Viewing Existing Clusters

To view the Broadcaster Cluster list, make sure that the Clusters view is selected.

The Broadcaster Cluster screen displays all existing clusters, and information about the clusters' status and configuration. Broadcaster Clusters that include configured Broadcasters in them are marked with a drop-down icon. Clicking the drop-down icon reveals the underlying Broadcasters.

It is possible to add more columns to the list. If you want to view resources that were marked as Priority or with certain Tags, add the Priority or Tags column and sort by them.

When a cluster is selected, the list pane is minimized and detailed info about the selected cluster is shown on the right side of the screen. The right side of the screen includes an Info Pane (at the top), which displays basic information and the various tabs. For more information, see Info Pages.

The info can be shown in Tab view or Widgets views. For more information about Widgets, see Using Widgets.

The screen's layout can be customized. For more information, see Customizing the Info Panel (Layout) and Collapsing and restoring the details and resources panes.

The Info Panel includes the following details:

To customize the Info Panel, follow the instructions in Customizing the Info Panel (Layout).

Parameter	Description
DNS Prefix	The first label in the DNS name of the domain. Click the copy icon to copy the details.
Events Configuration Profile	The Events Configuration Profile that was assigned to this Cluster. Events Profiles are used to customize the way that Events are handled in ZEN Master. Click to view the event configuration.
Tags	The Tags that are associated with this cluster. Tags are managed by Administrators via Configuration > Tags and assigned to non-Admin users via Roles. Click to edit.
Authorization Mode	The method used to verify authorization to access the broadcaster cluster. Possible values are: ZEN, External Server, Global Password, Free for All and Manual.
Management Type	The Management type: manual, AWS, Azure or GCP.
Region	The cloud service region.
Instance Type	The name of the instance type on which the cluster is running on. Click the copy icon to copy the details.
Broadcaster Version	The software version of the Broadcaster. Click the copy icon to copy the details.
Log SCTE-35	When enabled, SCTE-35 events are logged, and SCTE-35 notifications are sent. Requires version 13.1.40262 or newer Broadcasters.
API Credentials	The username and password for accessing the APIs. Click Show to display or copy to copy the credential.
Activation Key	The cluster’s activation key.

The following tabs are displayed in the right pane:

Broadcasters – shows a list of the Broadcasters that are related to this cluster and data about the Broadcasters. You can also add or delete Broadcasters in this tab.
Redirection Rules – shows a list redirection rules, which are routing rules for Pull requests from clusters or CIDR IP Ranges. The rules can be applied to the client end-point Cluster, or IP CIDR Range, from where the
pull request is initiated. To learn more about redirection rules, see Creating a New Redirection Rule.
Details – shows configuration details of the cluster.
Events – shows all events related to this cluster that have been generated by the system, such as connections, errors, warnings and disconnections. To learn about the data that is displayed in the Events tab see Events.
Changes- displays the history of changes that were made to the object configuration. To learn more about changes tracking, see Change Tracking.
Notes – free-form text can be added with pertinent information about this Cluster.

The main display (before selecting a specific cluster) includes the following data for each Broadcaster cluster:

Parameter	Description
Name	The name of the cluster as configured in ZEN Master.
Status	The connection status of the Broadcaster cluster. Possible values: Green (OK) – None of the Broadcasters are in error state. Red (Error) – all Broadcasters are in error state. Orange (Warning) - at least one of the Broadcasters is in Warning state. The icon next to a Broadcaster cluster indicates that the Broadcaster cluster is muted, disabling notifications for error/recovery events.
Management	The type of management. Possible types are: Manual – management is done manually by adding specific Zixi Broadcaster instances (see Adding a Broadcaster Cluster – Adding a Broadcaster to a Manual Cluster). AWS – the cluster is managed by ZEN Master in your AWS cloud service (see Adding a Broadcaster Cluster - Managed). Azure – the cluster is managed by ZEN Master in your Azure cloud service (see Adding a Broadcaster Cluster - Managed). GCP – the cluster is managed by ZEN Master in your GCP cloud service (see Adding a Broadcaster Cluster - Managed).
Broadcasters	The number of related Zixi Broadcasters and their connection status: Green – OK (i.e. connected) Red – error state Gray – pending/disabled Orange - warning
Region	Cloud service region
Instance Type (for Managed clusters)	The Instance Type the cloud service account is using.

It is possible to add more columns to the list. If you want to view resources that were marked as Priority or with certain Tags, add the Priority or Tags column and sort by them.

When one of the clusters is selected, the details of that cluster, divided into tabs, appears at the right side of the screen.

