User`s manual

User's Manual 5. MediaPack Configuration Tools
Version 2.2 63 July 2007
5 MediaPack Configuration Tools
The MediaPack provides a rich set of configuration tools for configuring the MediaPack
parameters:
 Embedded Web Server based on HTTP for local and remote configuration, accessed
using a standard Web browser (refer to Section 'Embedded Web Server' on page 64)
 Embedded Command Line Interface - CLI (refer to Section 'Embedded Command
Line Interface' on page 68).
 Configuration file (refer to Section 'MediaPack Configuration File' on page 73)
Throughout this chapter, where the embedded Web server's parameters are described, the
corresponding CLI commands are given (depicted in square brackets).
5.1 Configuration Concepts
The MediaPack provides two types of configurations:
 Running configuration
 Persistent configuration
Note: This section is only relevant to the CLI and to the Configuration file. In other
words, it isn’t relevant when the embedded Web server is used to configure
the MediaPack.
5.1.1 Running Configuration
The running configuration is the MediaPack's currently active configuration (it reflects the
actual system’s state). On startup, the persistent configuration is loaded to the running
configuration. The running configuration can only be modified by the CLI or over the Web.
The running configuration can be copied to the startup configuration (refer to Section
'Saving Configuration Settings on the MediaPack' on page 146).
5.1.2 Persistent Configuration
The persistent configuration is used at boot up to configure the system (refer to the figure
below).
There are three types of persistent configurations:
 Built-in configuration: configuration compiled into the code itself. It contains minimal
configuration settings. This configuration is applied to the MediaPack if no other
configuration is present.
 Factory configuration: configuration stored in the internal file system. It contains the
default configuration and cannot be erased from flash.
 Startup configuration: configuration that is modified and created by the user. The
startup-configuration is a configuration stored in the internal file system. It's the main
configuration file. On boot, this file is loaded to the MediaPack. You can upload this
configuration to a host (refer to Section 'Saving a Configuration File to a PC' on page
148) or download an existing configuration file to the MediaPack (refer to Section
'Loading a Configuration File' on page 150).