MSI Endpoints
Media Services Interface (MSI) is used to provide better visibility and services to media applications.
To include MSI endpoints in your system topology, go to Tools > MSI endpoints.
Click on Add, specify the IP addresses of your endpoints, select among User/Password, User/Password Proxy or Certificate and then complete the fields. Click on OK.
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Click on the desired IP address and click on Edit to add an Alias.
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Right click on an individual endpoint to see flows, to show modules or to export data associated with that endpoint.
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Return to the MSI Endpoints window, choose an MSI endpoint and then select Performance Monitors. Choose a time interval to monitor the data and then select either flow type Real-time Transport – RTP or Transmission Control Protocol – TCP.
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Select a flow, right click and select Show Reports to view the Performance Monitor Report. In this example, the test was run four times at ten-second intervals.
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To get per hop performance data, go to the System Flow Table, click on the Medianet tab and then select the desired flow.
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Right-click on the selected flow, choose Execute Mediatrace and select MSI Endpoint. Click on Execute Mediatrace.
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The Mediatrace report tabulates the performance data on a per-hop basis from source to destination.