Initial Configuration of a Valt Appliance

Contents of the Box

• Valt Appliance (Tower or Rack Mount Server)

  

• Power Cord

  

• Mounting Screws

  

• Wowza USB Key

  

• Label

  

• Bezel (Rack mount servers only)

  

• Rails (Rack mount servers only)

  

Unboxing the Appliance

1. Open the box using a box cutter or other cutting implement.

   

2. Remove the small cardboard box and set it aside. This box contains the power cord, mounting screws, label, and bezel. It may also contain the Wowza USB Key.

   

3. Remove the rails from the foam packing material and set them aside for installation into the rack. (Rack mount server only)

   

4. Remove the foam packing material
5. Remove the server from the box and carefully remove it from the plastic bag
6. If the server is rack mounted, proceed to Rack Mounting the Appliance, otherwise skip to physical connections.

Rack Mounting the Appliance

Valt appliances come in four different form factors.

• Tower
• 1U Small Form Factor
• 1U Server
• 2U Server

This section applies only to the 1U Server and 2U Server form factors. The tower appliance is not designed to be mounted in a server rack. The 1U Small Form Factor appliance can be mounted in a rack by simply attaching the rack ears to the rack (round or square hole) using your own rack screws. The rack mount server form factors contain rails and are designed to fit a standard square hole, four post rack.

1. Remove the rails from the plastic bags they were shipped in.
2. Connect both the front and the back of each rail to your rack. The rails should clip in with relative ease. Each rail is labeled either left or right. Make sure to mount each rail on the correct side when facing the front of the rack.
3. Extend both rails.
4. Depress the clip on the inner most rail on each side and slide the inner rails completely out of the outer rail.

   

5. Attach the inner rail to the server using the tabs located on the side. The inner rail should click in once attached properly.

   

6. Screw the optional mounting screw into each rail.

   

7. With the assistance of another person, slide the server into the rack. The inner rails should line up with the outer rails and slide back in.
8. Once the server has been slid fully into the rack, you can screw in the optional mounting screws to hold it in place.

   

Physical Connections

1. After rack mounting the server, connect one end of a network cable to the primary NIC, and and the other end to your switch.
2. Plug the Wowza USB key into any available USB port. (This may have already been done before shipment)

   

3. Connect a monitor to the VGA port.
4. Connect a USB keyboard to any available USB port.
5. Connect the power cords to the back of the server, then plug both cords into an available outlet.
6. The server will begin booting up as soon as power is provided.

Configuring an IP Address

For more in depth information on network configuration options, see the Valt Command Line Menu page.

1. Access the Valt Server Command Line Menu.

   This menu is presented automatically at the Valt appliance terminal. It can also be accessed via ssh by running the following command from the prompt:

   sudo /usr/local/valt/bin/Menu

   

2. Enter Option 1 for Network Configuration.

   

3. Enter Option 2 for Set IPs.

   

4. Select your interface from the options listed.

   

5. Select Static or DHCP.

   For this example we will select DHCP

6. 
7. Type Y when to configure this interface for client access.
8. 
9. Enter the IP Address of the interface when prompted.

IP Address changes will not take effect until the server has been rebooted.

Install the Wowza Streaming Engine License

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://IPAddress:8088

   Replace IPAddress with the IP Address of the server.

   

2. Click Skip Intro.

   

3. Sign in using the username and password defined earlier for Wowza.

   

4. Copy and paste the Wowza License Key into the box provided.

   If you are not prompted for a key:

   1. Click on the Server tab.
   2. Click the Edit button.
   3. Copy and paste the Wowza License Key into the box provided.

   If you were provided with a USB key by IVS, the USB key must already be inserted into the appliance.

5. Click Save.
6. You will be returned to the sign in page.

   If you are not returned to the sign in page, click Sign Out in the upper right corner of the page.

7. Sign back in to the Wowza web console.

   If you are returned to the license page, the license was not accepted.

   • Check to make sure the USB key is inserted.
   • Check to make sure there are no typos or leading or trailing spaces.
   • Reboot the server

   

8. Click on Performance Tuning > Java Settings.

   

9. Click Edit.

   

10. Select Production Level.
11. Click Save.

    

12. You will be prompted to restart, click Restart Now.

Install the Valt Camera License

1. Access the Valt Server Command Line Menu.

   This menu is presented automatically at the Valt server terminal. It can also be accessed via ssh by running the following command from the prompt:

   sudo /usr/local/valt/bin/Menu

   

2. Enter Option 3 for Valt Configuration.

   

3. Enter Option 1 for Install License.

   

4. Enter your license provided by IVS and press Enter.
5. You will be returned to the menu.

Set the Timezone

1. Connect to the Valt appliance via SSH or from the terminal menu, exit to the shell.
2. From the command line, type in the following, and press Enter:

   sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

   

3. Select your Country.

   

4. Select your Time Zone.

   

5. From the command line, type in the following, and press Enter:

   sudo service apache2 restart

6. From the command line, type in the following, and press Enter:

   sudo service WowzaStreamingEngine restart

   

Accessing the Valt Server

To access the system, open up a web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari) and point it to the DNS name (example: http://video.myschool.edu) or IP address (example: http://192.168.0.99) of the Valt server. Note the default IP address the servers ship with is 192.168.0.99.

Log into the system with the proper username and password. (default: “admin” “admin”)

Based on your login information you may have access to any of the following sections: Observe, Record, Schedule, Upload and Admin as shown below.

Further Configuration

For more information regarding configuring the Valt appliance via the command line menu, please see the follow wiki page:

http://ipivs.com/wiki/Command_Line_Menu

For more information regarding configuring the Valt application, please see the following wiki page:

http://ipivs.com/wiki/Valt_Configuration