Description

The Sencore controller (VBC) is a server application, its main purpose being to offer central control and management of all Sencore devices. The VBC gives unprecedented insight into network health and the flow of media streams. Key elements in the VBC are: configuration management, stream status monitoring, service status monitoring, 4-day historical data-display with the Microtimeline technology, SNMP multi-destination trap forwarding, alarm logging and PDF report generation. The users connect to the server by using a standard web browser as the client.

The VBC controller software is deployed in a Linux server environment offering powerful and standardized network access techniques such as SSH, telnet, FTP, XML, HTTP and SNMP. The VBC collects summarized data from probes and presents alarms filtered by user selectable thresholds and aggregation times, thus providing the high-level overview needed in a large system while still allowing drill-down for detailed alarm and measurement information.

Features:

• Element control of all devices through HTTP/web
• Auto-detection of devices
• Aggregation of alarms with alarm storm avoidance features
• Blade alarm list displaying individual current and historical device alarms
• Scheduling allows alarm masking during specified time periods
• Real-time status for all FSM� monitored services
• MICROTIMELINE view of last 96 hours of operation for individual streams and configurable stream groups
• MICROTIMELINE view provides system overview at-a-glance
• Thumbnail and metadata view with the addition of theVB280 CONTENT EXTRACTOR module
• XML parsing and export of alarms and events
• Configurable access control supports different user roles
• No limit to the number of users accessing the VBC simultaneously
• Secure remote access via VPN or Internet for maintenance tasks
• XML parsing and export of alarms and events
• Multi-level alarm reporting and history
• Highly scalable for large national and international service providers
• File-based configuration storage and restoration
• Supports easy remote batch software upgrade of VideoBRIDGE devices
• Linux OS
• Easy integration with 3rd party NMS systems through XML and SNMP traps