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Open Reference Architecture Setup#

You can choose from different installation options for the Holoscan for Media platform to run all provided software tools based on your needs.

Local Developer#

This option is for developers. It allows you to install the full Holoscan for Media environment on Ubuntu with an NVIDIA ConnectX NIC or BlueField data processing unit (DPU) and an NVIDIA Professional GPU.

The machine must comply with the general hardware requirements. You can use it in isolation with a loopback cable between two networking ports to transmit and receive uncompressed media, or connect it to a switch to access and test with external ST 2110 equipment.

Note

The Local Developer Platform has fewer capabilities than the Production Platform because of reduced hardware constraints and the lack of firmware, BIOS, and OS performance tuning. These differences might prevent full ST 2110 compliance. Key limitations compared to the Production Platform include:

  • Support for only two network interfaces

  • No restrictions on pod-level and container-level securityContext settings. In production, the default OpenShift Security Context Constraints (SCC) restrict privileged access and certain Linux capabilities.

  • No support for the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Operator

Production#

This option allows you to install with Red Hat OpenShift in single-node, three-node, or five-node cluster configurations on NVIDIA-Certified Systems in production. NVIDIA recommends using a switch.