Configuring K2 Summit Video IP Addresses

Connect the K2 Summit system as described in the K2 Summit 3G Quick Start Guide.

After the unit has powered on and finishes booting, log in to the system and open AppCenter.

Select System | Configuration to access the Configuration Manager settings.

Select the System tab to verify that the video reference is present and locked. See the Configuring video reference standard setting topic for more information.

Select the Channel tab. Note that the example shows only one IP codec board installed (with channels C1 and C2). (If a second board is installed, 2 additional channels would display as tabs C3 and C4 in the configuration window). Summit codec boards that have 10GigE optical SFP+ cages will have a 10GigE Setup section in the corresponding Channel configuration information if the selected Channel Type supports SMPTE 2022-6 media I/O, as seen in the screen below. Existing production Summit codec boards that lack 10GigE optical SFP+ cages will omit the 10GigE Setup section and other 10GigE configuration items, but otherwise, the Summit IP codec board's configuration and functionality is intended to provide a SMPTE 2022 super set for the existing production board's 3G-SDI capabilities.

Note that the Channel Type setting in the example above is set to Player/Recorder. This is the simplest mode of operation and puts the Channel in a mode of operation where a single media stream can be recorded or played.

In the 10GigE Setup section, the "Local IP Address (Base)" is used for multiple purposes. This is the IP address value used for the Source IP Address for all IP packets transmitted via the Channel's 10GigE interface. As a result, this IP address must be set to a unicast IP address.

Each channel can have up to three active IP receiver instances, depending on the selected Channel Type. By default the IP address values for the IP receiver instances are automatically calculated based off of the Local IP Address value.

The Ethernet MAC Address is a read-only value.

The SFP/Link Status indicator is black when no SFP is present, grey if an SFP is present, and green if an SFP is present and there is an active 10GigE network link.

Most settings configured via the configuration window take effect only once the OK button is pressed.

Only IPv4 IP Addressing is supported at this time.

The UI implementation forces IPv4 Address entries to conform to certain value ranges:

- If the first octet value is less than 1, the entry is converted to 1.x.x.x

- An entry of 127.x.x.x is converted to 126.x.x.x - For IP Address fields that can only have unicast values such as the "Local IP Address," first octet values greater than 223 are converted to 223.x.x.x

- For IP Address fields that can have multicast values such as the Video Input and Video Output IP Address, first octet values greater than 239 are converted to 239.x.x.x

- The middle two octets are converted to the 0 to 255 range in the event that under-range or over-range values are entered. - If the first octet value is greater than 254, the entry is converted to 254.x.x.x

- If the last octet value is greater than 254, the entry is converted to x.x.x.254

- Protocols supported by the Summit's 10GigE network interface include ARP, SMPTE 2022-6, IGMPv2, and ICMP. IGMP implementation details for K2 Summit IP is a link to a document that goes into greater detail about the IGMPv2 implementation.

- The ICMP implementation is limited to responding to ICMP/ping messages. The K2 Summit IP system can not ping a remote host.

- The IP address use for ICMP responses is the Receiver IP Address. As a consequence, if the Receiver IP Address is configured to be a multicast address then there will be no response to pings by that receiver instance.

The K2 Summit’s SMPTE 2022 receiver instances do not at this time perform any filtering on Source IP Address, UDP Port Numbers, SSRC, or other packet headers. The K2 Summit’s SMPTE 2022 transmitter instances are currently hard coded with Source UDP Port Number of 0xAA01 (decimal 43521) and Destination UDP Port Number of 0xBB01 (decimal 47873).