Parameter	Description
Broadcasters Tab	View details about Broadcasters in the cluster. Add broadcasters manually; edit, disable and delete existing Broadcasters. The Broadcasters can be viewed in grid or table display.
Name	The name of the Zixi Broadcaster.
Status	The connection status of the Zixi Broadcaster: Green – OK Red – error state Gray – pending/disabled Orange - warning The icon indicated that maintenance mode is turned on, which prevents new streams from being assigned to this Broadcaster.
CPU	The percentage of CPU utilization on the Zixi Broadcaster machine.
RAM	The percentage of RAM utilization on the Zixi Broadcaster machine.
HDD	The percentage of hard disk utilization on the Zixi Broadcaster machine.
In Bitrate	The inbound bitrate in kbps
Out Bitrate	The outbound bitrate in kbps
Streams	The total number inputs, outputs and adaptive groups currently active on the Broadcaster.
Uptime	The time period that the Zixi Broadcaster has been online.
Primary	Yes - the Broadcaster is configured as "primary". No - the Broadcaster is configured as "backup".
Public IP	The IP address of the Broadcaster.
Version	The software version of the Zixi Broadcaster.
AgentZ	Indicates whether AgentZ has been installed for this Broadcaster. Agent Z is a Sidecar tool that sits on a Zixi Broadcaster, it acquires the system health data and other statistics locally and pushes it to ZEN Master. By enabling this option, ZEN Master will automatically install AgentZ on any existing and future Broadcasters connected to the Cluster. The feature is off by default. Due to AgentZ installation requiring a restart, ZEN Master will not auto-install AgentZ on a Broadcaster that already contains any inputs to avoid disturbing active streams.
Actions	The following actions are available for each individual Broadcaster: Copy Password - copies the Broadcaster's password to the clipboard. Mute - disables notification for error/recovery events for the selected Broadcaster. Set Maintenance - turns on maintenance mode which prevents new streams from being assigned to this Broadcaster. Configuration (for Manual) - shows configuration info for connecting the broadcaster to ZEN Master. Open – provides access to the Zixi Broadcaster UI (applicable to both cloud-based Zixi Broadcasters and on premise Zixi Broadcasters). Edit – opens the configuration window for the Broadcaster enabling you to edit the details. Disable/Enable (for Manual) – changes the status to Disabled, meaning that any active streams will be stopped without deleting the configuration of the Zixi Broadcaster. Delete – delete this Broadcaster from the cluster.
Redirection Rules Tab	Shows a list of existing redirection rules. Redirection rules specify specific routing rules for Pull requests from clusters or CIDR IP Ranges. To learn more about Redirection Rules, see Creating a New Redirection Rule.
Description	A description of the rule.
From	The Cluster from which the Pull Request was initiated
To	The type of redirection: Redirect to public IP - pull requests that match this rule will be resolved by redirecting it through a public IP. This is the default behavior. Redirect to private IP - pull requests that match this rule will be resolved by redirecting it through a private IP. Redirect to NIC - pull requests that match this rule will be resolved by redirecting it to a specific NIC. Block - pull requests that match this rule will be blocked.
Latency Override	The latency when the redirection rule applies. Latency is determined by the following order: Redirection rule latency -> source autopull/pull target latency -> default 1000ms.
Order	The order value for this rule. Rules are evaluated from lowest to highest order, the first rule that matches will be applied.
Actions	The following actions are displayed: Edit rule Delete rule
Details Tab
API Credentials	The username and password for accessing the APIs.
Management Type	The Management type: manual, AWS, Azure or GCP.
Deletion Protection	Indicates whether the deletion protection is enabled or disabled. The deletion protection prevents deleting the Cluster. To delete it, you will need to first disable the Deletion Protection.
Enhanced Monitoring	An AWS mechanism that enables "detailed monitoring", in which data is available in 1-minute periods, as opposed to the 5-minute period of the "basic monitoring" option. The more frequent data is sent to Cloudwatch customers. This service incurs an extra charge directly by AWS. To allow this feature you must enable "detailed monitoring" in your AWS account.
Account Name (for Managed)	The name of the cloud provider account under which the managed cluster is registered.
Activation key	The cluster’s activation key.
Authorization Mode	The method used to verify authorization to access the broadcaster cluster. Possible values are: ZEN, External Server, Global Password, Free for All and Manual.
Region	The cloud service region.
Key Pair	The Key Pair used to access the cluster
VPC	The identifier/name of the Virtual Private Cloud
Subnet	The identifier/name of the subnet in which the cluster resides
Security Group	The identifier/name of the security group to which the cluster pertains
Instance Type	The name of the instance type on which the cluster is running on
Broadcaster Version	The software version of the Broadcaster
Events Tab	Shows a list of the events that were generated in ZEN Master in relations to the specific cluster and its broadcasters. To learn about viewing event logs in ZEN Master, see Events. Click Quick Report to generate a report of events related to this broadcaster cluster and download the .xls file.
*Changes Tab*	Displays the history of changes that were made to the object configuration. For more information, see Change Tracking.
*Notes Tab*	Free-form text with information relevant to this broadcaster cluster.

¹Supported only for Linux based Broadcasters.