VMware Quick Start Guide

This quick start guide includes the basic steps required to install a Media Gateway/SRT Gateway Virtual Machine. Media Gateway/SRT Gateway is available as a virtual machine for VMware ESXi and vSphere environments. For detailed configuration and operation information, please refer to the User's Guide. For the default credentials, refer to the Important Notice document (shipped with the appliance or available on the Haivision Support Portal).

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About VMware vSphere and ESXi

VMware vShere is a cloud computing virtualization platform for managing ESXi, a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on server hardware without requiring an additional underlying operating system. For more information, please visit:

https://www.vmware.com

About Media Gateway/SRT Gateway

The Haivision Media Gateway/SRT Gateway serves as a bridge between video infrastructures, and is used to distribute live video to multiple sites, or to aggregate live video from multiple remote locations. Powered by Haivision's SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) technology, the Haivision Media Gateway/SRT Gateway is ideal for transporting high-quality, secure live video across public and private networks.