................................................................................................35
Anti-VirusSoftware ...................................................................................35
OperatingSystemUpdates ........................................................................35
AutomaticUpdates ...................................................................................36
Chapter 4 Connector Pinouts
.....................................................................................37
COMPORTPinouts ..............................................................................................37
RJ-12toDB-9 ...........................................................................................37
WeidmüllerGPIConnectors .................................................................................37
Specifications ............................................................................................37
GPIIn........................................................................................................38
GPIOut.....................................................................................................39
HowtoWireYourNEXIOWeidmüllerMaleConnectors ............................40
Chapter 5 Monitoring Your NXAMP3801HDX/HDI
..................................41
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StatusMonitoring ................................................................................................41
RemoteMonitoringUsingIPMI ..................................................................41
BIOSSetup ................................................................................................41
NEXIOMonitor .....................................................................................................44
ToOpenNEXIOMonitor ............................................................................44
SelectingMonitoredDiagnostics ................................................................45
LCDKeypadButtons ............................................................................................46
Chapter 6 System Drive Recovery
..........................................................................47
SystemRecovery...................................................................................................47
InitialWIMRecoveryImage........................................................................47
PreparetheDriveforCapture .............................................................47
FormataThird-PartyUSBStick ............................................................47
CapturetheWIMImage .....................................................................48
ApplytheWIMRecoveryImage .................................................................50
Chapter 7 How to Create or Rebuild a RAID 1 Boot Drive
..............53
CreatingaNewRAID1BootDrive .......................................................................53
RebuildingaRAID1BootDrive ............................................................................57
Chapter 8 Maintenance
....................................................................................................61
InstallationTools ..................................................................................................61
ImportantSafetyGuidelines .................................................................................61
ChassisCover .......................................................................................................61
Removal ....................................................................................................61
Replacement .............................................................................................62
ReplacingtheOnboardCR2032Battery ...............................................................62
HotSwapPowerSupplies .....................................................................................63
ReplacingaPowerSupplyModule .............................................................64
HardDriveRemovalorReplacement .....................................................................65
RemovingaHardDriveCarrierfromtheChassis ........................................65
InstallingaHardDriveintoaDriveCarrier..................................................65
ReplacingaRAID1BootDrive ...................................................................66
ReplacingMediaDrive-HDIOnly ..............................................................67
AMIBIOSRecovery ...............................................................................................67
FanReplacement ..................................................................................................69
Chapter 9 Troubleshooting
..........................................................................................73
BIOSErrorBeepCodes .........................................................................................73
Non-fatalerrors .........................................................................................73
Fatalerrors ................................................................................................73
PowerSupplyModuleFailure ...............................................................................74
SystemCooling ....................................................................................................74
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CMOSBattery......................................................................................................74
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1 Introduction
ThishardwareanduserguideprovidesimportantinformationforownersoftheNEXIOAMPGeneration6
videoserver,thelatesteditionoftheadvancedmediaplatformfromHarrisBroadcast.Thisguideincludes
informationforboththeIntegratedandSharedStorageTransmissionServer,theNXAMP3801HDIand
NXAMP3801HDX,respectively.
®
The3RUNEXIOAMP Serverhasundergoneatransformationunderthehoodasitincorporatesnew
hardwareincludingnewprocessors,motherboard,graphiccardandmuchmore.Aswithitspredecessor,the
NEXIOAMPGeneration6supportsupto8channelsofSD-onlyI/Oorupto4channelsofmixedHDandSD
media.Itisaresolution-independentplatformsupportingconcurrentstreamsofSD,720P,1080iand1080p
NXAMP3801HDX/HDI Configurations
NEXIOAMPGeneration6isavailableinavarietyofconfigurations.Theavailableconfigurationsareshownin
Table1-1.TheSoftwareLicenseCardprovidedwithyourservershowswhichconfigurationyouhave
purchased.Ifyouwanttoupgradetoadifferentconfiguration,contactHarrisBCDSupportforanadditional
license.RefertoRegionalServiceContactInformationonpage2.
Table1-1 NEXIOAMPModels
HD/SD-Mixed
Model SD-OnlyConfiguration
Configuration
NXAMP3801HDX1  2-channel
NXAMP3801HDI1
NXAMP3801HDX2  4-channel  2-channel
NXAMP3801HDI2
NXAMP3801HDX3  6-channel  3-channel
NXAMP3801HDI3
NXAMP3801HDX4  8-channel  4-channel
NXAMP3801HDI4
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NXAMP3801HDX/HDI Software Options
ThefollowingsoftwareoptionsareavailableforyourNXAMP3801HDX/HDI:
 SoftwareLicenseUpgrades—ThesoftwarelicenseupgradesenableadditionalHDorSDchannels,and
optionalMediaApplications.
Table1-2liststheadditionalsoftwareapplicationsthatareavailableforNXAMP3801HDX/HDI:
Table1-2 OptionalSoftwareApplications
Application Description
ClosedCaptionImport SupportforexportingfromaclipandimportingtoaclipclosedcaptiondataviaFTP.
DNxHDSupport SupportfortherecordingandplayoutofDnxHDencodedclips.
H.264CodecSupport Supportfortheplayoutofh.264encodedclips.
NEXIOAMPChannelView SoftwarethatprovidesmultiviewerI/Omonitoring,enablinguptofourNEXIOAMP
inputsandfourNEXIOAMPoutputstobeviewedinrealtimeonacomputer
monitor.
NEXIOClipSync Playbacktwoseparateclipstogetheratthesametimeframeaccurately.
NEXIOInstrinsicMirroring1 SoftwarethatcontrolsandmonitorsmirroringofvolumesontheNEXIOSAN.A
licenseisonlyrequiredforSANsusingtheNXS31002seriesofstoragearrays.
NEXIOPlayList3 EventsequencingapplicationthatrunsonNEXIONXOSorNEXIORemoteformedia
playback.
NEXIOPRXEncoder Generateasimultaneouslowresolutionproxyofcontentbeingingestedvia
baseband.
NEXIORemote RemotelyadministerandcontrolNEXIOvideoserversfromany64-bitWindows7PC
onthesameLANasyourNEXIOserver.
NEXIOTrackRouter SoftwareforNEXIORemoteandNXOSthatcontrolstheroutingofaudiooningest,
theadditionofexternalaudioandclosedcaptionstostoredmedia,andaudiorouting
rulesonplayoutformultilingualbroadcasts.
1OptionalforHDXonly
2NXS3100
3IsincludedontheHDImodel
Key Features
Table1-3outlinessomeofthekeyfeaturesofNXAMP3801HDX/HDI:
Table1-3 KeyFeatures
Features HDX HDI
 3RUformfactor  
 8XinternalSATA-2hot-swappabledrives(standard);additional8Xinternal 
SATA-2hot-swappabledrives(availableforpurchase)
 AutomaticAspectRatioConversion(ARC)usingAFD(HDconfigured  
serversonly)
 Dolby®DigitalandDolbyEaudiopass-through  
 Dualhot-swappablepowersupplies  
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Features HDX HDI
 Dualport8GbpsFibreChannelsupport 
 EasyintegrationwithIPnetworksusingGigabitEthernetformedia  
transfers
 EIA-608<>EIA-708andWST<>OP-47closedcaptiontranscodingusing  
softwarebasedrealtimeprocessing(HDconfiguredserversonly)
 HDscalesto500+channelswithNEXIOFaradHigh-PerformanceStorage, 
and210+channelswithNEXIONXS3100SBODStorageArrays
 IncludesFTPServertomovemediafromNEXIOtoNEXIOorbetween  
NEXIOandgeneralpurposestorageusingthefollowingfileformats:
 GFX
 MOV
 MPEG2transportandprogramstreams
 MPEG4
 MXFOP-1A
 MXFOP-ATOMfromP2devices
 NativeLXF
 WAV
 Integratedup/down/crossconversionsupportusingsoftwarebasedreal  
timeprocessing(HDconfiguredserversonly)
 Multitieruseraccountaccess,preventsunauthorizedoperatorsfrom  
alteringvideo/audioprocampsordeletingmedia
 Off-speedplay  
 Read,generate,andwritecontinuousanddiscontinuousVITC  
 RecordandplaybackHD:  
 MPEG-2MP@HLl-frame4:2:0profileupto100Mbps,and4:2:2
profileupto150Mbps
 MPEG-2MP@HLLongGOP4:2:0profileand4:2:2profileupto80
Mbps
 XDCAMHDat35Mbps(notavailablein720p)
 DVCPROHDat100Mbps
 XDCAMEXat35Mbps
 XDCAMHD422at50Mbps
 H.264playbackonly(optional)
 DNxHD(optional)
 AVC-Intra(playbackoptional)
 RecordandplaybackSD:  
 MPEG-2l-frameandMPEG-2LongGOP4:2:0profileupto15Mbps,
and4:2:2profileupto50Mbps
 IMX30,IMX40,andIMX50
 DVCPRO25andDVCPRO50
 DVCAMat25Mbps(625only)
 H.264playbackonly(optional)
 RunsNEXIOoperatingsystem(NXOS)softwareforingest,playout,file  
transfers,contentmanagement,andadditionaloptionalapplications
 SDscalesto1600+channelswithNEXIOFaradHigh-Performance 
Storage,and450+channelswithNEXIONXS3100SBODStorageArrays
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Table1-3 KeyFeatures(Continued)
Features HDX HDI
 SinglebootdrivewithanoptionforaseconddriveforRAID1  
 Software-basedcodecsforcodinganddecodingSDandHDmedia  
 SupportsHD-SDI(SMPTE-292M)andAES/EBUinterfaces  
 SupportsNEXIOFaradsharedstoragewithhundredsofterabytesof 
usablesharedstoragewithRAID-601storageprotection
 SupportsredundantEthernet,whichautomaticallyswitchesoperation 
fromoneEthernetnetworktotheother,ifoneEthernetnetworkfails
 SupportsSD(525i,625i)andHD(1080i,1080p,720p)contentonthe  
samechassis
 Supportsupto8SDchannels,orupto4HDchannels  
®  
 TwoSix-CoreIntelXeon 64-bitprocessors
 Workswithawiderangeof3rdpartyautomation,archiving,andmedia  
managementapplications
Specifications
ThissectiondescribesthehardwareandsoftwarespecificationsforNXAMP3801HDX/HDI.
System
Table1-4describesthegeneralspecificationsforNXAMP3801HDX/HDI:
Table1-4 GeneralSpecifications
Specifications HDX HDI
 32GBRAM  
 Dual-headDVImonitorinterface  
 Four10/100/1000Base-TEthernetadapters  
 FourUSB2.0portsonbackpanel  
 PCIExpressplatform  
 SinglebootdrivewithoptionalseconddriveforRAID1  
 Tworedundant8GbFibreChannelports 
 TwoSix-CoreIntelXeon64-bitprocessors  
 TwoUSB2.0portsonfrontpanel  
 USBkeyboardandmouse(included) 
 Windows7Ultimate(64-bit)  
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